Civic Engagement High School Social Studies 
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
In 2020, California’s State Board of Education adopted criteria and guidance to award a State Seal of Civic Engagement to students who demonstrate excellence in civics education. In my 20 years as an educator, I have seen firsthand how service-learning engages students as they become leaders in their communities.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Fortunately, in light of democracy’s fragility, there has been a steady increase in initiatives from federal and state governments to incorporate civics education in K-12 classrooms. In 2020, California adopted a State Seal of Civic Engagement that high school students can earn upon graduation.
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The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 29, 2020
“Who is the school board really representing? Vida Mendoza, high school freshman, Oakland, California. Jessica Ramos, a 17-year-old senior at Skyline High School in Oakland, California, sits outside the Oakland Town Hall with her dog Lucky. Things … the government does affect us, but we can’t vote,” she said.
C3 Teachers
MARCH 30, 2022
As a former high-school social studies teacher and professional development specialist, I have found that connecting with cultural centers (e.g., Essentially, teacher candidates learned that service-learning with a cultural center can balance inquiry with advocacy as a means to learn civic engagement.
Teaching American History
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Kymberli Wregglesworth, a 2016 MAHG graduate, teaches Civics, World history and social studies electives at Onaway High School in Michigan. Our Apprenticeship in Liberty Begins at the Local Level “Civics class should give students an apprenticeship in liberty ,” Wregglesworth argued. Peters agreed.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 1, 2021
Under a first-in-the-nation law that took full effect this year, students from across the state must take part in at least two “student-led, nonpartisan civics projects” — one in eighth grade, and another in high school. Peyton Amaral, an eighth grader at Morton Middle School in Fall River, Mass.,
Teaching American History
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
At Bishop Seabury, a small independent school in the Episcopal tradition, high school students take two or more of Czarnecki’s courses. High school students are not “too young” to probe historians’ methods, Czarnecki said, given what’s at stake. Now she sees herself preparing students for lives of civic engagement.
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