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No reluctant citizens : teaching civics in K-12 classrooms /

"American democracy is in a critical epoch. The rancor among our political parties has been elevated in the aftermath of the contentious 2016 presidential election. There are also many issues dividing Americans: Confederate monuments, NFL players kneeling during the national anthem, healthcare,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Clabough, Jeremiah (Editor ), Lintner, Timothy (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2018]
Colección:Teaching and learning social studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Civic literacy: the building blocks for creating an active and informed citizenry / Jeremiah Clabough
  • Character education: the pathway to citizenship / Thomas N. Turner
  • Elementary civics education and diversity (inclusion) / Janie Hubbard
  • The lemme history detectives: researching rights, race, and activism within local history / Jason Harshman and Lauren Darby
  • Exploring human rights and civic action through children's trade books / Kristy Brugar
  • Students at the heart of civic learning: best practices in implementing action civics / Brooke Blevins, Karon LeCompte, and Tyler Ellis
  • Small explosions: igniting controversy in the secondary social studies classroom / Timothy Lintner
  • Civic education in a post-truth society: combating "fake news" and "alternative facts" / Wayne Journell
  • "All politics is local": enhancing media literacy through state and local elections / Scott Roberts and Charles Efler
  • Revolution at Sherman High School: simulating democracy in the classroom / Mark Pearcy
  • Integrating service-learning to foster a social justice approach / Gregory L. Samuels
  • Human rights violations against children: an inquiry-based simulation for high school students / Natalie Keefer
  • Global citizenship: teaching in an interconnected world / Kenneth T. Carano.