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21st Century Skills Focus of Project Citizen Conference
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More than 400 civic leaders and educators will meet in Washington, D.C.,
to examine curricular materials and to explore classroom strategies to help
their students develop 21st century skills. During the annual We the People:
Project Citizen conference, program coordinators will hear from business leaders
and classroom experts on how to prepare students to be effective citizens, workers,
and leaders. Keynote speakers Paige Kuni and David Byer, from the Partnership for
21st Century Skills, will speak about "The Need for 21st Century Skills."
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Students Learn the Way of Congress
Evansville Courier & Press (Evansville, Indiana) - Nov 13, 2008
Four Indiana middle schools held simulated congressional hearings for the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution program recently. Students served as expert witnesses, testifying on Constitution-related topics ranging from John Locke to the purpose of limited government and how to balance citizens' rights with their responsibilities. "It's given me a much more in-depth understanding of how our government works," said eighth-grader Wilson Phillips.
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| Announcements | | Application for 2009 American Civic Education Teacher Awards Available
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The Center for Civic Education, the Center on Congress at Indiana University, and the National Education Association are now accepting applications for the 2009 American Civic Education Teacher Awards. Each year, three teachers are selected for recognition of their exemplary work preparing young people to become informed and engaged citizens. The awards are given to elementary and secondary teachers of civics, government, and related subjects who have demonstrated special expertise in motivating students to learn about the Constitution, Congress, and public policy. Deadline for applications is February 23, 2009.
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| New Constitution Day Lessons Available
The Center for Civic Education, in collaboration with the American
Association of School Administrators, is offering four new lesson plans
for Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, September 17. The free,
downloadable lessons are for students in kindergarten and grades 1,
1-2, and 9-12. Eleven proven lesson plans for grades K-12 are available at constitutionday.civiced.org.
These lessons have been
adapted from the Center's We the People: The Citizen
& the Constitution, Foundations of
Democracy, and Law in a Free Society
curricular materials. Audio recordings of selected Constitution Day
lessons are also available.
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| Announcing the We the People Companion Website
The Center for Civic Education proudly announces the launch of the new
We the People companion website at wtpcompanion.civiced.org.
The website is designed to be used alongside the new We the People:
The Citizen & the Constitution
Level 3 text for high school students. Features include an overview of
the student edition, the preface, and the introduction; the full text
of all unit and lesson purposes; terms with definitions; the glossary;
biographies; links to Supreme Court cases; links to the full text of
primary sources; an annotated bibliography; links to specially selected
websites that illuminate concepts mentioned in the student text; and
multimedia.
Additional features are being added frequently, so be sure to visit the
We the People companion website at wtpcompanion.civiced.org
often for the latest dynamic We the People content. If you have any
suggestions about the companion website, please email Mark Gage, the Center's editorial
director.
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