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Bickmore, Kathy – Democracy & Education, 2017
In this appreciative response to Jennifer Hauver's article about elementary children's negotiation of analytic frames in deliberative dialogue during input into a school governance decision, Bickmore argues for the value of such agentic, citizenship-relevant learning opportunities in public schools. She points to their unfortunate infrequency (to…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Teaching Methods, Educational Philosophy, Democratic Values
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Alarcón, Jeannette D.; Marhatt, Pratigya; Price, Emily – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2017
The purpose of this lesson is to engage young students in thinking about the complexity of socio-historical symbols in the present day. After careful preparation, the authors decided to teach about the decision by the state legislature in July 2015 to remove the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse grounds. Presenting the…
Descriptors: Current Events, Teaching Methods, History Instruction, Decision Making