The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

A study of project-based learning found that social studies scores were higher for second-grade students who learned this way, compared to students who were taught traditionally. studied civics in the fall of 2016, they began by exploring a nearby park in Pontiac. Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

Project-Based Learning 111

Project-Based Learning Civics Historic Sites Social Studies 111

Let's Cultivate Greatness

AUGUST 24, 2023

During the 2010s, one specific group, the Civics Education Initiative, made it their goal to have all 50 states make passing some form of the US Naturalization Test (the official name of the test) a high school graduation requirement. The Citizenship Test is the axis my Civics class rotates around. Now over a dozen do.

Civics 52

Civics Government Geography Project-Based Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Some school districts, local governments and nonprofit groups across the country have galvanized this youth activism by giving students opportunities to participate in leadership roles and democracy in ways that go beyond civics classes and student government. Andrew Brennen, National Geographic education fellow.

Civics 138

Civics Civic Engagement High School Government 138

Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 18, 2024

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Sociology 130

Sociology Government Civics Social Studies 130

Let's Cultivate Greatness

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Below, I share how I select the cases we cover in my high school Civics and Government class and the poster project gallery walk we do to learn them in a way that matters. Then, see what various credible government and non-profit civics websites have listed as landmark cases.

Teaching 52

Teaching Civics Government Project-Based Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It must also include civics lessons about the role students can play, now and in the future, in influencing government policy related to climate adaptation and mitigation.

Civics 108

Civics Project-Based Learning Government Humanities 108

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

Students not only build cities, they create governments, infusing civics into the curriculum, too. Design-based learning is not project-based learning, as Heim and Gehry Nelson are often asked to explain. “It

Education 93

Education Project-Based Learning K-12 Museum 93