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D. Assignment Three: Scopes Trial Introductory Assigned Activities: Learning From Tennessee’S Scopes Trial 100 Years Later, Frankie Nicole Weaver

Frankie Nicole Weaver, Comparative Twentieth Century South African and United States Civil Rights and Voting Rights Histories

This assignment encourages students to engage actively with scaffolded pre-learning necessary for the Scopes Trial unit. Students are introduced to the history of the 1925 Scopes Trial and the folk history connected to Inherit the Wind, in its various forms.

Item 6: Activity 5: Quiz On Voting, Scott Hicks

Scott Hicks, African American Literature

This quiz is designed to ensure students’ understanding of how to register and vote in North Carolina and is adaptable for use by faculty in other states. It may be used as a standalone activity, either during class time or as homework, or in conjunction with a guest presentation by a state, county, parish, or tribal elections official; completed individually or in groups; and completed on paper or via a learning management system. In my course, the quiz will be completed during the final exam period, when a state elections official will present a voter education seminar titled “Voter Registration,” …

Item 5: Activity 4: Voting Role-Play: A Service-Learning Activity, Scott Hicks

Scott Hicks, African American Literature

Designed for inclusion in any college or university course delivered in person, this service-learning activity reinforces skills, knowledge, and dispositions related to civic engagement through experiential learning in service of social and community goals of increasing participation in democratic governance. In this activity, university students will lead middle or high school students in a one-hour role playing activity that allows them to practice the steps of registering to vote and voting in North Carolina. For best results, the instructor should lead university students in a dress rehearsal of the activity prior to delivering it onsite.

Item 4: Activity 3: Collaboration And Conversation Check-In (Viewing), Scott Hicks

Scott Hicks, African American Literature

Designed for and utilized in a literature survey course delivered in person whose primary enrollment is first- and second-year students, this graphic organizer provides a student-centered structure for class viewing that foregrounds attention, notetaking, and reflection.

Item 3: Activity 2: Collaboration And Conversation Check-In (Discussion), Scott Hicks

Scott Hicks, African American Literature

Designed for and utilized in a literature survey course delivered in person whose primary enrollment is first- and second-year students, this graphic organizer provides a student-centered structure for class discussion that foregrounds attention, notetaking, participation, relationship, and reflection.

Syllabus: Social Studies Curriculum And Methods In Secondary Education, John Shekitka

John Shekitka, Social Studies Curriculum and Methods in Secondary Education

This is a syllabus for a graduate-level or upper undergraduate course in preparing secondary social studies educators as part of a MAT program. Three weeks of the course specifically deal with civic engagement, and the remainder of the course contains a broader set of complimentary social science teacher skills. The assignments for the course center civic engagement as a central theme. The syllabus also includes a method for students to use ChatGPT or another AI tool ONCE, to experiment with the role of AI in becoming a secondary educator.

Assignment 1: Short Paper And Presentation On Field Trip Exploring Civic Engagement, John Shekitka

John Shekitka, Social Studies Curriculum and Methods in Secondary Education

This is a rather open assignment for graduate-level or upper undergraduate social studies education students that asks them to think about the role of civic education in their own classrooms. They are asked to design a trip, in as much detail as possible that engages students in the concept of civic engagement with their own communities. Students are asked to present the assignment to their classmates.

Item 2: Activity 1: Shakespeare For Civic Action, Molly Slavin

Molly Slavin, Shakespeare for Civic Action Course Syllabus (upper-level undergraduate course)

This activity focuses on Shakespeare, race, and educational institutions, and might be particularly useful for those teaching at HBCUs and MSIs. This archival research activity prepares students to think about Shakespeare performance (specifically The Taming of the Shrew) in segregated places and includes questions for reflection and discussion that prepare students for a paper (Assignment 1). While it draws specifically on resources available in the Atlanta University Center consortium’s library, it should be adaptable for many different institutions and settings, as it asks students to consider race, gender, and adaptation as valences in interpreting Shakespeare.

Item 3: Activity 2: Shakespeare For Civic Action, Molly Slavin

Molly Slavin, Shakespeare for Civic Action Course Syllabus (upper-level undergraduate course)

This activity sets students up to complete a unit-ending podcast project (filed as SlavinAssignment2). Students will have read Measure for Measure and will do an active listening project in class to prepare them to make their own podcasts. The activity includes a guide for how to get students to actively listen to a podcast and take notes and could be adaptable for a general education class on college or study skills.

Assignment 5: Learning About The State Legislature, John Shekitka

John Shekitka, Social Studies Curriculum and Methods in Secondary Education

This activity asks students to think a bit more deeply and think about the state legislatures that pass laws for their states including location, number of members, salaries, and recent accomplishments. It can be adapted for any state in the United States.

Item 4: Activity 3: Shakespeare For Civic Action, Molly Slavin

Molly Slavin, Shakespeare for Civic Action Course Syllabus (upper-level undergraduate course)

This standalone activity is tied to a discussion of Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story but could easily be adaptable for many different contexts. Students will take a walking tour of their surroundings immediately outside campus and compare what they see to Shakespeare’s Verona and the film’s Harlem, thinking about cities as civic spaces and what happens when the social contract falls apart. However, the activity is adaptable for other placed-based literary texts, or even social science courses focused on the city, as it includes suggested readings and questions for discussion.

Item 4: Activity 3: Information Disorder And Elections: Discussion Guide For Deadlocked: An Election Story (2024), Troy Martin

Troy Martin, Information Literacy and Civic Responsibility

Using a simulated election role-play recorded in the PBS film Deadlocked: An Election Story (2024), students will discuss common issues between information disorder and election processes. Students will also examine legal and ethical rights, such as freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.

Item 3: Activity 1 Worksheet, David Hubert

David Hubert, Introduction to U.S. Government & Politics

This is the blank worksheet and possible solutions to the gerrymandering challenges. Faculty give copies of the blank sheet to student to do their prep work before class and to work in small groups in class.

Item 6: Activity 3: Being American And Active Citizenship, Mary Anne K. Clarke

Mary Anne K. Clarke, Democracy, Citizenship, and the Media Course

This activity exposes students to a children’s book from a historical era vastly different from their own which exhibits a different tone and message about America and what it means to be American. Students will then creatively and actively “create a book page” about what it means to be an American now. This activity enables students to compare different historical eras and recognize the importance of language related to America and active citizenship in the modern era.

Item 3: Assignment 1: Civic Engagement And Citizenship Matter: Write An Op-Ed, Mary Anne K. Clarke

Mary Anne K. Clarke, Democracy, Citizenship, and the Media Course

This assignment allows students to demonstrate active citizenship because it provides students with an opportunity to develop their writing skills by writing a persuasive op-ed about civic engagement and citizenship. American political culture embodies the role of the citizen in the democratic process and writing an op-ed is one way for a citizen to articulate their beliefs about issues in society.

Item 1: Democracy, Citizenship, And The Media Syllabus, Mary Anne K. Clarke

Mary Anne K. Clarke, Democracy, Citizenship, and the Media Course

This course is appropriate as an introductory course. The course is designed to delve into the topics of democracy, citizenship, and the media, and it examines how the topics intersect and affect citizen participation in the US. This course provides an in-depth analysis of what democracy is, next adding the concept of citizenship, and finally adding the topic of the media to the discussion to demonstrate how the media shapes democratic values and the role of citizenship.

Item 4: Activity 2: Civic Engagement: The Power And Meaning Of Words, Mary Anne K. Clarke

Mary Anne K. Clarke, Democracy, Citizenship, and the Media Course

This classroom activity introduces students to the concept of civic engagement. As a class, students will learn a definition of civic engagement and then will work with various terms and concepts that apply to the topic of civic engagement. This activity attempts to broaden students’ understanding about why civic engagement matters and is much more than just voting.

A. Syllabus His 207 Comparative Twentieth Century South African And United States Civil Rights And Voting Rights Histories, Frankie Nicole Weaver

Frankie Nicole Weaver, Comparative Twentieth Century South African and United States Civil Rights and Voting Rights Histories

Originally shared as an in-person comparative upper-level undergraduate history course, this course was adapted for online, virtual use. It works well in either format; however, if you share it virtually, I strongly encourage at least one weekly synchronous class meeting and utilizing breakout rooms to promote discussion. Also, provide discussion questions and randomly enter breakout rooms to facilitate discussion --ensuring that engaging discussions occur. I recommend offering both in-person and virtual office hours, regardless.

El Leñador, September 2025, El Leñador Staff

El Leñador Newspaper

El Leñador is an English and Spanish newspaper produced by Humboldt State University students. Our staff cover and provide news to Latinx and other diverse communities on campus and in Humboldt County. We are committed to providing relevant news and expanding the representations and stories told about people of color and other marginalized groups. Our work helps create more social, political and cultural diversity in local media.

El Leñador es un periodico en español y inglés producido por estudiantes de la Universidad Estatal de Humboldt. Nuestro personal cubre y provee noticias a la comunidad Latinx y otras comunidades diversas en …

The Regulatory Challenges Raised By The Evolution From Open Banking To Banking-As-A-Service, Nydia Remolina Leon

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

In May 2024, a company in California suddenly made headlines across the financial press. Synapse Financial Technologies, once hailed as a pioneer in the next wave of financial innovation, filed for bankruptcy. The company had promised to revolutionize banking by providing “Banking-as-a-Service” (BaaS): an invisible layer of technology that allowed apps to plug directly into the financial system.

Crwr 511.01: Poetry Workshop, Brian A. Blanchfield

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

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Irsh 101.50: Elementary Irish I, Traolach O'Riordain, Melissa M. Scully, Abigail N. Moriarty

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

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Ling 270s.01: Introduction To Linguistics, Mizuki Miyashita

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

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Phl 110e.50: Introduction To Ethics, Armond J. Duwell

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

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Sociological Dichotomies Of Mława, Poland, Over Time: Misplaced Concreteness, Individual Triumph, Social Tragedy, Joseph Drew

Comparative Civilizations Review

For many years, I have been an active member of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations and Editor-in-Chief of its journal, the Comparative Civilizations Review. Since the 1960s, I have also been a university administrator and a professor, globe-trotting to learn about societies near and far, their rises and falls. Yet even though I lived and worked in Prague, as president of a university, not far from the Polish border, I had never set foot in that country, notwithstanding that my paternal grandfather came from there.

Actg 202.01: Principles Of Managerial Accounting, Elizabeth Kohl

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

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Bgen 105s.01: Introduction To Business, Justin W. Angle

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

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Bgen 541.60: Data Literacy, Clayton A. Looney

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

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Pt 523.01: Clinical Medicine I, Sarah A. Menhennett

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

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Cula 105.01: Food Service Sanitation, Wilbert P. Gahagan

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2021-2025

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