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Coming Soon: Civic Education Curriculum Collection
Get notified when our Civic Education Curriculum Collection is released. This modular and interdisciplinary set of units, inquiries, and lesson planning materials will help you prepare your students for informed and ethical participation in democracy.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Democracy and Current Events
This toolkit provides lessons and strategies for helping your students make sense of issues in the news related to democracy.
Developing Media Literacy for Well-being, Relationships and Democracy
Teach students about media literacy, helping them develop as critical consumers and creators of information, in order to support their well-being, their relationships and our democracy.
The Pursuit of Educational Justice in Boston
This 7–9 day C3-aligned inquiry explores the compelling question, “What can we learn from Boston’s past about what it takes to make progress toward educational justice today?”
Choices in Little Rock Unit
This unit examines attempts to integrate Little Rock Central High School in 1957. It explores the impact of the choices of the Little Rock Nine as well as those of leaders, the media, and community members.
Discussing Contemporary Islamophobia in the Classroom
This unit is designed to help students in the UK reflect on how Islamophobia manifests in contemporary society and what needs to be done to challenge it.
Democracy and Freedom: US History Capstone Project
This capstone project invites students to reflect on their own role in a democracy in light of what they’ve learned about freedom and democracy in US history.
Japanese American Incarceration in WWII: A US History Inquiry
This C3-aligned inquiry explores the compelling question "What can we learn from the stories of Japanese Americans who stood up for their democratic rights and freedoms?"
Sowing Change Inquiry: The Delano Grape Strike and Boycott
This C3-aligned inquiry explores the compelling question: "What can the history of the Delano grape strike and boycott teach us about what it takes to build solidarity in a movement for change?"
Media Literacy for Critical Thinking and Democracy
This unit introduces students to fundamental concepts and skills related to media literacy.
10 Questions for the Future: Student Action Project
Students create a plan for enacting change on an issue that they are most passionate about using the 10 Questions Framework.
10 Questions for the Present: Parkland Student Activism
Students identify strategies and tools that Parkland students have used to influence Americans to take action to reduce gun violence.
