Apply to Attend a 2019 NEH Summer Seminar and Institute
With snow in the forecast for this week, you might not be thinking about summer. However, if you want to…
A Teacher’s Guide to Cord Cutting: How to Cut the Cord and Save Money
Once upon a time, you needed a phone line in your house. Then television got more complicated, and you needed…
Apply for a 2019 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminar
If you're looking for a summer professional development experience, a Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminar can be a great option. Over…
Apply to Attend a 2019 C-SPAN Summer Educator Conference
Would you like to travel to Washington, D.C. for a fully funded professional development conference and learn about civics education?…
Apply to Be a 2019 C-SPAN Teacher Fellow
Would you like to spend a month in Washington, D.C., learning about civics education, working with teachers from across the…
This Week in Civics: Rock the Vote and More Kid Governors
Towards the end of the week, I like to take a moment to reflect on what's happening around the country…
5 Project Citizen Ideas for School Level Topics and Problems
So you're thinking of assigning Project Citizen to your students - or maybe your teacher has assigned it to you…
Essential Questions and Themes for Social Studies
I'm a big fan of using essential questions and themes to organize my social studies class. If you've looked around…
Three Essential Questions About Movement for Your Social Studies Class
It's not news that civic knowledge and civic engagement throughout the country is pretty low. Recent polls show that a…
Three Essential Questions About Equality For You Social Studies Class
It's no secret that the general public is pretty ignorant about the political process. There are any number of data…