{"product_id":"teaching-civics-in-unstable-times-9781475856088","title":"Teaching Civics in Unstable Times","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican political culture runs through civics classrooms, and the degraded dialogue and scorched-earth partisanship that has defined modern American politics is an indicator that all is not well in our nation's schools. Teaching Civics in Unstable Times: Guidelines for Defining We in American Democracy offers a fresh, expansive view of what civic education can look like in K-12 classrooms, and presents three strategies to help teachers, curriculum writers, and administrators turn their schools into laboratories for democracy that train young people for the moral and intellectual challenges of democratic citizenship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book defines democracy as a way of life that is characterized by frequent public engagement, stubborn open-mindedness, and rigorous debate. Our democratic government depends on our citizens leading a democratic life, and civic education's chief priority is to teach young people how to do so. Civic curriculum has spent decades obsessing over names and dates th\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection I. New Instructional Strategies for Government, Economics, and US History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Rule #1: Teach Debate as a Core American Value\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Rule #2: Teach Renewal as a Core American Value\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Rule #3 Teach Democracy as a Way of Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection II. Democratic Habits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Democratic Habit #1: All Citizenship is Local\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Democratic Habit #2: Facilitating Productive Disagreements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Democratic Habit #3: A Middle Path Between Polarization and Indifference\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection III. Democratizing School Structures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Practicing Citizenship Strategy #1: Participatory Budgeting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Practicing Citizenship Strategy #2: Restorative Justice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9. Practicing Citizenship Strategy #3: Student Governments that Build School-Wide Civic Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10. Practicing Citizenship Strategy #4: Student Referenda and Direct Proposals to Faculty and Administration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11. Practicing Citizenship Strategy #5: In-School Service Hours\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040316031319,"sku":"9781475856088","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781475856088.jpg?v=1750946358","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/teaching-civics-in-unstable-times-9781475856088","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}