The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2021

Peyton’s testimony is an example of “action civics,” a growing, if controversial, trend in American education of which Massachusetts is the undisputed leader. They liken it to a laboratory in science class, where students learn civics by doing civics. Credit: Christopher Blanchette.

Civic Engagement 141

Civic Engagement Civics Teaching Middle School 141

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We’d have a variety of Social Studies simulations and games available to us. For instance, we could use the Civilization video games to learn and blog about political power and civics. We could create our own social justice project like Bill Ferriter’s middle schoolers. We could play Fantasy Geography.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

C3 Teachers

MAY 23, 2022

Most importantly, I want the course content to be relevant to their lives as future teachers, and I want them to see themselves as civic and political actors. In the blogs that follow, you will read more about how teaching assessment through inquiry panned out, what we all learned, and if we would do this again! 6; Love, 2019).

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Social Justice Controversial Topics Pedagogy 52