Scientific misinformation abounds online. Improve students’ ability to evaluate scientific information on the internet with these curricular materials. These lessons and tasks can be used in a variety of subject areas, but we’ve compiled this group of materials specifically for science educators because they present students with science-related sources.
Reading Like a Historian Lessons for K-5
With the support of the Educating for American Democracy (EAD) participants and in collaboration with Los Angeles Unified School District, the Digital Inquiry Group has developed 10 new Reading Like a Historian lessons for K-5 classrooms aligned to the themes and design principles of the EAD Roadmap.
Civic Art Project: Notes on the Constitution
Students create art works based on an examination of the language of the Constitution and the personal connections they make. These art works will incorporate words, illustrations, and mixed media images.
Considering Leadership: A Civic Art Project
Teach your students about elections, help them consider issues that matter to them, and watch as they lend their voices to our national conversation about leadership.
Just Vote: Youth Registration Campaign
This lesson supports young people as they design, create, and implement their own voter pre-registration campaigns.
Sons of Liberty: Patriots and Terrorists
In this lesson, students engage in dialogue regarding the Sons of Liberty. Students will identify, explain and analyze arguments that the Sons of Liberty were both patriots and terrorists. The goal being to understand and reflect on perspectives. Students will understand historical narratives, while considering their own perspective.
The Purpose of Government: For the People
The purpose of this dialogue is to reflect on how varied experiences and perspectives of government influence the way in which the institution of government is regarded. While the purpose of government may be understood by its definition, the impact of government in influencing citizens is not always clearly defined.
Sons of Liberty: Patriots and Terrorists
In this lesson, students engage in dialogue regarding the Sons of Liberty. Students will identify, explain and analyze arguments that the Sons of Liberty were both patriots and terrorists. The goal being to understand and reflect on perspectives. Students will understand historical narratives, while considering their own perspective.
The Purpose of Government: For the People
The purpose of this dialogue is to reflect on how varied experiences and perspectives of government influence the way in which the institution of government is regarded. While the purpose of government may be understood by its definition, the impact of government in influencing citizens is not always clearly defined.
Managing the Balance Between Freedom and Safety
This dialogic lesson is an excellent way for students to begin to generate their own thoughts on the balance between freedom and safety while being exposed to numerous potentially differing points of view and others life experiences. The lesson prepares students for future persuasive writing and argument with supporting evidence.