Civic Engagement Social Studies Tradition 
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 1, 2021
Related: Can patriotism and criticism coexist in social studies? Larry Paska, the executive director of the National Council for the Social Studies, challenges this characterization of action civics, saying it’s far broader than political protest. Larry Paska, the National Council for the Social Studies.
C3 Teachers
MARCH 14, 2025
That search led us to the Inquiry Design Model (IDM), an approach that shifts Social Studies from rote memorization to deep, student-driven inquiry. Teachers engaged in collaborative curriculum writing, developing inquiries that were grounded in our students lived experiences while aligning with state standards.
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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. Now she sees herself preparing students for lives of civic engagement. The post The Importance of Research in Social Studies Classrooms appeared first on Teaching American History.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 29, 2020
The committees are different from traditional student government, she said, because any student can join. Teaching about civic engagement only once in a while is like teaching someone how to swim without ever putting them in the water.”
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 26, 2018
In short, they are demonstrating what real civic engagement looks like. Yet how do our schools prepare them for these actions when the civics topics they learn in school do not include logical and critical thinking about how government systems work, and how public engagement in the processes can create the change they hope to see?
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