The organizations part of the Teaching for Democracy Alliance are working together to equip teachers and administrators to talk about elections & voting in a productive way and provide students with long-term civic engagement tools.
Type of Material:
Collection
Recommended Uses:
Use rseources as introduction (flipped task) to discuss in class; lessons include learning activites for class and homework
Technical Requirements:
Works in Windows browers
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Users will be able to:
demonstrate knowledge of democracy and civics
Identify and explain American civics
Target Student Population:
Grade School, Middle School, High School, College Undergrads, Professional
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Basic ICT literacy; useful to know election basics
Content Quality
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Strengths:
Educational and civic organizations contributed to this website, which is coordinated by Tufts University. The website utilizes 6 Best Practices as a framework for instructional content for teachers developing curriculum, student experiences, and professional development. It contains a teaching matrix as a starting point for lesson planning and classroom discussions. Also included are actionable civic-minded resources for elections, voting, and various experiential learning activities. The resources are current, accurate and relevant. Materials are geared to both students and teachers. Each resource is self-contained and can be flexibly used across disciplines and settings. Links work and are appripriately attributed.
Concerns:
The resources vary in terms of completeness and quality.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
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Strengths:
The website's actionable goals depend on ICT standards, particularly media literacy The resources all deal with elections and voting. It reinforces and demonstrates relationships between concepts that build upon each other. The resources are often lessons, so can be easily incorporated as assignments. Each resource provides efficient learning of the topic addressed. The resources apply ICT to daily life.
Concerns:
Each resource is separate so progression and relationship of concepts exist only within itself.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
The website is attractive and easy to navigate independently; little technical skill is needed. Conrtact information is available.
Concerns:
The stie does not include a search feature. and it is not ADA-compliant.
Creative Commons:
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