22009 Educating for Citizenship Conference Materials
DDecember 4, 2009
 
Session I
  
Session II
  
Session III
  
Session IV
  
 


Web 2.0 in the Civics
Classroom

Website: Civics in Action 2.0
Related article from NY Times
Power Point "Web 2.0"


1929 – 2009: How Monetary Policy Shapes our Economy

Representative Democracy in America: Resources for the 21st Century

RDA Homepage with teaching resources

 
 
 


Unpacking Colorado’s
New Civics Standards:
Looking Forward


Civics Standards from CO Dept of Education, July 2009 (see pages 106-129)


President Obama and
Congress: Gridlock,
Compromise, and
Special Interests

Professor McNown's handout, Obama's First Year

Free and Fair
Elections: From the
1965 Voting Rights
Act to Emerging Election Issues

 Presenter Judd Choate's outline

Conversation with
Senator Hank Brown:
Iconography of the
Republic
Session based on a CU political science course taught by Senator Hank Brown
  
 
 


Informed Advocacy:
Speaking Up and
Speaking Out on
Policy Issues

Session handout from Center for Progressive Leadership


Swift Justice: Seeking
Common Ground on
Immigration Issues

Film clip from Little Voice Production: Swift Justice
The I.C.E. Raids in 2006
Handouts from session.


Looking at Controversy Two Ways: Same Sex
Marriage–A Constitutional or Policy Question?

Same Sex Marriage Discussion Materials
Controversy in the Classroom

What’s on the Docket?
U.S. Supreme Court
Cases, 2009 – 2010


Street Law Materials for cases used in this session.
 
 
 


A Conversation with
Colorado’s
Demographer:
Census Data for the
Classroom



What Students Learn
from Classroom
Deliberation and
Discussion

Controversy in the Classroom


Looking Back to 1989:
Why Did Communism
Fail?


Power Pt: Looking Back to 1989
Professor Olivo's lecture notes


Balancing the Scales:
Freedom of Speech
and the Right to a Fair
Trial

Materials for moot court available at US Courts website.

  
 
 


What’s on the Docket?
U.S. Supreme Court
Cases, 2009 – 2010

Street Law Materials for cases used in this session.

What Are the Limits of
the First and Fourth
Amendments in
School Settings?

Safford School District v. Redding (Street Law Moot Court Materials)

School House to State
House: Connecting
Students to Their
State Legislators
 

 

 

  
 
 

 

 

   Luncheon Keynote: New Media and the Future of Democracy