Summative Performance Task & Tool Harwood Union History Department Your Challenging Task: Answer a historical question in a formal academic essay using ample evidence from multiple sources. Your Learning Target: I can uses evidence from multiple sources to make a strong argument on an historical question or debate. What is your Historical…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A Few Places to Find Films: Films For Action Media Education Foundation 10 Other Sites Some Possible Documentaries to Watch: Environmental Issues Do The Math – (Trailer) A Place at the Table – (Trailer) Gasland – (Trailer) Tapped – (Trailer) Water – (Trailer) The Island President – (Trailer) No Impact Man – (Trailer) Dirt! The…
Create a ‘Did you know…’ media piece using one of the resources below… http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinnkin5.html http://www.redcoat.me.uk/Rev-War.htm http://www.progressive.org/zinn070309.html http://www.rayraphael.com/index.htm http://www.historynet.com/debunking-boston-tea-party-myths.htm/1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFekGGggMlw&list=PLsRNoUx8w3rP9zmv8IdM-576Zpr9QEAy7&index=3 http://zinnedproject.org/materials/re-examining-the-revolution/ http://www.sullivanclinton.com/ http://www.bostonmassacre.net/alternative.htm http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/History/Massacres_History.html (Boston Massacre) You could also Google – Myths of the American Revolution
Overview Last week we watched the first episode of Crash Course U.S. History and then discussed how Jared Diamond’s book (Guns, Germs, and Steel) helps us to answer the question “why were Europeans able to eventually dominate the Native Americans?” Assignments This Week 1) Write a reflection on the two resources posted above. What are…
