Educating for American Democracy

ASU's CPTL is hosting workshops for teachers to receive an introduction to the EAD Roadmap and its incredible library of civic education resources for K-12 teachers. Teachers can earn a $350 stipend for attending a workshop, completing a lesson in their own classrooms with a focus on civics education, and completing a brief post-workshop reflection on the experience. Each workshop is held on the ASU Tempe campus, with meals and parking provided, so there is no cost to participants for attending.

The workshops will also include content seminars from the faculty of ASU's School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership on topics relevant to K-12 Social Studies education, so that teachers can get the chance to develop their content expertise in addition to the introduction to the EAD's teacher resources.

Upcoming Workshops:

• Saturday, April 15th, 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM - Prof. Bruce Pagel discusses the Law of Armed Conflict
• Wednesday, April 19th, 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM - Dr. Aaron Kushner discusses Westward Expansion and Indian Removal Policies of the Early 19th Century

Click the links above for each workshop to apply to attend!

The CPTL is officially an Educating for American Democracy (EAD) roadmap champion, partner, and advocate.

The EAD Roadmap is an inquiry-based content framework for excellence in civic and history education for all learners that is organized by major themes and questions supported by critical concepts. It offers a vision for integrating history and civic education throughout grades K–12.

After years of polarization, the United States is highly divided, and there is a widespread loss of confidence in our very form of government and civic order. For many decades, we have neglected civics and history. We now have a citizenry and electorate who are poorly prepared to understand, appreciate, and use our form of government and civic life.

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