Sentences with phrase «lessons about civics»

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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.

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.

I - civics offers lessons, educational games and web casts designed to teach students about the branches of government, the constitution, and the bill of rights.

Bring the conversation about religious freedom and civic participation to your classroom with free lesson plans and activities.

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.

Civics Online attempts to promote «teachers» thinking about how to design effective learning environments» by providing (a) a search engine to locate multimedia resources, (b) detailed lesson plans, and (c) access to textual case studies where classroom teachers describe their students» experiences with the resources.

The articles that follow provide concrete, detailed lessons from research and best practice about how to make afterschool and summer programming more effective in a number of key areas that help young people to be more successful in school and to graduate from high school — the first rung in the ladder leading to full participation in 21st century economic and civic life.

About Facing History and Ourselves Cleveland Since the Cleveland office was established in 1999, Facing History has provided more than 2,266 educators with programs and resources that connect the study of history to lessons about tolerance, respect, and civic participation tAbout Facing History and Ourselves Cleveland Since the Cleveland office was established in 1999, Facing History has provided more than 2,266 educators with programs and resources that connect the study of history to lessons about tolerance, respect, and civic participation tabout tolerance, respect, and civic participation today.

Talk about a civics lesson: A high school senior has raised questions about political bias in a popular textbook on U.S. government, and legal scholars and top scientists say the teen's criticism is well founded.