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Peer reviewedKoman, Rita G. – Social Education, 1998
Presents a high school lesson plan to teach students that democratic citizenship is not passive and to prepare them to take part in grassroots education and action. Presents a historical overview of campaign-finance debates and a series of activities that use this material to engage students in their own debates. (DSK)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Debate
Peer reviewedKoman, Rita G. – Update on Law-Related Education, 1995
Presents a lesson plan on federalism that involves the class researching constitutional issues and inviting local officials to debate these issues. Students conduct a question-and-answer session afterward utilizing their research. Includes a list of proposed issues. (MJP)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Citizenship Education, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law
Download full textKoman, Rita G. – 2003
Several hundred thousand people converged on the Kennedy Space Center (Florida) on July 16, 1969, to view the launch of the "Saturn V" rocket that would propel "Apollo 11" to the moon. The engineers and technicians watching their computer screens may secretly have kept their fingers crossed, but at two minutes before launch, a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Enrichment, Historic Sites, Interdisciplinary Approach
