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How to Find Reliable Internet Sources

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You want: primary sources unbiased sources sources with the background and training to understand the topic Young students have difficulty understanding these rules. They have barely learned about ‘primary sources’ and have no idea how to select unbiased ones.

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iCivics Offers Tons of Free Resources and Tools to Promote Civics Education

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Topics covered include citizenship, governance, civil rights, the constitution, politics and public policy, state and local governments, media, news literacy, and many more. 5- Debequest DBQuest 'guides students through the examination of major questions in civics and history utilizing primary sources. These include: 1.

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Schools Use Trial and Error for Choosing Edtech, But They Don’t Have to

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In each of these situations—and many more—the federal government makes possible the collection, analysis and dissemination of information that would otherwise not flow. When the federal government does this, it acts not as a regulator or as a funder, but as an information aggregator and distributor.

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Are We Teaching Enough Civics in Schools?

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One of the becoming-forgotten subjects I have begun to fear is Civics so I loved this article from Commonwealth Magazine on how this understanding our our form of government in America is not forgotten, in fact taught well: Mass. Three Branches of Government Review. Primary Source Documents. Public Policy Flashcards.

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6 Websites that Explain Elections

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In the 1700’s, when the brand new United States of America, newly liberated from the British aristocratic rule that relied on Kings and Queens, wrote its very first Constitution and Bill of Rights, it decided to establish a system of government by the people. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.”.

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Most Students Think History Is Boring. Here's How We Change That.

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government. I often weave these historical narratives into content through primary sources. I love using primary sources and personal narratives to make history more relevant for my students, but that takes second place to tangible pieces of history like my family artifacts, such as my great-grandfather's World War I uniform.

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How Can Teachers Prepare Students for an AI-Driven Future?

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Being a government teacher and teaching about political elections, I'm really excited to apply what I’ve learned in my classroom. In government class the other day, we used AI to gather background information on past political parties. This later became a great discussion point with my students.