This is a three part assignment. In the first two, students will …
This is a three part assignment. In the first two, students will read and summarize the concept of sovereignty as defined by James Madison in Federalist 46 and John C. Calhoun in the South Carolina Exposition and Protest. In the third part of the assignment, students will be asked to compare and contrast the main arguments of each document through the lens of Popular Constitutionalism, a concept proposed by Larry Kramer, Dean of the Stanford University School of Law.
Docs Teach is the online tool for teaching with documents, from the …
Docs Teach is the online tool for teaching with documents, from the National Archives. * Choose from thousands of primary sources for use in classroom activities. * Find and use activities crafted by educators using documents from the National Archives. * Create your own interactive learning activities.
This is a course about how research knowledge and other types of …
This is a course about how research knowledge and other types of knowledge come to be actionable and influential in the world — or not. The course explores ways to make research knowledge more accessible, credible, and useful in the realm of public policy and practice, a project in which the course faculty collectively bring decades of professional experience, in both academic and non-academic roles. The course addresses the politics of the policymaking process, the power of framing and agenda-setting, fads and paradigms in the design professions and society in general, how knowledge diffuses along knowledge and influence networks, and how varied types of knowledge (rational, craft, other) and deliberation shape decision-making and action. The course engages a number of guests to present case studies of research in use (and abuse) in varied fields, highlighting rich areas for potential research contributions, along with major conflicts in public values, political interests, ethical obligations, and more. The resulting dilemmas confront scholars, policymakers, practitioners, and others as they look to research — sometimes — for useful guidance, influence, or both.
Does Democracy Matter in My Life?- Own It! Handbook is the guide …
Does Democracy Matter in My Life?- Own It! Handbook is the guide book for a transformative after-school, trauma-informed enrichment program. It provides five lessons & activities about essential elements of American democracy since the 1780s. Own It! also nurtures academic skills, personal growth and leadership. It uses history to connect our past to our future, as part of the Own Your History® (OYH) Collection. But Own It! is not “school” and it differs from traditional approaches to history. Own It! helps students learn more about themselves, as well as their community and the country. Own It! enhances students’ engagement in being creative, making things happen, and achieving goals. Its mission is to help them step up and enrich their lives, especially by understanding that they live in history.
From the 1960s to the 1990s, economically-disadvantaged school districts, primarily Latino, in Texas …
From the 1960s to the 1990s, economically-disadvantaged school districts, primarily Latino, in Texas struggled to gain more adequate funding for their children's education. At first halted by a Supreme Court ruling, one leader gained additional support and continued pressing the issue, with the result that eventually the Court reversed its stance and required the state to develop a more equitable funding plan.Students will consider the historic actions taken by the communities and the Court and how their own community action can and should make a difference.
John Dickerson discusses how the sitting president's party typically performs in midterm …
John Dickerson discusses how the sitting president's party typically performs in midterm election years. John Dickerson is co-host of CBS This Morning. He was previously CBS News' Chief Washington Correspondent, Political Director and anchor of Face The Nation. Dickerson is also a contributor to Slate's Political Gabfest and to The Atlantic. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Dickerson moderated CBS News' two presidential debates. Prior to CBS, Dickerson was Slate Magazine's Chief Political correspondent and covered politics for twelve years for Time magazine.
SYNOPSIS: In this lesson, students practice civic engagement by researching and writing …
SYNOPSIS: In this lesson, students practice civic engagement by researching and writing a proposal for climate resiliency and scarce water allocation in the Deschutes River Watershed and presenting it in a mock Town Hall meeting.
SCIENTIST NOTES: The lesson allows students to propose ways to solve water scarcity in their local communities and engage with key stakeholders and policymakers to design policies that will enable local communities in Oregon to manage their water resources while building their resilience to climate change. The lesson and all the accompanying materials were reviewed and are suitable for teaching.
POSITIVES: -Students engage in a mock Town Hall and learn how to build community while voicing community concerns. -Students practice listening skills and engage in discourse over an important issue. -Students learn to collaborate with different stakeholders and diverse voices, working together to find a solution that best fits a community. -Students practice using local research to support their ideas. -Students learn to write and present a proposal. -The lesson can be spread out over two to four days, with a full day for research, a full day for the Town Hall, a day for voting or decision-making, and a day for letter writing and sharing in the class.
ADDITIONAL PREREQUISITES: -Students should have an understanding of media literacy and best research practices. -Students should have a basic understanding of rhetorical structure and devices for persuasion in oral delivery techniques. -Teachers should review the general overview and agenda in the Town Hall Guide and make adjustments as needed. -You will need to make a copy of the Student Slideshow for each group of students and grant them editing rights before the lesson. Students will be writing in the Student Slideshow.
DIFFERENTIATION: -Students with little experience in persuasive speaking could use some instruction on rhetorical methods and devices using these resources: -41 Rhetorical Devices That Will Make Your Words Memorable -How to Use Rhetoric to Get What You Want -PBS Literary Elements & Techniques: Imagery and Figurative Language. -Students could develop their research into a Community Action Project proposing policy to actual stakeholders. -Students could connect with local stream restoration projects or organizations as a hands-on learning experience. -Students could lead a school community education campaign to spread awareness of water-saving techniques.
Professor Matt Zwolinski of the explains philosopher Peter Singer's drowning child thought …
Professor Matt Zwolinski of the explains philosopher Peter Singer's drowning child thought experiment and explains why its moral may not be as clear cut as it appears.
This week Craig is going to continue our discussion of due process. …
This week Craig is going to continue our discussion of due process. Technically, we started last week with the 4th amendment and search and seizure, but this week we’re going to look at the 5th and 6th amendments and how they ensure a fair trial. We’ll talk about some stuff you tend to hear a lot on tv, like your right to an attorney and a jury of your peers and also terms like “double jeopardy” and “pleading the fifth”. Now, this stuff can get pretty complicated, which is where lawyers come in handy, but it’s important to know your liberties to keep the police and other judicial officers in check.
This is an in-class activity analyzing our drinking water reservoir, but would …
This is an in-class activity analyzing our drinking water reservoir, but would apply to any reservoir for which there are basic crest/elevation data and maps available.
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Short Description: The book looks at the George Floyd uprising using the …
Short Description: The book looks at the George Floyd uprising using the theory of the Black Radical Tradition and Black Marxism. Part of a global wave of rebellions against the police, inequality, and the state, the 2020 uprising opened up a new chapter in the revolutionary history of the proletariat.
Long Description: The book looks at the George Floyd uprising using the theory of the Black Radical Tradition and Black Marxism. Part of a global wave of rebellions against the police, inequality, and the state, the 2020 uprising opened up a new chapter in the revolutionary history of the proletariat. Erupting in Minneapolis in late May, the uprising spread across the United States. Over the course of the next few months, dozens of police stations were attacked, hundreds of cop cars were burned, and thousands of stores in downtown urban centers were looted. The Black proletariat led the charge, but other racialized proletarians joined the fight, demonstrating new possibilities for multi-racial struggle. At the same time, this uprising was contained and repressed by a Black led counterinsurgency that played a definitive role in neutralizing the revolutionary potentials of the movement. Furthermore, there were clear limits to the uprising when it came to gender. When it was time to rebel for Breonna Taylor, few were willing to fight as hard as they had for George Floyd. These and other uncomfortable truths are considered in the opening text, “Race, Class, and Gender in the 2020 Uprising.” Aside from wrestling with these contradictions, Insurgent Possibilities documents the Walter Wallace Jr. rebellion in Philadelphia, where the Black proletariat refined the tactic of looting by car, one of the greatest tactical innovations of the uprising. “Cars, Riots, and Black Liberation» is a first hand reflection on this phenomenon. Insurgent Possibilities also argues that the tensions and contours of the 2020 riots indicate the unique relationship between civil war and revolution that is so pronounced in the United States. Building off of the analysis set out in earlier texts, “Prelude to a New Civil War” traces the mounting hostilities of the uprising back to the unfinished business of the first US Civil War. The last text in the collection, “Fire on Main Street,” looks at how the uprising played out in small cities and suburbs throughout the country, focusing on the strategic implications that these peripheral areas pose for questions of insurrection and revolution.
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DATA: Worldwide Wetlands Inventory. TOOL: Ramsar International Wetlands Data Gateway. SUMMARY: Learn …
DATA: Worldwide Wetlands Inventory. TOOL: Ramsar International Wetlands Data Gateway. SUMMARY: Learn about wetlands around the world. Perform a series of searches to identify wetland areas that need protection.
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This subject examines the interactions of East Asia with the rest of …
This subject examines the interactions of East Asia with the rest of the world and the relationships of each of the East Asian countries with each other, from ca. 1500 to 2000 A.D. Primary focus on China and Japan, with some reference to Korea, Vietnam, and Central Asia. Asks how international diplomatic, commercial, military, religious, and cultural relationships joined with internal processes to direct the development of East Asian societies. Subject addresses perceptions and misperceptions among East Asians and foreigners.
EcoCircle's competence framework aims to define the required set of knowledge, skills …
EcoCircle's competence framework aims to define the required set of knowledge, skills & attitudes needed for a sustainable digital business growth and creation, thanks to the understanding and incorporation of targeted Circular Economy’s fundamentals, which will enable individuals and organizations to navigate successfully the global digital economy. Finally each of the identified competences, within the Framework correspond to the different e-learning modules of our platform and e-game levels of our application (download on: AppStore or Playstore).The framework is also available in Dutch, Finnish, French, Italien, Slovenian & Spanish here https://ecocircleproject.com/results/
Designed for a large urban high school’s upperclassmen in a Journalism class, …
Designed for a large urban high school’s upperclassmen in a Journalism class, the unit’s central thematic focus is the causes and effects of economic inequality on the middle class. In this country, we believe that everyone has a chance for prosperity, or at least a comforting sense of security: being able to pay our bills, send our children to college, succeed if we try hard enough, being able to afford health care. Taken together, we call this being middle class. Put another way, we call this The American Dream. Some of us aspire to great wealth, a mansion in the Hamptons. For the vast majority of Americans, making it is a simpler aspiration: doing better than our parents, living longer than our parents, being more educated than our parents. My topic is “The Shrinking Middle Class?” Within this topic are various subtopics/questions: 1) What is an accurate definition of “Middle Class?” (Is it defined by an income range or by a state of mind?) 2) What are the effects of periodic economic downturns on ordinary Americans? (confidence, conformity, fear of failure, mental health), 3) What effects do increases in the minimum wage have on the middle class? (decreased poverty, overall confidence in the future, the effect on the overall economy?) My own students are urban and many do not consider themselves, and are not, among the middle class. The topic should resonate.
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