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Explore " civics education" with insightful episodes like "Episode 204: Tango Alpha Lima: With Honor Founder and CEO Rye Barcott", "What's Going On With Civics Education?", "Civics Education with William Shields", "Interview with Kevin den Dulk" and "Preparing Civic-Minded Professionals" from podcasts like ""Tango Alpha Lima Podcast", "Civics 101", "The Teacher Fellows Podcast", "Faith in Teaching podcast" and "Connect, Collaborate, Champion!"" and more!
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What's Going On With Civics Education?
Listen to our full, two-part series from 2023 on the history of civics education, and the current legal and ideological debates around social studies happening in across the country today.
Walking us through the past, present, and future of social studies and civic education are Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, and Adam Laats, Historian and Professor of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership at Binghamton University. We also hear from Louise Dube, Executive Director of iCivics and member of the Implementation Consortium at Educating for American Democracy, Justin Reich, Director at MIT Teaching Systems Lab and host of the TeachLab podcast, and CherylAnne Amendola, Department Chair and teacher at Montclair Kimberly Academy and host of the podcast Teaching History Her Way.
Civics Education with William Shields
Layout:
Beginning 6 Minutes - Introductions, William explains what the American Institutions and Issues Class and John Arthur’s Info Drop
The Next 15 Minutes - The Heart of the Conversation
The last 4 Minutes - Reflection, Takeaways, and Wrap-up
Guest on Episode:
William Shields (@TheMrShields) -- History Teacher, Jordan School District
Resources from the episode:
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Part of the Show
Info Drop Spokesperson:
- John Arthur (@9thEvermore) -- Co-Director of the Teacher Fellows, 6th Grade Teacher in Salt Lake School District, 2021 Utah Teacher of the Year, 2021 National Teacher of the Year Finalist.
Hosts:
- Lauren Merkley (@lmerkles) -- Taught AP English Language and Composition, Creative Writing in Granite School, 2020 Utah Teacher of the Year
- Ryan Rarick (@Coach_Rarick) -- Education Pathway Teacher for Washington Country School District
Production Team:
- Kiera Beddes (@KBeddes) -- Digital Teaching & Learning Specialist for Jordan School District
- Kayla Towner (@mrstowner9) -- Technology Specialist and Product Manager for Utah Education Network (UEN)
Interview with Kevin den Dulk
Preparing Civic-Minded Professionals
Robert Alexander, political science professor and founding director of the Institute for Civics and Public Policy (ICAPP) at Ohio Northern University, talks about ICAPP’s work and the importance of civics education, both for students and throughout the community.
Episode 171: Destination Africa with Abena and Ekow Richardson
Capital Punishment Jurisprudence in India: Reform Vs Retribution
Kingshuk Saha speaks to Anubhav Raj Shekhar, Assistant Professor of Law at BML Munjal University (on sabbatical at the University of Oxford where he is researching South Asian societies) on the capital punishment jurisprudence in India.
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S03E01 - Civics Engagement and Experiential Learning, An Interview with Ms. Jessica Culver, a teacher at Ozark High School in Ozark, Arkansas
Separating news from noise
How much news is too much? Or not enough? News Over Noise, the new podcast from Penn State's News Literacy Initiative explores that question and offers guidance on how to consume news that enhances your participation in our democracy without becoming overwhelmed by all the noise on social media and the 24/7 news cycle.
News Over Noise co-hosts Matt Jordan and Leah Dajches join us this week to discuss how the news impacts our mental health, the future of media literacy education, and more. Jordan is a professor of media studies Dajches is a post-doctoral researcher, both in the Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State.
News Literacy Week- January 23-27, 2023
How a Middle School in Austin is Making Salsa and Growing Young Entrepreneurs
Civics Lab team members went to John P. Ojeda Middle School, in Southeast Austin to discuss a project that teachers and students are collaborating to grow, market and finance the production of salsa. Students and teachers have literally turned computer rooms into greenhouses and are applying the spirit of American entrepreneurship to address access to healthy foods. Join in on this week's quick take!
Websites on what Austin is doing to address food insecurity:
https://www.austintexas.gov/content/austin-travis-county-food-policy-board
https://reeis.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/0219788-central-texas-foodshed-assessment.html
https://www.austintexas.gov/page/food-system-research-reports
Del Valle ISD Link
Civics Education in a Time of Political Polarization
One thing most educators, political scientists, and historians can agree on is that civics education is complicated. So, what is a school’s role in civics education? How can schools and their teachers inspire students to participate in democracy? Guests, middle school social studies teacher Mike Fishback, and Head of School Dr. Olaf Jorgenson explore these questions and more in this Cougar Byte podcast episode.
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Civics Education in America- Ep. 11
In this episode, we discuss the nature and scope of civics education. We sit down with Braver Angels, Generation Citizen, and the Holy Cross Institute, as we explore what it means to be a citizen and how education plays a vital role in shaping our character and identity.
The Role of Education in Democracy
#116 "Happy Earth Day!" with Jaysa Hunter-Mellers, Youth Climate Advocate and Lynne Cherry of Young Voices for the Planet
Big Day, Happy Earth Day! Today on the show...
Jaysa Hunter-Mellers’ dynamic speeches at rallies and her testimony at City Hall helped shut down the coal-fired power plant that was causing her asthma. Jaysa has become a passionate advocate for environmental justice and for national school civic education so that kids—and adults, too—can learn how to participate in their own governance, take action, and speak to power like she did. At 14 years old, Jaysa continues to galvanize audiences with a courage and wisdom. She has been a Youth Leadership Panel Participant at OMEGA’s 2019 Drawdown Conference and co-led YVFP’s Civic Engagement and Democracy workshop at the Ashokan Center’s 2020 Youth Empowerment & Sustainability Summit (YESS!).
Jaysa won admission to the Fairchild Wheeler Interdistrict Multi-Magnet Campus where she attends the Information Technology and Software Engineering School. Its mission is to create a culture for passionate investigators to develop solutions for the global community that lead to fulfilling careers. Jaysa is active in her school’s Debate Team where she's frequently won 1st place. In addition to her school Drama Club, Jaysa’s been lead singer and performer for several theatrical productions at the 80-year-old, Broadway-sized Klein Memorial Auditorium. Jaysa’s other pursuits include Vex Robotics Team, Gender and Sexuality Alliance Club, and Student Council. She’s participated in the Girls Leadership Summit at Fairfield University and the STEM Girls Who Code Summit at Bridgeport University. Jaysa is also a TIME Kid Hero for the Planet.
Lynne Cherry, Author, Illustrator, originator, producer and director of the Young Voices for the Planet films, is well-known for her popular children’s books especially her rain forest classic, The Great Kapok Tree and her environmental history A River Ran Wild. Lynne Cherry is the founder of YVFP and currently a Visiting Scholar at the Benjamin Center @ SUNY New Paltz. Lynne is collaborating with a variety of interdisciplinary partners to bring the YVFP film series and curriculum into NY schools and working with the Mid-Hudson Teacher Center on a professional development series for educators interested in integrating civic engagement, climate education and environmental justice into their classrooms.
Young Voices for the Planet made a short doc film about Jaysa's story, Words Have Power. The film educates people about climate change and its effects upon humans, social justice in relation to climate justice, and environmental racism. Jaysa and Lynne have spoken after film screenings including the Belmont World Film Festival and the Climate Action Film Festival. Here's the Words Have Power lesson plan.
The mission of the Young Voices for the Planet film series is to to limit the magnitude of climate change and its impacts by empowering children and youth, through uplifting and inspiring success stories, to take an essential role in informing their communities — and society at large, challenging decision-makers, and catalyzing change. They document youth speaking out, creating solutions and leading the change. These youth solutions to the climate crisis include stories of California kids banning plastic bags, Florida students saving their school $53,000 in energy costs, an 11-year-old German boy planting millions of trees and other young people changing laws, changing minds and changing society as they reduce the carbon footprint of their homes, schools and communities.
Some vital YVFP partners:
- Zinn Education Project's - Teach Climate Justice ("Words Have Power" is included among these resources)
- Our Children's Trust (Juliana v US) Making the Case forScience-Based Climate Action
- CELF (Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation) where students and teachers view "Words Have Power" as part of their citizen-science program and use AirBeam air quality monitors to check air pollution in their own neighborhood, making the links between contaminants, environmental policy and environmental health. They then work in teams to synthesize their findings and recommendations, and share these with their community.
YVFP also supports these state and federal initiatives:
- New York State Senator Todd Kaminsky has introduced Senate Bill S6837that establishes a climate change education grant program. In 2016, thanks to a campaign by ACE and Global Kids, the NYC Council passed Resolution 0375-2014calling on the New York State Department of Education to include climate change lessons in the State's K-12 curriculum.
- Spurred by youth climate strikers, California Congresswoman, Barbara Lee, introduced a House resolution - H.Res 574 - in September 2019, supporting the teaching of climate change in U.S. schools.
And last but not least, here are a few links showing the relationship between Air Pollution & Corona Virus
- Wired: Pandemic has led to huge drop in air pollution
- Time: Global Air Pollution down due to corona virus
- NYT: Air Pollution linked to higher corona deaths
- Fast Company reports similarly in this April 2020 article by Adele Peters: "The Most Polluted Parts of the US Are More At Risk for Coronavirus Deaths."
- In an April 2020 Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Study, "Exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 mortality in the United States", researchers found:"…that an increase of only 1 g/m3 in PM2.5 [fine particulate matter] is associated with a 15% increase in the COVID-19 death rate, 95% confidence interval (CI) (5%, 25%). Results are statistically significant and robust to secondary and sensitivity analyses."
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2019 National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson
Rodney Robinson is the 2019 National Teacher of the Year and Virginia Teacher of the Year. He is a teaching veteran with nearly two decades of experience. In 2015, in an effort to better understand the school-to-prison pipeline, Rodney started teaching social studies at the Virgie Binford Education Center, a school inside the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center. Now, he uses the knowledge he has gained from his students to develop alternative programs to prevent students from entering the school-to-prison pipeline.
Rodney earned a Bachelor of arts in history from Virginia State University and a master’s in educational administration and supervision from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has been published three times by Yale University and has received numerous awards for his accomplishments in and out of the classroom. He has worked with Pulitzer Award winning author James Foreman Jr. on developing curriculum units on race, class, and punishment as a part of the Yale Teacher’s Institute.
The Teachers in America series profiles K–12 teachers across the country. Hear firsthand from the people who are shaping young lives in the classroom every day.
Today’s episode was recorded via phone.
Read more on Shaped, including a full transcript and research for this episode: https://www.hmhco.com/blog/hmh-learning-moments-teachers-in-america-rodney-robinson-ntoy-2019-richmond-va