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Mora, Juliane – Communication Teacher, 2021
Courses: Communicating Identity, Intercultural Communication, Organizational Communication. Objectives: The goals of this unit are to stimulate communal, group-oriented thinking and to prompt civic engagement. By the end of the unit, students will be able to (1) articulate connections between class status, home ownership, and neighborhood…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Democracy, Identification (Psychology), Intercultural Communication
Fullmer, Lauren M.; Bond, Laura F.; Molyneaux, Crystal N.; Nayman, Samuel J.; Elias, Maurice J. – ASCD, 2022
We often hear that a key purpose of schooling is to prepare students for informed and active citizenship. But what does this look like in practice? How do teachers pursue this goal amid other pressing priorities, including student mastery of both academic content and social-emotional competencies? "Students Taking Action Together," based…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Citizen Participation, Democracy, Elementary Secondary Education
Levine, Thomas H. – Social Studies, 2022
Political history lends itself to traditional patterns of teaching and learning in social studies such as students memorizing facts presented in lectures or textbooks. This article presents a recurring activity structure for teaching U.S. political history--Consensus Circle Presidential Rating (CCPR)--which requires students to read across…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Social Studies, Democracy, Citizenship Education
Furman, Cara E.; Traugh, Cecelia E. – Teachers College Press, 2021
What does it mean to teach for human dignity? How does one do so? This practical book shows how the leaders at four urban public schools used a process called Descriptive Inquiry to create democratic schools that promote and protect human dignity. The authors argue that teachers must attend to who a child is and find a way to create classrooms…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Human Dignity, Inquiry, Democracy
Scott M. Waring Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2024
This resource has been developed for pre-K-20 educators in order to help students use primary sources to go beyond simple acquisition of content knowledge and rote memorization. The procedures and approaches outlined in this book are designed to help students use primary sources in discipline- and inquiry-based ways to develop and enhance cultural…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Information Sources, Cultural Awareness, Civics
Ohl, Jessy J. – Communication Teacher, 2020
Courses: Introduction to Rhetoric and Communication, Basic Course, Public Speaking, Classical Rhetoric. Objectives: To re-establish disciplinary commitment to civic education in perilous democratic times through "imitatio."
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Civics, Interpersonal Communication, Democracy
Kibsey, Talia – Communication Teacher, 2022
Online activism is a space of opportunity for students to encounter social justice issues, explore the possibilities of visual rhetoric, practice persuasive speaking skills, and actively contribute to the momentum of social movements. At the same time, digital activism raises concerns about "slacktivism," limiting the necessary…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Public Speaking, Persuasive Discourse, Advocacy
Kahn, Sami; Hartman, Sara L. – Science and Children, 2018
As every elementary science teacher knows, children sometimes ask questions that can not easily be answered by science. The "messiness" of these questions may stem from the fact that scientific understanding is often incomplete and ever changing, a situation that can lead students (and the public) to be confused about the information…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Science and Society, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction
Santoro, Doris A., Ed.; Cain, Lizabeth, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2018
"Principled Resistance: How Teachers Resolve Ethical Dilemmas" brings together senior scholars and activist teachers to explore the concept of resistance as a necessary response to mandates that conflict with their understanding of quality teaching. The book provides vivid examples of the pedagogical, professional, and democratic…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Principles, Ethics, Teacher Attitudes
Shannon, Patrick – Teachers College Press, 2011
In his new book, popular author Patrick Shannon examines reading as agency--why reading critically is essential to civic engagement and a healthy democracy. We follow the author on a journey of self discovery as he practices "wide-awake reading" with a variety of everyday texts, from radio programs to legal documents to more traditional books and…
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Citizen Participation
Rosa, Joao J.; Rosa, Ricardo D. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
Supported by critical theoretical frameworks, this book is a purposeful engagement with bodies of knowledge rooted in popular culture, yet routinely excluded from "common sense" visions of curriculum. Aimed at teachers as well as teacher-educators, the book examines areas such as Disney, African American stand-up comedy, intersections of…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Video Games, Democracy, Educational Environment
Johnson, Andrew P. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2010
This comprehensive, reader-friendly text demonstrates how personal connections can be incorporated into social studies education while meeting standards of the National Council for the Social Studies. Praised for its wealth of strategies that go beyond social studies content teaching--including classroom strategies, pedagogical techniques,…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Current Events, Textbooks, Democracy
Herczog, Michelle M.; Porter, Priscilla – Center for Civic Education, 2010
The democratic aim of American education is to provide "all" students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to become informed, effective, and responsible citizens. Like civic education itself, literacy education can be embraced by all teachers across all disciplines. There are strategies that all teachers can use to help address…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Processes, Vocabulary Development, Reading Strategies
Herczog, Michelle M.; Porter, Priscilla – Center for Civic Education, 2010
The democratic aim of American education is to provide "all" students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to become informed, effective, and responsible citizens. Like civic education itself, literacy education can be embraced by all teachers across all disciplines. There are strategies that all teachers can use to help address…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Processes, Vocabulary Development, Reading Strategies
Kofsky, Jackie; Morris, Barb – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2006
Many young students are unfamiliar with key symbols of the United States and the ideals that these symbols represent. These symbols consist of images and words that adults know by heart, but too often take for granted. The lesson activities described in this article focus on four well-known symbols--their history and what they mean to American…
Descriptors: Democracy, Social Studies, Young Children, Patriotism