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AP Government Videos for Enhancing Review

Passion for Social Studies

This is especially true in AP Government , where students face dense content, abstract theories, and a mountain of required cases and documents. Thankfully, there are AP government videos that can enhance your review. All of these AP Government review videos are created by Carey LaManna , who goes by La Money in his videos.

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Farming Inequality: How Ancient Land Use Split Societies

Anthropology.net

But the way those lands were used—how they were divided, worked, and governed—did more than sustain life. A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers 1 one of the most detailed archaeological analyses to date of the roots of economic inequality. Hamerow, H., Lawrence, D., Ortman, S.

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The Intersection of Inquiry-Based Learning and High-Quality Instructional Materials in Social Studies

ED Surge

Additionally, social studies encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including history, geography, civics and economics, each with its own set of disciplinary practices. An inquiry-based education trains students for college, career and civic life — C3! The C3 Framework was released in 2013. Who can argue with inquiry?

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Civics U: Neighborhood

Civics U

Civic education commonly teaches and equips people for engagement in governmental and political processes at national, state, and local levels. A sense of community can be important as a basis for forming and acting on social, political, and economic goals. A prefatory note: The ideas in this article are not new or original.

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Civics U: Practical Economics - What is a Dollar Worth?

Civics U

Inflation is only one topic and dynamic of economics, along with matters such as deflation, employment and wages, housing availability and prices, subsidies, and tax levels. Nevertheless, a course in economics is not usually a requirement for high school graduation, nor for most college degrees. That it means higher prices is obvious.

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OPINION: The devastating consequences of leaving higher education out of prison reform

The Hechinger Report

For people who have been involved with the justice system as defendants, prioritizing higher education is a necessary safeguard for social and economic success, both during and after incarceration. Communities and local governments can invest in programs that help people pursue higher education, including prison education.

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OPINION: Can this 12-step program from Finland aid U.S. education?

The Hechinger Report

We wanted to see what the United States could learn from an education system that consistently receives top marks from UNICEF , the OECD and the World Economic Forum. As we traveled through Finland, we met with top government officials, education professors, classroom teachers and elementary-school students.

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