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Hey friends! Are you new to teaching civics and government in Florida? On August 24th at 4:30 we will holding a webinar to discuss resources and things to remember when working to create that next generation of Florida citizens. It is, as always, free! You can register for the webinar here, and download and share…

Hey friends. As you are likely aware, Florida has established a Civic Literacy Examination for high school seniors and college students. High school kids only have to take it, while it is an actual graduation requirement for Florida college and university students. To support this, we have collaborated with FDOE to support the development of…

Good morning friends. On behalf of our colleagues, we are happy to share this professional development opportunity! Date: June 6th-11th, 2022*Location: Kennesaw State University The Miner Anderson Family Foundation and the Division of Global Affairs at Kennesaw State University are pleased to announce the 2022 Education for Sustainability and Human Rights Program. Inspired by the…

Good morning friends!!! As you may recall, we recently were awarded a grant by the FDOE to develop curricular materials in support of the new K-12 civics and government benchmarks. In pursuit of this, we are hiring multiple positions! We are looking for three 6-12 curriculum developers and one K-5 curriculum developer, for a grant-funded…

Friends, on Thursday, March 3rd at 4pm, we will be hosting a webinar in collaboration with the Clinton Library. It is very much ‘of the moment’, as Kathleen Pate, Education Specialist at the Clinton Library, will be discussing the nomination and confirmation process of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This is a free webinar open to everyone,…

Good afternoon, friends. You are likely already familiar with our Civics in Real Life series over on Florida Citizen. We are quite please to share with you a new addition to the series (already expanded with our look at Supreme Court Cases, The Docket. Introducing Civics Connection Spotlight! This new addition will focus on individuals…

So some news, friends. You may be a user of our Florida Citizen website (we hope you are, it has most of what you need to teach civics!) , and if so we hope that you find our resources useful! We recently relaunched the site, to better align with University of Central Florida style guides.…