Current Event Civics Lessons
Practical Learning Online Course Offering
Fall 2017
Online Session
Pract The Facts™
Critical Analysis of Current Event Civics Activities in Today’s Media
A supplemental civics course in critical thinking and fact checking for 10th grade and above.
“Young people who recalled experiencing more high-quality civic education practices in schools were more likely to vote, to form political opinions, to know campaign issues, and to know general facts about the US political system,” said Peter Levine, director of CIRCLE. (THE CENTER FOR INFORMATION & RESEARCH ON CIVIC LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT)
Course description
The course is designed to teach students how to critically seek out, analyze, and fact check information related to current event civic issues in the media. By taking this class it is hoped the student will develop the skills to determine the validity and accuracy of the information they get from the media on civic related issues. Using articles and quotes from a variety of sources the student will discover how things such as omission, fake news, brand awareness, and point of view can affect how information is delivered via print, television, and social media. Subjects covered in the course include issues both locally and nationally with respect to race, politics, education, health care and more. The students will be evaluated using essay writing, classroom participation, discussion questions and math problems. It is also hoped that they will develop the ability to determine how they will react to the issue with respect to their life objectives and their community.
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“Teaching civics is only partly the job of the schools. Other providers of such teaching—newspapers, unions, membership organizations and community groups— aren’t taking up the slack. People are sorting themselves into more politically and ideologically homogenous communities than they used to, he says. And the gap between the haves and the have-nots when it comes to opportunities for civic engagement is bad and getting worse.” (From Flunking Civics: Why America's Kids Know So Little)
Course Objectives:
Course Highlights:
Each chapter of the book includes the following assignments:
Classroom size:
1 to 10
Evaluation:
Students will be evaluated on the following:
Online Sessions:
11 Week Session: Cost: $2722.00
Fall Sessions Start October 2, 2017
For more information:
Call us at 312-339-4673 or email us at customerservice@practice-learning.com
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