Anna Cottril: Teach Me
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Stories of real people and real events are most often what the Supreme Court uses to interpret the US Constitution and shape our most fundamental rights. Take the example of Clarence Earl Gideon, a poor drifter and unlikely candidate for… Read More »Why use digital storytelling to teach civics and foster civic engagement? And what does that have to do with Clarence Earl Gideon?
By Mark Walsh on September 22, 2017 8:45 AM Washington U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, speaking as the keynoter at a forum on civics education Thursday, stressed the importance of engaging young people of various backgrounds on the topic. “For me, civic… Read More »Sonia Sotomayor on Civics Education
Civics education and digital storytelling both have a vital and tremendous role to play in addressing and changing the disparity and debilitation that so many of our nation’s youth face in their communities and educational opportunities. Despite the pervasiveness and… Read More »Transforming students into engaged citizens
Civic Life Project teaches civics education in high school classrooms through documentary filmmaking. We bring civics education to life and deeply empower each student’s sense of personal voice and agency in their communities by engaging them on issues they care… Read More »The Nitty Gritty
The president has energized his own supporters, and his attacks on established institutions have triggered a systemic immune response in the body politic. Read more at The Atlantic.
If we care about our democracy, about the environment, our future Supreme Court or who will be our next president we should all care about Civic Education. For the past 7 years, my colleague filmmakers and educators and I have… Read More »Care About Civics?
By Ashlee Baldwin Nearly 50 people gathered in the Community Room at Noble Horizons on Tuesday, May 30, to watch a series of student films. The six documentaries were produced as part of the Civic Life Project, a high school… Read More »Civic Life Project brings hefty topics to life