Civics Critical Thinking Document 
Teaching American History
MARCH 11, 2025
She also encourages them to figure out their own political views and to actively engage in civic life. Since the disruption of schooling during COVID, shes also spent time catching students up on critical thinking skills. But people think I can persuade them to change their gender?
TCI
MARCH 25, 2025
However, research increasingly shows that integrating knowledge-rich instruction across subjects is essential for improving literacy, critical thinking, and overall student success. Reading Integration: Use informational texts, primary sources, and document analysis to enhance comprehension and critical thinking.
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Teaching American History
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Lomax hoped the young men would bring back audio documents for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. While I haven’t had time to process and filter into my teaching everything I was exposed to, some primary documents I learned about through MAHG have become essential texts.”
Political Science Now
JULY 16, 2024
Engaging Citizenship introduces foundational concepts in political science through the lens of citizenship, democracy, and civic engagement, highlighting the relevance of the discipline to students’ lives and encouraging them to become engaged and empowered citizens. McHugh, Merrimack College (Discussant) Richard M.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 3, 2018
That’s why advanced reading correlates so highly with critical thinking skills. But even back when every school taught civics and American history, very few students attained adult literacy. Mastering advanced syntax allows our brains to work on a higher level. When we read Charles Darwin, George Eliot, Stephen J.
Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. For instance, we could use the Civilization video games to learn and blog about political power and civics.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 2, 2023
She envisions asking her students to document the resources like green space and trash bins available in their community, and write letters to their city council representative to get more of what the neighborhood needs. She said, “Let’s give them the data points to critically think and draw conclusions.”
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