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The "new" civics has been updated and re-tooled for the phone-addicted, multi-cultural, globalized twenty-first century kid. From combatting "fake news" with fact checking in Silicon Valley, to reviving social studies and civic activism, journalist Holly Korbey documents the grassroots revival happening across the country.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Is Democracy at Risk?
Chapter 1: Rise of the Twenty-First Century Citizen : For Today's Young People, a New Civics
Chapter 2: Nurseries of a Free Republic: The Critical Role Schools Play in Teaching
New Civics Innovator: Seth Andrew, Democracy Prep, and the Civic Success Sequence
Chapter 3: A Tree without Roots: Repairing the History Knowledge Gap
New Civics Innovator: iCivics: Engaging the Twenty-First Century Kid with Video Games
Chapter 4: The Value of Virtue: Raising Citizens With Character
New Civics Innovator: Jack Bradley, "The Rosa Parks of Special Needs Students"
Chapter 5: Together We Can Do So Much: Revitalizing Communities for the Twenty-first Century
New Civics Innovators: The Young Voices in Newburgh, Indiana
Chapter 6: A Vaccine Against Fake News: Using Less Critical Thinking-Not More-to Protect Against Misinformation
New Civics Innovator: The Accidental Activist
Chapter 7: Learning How to Talk and Listen: Civil Discourse in a Polarized Age
Chapter 8: The Future's Citizen: Can Action Civics Create a More Equitable Democracy?
Notes
Index
About the Author
About the author
By Holly Korbey
Summary
The “new” civics has been updated and re-tooled for the phone-addicted, multi-cultural, globalized twenty-first century kid. From combatting “fake news” with fact checking in Silicon Valley, to reviving social studies and civic activism, journalist Holly Korbey documents the grassroots revival happening across the country.
