4QM Teaching

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Four Question Method wasn’t explicitly designed to teach civics, but we think it does a really good job of it. helps students to develop a critical civic disposition: listening to people who we expect to disagree with. We start with a story, because you can’t think critically about events you don’t know very well.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

Without social studies, we lose the civic mission of public schools,” said Stephanie Serriere, a former early-grade teacher who is now an associate professor of social studies education at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus. Related: It’s time our educational institutions instilled some civic-minded values in students.

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Social Studies Civics Controversial Topics Elementary School 111

Political Science Now

APRIL 11, 2025

Immigrant integration and refugee resettlement policies and their implementation, including immigrant and refugee civic engagement, political incorporation, and citizen-making. Our in-person events are held on the Wednesday prior to the APSA Annual Meeting. European Union), multilevel, corporate, or global citizenship.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

This simple mistake set off a series of chemical events among the water itself, the pipes the water runs through, and added treatment chemicals. We started by relating chemical principles of equilibrium, solubility and redox to the events that transpired in Flint. The resulting system was very complex. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 15, 2014

This past year was eventful in education – we saw new measures to connect schools around the country , concepts like maker spaces, design thinking, and coding make their way into the mainstream, and teachers become more tech-savvy and connected. As we all take time to reflect on 2014, now is also a good time to look forward to 2015.

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Education Civics Pedagogy Lesson Plan 114

ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2024

We also did some live podcast events last year, including tapings of podcasts in front of audiences at SXSW EDU in Austin and at the ISTE Live conference in Philadelphia. Why All of Us Could Use a Lesson in ‘Thinking 101’ Human brains are wired to think in ways that often lead to biased decisions or incorrect assumptions.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: “If you bring in students and show the 21 st -century skills that they are building as a result of this hands-on learning, then they’re a little bit more forgiving with the test scores because they realize that’s not what really matters,” said Pronovost. Weekly Update.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. web site from the National Endowment for the Humanities, including a very popular set for AP U.S. We’d have a variety of Social Studies simulations and games available to us.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2018

. There is a widespread view in education that poor parents are trouble: They don’t spend enough time reading to children, monitoring their homework, attending school events or helping teachers. Leave this field empty if you're human: Intense parental involvement in schools is not always helpful to children, either. Weekly Update.

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Public School Sociology Civic Engagement Economics 108

Political Science Now

APRIL 9, 2025

Our in-person events are held on the Wednesday prior to the APSA Annual Meeting. Immigrant integration and refugee resettlement policies and their implementation, including immigrant and refugee civic engagement, political incorporation, and citizen-making. APSA sponsors in-person and virtual dissertation workshops annually.

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Civic Engagement Civics Economics Professional Development 44

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2017

The Rethinking Schools editors add that for teachers, the challenge is to help young students to acquire the “critical dispositions and questioning” skills that “set the stage to encourage children to act on what they’ve learned — to have ‘civic courage,’ to act as if we live in a democracy.” Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

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History Elementary School Library Civics 75

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Civic engagement is at the foundation of the ExCITe Center’s work, and Kim is constantly brokering partnerships with individual schools, teachers, and community groups; the EdClusters work is a natural extension. Michael O'Bryan Director of Youth and Young Adult Programs, The Village of Arts and Humanities.

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Civic Engagement Heritage Charter School Civics 72

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

It’s a natural fit for a school community whose mission includes cultivating and cherishing “an environment that supports the academic, social-emotional, creative and civic learning” of all students. After studying the artwork of pop artist Andy Warhol, fifth and sixth grade students made artwork inspired by his creations.

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Education K-12 Middle School Professional Development 107

Teaching American History

JULY 9, 2024

Ohio House members from both sides of the aisle took turns reading the Declaration from its opening, “When in the course of human events,” through its closing pledge of “our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor,” along with the names of its signatories. These events typify Brennan’s creative approach to public service.

American History 52

American History Civics History Government 52

ACRE

JANUARY 17, 2023

2 Evaluate the impact of advancements in technology, investments in capital goods, and investments in human capital on economic growth and standards of living Civics: PD.4.C.1 1 Analyze historical documents and events that set the ideological foundations for the U.S. Connections to Arkansas Learning Standards: Economics: EDM.1.E.1

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 5, 2023

I also love my 3D relief United States map , which is really helpful in explaining events and helping my students study for their semester-long US geography test series. Founding Document Posters – Post poster-sized replicas of key founding documents related to your US History and Civics classes.

Social Studies 52

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

But now some workforce organizations, researchers and regional civic leaders are pushing back — persuading companies to look beyond academic credentials and to instead hire people based on their skills. A growing number of businesses are listening.

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Economics Civics Research Cultures 112

Students of History

JANUARY 3, 2023

In a social studies context, this might involve students working in groups to research and present a report on a particular historical event or issue. For example, you could take your students on a field trip to a local museum or historic site, or have them participate in a role-playing activity to learn about a particular historical event.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Teaching Historic Sites Primary Sources 52

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 29, 2024

All study group members will attend at least three invitation-only events, including the national welcoming event and closing event. Generally, there is one special event, workshop, class, or training per month. All of these events are online.) The ideas above are suggestions.

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Teaching K-12 Professional Development Library 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 5, 2019

Early in his tenure, Alexander worked on a summit addressing black male achievement, joined the 100 Black Men civic organization and began serving as the faculty liaison to the university’s branch of the NAACP. Even his bioengineering major made him diverse: Many students come to school politics from the humanities departments.

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Library Government High School Civics 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

While much of the press in response to the recent assault on the Capitol has focused on the challenge of disinformation today, the crisis in education goes deeper, into the very way we as a country interpret and carry forward the purpose, meaning and requirements of American civic life. And how do we make it right?”.

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Humanities Civics Geography History 144

ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2023

Even more astonishing, five of my former students decided to become high school history teachers, just like me: Paula Katrina Camaya : a former Chicago Public Schools educator currently teaching civics and humanities at Evanston Township High School (ETHS) in Evanston, Illinois. This is her third year in the profession. History class.

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ED Surge

JUNE 17, 2022

Facing History encourages educators to reflect on what events mean to them before they begin a dialogue with their students. This approach allows educators to teach and discuss the broader history behind a given event, contextualize the current issue and formulate the most equitable solution.

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History Teaching Civic Engagement Civics 101

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2021

Brown crafted civics lessons about outbreak response for his eighth graders at Sarasota Military Academy Prep, a charter middle school. At the time, one of the Sabeti Lab projects was developing models of disease spread that better accounted for the X factor of real human behavior. We were really amazed by that.” Starting at 8 a.m.

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Civics K-12 Middle School Lesson Plan 122

Teaching American History

APRIL 16, 2024

Those ideas birthed what I would say is the greatest nation in human history. But if you teach thematically, you’ll help students draw connections between events and ideas. Many of the documents Schmeichel uses reflect American political theory, probing the interrelated ideas of liberty and equality. They remember much more.”

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Primary Sources American History History Government 98

Civics U

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In other words, all governmental – all human – actions and choices are based on and reflect underlying values and goals. Amidst the political and social polarization in our country in recent years, these healthy community and family events gave me hope that our country can still join together and thrive in good ways.

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Civics Government Humanities 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

data show just how little students across America have actually learned about the nation’s history, civics and geography. At events, she led call-and-response spirituals, including her anthem, “This Little Light of Mine.”. But this issue holds national significance as well. Decades of U.S. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

For a month leading up to the event, Nexus-LA works alongside faculty mentors and coaches at HBCUs to prepare students on how to pitch their businesses, a real-world skill that may not always be part of the college curriculum. Related: It’s time our educational institutions instilled some civic-minded values in students.

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Civics Humanities Education Research 76

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Contents Action Plan Overview | Action Plan Step-by-Step Guide Media Guide | Posters and Graphics Messages for Signs, Social Media, and Chants | Record a Statement Coordinators and Co-Sponsors | Workshops and More Events It’s time to take action. Event hosts also reference the Teach Truth Media Guide. Sign up here.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Contents Action Plan Overview | Action Plan Step-by-Step Guide Media Guide | Posters and Graphics | Map of Sites Messages for Signs, Social Media, and Chants | Record a Statement Co-Sponsors | Workshops and More Events Join us to defend the freedom to learn. Attend meetings, vote, run for office. Learn how at HEAL Together classes.)

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Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Keene , Professor of History and Dean of the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Chapman University. However, Americans of that era saw the war as the major historical event of their lifetimes, one that changed everything. It accelerated the fight for women’s suffrage.

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Archiving American History Library History 91

Sapiens

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

These efforts led to groundbreaking discoveries about the behavior, ecology, and evolution of the early ancestors of todays living apes, including humans. But like many Rusingans, Siembo had few opportunities to learn about the islands important role in humanitys evolutionary understanding.

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Heritage Oral History Museum Anthropology 118

ED Surge

DECEMBER 2, 2024

AI should be a catalyst for a conversation about what skills should remain uniquely human versus those that technology could take over. We should make that determination by seeking to understand how AI can help us be better humans. Humans excel at discernment, judgment, humor, civility and creativity.

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Humanities Teaching Community Engagement Cultures 110

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2021

For most of my teaching career, I’ve felt reasonably confident that I performed a useful civic function in giving my charges a basic core narrative about the American past — one that included justifiable pride, even confidence, in a nationhood constituted on a set of ideals that could point the way toward the better angels of our natures.

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History Civics American History Library 130

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2018

The Our Lady of the Angels catastrophe shocked the country and spurred action, leading to the proliferation of fire drills, sprinklers and other protocols that have so far helped prevent another similar event from occurring in America. Related: Marjory Stoneman Douglas students give legislators a civics lesson. Weekly Update.

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Civics Elementary School High School Humanities 44

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2018

“[T]he fact that this school opened only because of the good graces of a very wealthy, civic-minded athlete underscores the continuing problem with education funding in this country,” wrote education writer Valerie Strauss in her blog for the Washington Post. That is not the case here. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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Charter School Civics K-12 Public School 69

ED Surge

MAY 7, 2025

Though AHA researchers stress they found no indoctrination, politicization or deliberate classroom malpractice, the heavy-handed political rhetoric from the White House harms teachers, says Emma Humphries, a former history teacher and now chief education officer at the civics advocacy group iCivics.

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