Civic Literacy
Reinforcing 21st Century Civic Skills: Visual Analysis for Informed Citizenship
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:24pmStudents passively consume visuals around them every day. This session introduces a model of visual analysis to help students become critical thinkers as learners and citizens.
Inquiry-Based Approaches to Teaching Social Studies Curriculum to Pre-Service Teachers.
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:23pmStudents studying to become social studies teachers can develop content area knowledge, disciplinary literacy and teaching methods through inquiry-based approaches in their curriculum and methods coursework within schools of education.
Islamophobia in the Western Media
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:23pmWe will compare and contrast the reporting of the watershed events such as 9/11, The Arab Spring, and the Conflict in Syria in western media with Al Jazeera's reporting.
"Oh Say Can You See" Or Hear Citizenship and Patriotism
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:23pm"Oh Say Can you See . . . " or hear citizenship in action? Come and engage in classroom-read/tested activities in which citizenship is discussed through reactions to music.
