Five reasons to participate
1)It’s more important than ever to engage students in civic discourse.
2)Discovering acts of political courage inspires students.
3)You’ll challenge students to write with a purpose for a national audience.
4)It’s an excellent research and argumentative essay assignment that meets Common Core and national standards
5)New and increased awards will recognize the top twenty-five essayist with the first-place winner receiving a $10,000 scholarship.
For complete guidelines, curriculum materials, and FAQs,
please visit www.jfklibrary.org/essaycontest.
The deadline for submissions is January 18, 2019.
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1)It’s more important than ever to engage students in civic discourse.
2)Discovering acts of political courage inspires students.
3)You’ll challenge students to write with a purpose for a national audience.
4)It’s an excellent research and argumentative essay assignment that meets Common Core and national standards
5)New and increased awards will recognize the top twenty-five essayist with the first-place winner receiving a $10,000 scholarship.
For complete guidelines, curriculum materials, and FAQs,
please visit www.jfklibrary.org/essaycontest.
The deadline for submissions is January 18, 2019.
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Encounter the original founding documents of the United States in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom, the permanent home of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States, and Bill of Rights. These three documents, known collectively as the Charters of Freedom, are instrumental to the founding and philosophy of the United States. museum.archives.gov/founding-documents
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Thank you for completing the CAP survey over the summer. Your responses inspired us to design a new PD package for CAP to make it easier for teachers to do. Here's what we came up with:
Constitutional Rights Foundation
601 S. Kingsley Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90005
213-487-5590 | crf-usa.org | crf@crf-usa.org
- A welcome and introduction webinar to help everyone get started and learn more about CAP.
- Online reflection and coaching. Start teaching CAP and let us know how it's going. We'll have veteran CAP teachers checking in to answer questions, give tips, and cheerlead.
- A webinar to help everyone get students started on CAP projects.
- Continuing online reflection/coaching.
- A webinar to explore CAP culmination activities. (Maybe we can do a national CAP Showcase!)
- Teachers who participate will get a certificate and letter to your principal (optional) to celebrate and document your expertise in civic learning.
- Everyone who participates in all webinars will be entered into a raffle for a $100 gift certificate.
- Wed., September 12 (4:00 p.m. Pacific Time/ 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time)
How to Get CAP Up and Running in Your Classroom - Wed., October 17 at (4:00 p.m. Pacific Time/ 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time): Help Your Students Take Civic Action.
- Thur., November 8 (4:00 p.m. Pacific Time/ 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time): Showcase Your Students' Work
Constitutional Rights Foundation
601 S. Kingsley Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90005
213-487-5590 | crf-usa.org | crf@crf-usa.org
The National Constitution Center has many resources available at all grade levels to celebrate Constitution Day.
constitutioncenter.org/constitution-day/constitution-day-resources
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constitutioncenter.org/constitution-day/constitution-day-resources
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For students interested in a career in law:
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Resources to fight hate and racism:
Resources to fight hate and racism:
- The Southern Poverty Law Center has published "Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide."
- Teaching Tolerance offers a vast wealth of resources and a Learning Plan Builder to help teachers build lessons around social justice standards aimed at prejudice reduction.
- A Twitter campaign, #charlottesvillecurriculum, is generating a trove of ideas for teaching tolerance, including contributions from the National Council of Teachers of English and Education Week. Brightly, an online reference for parents, also has relevant material, including “Books to help kids understand the fight for racial equality.”
- Unite Against Hate! offers resources for students, educators, and families as they engage in current national dialogue about racism, hate, and bias, compiled by the National Education Association.
- The Alliance for Excellent Education has produced: "Condemning Racism and Bigotry While Using Charlottesville as a Teachable Moment: Resources for Teachers, Parents, and Others" available here: tinyurl.com/CharlottesvilleResources.
- The Anti-Defamation League explains the teachable moments resulting from the recent Charlottesville events in “Lessons to Teach and Learn from ‘Unite the Right'."
- Future Ready Librarians from around the country are sharing Anti-Racist Resources in response to the tragic Charlottesville events.
- Common Sense Media provides a list of resources for educators seeking to develop an inclusive culture in their classroom and teach social and emotional skills to students.
- In “Talking to Children When Hate Makes Headlines,” CNN offers resources to teachers and parents now having conversations about hate and bigotry with children.
- Teach Plus compiled a list of Tools and Resources for Teaching About Race, History, and Other Issues Related to Charlottesville.
- Edutopia’s site features “How to Teach Beyond Ferguson,” by José Vilson, a middle school math teacher and coach, who provides tools and strategies for having difficult but necessary conversations.
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The News Literacy Project (NLP) is a nonpartisan national education nonprofit that works with educators and journalists to teach middle school and high school students how to sort fact from fiction in the digital age. NLP provides these students with the essential skills they need to become smart, active consumers of news and information and engaged, informed citizens.
www.thenewsliteracyproject.org/
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The News Literacy Project (NLP) is a nonpartisan national education nonprofit that works with educators and journalists to teach middle school and high school students how to sort fact from fiction in the digital age. NLP provides these students with the essential skills they need to become smart, active consumers of news and information and engaged, informed citizens.
www.thenewsliteracyproject.org/
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Many resources are available from the very popular We the People program! http://www.civiced.org/wtp-the-programwww.civiced.org/wtp-the-program
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Here is a great site to teach your students about civil discourse:
https://www.edutopia.org/article/hot-button-topics-civil-discussions-anne-vilen-katie-dulaney
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https://www.edutopia.org/article/hot-button-topics-civil-discussions-anne-vilen-katie-dulaney
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