21 students took a field trip to the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on February 3, 2022. They attend North Sevier High School in Salina, Utah. The trip was coordinated by the Rho Kappa chapter but also included students from the school's college government and United States history classes.  At the Capitol, my students and I toured the grounds and visited the Vietnam Memorial as well as the Fallen Officers Memorial. The students had the opportunity to sit in the House Gallery during the opening and were recognized from the floor by Representative Carl Albrecht. Students were then able…

Students can use these advocacy resources to combat climate change at the community, local, state, regional, and/or federal level. General Advocacy Resource NCSS Advocacy Toolkit Climate Change Advocacy Resources Earth Day Network - Advocacy Packets by Students for Students for School and Community Change Earth Day Network - Climate Civics Toolkit Earth Day Network - Earth Day 2022 Action Toolkit Environmental Protection Agency - What You Can Do About Climate Change — Environmental Justice (EJ) UNICEF - Prepare to Act! Practical Tips for Climate Advocacy and Action

Use these resources from Social Studies and the Young Learner (SSYL), Middle Level Learning (MLL), Social Education (SE), National Geographic Society, and the Earth Day Network to teach your students about the environment, how to take care of our Earth, and advocate for change. Elementary Teaching Resources SSYL - The Climate is A-Changin': Teaching Civic Competence for a Sustainable Climate SSYL - The First Earth Day, 1970: Examining Documents to Teach about Civic Engagement SSYL - Science, Media, and Civic Literacy: Rachel Carson's Legacy for the Citizen Activist National Geographic…

National Council for the Social Studies created the Task Force on C3 Inquiry and Engagement to offer guidance to preK-16 social studies educators on the development of “a powerful and rigorous social studies curriculum” that integrates inquiry, civic engagement, and the related use of technology. The resulting report identifies five basic principles for fostering digital civic participation through critical inquiry. It includes a curriculum purpose statement and guidelines, and recommends many suitable resources for educators to use.  

Access to high quality civics and history education is increasingly seen as a civil right, one that should be afforded to all students, including those with disabilities and those learning English as a second language. Join presenters Rich Cairn (Emerging America), Kimberly Eckert (2018 Louisiana Teacher of the Year), and Leslie Villegas (New America) as they outline how to translate this right from theory to practical reality. Co-hosted by CivXNow and Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA).  

Emphasizing common law and constitutional law to the exclusion of regulatory and administrative law fails to teach students the basic realities of our legal system.

Examining documents from the Library of Congress’s World War II Rumor Project can launch a fascinating classroom lesson on misinformation.

A detailed curricular loop that enables students to regularly engage in an inquiry presents a meaningful way of teaching hard history. 

Some key strategies can help teach American high school students about the reality of poverty in our own country. 

This article outlines a project-based learning approach developed by one of the authors, a veteran Seattle teacher, for a high school government course.