TEACHING FOR DEMOCRACY ALLIANCE
  • ABOUT
  • WHY TEACH ELECTIONS & VOTING
  • RESOURCES
    • For Distance Learning
    • Voter Registration
    • Instruction on Elections and Voting
    • Media Literacy
    • Classroom Discussion
    • Action Civics and Experiential Learning
    • Teacher Training, Support, and Resources
  • Growing Voters Commitment
  • Don't Know Where to Start?

Come find us at NCSS 2019!

We'll be booth 643 and our members will be around the exhibit hall. 

Thurs, Nov 21

CIRCLE & CERG
Pre-Conference Clinic
Thursday, Nov 21, 2-5pm
How Teachers and Schools Can Promote Informed and Equitable Voting

Fri, Nov 22

FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES
​8:45 am - 9:40 am Room 18C, Level 4
​Engage Memphis:
A Student-Led
​Social Action Campaign to Re-Engage Voters


CLOSE UP FOUNDATION
 9:50 AM Room 16B 
“What to do when discourse breaks down”
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​iCIVICS
Friday, Nov. 22, 9:50am-10:15am
When Trends Collide: Using Games to Teach News Literacy ​

MIKVA CHALLENGE (Booth 332)
Friday, Nov 22 2:05 pm
Building Stronger Schools: Including Student Voice in Decision Making
​Room 17B, level 4

CLOSE UP FOUNDATION
4:15 PM in the Ballroom Pre-function area
Critical Media Literacy for Democratic Citizenship 

Sat, Nov 23

​iCIVICS
Saturday, Nov. 23
9:35am-10:30am 

Activate Civic Engagement: iCivics, Boston Public Schools, and NBC 

9:35am-10:30am 

Real Talk: Action Civics - How Can "i" Do That? 

FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES
10:40 am - 11:35 am Room 19B, Level 4
The Unfinished Revolution: Confronting the Iconography of White Supremacy

MIKVA CHALLENGE (Booth 332)
10:40am
Off the Sidelines: Engaging Students in the 2020 Election
Room 17A, level 4

CIRCLE
How Schools Can Grow Voters
Sat Nov 23 3:05 pm to 4:00 pm
Room 10A Level 3
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iCIVICS

3:05pm-4:00pm 
The Civics of Tomorrow, Today: A Policy Agenda for State Civics Support 

FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES
10 Questions for the Past, Present and Future
5:15 pm - 6:10 pm Room 19B, Level 4

Sun, Nov 24

GENERATION CITIZEN
​8-9:30am  "Choose Your Own Action Civics Adventure"

Past Events and Related Resources:

WEBINAR: Teaching the Presidency in the Digital Age
Wednesday, January 11th
​4pm ET/1pm PT

The Teaching for Democracy Alliance is pleased to announce its first webinar of 2017 on the timely and important topic of "Teaching the Presidency in the Digital Age." The webinar will feature Professor Joseph Kahne of UC-Riverside, whose most recent work examines the connection between media literacy education and students' ability to spot fake news, as well as commentary by media literacy experts Dr. Katherine Fry of Brooklyn College and Dr. Paul Mihailidis from Emerson College. The webinar will also highlight free and innovative instructional resources to support teachers as they help their students make sense of the executive branch in today's digital climate.
  • Stream the webinar recording HERE. 
  • View the webinar slide deck, with links to many resources is to the right. 
  • Kahne & Bowyer research article featured during the webinar. 
  • Featured resource (to the right): CloseUp Foundation Lesson Plan: The 2016 Election: What Comes Next?
Webinar: Media Literacy
Date / Time:  Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at 7pm ET


Join us for a webinar on Teaching Media Literacy. Moderated by Dr. Belinha De Abreu (NAMLE), the focus of the conversation will be the "why" and "how" of teaching media literacy especially during this heated presidential election season. The panelists will share resources and tips from their classrooms and organizations. Given the panelists, there will be an obvious focus on news. The panelists include Peter Adams (News Literacy Project), Jules Beesley (The Lamp), and Jeff Share (UCLA). Steam the webinar recording here.
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2016 at 7pm ET 
Teaching About the Presidential Debates

​Moderated by Dr. Belinha DeAbreu, the discussion will focus on how teachers can effectively bring the conversation about presidential debates into their classroom this fall. Renowned media literacy educator Frank Baker (Media Literacy Clearinghouse) and Kamy Akhavan from procon.org will join Dr. DeAbreu to share their expertise and resources. Stream the webinar recording here.

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Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 at 7pm ET 
Registration Nation: Building voter registration among ALL 18 year olds
Professional Development Webinar on Facilitating Voter Registration in High Schools ​
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2016 at 7pm ET
​Teaching Controversial Topics
​Stream the webinar recording to the right. 
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 at 7pm
Teaching for Democracy: We Got You Covered: Webinar about the Alliance, resources and discussion about the upcoming year. Stream the webinar recording here.  
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 Monday, February 8th, 2016
“Bringing Elections to the Classroom”  on #sschat. See the archive here. 
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TFDA is coordinated by CIRCLE, a part of the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University.
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  • ABOUT
  • WHY TEACH ELECTIONS & VOTING
  • RESOURCES
    • For Distance Learning
    • Voter Registration
    • Instruction on Elections and Voting
    • Media Literacy
    • Classroom Discussion
    • Action Civics and Experiential Learning
    • Teacher Training, Support, and Resources
  • Growing Voters Commitment
  • Don't Know Where to Start?