#socialstudies — Public Fediverse posts
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In 1970, students in a fifth-grade class at Hawthorne School in Beverly Hills were assigned to write a letter to someone they admired, asking them “What makes a good citizen?"
10yr old Joel Lipton wrote to Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. Schulz.
Joel got a reply:
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Are you looking for educational resources that explain how the US court system works in response to current events? Our Youth v Gov film guide includes a lesson to help students understand judicial proceedings and judicial vocabulary. It covers the legal journey from district court, to appellate court, and yes, to the Supreme Court.
It's a timely resources for classrooms, homeschoolers, individuals and community groups. Like all of our materials, it is free for everyone.
https://journeysinfilm.org/product/youth-v-gov/
#CurrentEvents #BreakingNews #SCOTUS #USPolitics #SupremeCourt #LegalEducation #SocialStudies #Education #Edutooters #Homeschooling #K12 #K16 #HigherEd #HighSchool #Activism #Protest @edutooters @librarians
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#AsaHutchinson is finding out the hard way that his #education had a gaping hole in it. ⬇️
He wasn’t taught a single thing about the #history and #socialstudies of #CultsInAmerica. None of us have in our #K12 #PublicEducation. And that’s a BIG problem.
#SaveAmerica from the #MAGAcult of ignorance and hate!
#USpoli #Histodonshttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/asa-hutchinson-republican-stage_n_64b4cc74e4b0dcb4cab3d203
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A #DemingHeadlight editorial:
“…testing in reading, math and science have been mandated at the federal level, but not social studies. Among states’ own requirements, it varies, but the national trend has been to devote resources (which are often inadequate) to reading and STEM, at the expense of subjects like history and civics.”
https://www.demingheadlight.com/2023/05/05/decline-social-studies-predates-covid-19/