Choosing to Participate: Civic Engagement in a Digital Age
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What does it mean to be civically engaged today? How can students effectively leverage the power of digital tools to make civic change? During this webinar, we are in conversation with Henry Jenkins, Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts and Education at the University of Southern California, where we discuss the relationship between technology, learning, and civic engagement.
Current Events in Your Classroom: Fostering Dialogue in Divisive Times
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Virtual
This 30-minute webinar introduces you to our current events resources designed to foster thoughtful classroom conversations and build your students’ capacities for critical thinking, emotional engagement, ethical reflection, and civic agency.
The Education of an Idealist: A Conversation with Ambassador Samantha Power
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Virtual
This webinar features a conversation with Ambassador Samantha Power about educating young people to be upstanders for a more humane and just world.
Transforming Schools: Empowering Student Voice and Civic Participation
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Virtual
Learn ways to empower students to find their voice, a framework for youth participation, and examples of civic participation.
The Supreme Court, Trust, and Political Partisanship
Learn about the widening gap in partisan perceptions of the Supreme Court and the history of partisan politics in the Court.
A New Generation of Young Voters Emerges
Explore why young people tend to vote at lower rates and how they can get more involved in elections.
George Takei: Standing Up to Racism, Then and Now
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Virtual
Actor and activist George Takei discusses his family’s wrongful incarceration during WWII, and the anti-Asian racism on the rise today.
Teaching the History of Disability and Building Inclusive Learning Communities
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Virtual
An educator panel about teaching the history of disability and creating the processes and practices essential to building inclusive communities.
Current Events in Your Classroom: Fostering Dialogue in Divisive Times
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Virtual
Learn tips, strategies, and tools you can use in your classroom to help engage students in productive and meaningful discussions about current world issues.
A Facing History Approach to PSHE/SMSC
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Virtual
This webinar explores Standing Up for Democracy, a Facing History & Ourselves resource which is suitable for Citizenship, History, PSHE, and Tutor time.
Introducing the Concept of Race
Use this lesson to help your students understand more about the origins of race as a socially constructed concept and racism as a force that shapes society.