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 * __SESSION DATE: FEBRUARY 22, 2010__

__REGISTRATION__ **: Register online with [|PATTAN]


 * __ ATTENDEES: __**

This session is open for participants from Intermediate Units 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 28.

**__REQUIREMENTS:__** Please bring a Lesson Plan or Unit Plan or Curriculum for Civics or social studies course that integrates civics content. Bringing a LAPTOP is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED.


 * __ ACT 48 Hours: __** YES

Instructions:
 * __ Substitute Reimbursement for Your District __**: YES

__** OBJECTIVES: **__ Participants will be able to: · Explain the basis for sound citizenship fundamentals in preparing students for the demands of the 21st Century. · Connect sound citizenship education to the philosophy of the Pennsylvania Standards Aligned System. · Practice implementation of the Keystone Programs and understand their inherent value in building effective civics education. · Connect Keystone Programs as vital resources in the Curriculum Framework of the Standards Aligned System. · Identify local, regional, Commonwealth, national and global issues of importance to students and how they meet the spirit of the Curriculum Framework for Civics within the Standards Aligned System.


 * __ AGENDA: __**

SAS Civics and the Civic Mission of Schools Monday, February 22, 2010 Riverview IU 6, 270 Mayview Road Clarion, PA 16214 ||


 * 7:45-8:15 ||  || Continental Breakfast and Registration ||


 * 8:15-8:30 ||  || Objectives, Big Ideas, and Essential Questions; Get Acquainted Activity: A Sense of Community ||

//Is the American Republic in danger?// ||
 * 8:30-9:00 ||  || Session I: Why Civics? (includes thinking of the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, 21st Century skills development and the report of the Governor’s Commission on College and Career Success)

//How can civics education pervade a school community?// ||
 * 9:00-9:30 ||  || Session II: Standards Aligned System and Civics


 * 9:30-9:45 ||  || Coffee Replenishment Break ||


 * 9:45-10:30 ||  || Session III: Making SAS Civics Work; Using Valuable Resources (individual and small group activity) ||

//Project Citizen// ||
 * 10:30-11:45 ||  || Session IV: Using a Keystone Program (small group activity)


 * 11:45-12:30 ||  || Lunch ||

//Marcellus Shale, Pennsylvania and the World// ||
 * 12:30-2:00 ||  || Session V: Using the Needs of Students to Drive Curriculum Implementation (small group activity)

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