Category: civics
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Using Ancient Civilizations to Teach Citizenship
Besides learning a TON from fellow educators at the NCSS 2019 conference in Austin, Texas, I was also lucky enough to be able to give a presentation on Friday afternoon. The link below will direct you to a Google Drive folder with the lessons I presented in “Using Ancient Civilizations to Teach Citizenship.” A couple…
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Political Efficacy & Midterm Elections
Happy Election Day, everyone! Today is an exciting, celebratory day in my classroom. Over the past couple of days my young citizens have been exploring the candidates in their legislative districts in order to be informed. We’ve been discussing why midterm elections matter, why their opinions count even though they are still too young to…
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National Council for the Social Studies Conference 2018
I am proud to announce that my colleague and I will be presenting at the NCSS 2018 Conference in Chicago. Please visit us if you’ll be there! Empowering Students: Teaching Civic Action in American History Engaging students in civic action is both practical and necessary. American history courses can take a hybrid approach to teach…