New curriculum will meet a national need for early civics

NH Civics has begun work to research, design, develop, pilot and evaluate a K-3 early civics curriculum that introduces concepts such as justice, compromise, community, democratic documents and procedures, leadership, rules/laws, empathy, civic agency, voting and respect for opinions that differ from one’s own.

We will pilot this curriculum in 2022-23 in three schools and by 2024 involve an additional seven schools.

The project will be led by Dr. Roger Brooks, Susan Wolowitz, Sen. Melanie Levesque, and NH Civics Executive Director, Martha Madsen. The curriculum will be piloted in Concord, Canterbury, and Keene. Relevant books and lessons will be provided to schools free of charge.