challenges in teaching citizenship and lesson design

Easy, tested challenges in teaching citizenship and lesson design for busy weeknights.

I still remember the first time I tried to teach a lesson on citizenship to a group of sixth graders. I had spent weeks…

I remember standing in front of my third-grade class, trying to explain the concept of democracy with a simple game of 'class president.' I…

I remember the first time my students stood up in class and recited the Pledge of Allegiance with such pride that it brought tears…

I still remember the moment I realized how powerful a well-designed citizenship lesson could be. I was teaching a group of 10-year-olds in a…

The first time I tried to teach a citizenship lesson to a group of third graders, I was met with a wall of blank…

When I first became a teacher, I assumed civics was just about memorizing the Constitution and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. But after a…

I remember the first time I taught a lesson on the U.S. Constitution to a group of 10-year-olds, and how my hands shook as…

When I first started teaching citizenship in a middle school in Brooklyn, I had no idea how complex the subject would become. I remember…

I remember the first time I tried to teach my son about civic responsibility. I had a stack of worksheets and a list of…

I remember the first time I taught a civics lesson to a group of middle schoolers, and it felt like I was standing on…