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Developing Students’ Civic Imagination in Challenging Times Resource List

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Last Modified June 21, 2024
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Guide

Facing History Webinar Reflection Guide

Use this guide on your own or with a team of colleagues to engage more deeply with the webinar.

A preview of the Webinar Reflection Guide

Civic Education

Facing History's approach builds an ethical and engaged civic identity in young people that empowers them to actively and thoughtfully participate in a democratic society.

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Lesson

Preparing Students for Difficult Conversations

Students establish a safe space for holding sensitive conversations, before introducing the events surrounding Ferguson, by acknowledging people's complicated feelings about race and creating a classroom contract.

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Collection

Current Events in the Classroom

Explore classroom resources for making connections between current events and your curriculum, including activities and discussion strategies for high school and middle school students.

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Guide

Civic Agency and the Pursuit of Democracy

This elective, designed for New York’s Seal of Civic Readiness, intertwines the history of US Reconstruction, current events, and civic participation.

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