Civics Week 2025
Join the Kentucky Council for the Social Studies in celebrating Civic Learning Week with a series of professional learning sessions designed to deepen civic knowledge, strengthen inquiry-based teaching, and empower educators to engage students in meaningful civic learning.
Creating Collaborative Civic Spaces: How do we engage in civil discussion?
Kentucky Department of Education
Watch the video HERE
A student’s ability to communicate their own conclusions effectively and listen carefully to those of others is the capstone of our disciplinary practices, requiring students to engage in democratic procedures and discourse. Our session explores what a collaborative civic space looks and sounds like by examining the role of teachers and students when participating in dialogue, debate and discussion.
Rose Revival Panel Discussion with the Kentucky Student Voice Team
Facilitator: Carly Muetterties (Kentucky Civic Education Coalition / CommonGoodEd.com)
Watch the video HERE
On January 14, the Kentucky Student Voice Team (KSVT) filed a lawsuit asserting that the Commonwealth has failed to meet its constitutional obligation to provide all students with an adequate and equitable public education. The case builds on the legacy of the landmark Rose v. Council for Better Education decision, which defined the capacities students need to thrive in a democratic society.
Be the Change: Bringing Civic Seal programs to your school
Carly Muetterties (Kentucky Civic Education Coalition / CommonGoodEd.com)
Watch the video HERE
Explore ways in which you can bring engaged civic learning into the classroom in a way that complements your content (Not one more thing!) This session will focus on ways that civic engagement projects can be incorporated into your classroom, supporting alignment to Kentucky’s Civic Seal.
iCivics 101: Using Games (and much more) to Impact Student Learning!
iCivics
Watch the video HERE
Looking to deepen student engagement in your civics classroom? Join us for a hands-on session exploring the free instructional materials iCivics offers to support bringing high-quality civic education experiences to your classroom! We’ll dive into our standards-aligned curriculum units and lesson plans, games, DBQuests, WebQuests, infographics and even student-facing videos!
Creating Collaborative Civic Spaces: How do we engage in civil discussion?
Kentucky Department of Education
Watch the video HERE
A student’s ability to communicate their own conclusions effectively and listen carefully to those of others is the capstone of our disciplinary practices, requiring students to engage in democratic procedures and discourse. Our session explores what a collaborative civic space looks and sounds like by examining the role of teachers and students when participating in dialogue, debate and discussion.
Rose Revival Panel Discussion with the Kentucky Student Voice Team
Facilitator: Carly Muetterties (Kentucky Civic Education Coalition / CommonGoodEd.com)
Watch the video HERE
On January 14, the Kentucky Student Voice Team (KSVT) filed a lawsuit asserting that the Commonwealth has failed to meet its constitutional obligation to provide all students with an adequate and equitable public education. The case builds on the legacy of the landmark Rose v. Council for Better Education decision, which defined the capacities students need to thrive in a democratic society.
Be the Change: Bringing Civic Seal programs to your school
Carly Muetterties (Kentucky Civic Education Coalition / CommonGoodEd.com)
Watch the video HERE
Explore ways in which you can bring engaged civic learning into the classroom in a way that complements your content (Not one more thing!) This session will focus on ways that civic engagement projects can be incorporated into your classroom, supporting alignment to Kentucky’s Civic Seal.
iCivics 101: Using Games (and much more) to Impact Student Learning!
iCivics
Watch the video HERE
Looking to deepen student engagement in your civics classroom? Join us for a hands-on session exploring the free instructional materials iCivics offers to support bringing high-quality civic education experiences to your classroom! We’ll dive into our standards-aligned curriculum units and lesson plans, games, DBQuests, WebQuests, infographics and even student-facing videos!
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See something we're missing? LET US KNOW!
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