When we sunsetted the Flash version of our game People’s Pie last year, we received a flood of inquiries from teachers asking when their favorite game to teach about taxes and the federal budget would be back. We’re thrilled to announce a new and improved version with Spanish translation and EL/ML supports will be available later this fall!
Teaching civics at a career technical school is sometimes an exercise in translation. Wayne County Schools Career Center hosts 26 programs for high school juniors and seniors; from animal science to culinary arts to sports medicine, it really runs the gamut. My students are sometimes skeptical that knowing about government
My students love learning and they excel academically. And recently, I discovered that they also have a flair for the dramatic. It was the beginning of the school year. As part of the Civic Star Challenge, I adapted a unit created by my mentor Jeannie Holloway. The goal was to
I’m the only teacher in Baltimore County Public Schools focused solely on Homeland Security. I sometimes describe the subject as “social studies with all the lessons coming from the last 30 years.” We mainly focus on the government response to threats – foreign, domestic, natural, and man-made. My classes are
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