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Facing History & Ourselves Civic Knowledge Research Project
This guide provides prompts and strategies for the written Research Project component of New York State’s Seal of Civic Readiness.
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English — USSubject
- Civics & Citizenship
- History
- Social Studies
- Democracy & Civic Engagement
- Human & Civil Rights
- Culture & Identity
- Propaganda
- Racism
- Resistance
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Facing History & Ourselves Writing Strategies to Support the Civic Knowledge Research Project
Date of Publication:
August 2023
This resource is designed to support you as you help your students attain New York State’s Seal of Civic Readiness. It includes materials to supplement a history unit or course with a formal argumentative essay designed to meet the requirements of a “Research Project.”
You can use this resource as a companion to the Civic Agency and the Pursuit of Democracy elective course by having students complete a Civic Knowledge Research Project in addition to or instead of the culminating Civic Participation Project.
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Using the strategies from Facing History is almost like an awakening.
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Claudia Bautista, Santa Monica, Calif
