Extractions: About Search Forums Newsletter ... Tell-A-Friend Printable Version for your convenience! Native Americans I. Geography 1. Make a map showing the migration routes of various Indian tribes in North and Central America 2. Children identify the different regions where the Indians lived in North and Central America. Each child identifies a tribe on the map and places a push pin in the appropriate region. Each child researches the tribe and writes 5 interesting facts about it. 3. Locate on a map of Mesoamerica: Yucatan Peninsula, Maya Lowlands? Maya Highlands, Copan, Palenque, and Tikal. II. History 1. As a class, discuss important events, places and people in Native American history and have the children draw a picture of a certain event. 2. Construct a timeline of Mayan dominance and note some of their accomplishments.
Campus Compact - Indicators Of Engagement related to civic engagement, communitybased teaching and research, The institution effectively coordinates community-based activities across http://www.compact.org/indicators/indicators-MSI.html
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School Of Education The courses I typically teach include the following. Courses frequently taught Primarily, we consider social studies as a social and civic activity. http://www.colorado.edu/education/faculty/briansevier/teaching.html
Extractions: As a former elementary school teacher in the Denver metropolitan area, I had the opportunity to work with students from diverse backgrounds and become part of a community of teachers who actively sought to make their instructional practices relevant and equitable for all students. In addition, I was able to serve on multiple teacher-comprised committees, at the district level, that allowed me to truly participate in collegial curriculum-building activities. These experiences helped form and deepen my commitment to socially aware and justice-oriented forms of education. It was with that commitment in mind that I returned to CU as a teacher educator. I hope to convey to all my students the need for and possibilities of transformative, equitable, and engaging forms of pedagogy. The courses I typically teach include the following: Courses frequently taught This course is designed to enable teacher education candidates to construct social studies curricula that will allow children to understand and to participate in our democratic and multicultural society. To help achieve these goals, the course is oriented around three main objectives for the elementary student:
Extractions: Main Product List) HOME GED Preparation Workplace Skills Adult Basic Ed. Family Literacy Professional Dev. ESL Pricing Products A to Z Contact Us About Us Home ESL ESL/CivicsLink Level: Professional development for teachers of ESL and civics ESL/CivicsLink offers adult education ESL teachers online access to rich, well-researched professional development to help them teach English to speakers of other languages, strengthen cross-cultural awareness, and integrate English literacy instruction and civics education. Based on interactive units, ESL/CivicsLink provides registered users with a self-paced learning program coupled with the opportunity to contribute to discussions and participate in collaborations with teachers nationwide. Seven professional development units include an orientation and cover major issues identified by ESL teachers: Orientation Teaching a Citizenship Class Building Cross-Cultural Awareness Teaching Approaches in ESL Using the Internet in the Classroom Integrating Civics and English Literacy
Extractions: ASA News ASEE Prism Academe African American Review ... View all titles in this topic Hot New Articles by Topic Automotive Sports Top Articles Ever by Topic Automotive Sports Civic Education: can public schools teach good citizenship? - Forum Education Next Spring, 2004 by Stephen Macedo Chester E. Finn, Jr. Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. DECLINING VOTER PARTICIPATION AMONG the young. Persistently low scores on national civics and history assessments. High-school graduates who can't find Iraq on a globe. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] These are just some of the symptoms of civic education gone awry. To some observers, they suggest that efforts to teach students the skills and knowledge necessary to participate in democratic life are at best ineffective. Others believe that the schools are simply not trying hard enough. And still others question whether public schools should even be involved in shaping students' civic values. To some degree, education will always be civic in nature. But where should the lines be drawn? Who should determine what will be taught? And how can the nation ensure that students emerge with an understanding of their country's history and most cherished values?
Extractions: Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. After the communist tyrannies in Europe fell in the early 1990s, countries there began changing to governments based on democratic ideals. The shift to democracy was monumental for countries moving away from a system where all decisions were made without input from the people. With new and unfamiliar expectations suddenly placed on citizens, it became evident that people would need to be educated about the new form of government. Looking for assistance, these countries found Civitas, an International Civic Education Exchange Program administered by the Center for Civic Education (CCE). Civitas supports collaboration between the United States and emerging democracies to help make democratic ideals a reality. The Civitas International Civic Education Exchange Program, which is active in more than 22 U.S. states and 30 countries, provides leaders in civic education opportunities to learn from and assist one another in improving education for democracy in their nations. The program is funded through a grant from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement of the U.S. Department of Education in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State and its affiliated offices throughout the world (CCE 2001). Civitas addresses civic education activities from the development of educational policy, standards, curricular frameworks, and materials to teacher education, classroom implementation, and research and evaluation (CCE 2003).
Social Studies Development Center Teaching, Research, and Citizen Group Resources. Active Citizenship The siteprovides samples of the civics Alive! curriculum developed by Kids Voting http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/civlinks.htm
Extractions: Teaching, Research, and Citizen Group Resources Active Citizenship: Empowering America's Youth Features a 17-lesson curriculum unit for grades 7-12; information about citizenship education, civic values, service learning, and in-service programs on all these topics. The American President This is the official Web site for the PBS documentary series by the same name. It features lesson plans based on the series; in-depth information about all 41 U.S. Presidents; learning activities; historical documents; essays on a wide range of presidential topics; a political magazine by and for students; and a section devoted to following and learning about the 2000 election. Anatomy of a Murder: A Trip Through Our Nation's Legal Justice System Visitors to this site can follow the fictional story of a murder trial, complete with legally accurate details. Provided to enhance the educational purposes of this site are an introduction to the legal justice system, a glossary, information on Supreme Court cases, and actual documents filled out during an arrest. Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
Population Education: Teaching Population: Hands-On Activities (CD-ROM) Teaching Population is the ultimate multidisciplinary tool to introduce students of User-friendly menus to find activities by grade, subject level and http://www.populationeducation.org/pages/0,productdetail,productdetail,00.ecs?co
Law-Related Education Center for Civic Education The Center specializes in full range of resourcesand activities to support the teaching of landmark Supreme Court cases, http://www.jud.state.ct.us/lawlib/education.htm
Extractions: September 17 th of each year Teacher Resources for Discussing the War in Iraq with Students National Center for Children Exposed to Violence: The topic for 2005 is The American Jury its origins, evolution, and function in a democratic society... Students will also learn about jury systems of other countries. Constitutional Rights Foundation: War in Iraq, Online Lessons and Research Links Educators for Social Reponsibility (ESR): Understanding War "These lessons are intended to help teachers put issues of current global conflict into an ethical, historical, and cultural context, while encouraging students to think critically and discuss differing perspectives." TeachersFirst.com - Conflict In Iraq:
Extractions: Americans are rightly concerned that schools are not providing students with the knowledge and habits necessary to be good citizens. With the notable exception of volunteer activity, every form of civic engagement among the young has declined. About half of those aged 18 to 29 voted in the 1972 presidential election. By the 1996 election, however, the share had dropped to less than one-third. While 58 percent of college freshmen polled by UCLA in 1966 considered it important to keep up with politics, only 26 percent thought so by the end of the 1990s. Even though young Americans are more educated than ever before, they pay far less attention than previous generations did to traditional news sources like newspapers and network television. And few of them use new media such as the Internet to replace traditional sources of news about world events. In response to these trends, increasing attention is being paid to civic education in the schools. But strangely, at a moment when the schools seem capable of becoming a bulwark against civic dis engagement among the young, a rising chorus of skeptics is casting doubt on the whole enterprise of civic education. In practice, they charge, civic education is ineffective and potentially harmful. The materials used in social studies courses, where most schooling about the political process occurs, are too often built on a foundation of moral relativism, cynicism toward received traditions, and, as Chester Finn puts it, Undue deference to the
English Language/Civics Resources English Language/civics Education Online Resource Guide NCLE EL/civicsActivities for Adults NCLE ERIC Digests NCLE Picture Stories for Adult ESL http://www.hudrivctr.org/elcivics/reslist.htm
Extractions: Kindergarten-12 Resources Professional Resources Academy Curricular Exchange: Bill of Rights Is for Us Today Brown University - Swearer Center: English Language/Civics Resources California Literacy Inc. The Process of English and Civics Education (PEACE) Center for Civic Education, Literature for Children and Young Adults ... CRADLE Lessons: Property: Ownership, Respect, and Responsibilit y Minnesota Literacy Council Citizenship Resources Minnesota Literacy Council Resource Reviews Minnesota Literacy Council: Tutor Tips Multi-Cultural Educational Services: ESL Materials for Pre-literate Students ... Western Illinois University: Citizenship Teaching Techniques: A Teacher Training Video Adult Learner Resources ESL PartyLand English Language Civics Education Resource Center
Character Education The series, along with activities and lessons, has been used in more than Center for Civic Education The Center for Civic Education is a nonprofit, http://guidance.wwwcomm.com/charactered.htm
Extractions: Character Education Active Citizenship: Empowering America's Youth A curriculum unit developed by California teacher John Minkler, Ph. D., which teaches the rights, responsibilities and civic values of U.S. citizenship, and includes a group project in which students research and develop a solution for a real problem in their community. This site has information on civic values, an excellent presentation on service learning activities for middle and high school students, a free service learning guide and many links to other sites related to service learning American Promise This Web site is based on common themes that make us Americans as presented in a series of related episodes on Public Television dealing with freedom, responsibility and participation. The series, along with activities and lessons, has been used in more than 20,000 classrooms nationwide to provide lessons in government, civics, and history. Sponsored by Farmers Insurance, it includes sample lesson plans for government, U.S. History, Social Studies, Civics, Economics, Law, World History, and Service Learning. Center for Civic Education Character Counts A nonpartisan, nonsectarian coalition of schools, communities and nonprofit organizations working to advance character education by teaching the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. ... a nonpartisan, nonsectarian coalition of schools, communities and nonprofit organizations working to advance character education by teaching the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.
Library: The Amistad Case Teaching activities. Standards Correlations. The following teaching activitiescorrelate to the National Standards for History. http://library.educationworld.net/txt09/activities.html
Extractions: Teaching Activities Standards Correlations The following teaching activities correlate to the National Standards for History. The teaching activities also correlate to the National Standards for Civics and Government. Standard II. B. 1. - Explain how certain characteristics, including a history of slavery, tend to distinguish American society from most other societies. Standard III. B. 1.- Evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues regarding the purposes, organization, and functions of the institutions of the national government.
Summary Of Topic 1: Classroom Instruction And Democratic Behavior It was emphasized that the teaching of critical thinking skills can be incorporated Several participants commented that effective classroom based civics http://www.ginie.org/ginie-crises-links/edemo/summary1.htm
Extractions: SUMMARY OF TOPIC ONE: CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND DEMOCRATIC BEHAVIOR Education and Democracy On-line Policy Dialogue March 13-19, 2000 TOPIC ONE: CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND DEMOCRATIC BEHAVIOR Classroom Instruction and Democratic Behavior is Topic One in the USAID sponsored Global Forum on Education and Democracy. A description of the major points discussed under this topic is provided below. A Resource Listing of the documents, projects, and other references that were posted during this discussion will be provided to all EDU-DEMOC participants tomorrow. Please note that we are putting out this summary message in draft form; and ask that interested participants send the list messages with any comments or suggested modifications/additions you want to suggest. Comments on the draft text will be incorporated into the final forum document that will be disseminated to all participants at the end of the EDU-DEMOC dialogue next month. Also note that a facilitation and a resource message for Topic Two-Education Governance-was posted earlier today. We encourage participants to respond to these two messages, as our dialogue now shifts its focus.
Extractions: Tell us your interest: Select a Category Hurricane Relief Education / Tech Faith-based Orgs Health Human Services Public Safety Give us your zipcode: OR state: AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA PR RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VI VA WA WV WI WY Teaching American History and Civic Education All Americans must have a complete understanding of our history to be effective and engaged citizens in our democratic society. Yet according to the U.S. Department of Education's National Assessment of Education Progress study, which tracks both Civics and American History understanding among K-12 students, less than one quarter of America's students are proficient in either subject. On September 17, 2002, President George W. Bush observed the 215th anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution by announcing new policies and initiatives to support the teaching of American History and Civics and provide Americans with greater access to some of our countrys national treasures. To illustrate the good work being done as part of the Presidents initiative, USA Freedom Corps is highlighting the Civics and American History projects offered by the Administrations agencies and programs. Together, we are working to keep the foundation of our great Nation strong.
Civic Participation And Community Action Sourcebook logo Civic Participation and Community Action Sourcebook See the book andselected activities below, but click here to order a copy of the entire book. http://easternlincs.worlded.org/docs/vera/index1.htm
JTI CIVIC Education Centre Our areas of activity are. Methods of teaching civics; Content of civics;Integration of the Society; Human Rights; History; Multicultural Society http://www.jti.ee/en/civic/activity.shtml
Washington Week . For Educators . Election 101 | PBS civics Standards. What is Government and What Should it Do? what studentsalready know about the range of political parties that are active in the US http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/educators/election.html
Extractions: This lesson examines the electoral process in the U.S., with emphasis on the presidential election. Students will: review the system of primaries and caucuses leading up to the nominating conventions; consider the two-party system, its benefits and drawbacks; compare the American electoral process with that of other countries; define the issues from a youth perspective and from a community perspective; do a comparative analysis of the candidates' positions on the issues; analyze the role of the news media in the election process. Draw inferences from factual material Predict outcomes based on factual information Collect and analyze raw data Prepare a research paper that requires critical analysis Form an opinion based on critical examination of relevant information Evaluate information gathered from various sources Communicate orally and in writing Make a decision based on data obtained Take action to implement the decision
Civics And Citizenship Resources And Links - ACTivatED The NMA also has extensive teaching resources and professional development informed and active students A perspective on civics and Citizenship http://activated.decs.act.gov.au/learning/civics/links.htm
Extractions: Discovering Democracy Discovering Democracy Discussion Group A new set of classroom activities for senior Australian History (Years 9-12) has recently been added to the Discovering Democracy website. Votes for Women The 1975 Whitlam Dismissal Movements Against Communism (1951-54) The 1967 Referendum ... Parliamentary Education Office 2005 ANZAC DAY COMMEMORATIONS This year marks the 90th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign and the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Department of Veteran's Affairs ( http://www.dva.gov.au ) regularly develops and publishes resource kits for schools to assist students to learn about and commemorate Australia's wartime history and the service and of our men and women during those times. In March this year all Australian schools were issued with a resource pack of materials including: Operation CLICK: Anzac to Kokoda (website information http://www.anzacsite.gov.au
Untitled Document The visitor may use the search function to find information on teaching or This site represents a national initiative on American history, civics and http://www.library.okstate.edu/govdocs/browsetopics/teaching.html
Extractions: AskERIC is a service that provides "education information to teachers, librarians, administrators and parents." This section devoted to teachers offers many links to topics such as "Instructional Materials," "Teaching Methods," and covers classroom management techniques and much more. AskERIC also offers access to the ERIC Database, the most complete resource for any educational subject. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture in the Classroom The Department of Agriculture sponsors this site in cooperation with Utah State University. "Teacher Resources" offers lesson plans on agricultural topics arranged by grades. There are science projects, links to related resources and grant opportunities. There is also a "Teacher Talk" discussion area where users can post questions and offer and receive advise. Department of Education The Department of Education site is designed to further its mission of offering equal access to educational opportunities to all Americans. The visitor may use the search function to find information on teaching or teachers or go directly to "Information for Teachers." This section organizes material on "Becoming a Teacher," "Professional Development," "Improving Student Performance," "Finding Teaching Opportunities" and much more.
