Embedded Files
An initiative to promote civics education, student Civic engagement, and educate students about voting
Civics education and Civic engagement
Civics education and Civic engagement
Civics education and Civic engagement is not limited to a specific grade level. BPS CIVICS encourages students of all ages within the Boston Public Schools, to engage in civic activities and civics education. This can take the form of voting, community service, participating in an Action Civics Project, engaging in civics coursework or educating friends and family about an issue your are passionate about. Please see the resources below to guide your civics education and civic engagement journey.
Civics education and Civic engagement is not limited to a specific grade level. BPS CIVICS encourages students of all ages within the Boston Public Schools, to engage in civic activities and civics education. This can take the form of voting, community service, participating in an Action Civics Project, engaging in civics coursework or educating friends and family about an issue your are passionate about. Please see the resources below to guide your civics education and civic engagement journey.
Find out more about BPS partnership with Close Up, Inc. and Civics professional development from Primary Source.
Resources to guide lessons and discussion on various Civics topics.
Chapter 296 of the Acts of 2018 requires students to complete a civics action project in the eighth grade and at the high school level.
Civics Action Project Resources
Civics Action Project Resources
Facing History and Ourselves Fostering Civil Discourse Guide
Facing History From Reflection to Action: A Choosing to Participate Toolkit
Lateral Reading. A method to find sources for your research. Lateral Reading Teacher Resources (Slide deck, Lesson plan)
"Facing History and Ourselves" in partnership with BPS present a conversation with Andrew Aydin, former aid to the late Representative, civil rights leader, and voting rights champion John Lewis.
Access to FHAO's Good Trouble in Hard Times: A guide to accompany the graphic memoir MARCH.
Over 8,500 BPS students grades K-12 have cast their vote. See the results!
Register and pre-register to vote. Students as young as 16 can pre-register to vote. Make your voice heard!
No Citizen Left Behind
No Citizen Left Behind
Coming Soon. An opportunity to take part in a book club on Meira Levinson's book No Citizen Left Behind.
No Citizen Left Behind argues that students must be taught how to upend and reshape power relationships directly, through political and civic action. Drawing on political theory, empirical research, and her own on-the-ground experience, Levinson shows how de facto segregated urban schools can and must be at the center of this struggle.
Learn how local government works and the elected officials who represent you.
Learn how State government works and the elected officials who represent you.
Questions?
Questions?
Contact the History/Social Studies department at [ahedley@bostonpublicschools.org] for more information
Angela Hedley-Mitchell, Program Director
Page updated
Report abuse