https://www.educatingforamericandemocracy.org/the-roadmap/
The EAD roadmap builds on the C3 framework by adding key content to the
skills of civics and history. Here's what they say.
"he College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State
Standards was written originally as a general framework for authors of state
standards. It identifies content to teach largely in the form of
foundational concepts and disciplinary skills, not specific topics. For
instance, the C3 Framework mentions analyzing the "multiple and complex
causes and effects of events in the past" (D2.His.14.9-12), but does not
specify which events. As the C3 Framework has gained broader use by states,
curriculum writers, teachers, and others, the lack of specific topics has
generated a desire for guidance about not only how, but what topics to teach
in social studies.
The EAD Roadmap is meant to complement, not compete with, the C3 Framework,
as it identifies specific topics for study. The C3 Framework emphasizes
skills as an aspect of content; the EAD Roadmap adds more detail about
topics through the use of concrete questions that should be taught. It
identifies high-priority history and civics content essential to robust and
authentic civic participation organized in seven content themes and five
design challenges, all presented in the form of questions to be explored
over the course of a K-12 education.
The EAD Roadmap and the C3 Framework share the philosophy that knowledge and
understanding arise from the inquiry process: asking questions, conducting
research, analyzing ideas, presenting conclusions, and applying acquired
understanding by taking informed action. Inquiry serves to deepen conceptual
understanding of content, moving beyond basic knowledge. The C3 Framework's
inquiry arc concludes with taking informed action, a practice that prepares
students with the skills and dispositions to take an active role in their
civic, community, and democratic institutions. In a constitutional
democracy, we inquire in order to act well, which is why the C3 Framework
inquiry arc concludes in taking action.
best,
debbie
"It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin barefoot
irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known,
but to question it." -- J. Brownowski
