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Strengthening Civic Education: The Role of High-Quality Curriculum and Teaching Strategies

TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Civic education is the cornerstone of a functioning democracy, yet recent evaluations reveal significant gaps in how it is taught across the nation. High-quality civics and U.S. Addressing gaps in civics education is crucial for developing engaged citizens. State Evaluations Reveal Gaps in Civics Education In 2021, The Thomas B.

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Fun Civics Activity Ideas To Teach About Government

Let's Cultivate Greatness

MAY 31, 2024

Teaching civics and government is different from teaching history—it really requires a different set of go-to lesson ideas and projects. So, if you are brand new to the subject and need to know everything about how to teach civics, or you’re struggling to find ways to go beyond the textbook, welcome!

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Call for Proposals: Connecting Community and Classroom: Practical Considerations for Civically-Engaged Practitioners and Scholars | Deadline: August 18th

Political Science Now

JULY 29, 2024

The workshop aims to provide a space where scholars and practitioners with a commitment to civic engagement can collaborate, build supportive relationships, and share practical guidance for leading community-engaged projects. The workshop will culminate with NCAPSA’s brief annual business meeting and a celebratory reception.

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5 Ways To Create Positive Parent-Teacher Relationships

Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 18, 2024

” Sending emails, weekly newsletters, or using the school phone to communicate are great communication alternatives if they cannot download one of these apps. Add to cart AP US Government Course $ 200.00 Add to cart Civics and American Government Course $ 125.00 Add to cart Sociology Course $ 200.00

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Lesson Ideas for Using Political Cartoons to Teach Civics

Let's Cultivate Greatness

OCTOBER 13, 2023

I can’t imagine teaching civics and government without political cartoons—they are essential to the subject. Then, download your FREE lesson kit to get started. This analysis strategy works well for bell ringers to cover current political news and as part of the main lesson to teach civics concepts.

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What these teens learned about the Internet may shock you!

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The exercise was part of “Civic Online Reasoning,” a series of news-literacy lessons being developed by Stanford researchers and piloted by teachers at a few dozen schools. The group also created a free, digital curriculum called “Reading Like a Historian” that’s been downloaded more than three million times, according to Wineburg. “We

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US History Worksheets: Printable and Digital Activities for Kids

Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

If you're a US History teacher looking for PDF worksheets for your high school or middle school classroom, I have tons to share, including this 30+ page packet of free engaging assignments you can download and start using right away. If you're curious what these lessons look like, you can download some free lesson plans here.

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The Election of FDR and the Immediate Response to the Great Depression

ACRE

APRIL 15, 2024

These units can be embedded into existing history, civics, and government units to incorporate economic topics or used in economics classes to present historical case studies of economics in action. Download Election of 1932 Lesson Plan Learn more: Looking for more lesson plans & activities for teaching about economic history?

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Refreshed Digital Notebook Activities for Social Studies

Students of History

AUGUST 12, 2021

You can preview and download any of them through the links below, but here are the major updates and changes: 1. With the move to fully-digital, however, a few things started to pop up that inspired me to redesign the notebooks. This redesign turned into a complete overhaul of all my digital notebook sets this summer.

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Teaching the Bill of Rights: Religious Liberty

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 12, 2023

At Teaching American History, we know teachers are hungry for resources that help their students understand the nuances of American civic behavior. For secondary and post-secondary government and political science educators, we are proud to recommend our CDC volume, Religious Liberty: Core Court Cases. Download your free copy here.

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Operation Outbreak: Simulating a pandemic while living it

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2021

After learning about virus biology, immune response and past pandemics, more than 100 students and staff downloaded an app that tracked a virtual virus. Brown crafted civics lessons about outbreak response for his eighth graders at Sarasota Military Academy Prep, a charter middle school. Starting at 8 a.m.

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Teaching Ideas for How A Bill Becomes a Law

Let's Cultivate Greatness

JANUARY 4, 2024

There’s no teaching civics and government without a lesson on how a bill becomes a law, but it’s one that’s often left to verbalizing the steps and displaying a flowchart. Below, I share my lesson sequence for teaching how Congress passes bills into law in my high school Civics and Government class.

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Can educating kids about unions prepare them for the future of work?

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2018

million in state funds for a three-year pilot that would incorporate labor history in civics, economics and history classes, along with simulations like those run by the DePaul center. Some 75,000 teachers to date have signed up to download its materials, including the lessons on labor, said Deborah Menkart, co-director of the Zinn project.

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Elevating Social Studies with High-Quality Instructional Materials

TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. At its core, social studies aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to actively participate in civic affairs.

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Strengthening Civic Education: The Role of High-Quality Curriculum and Teaching Strategies

Fun Civics Activity Ideas To Teach About Government

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Call for Proposals: Connecting Community and Classroom: Practical Considerations for Civically-Engaged Practitioners and Scholars | Deadline: August 18th

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Lesson Ideas for Using Political Cartoons to Teach Civics

What these teens learned about the Internet may shock you!

US History Worksheets: Printable and Digital Activities for Kids

The Election of FDR and the Immediate Response to the Great Depression

Refreshed Digital Notebook Activities for Social Studies

Teaching the Bill of Rights: Religious Liberty

Operation Outbreak: Simulating a pandemic while living it

Teaching Ideas for How A Bill Becomes a Law

Can educating kids about unions prepare them for the future of work?

Elevating Social Studies with High-Quality Instructional Materials

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