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How does politics really work in America?
Lesson Overview This learning unit is based on a recent study from Princeton University that confirms what many Americans have felt for years – the preferences of the average American have very little impact on the laws being passed by the Federal government. Students learn more about how our democratic republic is supposed to work…
Harwood Open House
Creating Sustainable Communities Mr. Matt Henchen CSC – Civics mhenchen@wwsu.org How to view student assignments – Visit My Blog http://newschoolhistory.com/ Each week, I will attempt to post the following information: What we are currently learning about with links to resources, readings, and handouts What we will be studying next week with resources for pre-teaching A…
Coptic Stitch Notebook and First Journal Prompts
Your challenge: Turn an old binder destined for the dump into an amazing Coptic Stitch Sustainability Journal. Journal Reflection: What Skills, Knowledge, and Attitudes did you need in order to accomplish this challenging task? What are you proud of? If you had more time or the chance to do this again, what would you do…
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…
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…
Climate Change Argument Map
Demonstration of Proficiency: Critical Literacy (CL2: Analysis) Why are we learning this? Being able to break down and identify the main arguments of a text is not something you need to learn just for school. Finding bias, incorrect information, and main arguments is a life skill. Procedure for Text Mark-Up and Argument Mapping Identify…
Do the Math – New Film on Climate Change
Like most people, Bill (environmentalist and co-founder of 350.org), is not an activist by nature. There’s really not that many people whose greatest desire it to go out and fight the system. His theory of change was that he’ll write his book, people will read it and they’ll change. But that’s not how change happens….
Make Fire, Spread Fire
This is a video I made a few years ago to illustrate my beliefs about 21st century skills. In my opinion, it’s not just about teaching the latest digital technologies – it’s also about teaching some of the most time honored skills. It’s about teaching our students how to make a fire with their bare…
Girls Rock The Capitol Vermont
Every year, Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains invites girls ages 15-18 to join our Girls Rock the Capitol Program as interns! Girls work side-by-side with female State Representatives in Vermont to get a behind-the-scenes look at state government, learn about advocacy, and how to enact change in the world. This year’s program…
Why New School Civics?
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