Government Officials
- Talking Civics & Gov't with Senator Angus King
- Talking Civics & Gov't with Senator Susan Collins
- Talking Civics & Gov't with Rep. Jared Golden
- Talking Civics & Gov't with Rep. Chellie Pingree
- Meet & Learn with the Secretary of State
- Meet & Learn with the State Treasurer
National Organizations with Online Resources
- Using C-SPAN Resources in the Classroom (Led by Keith Mahoney Messalonskee MS & C-SPAN)
- Teaching Using iCivics (Led by Emma Humphries - iCivics)
- Teaching the 2020 Election with iCivics (Led by Emma Humphries - Chief Education Officer for iCivics)
- Tell Your Story (Led by PBS NewsHour)
- Using the Library of Congress Online Resources (Led by the Library of Congress)
- Using the Question Formulation Technique (Led by the Right Question Institute & Shane Gower - Maranacook Community HS)
- Civics in Real Life: Resources for Virtual Instruction (Led by the Lou Frey Institute)
Civically Engaged & Student Voice
- What Kind of Citizen in a Pandemic and Beyond? Promoting Student Voice (Led by Mary Ellen Daneels - Illinois Civic Mission Coalition
- The Political Classroom & Structured Academic Controversies (Led by Dr. Paula McAvoy - Co-Author of The Political Classroom & Prof. of Education at N.C. State University)
- Teaching About Controversial Topics (Led by Dr. Diana Hess/Author, Researcher, and Dean of Education - University of Wisconsin)
- Amplifying Student Voice Through Project Soapbox (Led by Jill Bass & Mia Salamone - Mikva Challenge)
- So you want to be President? Teaching Presidential Elections During Contentious Times (Led by Abigail Swetz/Former MS Teacher Leader & Graduate of the LaFollette School of Public Policy)
- Youth Voting & Why It's Important to Start in K-12 (Led by Abby Kiesa from the CIRCLE Institute at Tufts University)
Student YouTube Live Discussion
Social Studies Specialist Joe Schmidt hosted Emma Humphries (iCivics & CivXNow) to answer questions submitted by Maine students about the upcoming election and to share resources for students and teachers to use to learn more.
Check out the recording of the session: Getting From "Can't Vote. Don't Care" to "Count Me In"
Teacher Leader Webinar Series
- The Electoral College and Maine's Role in It (Led by Neal Young - MSAD #49)
- The Electoral College & Maine - How Should States Distribute Electors? (Led by Jamie Karaffa - Bruce M. Whittier MS/RSU #16)
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News Literacy & Current Events
- Fake News: What It Is, Why It Works, and What We Can Do About It (Led by Dr. Wayne Journell - Author of "Unpacking Fake News: An Educator's Guide to Navigating the Media with Students")
- What It Means To Be News-Literate (Led by John Silva - Director of Education/The News Literacy Project)
- All the News That's Fit to Teach: Current Events in the Classroom (Led by David Olson - PBS Digital Innovator & iCivics and Constitution Center Board Member)
Interdisciplinary Connections
- Using Essential Questions to Connect History & Civics to Literacy (Led by Ron Nash & John McNamara/Senior Fellows of the Gilder Lehrman Institute)
Pedagogy in Practice
- Facilitating Asynchronous Discussions (Led by Adam Schmitt - USM)
- Why Do We Strive to Make History & Civics Curricula Diverse (Led by Dr. Peter Levine - Tufts University)
- Work That Engages When Work Can Neither be Required Nor Graded (Led by Peter Paccone - HS Teacher & PBS Digital Innovator)
- Using Video Conferencing Technology to Connect Students with the World-at-Large (Led by Peter Paccone - HS Teacher & PBS Digital Innovator)
- Avoid Bad Press: Teaching about Religion in Social Studies with Constitutionally-sound Pedagogy (Led by Dr. Gayle Pagnoni - Program Director at Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance/Rice University)