Teaching Civics in Unstable Times - Guidelines for Defining 'We' in American Democracy

Civic educators need new strategies to prepare young people for democratic citizenship. Complete with student-facing lesson plans that can be modified for any age, Teaching Civics in Unstable Times offers three rulesfor creating classrooms that prepare young people to be engaged contributors to their local, regional, and national communities.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
Section I. New Instructional Strategies for Government, Economics, and US History
Chapter 1. Rule #1: Teach Debate as a Core American Value
Chapter 2. Rule #2: Teach Renewal as a Core American Value
Chapter 3. Rule #3 Teach Democracy as a Way of Life
Section II. Democratic Habits
Chapter 4. Democratic Habit #1: All Citizenship is Local
Chapter 5. Democratic Habit #2: Facilitating Productive Disagreements
Chapter 6. Democratic Habit #3: A Middle Path Between Polarization and Indifference
Section III. Democratizing School Structures
Chapter 7. Practicing Citizenship Strategy #1: Participatory Budgeting
Chapter 8. Practicing Citizenship Strategy #2: Restorative Justice
Chapter 9. Practicing Citizenship Strategy #3: Student Governments that Build School-Wide Civic Culture
Chapter 10. Practicing Citizenship Strategy #4: Student Referenda and Direct Proposals to Faculty and Administration
Chapter 11. Practicing Citizenship Strategy #5: In-School Service Hours
Conclusion
References
About the Author

About the author

Andrew Tripodo has spent the last ten years designing social studies curricula for charter school networks, traditional public schools, and independent schools around the world. A social entrepreneur and social studies teacher, he is the director of the Society And Me Program at the Cushman High School in Miami, Florida.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Tripodo
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781475856088
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-5608-8
• No. of pages: 134
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Teaching of a specific subject, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics & citizenship, Educational: Social sciences, Educational: Social sciences, social studies, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Social Science, youth political participation