Sentences with phrase «for civics lesson»

It aimed for civics lesson accuracy in trying to explain the way politics worked, especially the tensions involved in trying to balance conflicting loyalties.

The recent row over Bill Maher and Ben Affleck's heated discussion of Islam on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher strikes me as an opportunity for a civic lesson — one rooted not in debating who is right or wrong, or who is bigoted or not, but one, that, in true Facing History and Ourselves fashion, is rooted in history.

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Just three days earlier, the 6» 8 1/2», 215 - pound Max had gotten another lesson in civics — if not civility — while playing center for George Washington High in a Public League quarterfinal playoff basketball game between his school and Murrell Dobbins Technical High.

Lesson No. 1, for Mayor Daley, is that civic decisions of this import should not be sprung on the public as a fait accompli.

As for the other two, if they are motivated by fear and division, they need to join Diaz Jr. in that civics lesson.

Now in its eighth year, the civic engagement initiative was a collaboration between the Youth Bureau and The Center for Family Life and Recovery, Cornell Cooperative Extension, The Neighborhood Center, Thea Bowman House, John Bosco House, Utica Safe Schools / Underground Café, Dodge Pratt Northam Art & Community Center and The Salvation Army Utica Citadel to provide youth programing with the intent of introducing lessons of community service through volunteerism.

Still, the teachers note that teaching the controversy has made for lively lessons in civics, politics and skeptical thinking — part of the goal of the whole unit.

For me, this civics lesson at the mailbox joined together privacy and civil liberties.

For all the value of his three most recent period pictures, they feel less vital as direct responses to the world around us than as filmed civics lessons, like popcorn Rossellini in his historical films era.

The civics lessons of the past, for example, are often criticized for emphasizing rote learning and underrepresenting people of color.

Two days a week, we've traded in lessons about World War II for discussions about how to become local civic activists.

That is but seven lessons — one for each day of a single week — of the many, many truths about American civic life that we look to our teachers and our schools (although not them alone) to help teach our daughters and sons.

Not only does this place concrete examples within a larger context, but it also provides readers with valuable lessons and tangible insight that sketch a blueprint for an ideal civic education.

Lesson plans, class starters, resources, and tools for teachers of Religious Education, Civics, History.

The bottom line is that public schools can take a lesson from private schools about how to prepare students for civic life, not only in providing skills, but also in providing the confidence to use those skills.

Now Fairview teachers weave civics lessons into their K - 5 standards, creating engaging and relevant lessons for their students.

To encourage civic participation, the Center developed a useful curriculum for students in grades 4 - 12 designed to «demystify the voting process,» with lessons that help students understand voter registration, how voting works, and the steps it takes to become an informed voter.

All lesson plans that comprise the Passport to Democracy program are aligned to the Victorian Curriculum and the Australian Curriculum for the teaching of Civics and Citizenship content across Years 5 - 10.

The Civics lesson plans that were created specifically for this site cover the impact that Jamestown colony had on American democracy as well as encourage students to become actively engaged in the democratic principles of citizenship.

Towards these ends, he engages his students by designing lessons that incorporate opportunities for students to engage critically in the material they are learning, and he models and encourages meaningful civic participation by designing service learning opportunities for all of his students.

This new emphasis on empathic joy makes it possible for schools to use empathy not only to boost student achievement, but also to reframe lessons in history and civics on the importance of kindness and mutual understanding in fostering constructive solutions.

Facing History's recent book, Washington's Rebuke to Bigotry, on his 1790 letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, looks at the United States» first president's views on religious freedom, and is a powerful resource for exploring these essential civic lessons within U.S. history.

Students from the Bronx Charter School for Better Learning got a lesson in civics today as they testified at NYC City Hall in support of a resolution calling for school uniforms saying, «We do support wearing school uniforms.

In particular, the material in this lesson provides opportunities for students to consider the messages they receive in school about their responsibilities as citizens, and to evaluate the role of civic education in a democracy.

• For parents: Take this opportunity to work collectively with other parents and your school leaders on the larger civic lessons around this growing youth movement.

The program consists of a library of thought - provoking, inspirational messages that can be broadcast each morning, encouraging everyone to do and be their personal best; a subscription to a resource site that provides materials, such as lesson plans and weekly journals, to help students develop social, emotional, ethical and civic skills; and weekly morale boosters that are written for educators.

The lessons will be fully aligned to state standards so that social studies teachers will be able to bring civic education and literacy learning together for all students in grades 6 - 12.

The website, for example, provides teachers with student tasks for applying civics in real - world situations and with civics lesson plans on American rights and responsibilities; giving back to the community; and examining historical contexts of justice and inequality.

The lessons learned from the study of these exemplary programs will provide valuable information for practitioners and policymakers seeking to ensure that our nation's teachers have the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare all students for college, career, and civic life.

These lessons are directed toward grades 9 through 12, and college students for use in the following subject areas: social studies, environmental studies, political science, women's studies, international studies, world history, government and civics.

I know for me the Humane Society has had a great emotional impact on several levels, first as a great civics lesson.

NHS offers behind - the - scenes tours for civic groups, organizations and clubs, plus tours and presentations to enhance classroom lessons.

Do civic lessons for adults start here?»

The confirmation hearings for Judge Roberts have been discussed by many as a «national civics lesson.»

Back in elementary school, one of the first indelible lessons we were taught to instill civic pride in our country was learning how, contrary to Charles Dickens» London, or even the pre-Civil War U.S., we don't have debtors» prisons that imprison people for the «crime» of being poor.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Granby Memorial High School, Granby • CT 2008 - Present Instructor Provide key instruction and lesson plan development for 11th Grade U.S. History and 12th Grade Honors Civics.

The lessons learned from the study of these programs will provide valuable information for practitioners and policymakers seeking to ensure that our nation's teachers have the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare all students for college, career, and civic life.