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Creating the Citizen: Critical Literacy, Civics, and the C3 Framework in Social Studies

Creating the Citizen: Critical Literacy, Civics, and the C3 Framework in Social Studies

Steve Masyada, Elizabeth Yeager Washington
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 29
ISBN13: 9781522580829|ISBN10: 1522580824|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522590453|EISBN13: 9781522580836
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8082-9.ch005
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Masyada, Steve, and Elizabeth Yeager Washington. "Creating the Citizen: Critical Literacy, Civics, and the C3 Framework in Social Studies." Critical Literacy Initiatives for Civic Engagement, edited by Angela M. Cartwright and Emily K. Reeves, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 94-122. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8082-9.ch005

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Masyada, S. & Washington, E. Y. (2019). Creating the Citizen: Critical Literacy, Civics, and the C3 Framework in Social Studies. In A. Cartwright & E. Reeves (Eds.), Critical Literacy Initiatives for Civic Engagement (pp. 94-122). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8082-9.ch005

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Masyada, Steve, and Elizabeth Yeager Washington. "Creating the Citizen: Critical Literacy, Civics, and the C3 Framework in Social Studies." In Critical Literacy Initiatives for Civic Engagement, edited by Angela M. Cartwright and Emily K. Reeves, 94-122. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8082-9.ch005

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Abstract

This chapter presents an approach to civic education that integrates critical literacy with the research-based promising practices of civic education and the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies Standards. The authors present a definition of critical literacy that reflects a broad-based approach to the concept while exploring what critical literacy may look like within a civic education classroom and the ways in which this reflects a particular approach to good citizenship. Perceived connections between critical literacy, the promising practices, and the dimensions of the C3 Framework are illustrated throughout the chapter, and the authors provide a real-world example to demonstrate what integration may look like in practice through either extra-curricular or classroom-based student engagement.