Supporting student civic activism: Social studies on steroids – Part 1

Dr. Alan Singer, Dr. Pablo Muriel, and Gates Millennium Scholar Dennis Belen-Morales, three generations of teachers, describe how they center student activism in their project-based social studies and history classes while giving students the tools to pass the NYS Regents exams. Dr. Singer was Dr. Muriel’s college professor, and Dr. Muriel was Mr. Belen-Morales’ high school teacher. Now all three are at Hofstra University. Part 1 of a two-part series that contains lots of specific strategies for teachers and passion for civics education. References Click here to listen to the second part of this interview Alan Singer has regularly contributed to HuffPost and Daily Kos  It’s possible to pre-order the book “Supporting Civics Education with Student Activism: Citizens for a Democratic Society”, by Alan Singer and Pablo Muriel, on Amazon The Ethics of the “N-Word” in the Classroom by Dr. Alan Singer Overview 00:00-01:03 Intros 01:03-07:49 Why teach civic education? 07:49-23:26 Essential elements of “Supporting civics education with student activism” 23:26-32:08 Should social studies/history teachers be open with their students about their political perspectives? 32:08-35:38 How do you handle action projects that you find offensive or unethical? 35:38-43:47 Encountering racism amon...

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