Project CRITICAL Workshop 1 Agenda
August 28, 2019
8:30 a.m. Welcome/Introductions
Project CRITICAL Website and Contacts
8:45 a.m. Administrative Requirements
· Workshop Attendance
· Completion of Products
· Curriculum Restructuring Forms (see 1 pm)
· SCALES database: Identification of Talent Pool Students
· End of Year Teacher Perceptions of Student Technology Survey (May 2020 workshop)
· End of Year Teacher Survey (May 2020 workshop)
9:00 a.m. The Importance of Teaching Public Policy Skills
9:15 a.m. Group work, modeling an example through the PPA steps
Step #1: Defining the Social Problem:
Creating a social problem based on your curriculum ELA
Step #2: Gathering Evidence of the Problem:
Step #3: Identifying the Causes of the Problem
10:15 a.m. BREAK
10:25 a.m. Step #4: Evaluating Existing Public Policies
Step #5: Developing Public Policy Solutions
Step #6: Selecting the Best Public Policy Solution
11:30 a.m. LUNCH
12:00 p.m. Review of the PPA (Example) (kahoot quiz)
12:15 p.m. Common problems when developing a social problem
· Activity: Developing a Social Problem ans
· Find PPA problems: in the news *
· Plastic
· Birds
1:00 p.m. Overview of the Parts of a PPA WebQuest
Examples of what is acceptable?
· Teachers create/define a social problem from their curriculum/community
· Curriculum Restructuring Form CRF Word
· Developing a Social Problem for WebQuest
2:20 p.m. Looking ahead to tomorrow’s workshop
1) Think of a problem from your community/curriculum that you would like to teach over an extended period using the PPA steps.
2) Consider all the online resources you want your students to use.
3) Imagine the tasks/products you want your students to complete at the end of this lesson.
2:25 p.m. Evaluation
2:30 p.m. Adjourn