NH Civics

What Kind of Citizen? Educating Middle School Students for the Common Good
2020-10-13 08:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | NH
Featuring Joel Westheimer of University of Ottawa and Matthew Hicks of Shaker Road School, Concord, NH

Student Journalism: What is the Law?
2020-04-16
Student journalists are entitled to some of the First Amendment’s free speech and free press protections. Featuring Burlington High editor-in- chief and recipient of the courage in student journalism award Julia Shannon-Grillo and Michael Hiestand, Senior Legal Counsel of the Student Press Law Center.

Teaching the Election - Citizens Count & Civics 101 in the Classroom
2019-11-08 08:30 - 15:00
Featuring Citizens Count, Civics 101 and Dan Marcus of John Stark High School, Weare, NH

Dialogue About Our Deepest Differences - Facilitating Current & Controversial Issues Discussions in the Classroom & School Community
2019-10-11 08:30 - 15:00
Featuring Mary Ellen Daneels of the McCormick Foundation, IL; and NH Listens’ Bruce Mallory and Michele Holt-Shannon

Surfing in the Age of Fake News - Media Literacy and the Act of Inquiry
2018-10-05
Featuring Sam Wineberg of Stanford University and Ann Hadwen of Exeter, NH

Student Voice Summit 2018
2018-04-21
The purpose of this gathering was to connect, collaborate, and learn about the potential impact student voices, when embraced and respected by their school and communities, can have on learning, educational outcomes, and school culture.

Student Voice and School Governance
2017-03-08 08:00 - 16:00
Featuring Marc Brasof of Constitution High School and Arcadia University in PA; the Council of Hanover High School & Derek Hamilton of Pittsfield, NH

Framing Civic Learning
2017-02-23
Featuring Michelle Herczog, Ed.D., History-Social Science Consultant III for the Los Angeles County Office of Education

Civil Dialogue & Deliberation
2017-02-22

The Civic Learning Arc - Inquiry, Investigation, and Taking Informed Action
2016-12-07
Featuring Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Ph.D. and Michelle Herczog, Ed.D.

Empowering Connected Citizenship - Making Civics Count in Middle School
2016-06-23 08:30 - 2016-06-24 15:30
Featuring Val McVey, Florida Joint Center for Citizenship; Sarah Shanahan, MAT; Marek Bennett, NH-based cartoonist, musician and educator; Vicki Hebert, Youth 2 Youth; Tricia Lucas, Esq.; Richard Vassar, NH High School Mock Trial Association; Jared Bedrick, NH High School Mock Trial Association; Marieljane Bastien, Discovering Justice; Anastasia Gogol, Discovering Justice

Civic Literacy in Our Classrooms
2013-06-25
This day-long symposium for K-12 Educators brought together educators, law professors, and attorneys to explore the contours of our Constitution and discuss ways in which it can be brought into our classrooms in meaningful and engaged ways. One of the highlights of the symposium was an hour long audience participation session with Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale.

Voting Rights and the Constitution
2012-11-21
Presentation by Carol Nackenoff, Richter Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College.

Federalism: The Constitutional Design
2012-11-21
Presentation by Calvin Massey, Daniel Webster Distinguished Professor of Law at UNH Law
