Participants will learn strategies for teaching students to think critically about technologies from the printing press to ChatGPT. The session will include five “technoskeptical” questions you can use in your classroom and other resources from the Civics of Technology project. The session will provide critical ways to help students think about how technology affects citizenship and democracy. During this session, participants will learn about how to encourage students to practice “technoskeptical” thinking to encourage them to make decisions about the role of technology in our lives and…

Gain tools for cultivating an environment for student agency through teaching and student government using lessons learned from the presenter's classroom experiences. They will gain best practices and walk away with activities for student agency applicable to the civics classroom. This webinar is appropriate for middle and high school civics educators, and instructors interested in learning more about creating opportunities for student agency and civic engagement. All Times Eastern This webinar is part of a series hosted in partnership with the iCivics, Service, and Leadership (iCSL)…

In this two-part series, teachers will be provided with the tools to promote digital literacy and analyze public policy. Join Allison Norrie, high school social studies teacher for the Fairfield Public Schools, and Stephen Armstrong, past president of the Connecticut Council for the Social Studies and current education consultant for Connecticut’s Department of Education as they share strategies and resources for educators to aid in teaching and monitoring election cycles leading up to and including the upcoming presidential elections of 2024.   Presentation Slides

Justice engaged youth face a multitude of barriers when trying to re enter their schools and classrooms after being incarcerated. Social Studies teachers and their classrooms are uniquely situated to help prevent justice engaged youth from going back to jail. This talk addresses how social studies teachers can become trusted and positive youth influences to these students. In addition, teaching hard histories and valuing lived experiences through storytelling can change the lives of justice engaged youth forever. It connects them to their past, grounds them in their present and allows them to…