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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…
Rethinking Politics in the Classroom by Daniel Judt
This was an excellent article written by the son of Tony Judt in The Nation. The article is no longer available on The Nation’s website, but I was able to resurrect the article by finding a cached version of the page. (Note: the link to the article on The Nation’s website now appears to be working)…
To Engage or Empower?
I recently came across a blog post asking the question – Should we be engaging or empowering students? I’ll be sharing this with my students as an example of a false dichotomy or the ‘either-or logical fallacy.’ These goals need not be mutually exclusive and the best answer may be somewhere in the middle. While I…
About This Site
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The purpose of this blog is to promote the teaching of a ‘contemporary politics’ style of civics education in all secondary schools. Unlike the more traditional ‘old school’ civics courses that made every attempt to stay objective and avoid controversy, this style of civics education actively embraces controversial topics and subjective viewpoints.
Heeding Dworkin’s Call for Contemporary Politics in U.S. Classrooms
The following is an excerpt from an article entitled “Three Questions for America“, written by the late Ronald Dworkin. The excerpt helps explain the purpose of this blog, which is to promote the collaborative development of a new school civics course that helps all students develop the necessary knowledge, skills, and dispositions required to take…
Why New School Civics?
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