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Unit 5: The Challenges of Power – The Vietnam Years
Historical Perspective (ELA Unit) | August 19, 2021
Since the late 1800s, France had controlled the area of Southeast Asia called Indochina—Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia—and had profited from the region’s rice and rubber plantations.
- Economic Issues
- Education
- Equality
- Executive Branch
- Government & Elections
- Health Care
- Legislative Branch
Reshaping the Economy
Post | May 18, 2021
President Joe Biden is currently promoting his plan to transform the U.S. economy.1 In a previous blog post, we explored one element of that plan: infrastructure. In this post, we will examine some details of the Biden administration’s American Families Plan. What is in the Plan? According to the White House, the American Families Plan […]
Workers’ Rights & Teacher Unions
Videos | May 7, 2021
During this Close Up Conversations webinar, Close Up’s, Mia Charity discusses ‘Workers’ Rights & Teacher Unions’ with guest speakers Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. What are worker’s rights and teacher unions? After a year of changing our normal working lives, many workers including teachers are still navigating difficult changes to their […]
- Civil Rights & Individual Liberties
- COVID-19
- Education
- Health Care
- Partisanship & Polarization
- Social Issues
How Can We Overcome Vaccine Skepticism?
Post | March 16, 2021
There’s been a lot of good news in the fight against COVID-19. The United States has authorized three vaccines for emergency use and drastically ramped up the distribution to states while increasing the administration of doses.1 More than 107 million shots have already been given, with an average of 2.3 million per day.2 President […]
The Debate Over School Resource Officers and the #CounselorsNotCops Campaign
Post | February 16, 2021
As people across the country have raised questions about the role of police,4 it is unsurprising that those debates have spilled over into schools. Some large districts are already taking steps to reduce, or even remove, police officers from schools. Shortly after a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, the city voted to remove SROs […]
- Civil Rights & Individual Liberties
- COVID-19
- Economic Issues
- Education
- Energy & Environment
- Executive Branch
- Foreign Policy
- Government & Elections
- Health Care
- Immigration
- Legislative Branch
- Partisanship & Polarization
President Biden’s Policy Priorities: The First 100 Days
Post | January 22, 2021
During his inaugural address, President Joe Biden laid out a number of policy priorities. The clearest theme of his speech was a call for unity and the need to address political divisions in the United States, which came to a head with the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.1 However, President Biden […]
Summer Round-Up #1: The Pandemic, Schools, and The Economy
Post | August 26, 2020
The summer of 2020 has been unlike any other. Schools across the country did not finish the end of the academic year in person, and many will not be seeing students in person once again this fall. Major events have been canceled or moved online, and we are in the midst of a presidential election […]
Discussing Race & Racism with Students
Post | June 2, 2020
Over the past week, we have witnessed an outpouring of grief and rage that reminds us—again—that democracy is always in the making and that we have a responsibility both to reflect and to act. As civic educators, we naturally turn our attention to what we can do, and what we can teach, that might […]
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Unit 5: The Challenges of Power – The Vietnam Years
Historical Perspective (ELA Unit) | August 19, 2021
Since the late 1800s, France had controlled the area of Southeast Asia called Indochina—Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia—and had profited from the region’s rice and rubber plantations.
- Economic Issues
- Education
- Equality
- Executive Branch
- Government & Elections
- Health Care
- Legislative Branch
Reshaping the Economy
Post | May 18, 2021
President Joe Biden is currently promoting his plan to transform the U.S. economy.1 In a previous blog post, we explored one element of that plan: infrastructure. In this post, we will examine some details of the Biden administration’s American Families Plan. What is in the Plan? According to the White House, the American Families Plan […]
Workers’ Rights & Teacher Unions
Videos | May 7, 2021
During this Close Up Conversations webinar, Close Up’s, Mia Charity discusses ‘Workers’ Rights & Teacher Unions’ with guest speakers Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. What are worker’s rights and teacher unions? After a year of changing our normal working lives, many workers including teachers are still navigating difficult changes to their […]
- Civil Rights & Individual Liberties
- COVID-19
- Education
- Health Care
- Partisanship & Polarization
- Social Issues
How Can We Overcome Vaccine Skepticism?
Post | March 16, 2021
There’s been a lot of good news in the fight against COVID-19. The United States has authorized three vaccines for emergency use and drastically ramped up the distribution to states while increasing the administration of doses.1 More than 107 million shots have already been given, with an average of 2.3 million per day.2 President […]
The Debate Over School Resource Officers and the #CounselorsNotCops Campaign
Post | February 16, 2021
As people across the country have raised questions about the role of police,4 it is unsurprising that those debates have spilled over into schools. Some large districts are already taking steps to reduce, or even remove, police officers from schools. Shortly after a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, the city voted to remove SROs […]
- Civil Rights & Individual Liberties
- COVID-19
- Economic Issues
- Education
- Energy & Environment
- Executive Branch
- Foreign Policy
- Government & Elections
- Health Care
- Immigration
- Legislative Branch
- Partisanship & Polarization
President Biden’s Policy Priorities: The First 100 Days
Post | January 22, 2021
During his inaugural address, President Joe Biden laid out a number of policy priorities. The clearest theme of his speech was a call for unity and the need to address political divisions in the United States, which came to a head with the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.1 However, President Biden […]
Summer Round-Up #1: The Pandemic, Schools, and The Economy
Post | August 26, 2020
The summer of 2020 has been unlike any other. Schools across the country did not finish the end of the academic year in person, and many will not be seeing students in person once again this fall. Major events have been canceled or moved online, and we are in the midst of a presidential election […]
Discussing Race & Racism with Students
Post | June 2, 2020
Over the past week, we have witnessed an outpouring of grief and rage that reminds us—again—that democracy is always in the making and that we have a responsibility both to reflect and to act. As civic educators, we naturally turn our attention to what we can do, and what we can teach, that might […]
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