Teachers: Election season lesson plan by History Department Graduate Assistant Genie Donley! Fall of 2016 is undoubtedly the most exciting time to be an American Government student. The 2016 presidential election has…
Tag: Government
Labor Education and Arts Project (LEAP)
Attention US History Teachers & Students! CSU Professor Emeritus of History David J. Goldberg has been working with a group called Labor Education and Arts Project (LEAP). In conjunction with a recent…
October 10: CM Law Symposium on Education
The Education Law Association and Cleveland State Law Review Symposium will be on October 10 from 1:30-4:30 pm. The topic is “American Education: Diversity, Desegregation and Resegretation” and the keynote speaker is…
9/17: Constitution Day
Check out the events at CSU for Constitution Day on September 17: HIS 104 and HIS 370 students may use this event for participation credit!
American Goverment: Model Schools in Civic Education
To wrap up the series on historical thinking and technology in American Government classrooms, I decided to feature model schools and districts (see link below) that are intentional about producing civically-minded students…
Resources: Connecting American Government and Technology
In this post, I provide various resources to help American Government teachers engage their students. Building on my previous Government posting, Minecraft, iCivics, and Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools are…
American Government: Developing Citizens with Historical Thinking and Technology
Within American society, many citizens are deeply unaware of the institutions that govern them and work to continue to make the United States a democratic and free nation. They do not understand…
Connecting Historical Thinking and Technology in the Classroom – Introduction
Most often when students are polled about their experience in History or Social Studies classrooms, they give a common response: “it’s just boring, useless, memorization of facts.” As stated by James W….
Teacher Spotlight: Sara Ziemnik
Featuring CSU alumna Sara Ziemnik for the December Teacher Spotlight! Sara Ziemnik teaches 9th grade World History and 10th grade A.P. U.S. History at Rocky River High School in Rocky River, Ohio. …
