Month: March 2018
Part Two: School Safety: Arming our School Personnel
“I never talk politics with my students.” So spoke a Cincinnati high school math & computer science teacher Saturday March 24, 2018 at Cincinnati’s March […]
Free Speech, Gun Control, and the Safety of Our Communities
Welcome to this series of Democracy & Me posts based upon current events in our schools. We invite input from teachers, students and school districts […]
You’ve Got Issues:
Students will form teams to research an issue of importance and argue the issue from either the Liberal/Democratic point of view or the conservative/Republican point […]
Curriculum: Election 1912:
Students will research the candidates in the 1912 Presidential election and their stances on major policy issues and compare them to issues that are important […]
Curriculum: Founders’ Facebook:
Students will identify the characteristics of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention by conducting research. They will also determine the role that a particular delegate […]
Curriculum: Convention Call:
Students will identify the problems facing the United States under the Articles of Confederation government and how these problems led to the organization of the […]
Curriculum: Law of the Land Scavenger Hunt:
Students become familiar with the text of the Constitution, its organization and format. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to identify […]
Curriculum: Reading Your Rights:
Students will identify the historic and contextual rationale behind the inclusion of each of the Amendments in the Bill of Rights from the 18th century […]
Curriculum (from iCivics): Media and Influence
What are the sources of influence on our society and our government, including media and interest groups? What is propaganda? This unit of lesson plans […]