Are there any resources that have been added to this group?  

• Post-Election Teaching Strategies
• ‘Standing Up for What Is Right’: Teaching in the Aftermath of the Presidential Election

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The Smithsonian partnered with photographer Drew Gardner to photograph descendants of famous Americans alongside their descendants.  It's truly a moving collection of images. 

Thomas Jefferson descendant Shannon LaNier has been linked to Jefferson through Sally Hemmings. How might this pair of images help students of color see themselves in American history?  As a child growing up across the river from Jefferson's monument on the Potomac, I would have seen history in a more complete light! 

Also available on Instagram. 

These videos are excellent:  Recreating a Portrait of Thomas Jefferson. 

Recreating a Portrait of Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Recreating a Portrait of Frederick Douglass

If you teach WORLD History, Gardner has photographed the descendants of Napoleon, the Mona Lisa, Oliver Cromwell, Charles Dickens, and more:  Drew Gardner: the Descendants

The second in a series from the Barat Education Foundation Our American Voice Program. Most activities can be completed offline. 

Access choice board 2

If you have ideas for new activities to add to future civics boards, please share.

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Choice board 1

  Choice board  Through its Our American Voice Program, the Barat Education Foundation created a Civic Action & Engagement Choice Board that is freely available to anyone to use and share.

If you have ideas for new activities to add to future civics boards, please share.

civics    civic action    civic engagement    3 - 5    6 - 8    learning at home

How do you teach the Bill of Rights?

Check out this post from Jen Reidel, Library of Congress Teacher in Residence.

Teaching Civic Ideals Using Primary Sources: The Origin and Evolution of the Bill of Rights

Then take a look at these Citizen U lessons

Elementary: Find Your Freedom Beyond the Bill of Rights

Middle School: Securing Our Freedoms Beyond the Bill of Rights

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Barat Education Foundation is thrilled to have multiple opportunities to connect with educators from across the country at the National Council for Social Studies annual conference on November 22-23 in Austin, Texas. We’ve got loads of strategies, free resources, and, of course, swag to share. You’ll also have the chance to get in on our raffles to win gift cards or the grand prize, free enrollment in the Citizen U TPS Civics Educator 3-course Micro-credential Program. Come join us!

FRIDAY, NOV. 22

Exhibitor Hall Booth #22
10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Poster Session
Ballroom D
2:00 – 4:00 pm

SATURDAY, NOV. 23

Exhibitor Hall Booth #22
8:00 am – 4:00 pm

Session #967: Connect, Act, and Transform with Inquiry, Primary Sources, and Civics
Room: Room 16A, Level 4
5:15 – 6:10 pm
All attendees will be entered into a raffle for 3 Amex gift cards 

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Don't miss this post by  Mary Johnson , highlighting the first Teaching with the Library of Congress blog post by  Jen Reidel , the 2019-2020 Library of Congress Teacher in Residence. 

And remember, you'll find multidisciplinary Citizen U lessons around the themes of civic action and civic responsibility, collaborating and building coalitions and so much more!

3 - 5 6 - 8 9 - 12 English/Language Arts Mathematics Science Social Studies/History Civics

Be sure to check out  Mary Johnson 's post in the Election Central group about the remarkable Rebecca Latimer Felton. 

Civics Senate Women's History

Are you sharing any impeachment resources inside and/or outside the classroom?

Historical background & primary sources

Contemporary article: The Impeachment Process Explained

6 - 8 9 - 12 Impeachment Civics Social Studies/History