A deep dive into Citizens United v. FEC, a 2010 Supreme Court …
A deep dive into Citizens United v. FEC, a 2010 Supreme Court case that ruled that political spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment. In this video, Sal discusses the case with scholars Richard Hasen and Bradley Smith.
Portraits de femmes engagées pour le bien commun Short Description: Série de …
Portraits de femmes engagées pour le bien commun
Short Description: Série de 31 portraits de femmes engagées pour le bien commun, de la Révolution française à 2014, sur tous les continents.
Long Description: Ce livre propose 31 portraits de femmes engagées pour le bien commun réalisés par les femmes et les hommes inscrits au séminaire « Communication, citoyenneté et démocratie » du Département d’information et de communication de l’Université Laval à l’automne 2014, dirigé par Florence Piron.
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For many students, a trip to Washington, D.C. is a once-in-a-lifetime experience …
For many students, a trip to Washington, D.C. is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that opens their eyes to an exciting world beyond their classrooms. Discovery Education and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden welcome students to a behind-the-scenes Virtual Field Trip to experience the history and beauty of our nation’s capital.
Designed for students in grades 4-8, this action-packed tour features remarkable special guests and give viewers an inside look at six landmark locations:
The White House The U.S. Capitol Building The Supreme Court The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Using an inquiry based approach, Michigan high school students will learn about …
Using an inquiry based approach, Michigan high school students will learn about the foundations of American government by studying the Constitution and exploring how it works today.
This course is a service-learning, project-based studio course that focuses on collaborative …
This course is a service-learning, project-based studio course that focuses on collaborative design of civic media. Students will work in diverse teams with community partners to create civic media projects grounded in real-world community needs. This course covers co-design and lean UX methods, and best practices for including communities in iterative stages of project ideation, design, prototyping, testing, launch, and stewardship. Students should have an interest in collaboration with community-based organizations.
From June 2018 to May 2019, we administered an assessment to 3,446 …
From June 2018 to May 2019, we administered an assessment to 3,446 students, a national sample that matches the demographic profile of high school students in the United States. The six exercises in our assessment gauged students’ ability to evaluate digital sources on the open internet. The results—if they can be summarized in a word—are troubling: •Fifty-two percent of students believed a grainy video claiming to show ballot stuffing in the 2016 Democratic primaries (the video was actually shot in Russia) constituted “strong evidence” of voter fraud in the U.S. Among more than 3,000 responses, only three students tracked down the source of the video, even though a quick search turns up a variety of articles exposing the ruse. Two-thirds of students couldn’t tell the difference between news stories and ads (set off by the words “Sponsored Content”) on Slate’s homepage.Ninety-six percent of students did not consider why ties between a climate change website and the fossil fuel industry might lessen that website’s credibility. Instead of investigating who was behind the site, students focused on superficial markers of credibility: the site’s aesthetics, its top-level domain, or how it portrayed itself on the About page.
Civics is the study of our national government, constitution, and the rights …
Civics is the study of our national government, constitution, and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. Topics include democracy and other forms of government; legislative, executive, and judicial functions; the political process; and foreign and domestic policies. It also includes a summary of Washington State History and local native sovereignty.
The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction has teamed with the …
The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction has teamed with the Civic Learning Council and the National Constitution Center to provide this professional development opportunity on resources and tools for helping students engage in discussions of controversial issues.
Download the video file here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jefvmk5tv6t0zoa/OSPI_CLC_CIVICS-BridgeTheDivide-FINAL.mp4?dl=0
In Washington, a stand-alone high school civics course is required by a …
In Washington, a stand-alone high school civics course is required by a new state law.
A statewide sub-committee of OSPI's Social Studies Cadre and Walter Parker, Professor of Social Studies Education, University of Washington, drafted this list of resources in hopes that it will be useful to schools needing to create such a course or update an existing course. It is a work-in-progress.
Social Studies Targets:Forms of governmentNature/Purposes of governmentIdeologies of governmentComparative governmentEconomic systems and …
Social Studies Targets:Forms of governmentNature/Purposes of governmentIdeologies of governmentComparative governmentEconomic systems and governmentLearning Targets:Understand how the world is organized politically and nations interact (civics)Identify the differences in philosophy, structure, and the nature of different types of government (civics)Understand the role of sovereignty in the development of different governments and within governments (civics)Compare and contrast democracies with other forms of government.(civics)Understand individual rights and their accompanying responsibilities including problem solving and decision making at the local, state, and international level. (civics)Understand how cultural forces and factors influenced and were influenced by changes in government (Cultural Geography)Identify ways that power can be distributed geographically within a state (Physical Geography)Identify the different types of economic systems (Economics)Understand how different government and economic systems influence one another (Economics)Students will recognize and analyze the ideologies inherent in different economic systems. (Economics)
From: University of Virginia Center for PoliticsThe Key to John LockePurpose: The …
From: University of Virginia Center for PoliticsThe Key to John LockePurpose: The student will understand some of the basic theories of John Locke including limited government, unalienable rights, equal rights, and authority from consent of the governed.Objectives:Students will interpret the ideas of John Locke as they relate to limited government, unalienable rights, equal rights, and authority from the consent of the governed.Students will apply their interpretations of specific quotations from Locke to contemporary paintings by Norman Rockwell, The Problem We All Live With, by Dave Cutler, Flag With Male Symbol, and to a photograph from the 1989 revolt in Tiananmen Square.Key Words:consent of the governed natural rights treatise state of nature unalienable rights
Teacher's Guide: The Sovereign State by iCivicsTime Needed: Two class periodsMaterials Needed:Student …
Teacher's Guide: The Sovereign State by iCivicsTime Needed: Two class periodsMaterials Needed:Student WorksheetsPower Point w/projector (optional)Colored pencils (optional)Copy Instructions:Anticipation & Closing Activities (half pages back to back; class set)Guided notes organizer (1 page; class set)Create a State Worksheets (2 pages; class set)Learning Objectives. Students will be able to:Identify and describe the four features of a state.Differentiate between a sovereign state and the “states” in the United States by deciding whether the four features of a state apply to each.List the four roles of government.Apply the features and roles of a state by creating a profile of a new, fictional sovereign state and deciding on its priorities.
This lesson combines two readings from the iCivics Influence Library and adds …
This lesson combines two readings from the iCivics Influence Library and adds activities that bridge the two topics: Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.Learning Objectives. Students will be able to:Identify the basic ideas on government from Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.Define the terms: state of nature, natural rights, sovereign.Trace the development of the idea of the social contract from Thomas Hobbes to John Locke.
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