Political Interest Survey
How interested are you in politics? How knowledgable about politics are you? This survey is designed to gauge a student’s self-perceived level of political literacy. Loading…
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2015 NESSC High School Redesign Conference – Presentation on Political Literacy
Dear CSC Students and Parents, I wanted to send a big thank you to my current and former students for their recent participation in the High School Redesign Conference in Boston this past week. The conference was sponsored by the New England Secondary School Consortium (NESSC) and the Great Schools Partnership (GSP). These organizations both…
Political Literacy – What it is and why we should teach it.
Posted in About, Featured, New School Civics, Political Issues, Resources, Teaching Civics, Teaching History
What is political literacy? Political literacy means having the basic skills, understandings, and attitudes required to take an active and well educated role in a democratic society. Why should schools teach political literacy. In a world with so many problems in need of political solutions we need citizens who are capable of filtering through all of…
Why New School Civics?
Blogger: Matt Henchen
