Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 11, 2025

Civic Engagement and the Importance of Participation Nixons presidency highlights the importance of civic engagement, public awareness, and participation in the democratic process. This will occur through engaging activities, note-taking exercises, activities, and a historical analysis!

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Teaching Civic Engagement Civics Lesson Plan 130

Passion for Social Studies

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

When teaching voting in the social studies classroom, students need to be civically engaged to understand how voting is essential to our democracy. Voting Lesson This three-day lesson is a fantastic way to teach students the importance of voting! Luckily, these 11 lesson plans help make that happen!

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Social Studies Teaching Lesson Plan Civic Engagement 235

Studies Weekly

MAY 6, 2025

Using Music to Teach Patriotism and Civics Music has long been a tool for civic engagement from campaign songs to anthems to patriotic ballads. Idea in Action : Do a musical scavenger hunt: Play a song and have students guess the place it might be from based on sound, instruments, or lyrics.

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Social Studies Teaching Primary Sources Heritage 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2024

Related: Teaching ‘action civics’ engages kids – and ignites controversy Sanes is at the far end of the teaching spectrum when it comes to promoting climate activism, not to mention discussing controversial issues of any kind in his classroom.

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Teaching Civics K-12 Civic Engagement 132

C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

The experiences included an online seminar (which included a virtual tour of UGRR), a self-guided walking and driving tour of significant underground railroad landmarks in Niagara Falls, NY, and the task of creating inquiry lesson for UGRR with the intent of being posted on the heritage center’s website.

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Cultures Heritage Civic Engagement Civics 52

Doing Social Studies

APRIL 13, 2020

For a copy of my lesson, follow this link. For a copy of a completed student version of this lesson, follow this link. This is because we need to get rid of it faster so we can be off of lockdown already.

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Lesson Plan Charter School History Library 67

MPSA

MARCH 30, 2022

The political science teaching world was abuzz with ideas about how to get students to roll up their sleeves, get involved in government at the local level, and prepare for lives of civic engagement. These citizens have little interest in civic engagement. I was deeply involved in this process. Others were not so sure.

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Civics Civic Engagement Teaching Political Science 52