The+7Cs+of+Democratic+Teaching

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====Link here to order [|We, The Students and Teacher: Teaching Democratically in History and Social Studies Classrooms] by Robert W. Maloy and Irene S. LaRoche (State University of New York Press, 2015)====

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Defining Democratic Schools Democratically-Themed Schools The 7Cs of Democratic Teaching
 * **Contrasting**
 * **Conducting**
 * **Collaborating**
 * **Conversing**
 * **Conferring**
 * **Co-Constructing**
 * **Connecting**



What is Democratic Education?
[|The Case for Democratic Schools], Michael Apple and James Beane (2007).

[|Directory of Democratic Education], Alternative Education Resource Organization (2014)

[|How Students Lead the Learning Experience at Democratic Schools] from MindShift (2014)

Democratic Education, Teaching Tolerance
 * Teachers describe what it is like to teach democratically in school classrooms

Democratically-Themed Schools

 * Constitution High School**, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

[|Harriet Tubman Democratic High School] Albany, New York (now closed)
Lehman Alternative Community School, Ithaca New York


 * Sudbury Valley School**, Framingham, Massachusetts

Fairhaven School Philosophy, Upper Marlboro, Maryland

u.School, Springfield, Missouri

The New School, Kennebunk, Maine

The Clearwater School, Bothell, Washington

Glacier Lake School, St. Ignatius. Montana

Hanover High School, Hanover, New Hampshire

The Democratic School of Hadera, Israel

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** Topics **
**Digital Textbooks/Open Educational Content (OER)**
 * How Students Learn History Through Uncoverage **
 * ** Teaching Multicultural History **
 * ** Lesson Plan: 10 Most Famous Americans Activity **
 * Politics of Textbooks and Standards **
 * Teaching Ideas for Curriculum Uncoverage **
 * ** Lesson Plan: Teaching the Book Encounter **
 * Opening Up the Textbook (OUT) **
 * **Why Are Social Studies Textbooks So Difficult to Read**
 * **Strategies for Opening Up the Textbook**
 * ** Examples of Digital Textbooks for U.S. History, World History, American Government **

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 * Active Learning and **** Student Engagement **
 * Lectures, Attention Span and Student Learning **
 * ** Lesson Plan: Why Do History Teachers Lecture So Much? **
 * Lesson Planning **
 * Teaching with Literature **
 * ** Picture Books **
 * ** Young Adult and Adult Literature **
 * ** Graphic Books **
 * Primary Sources **
 * Group Work and Cooperative Learning **
 * Writing and Poetry Writing Resources **
 * Role Plays/Simulations **



** Topics **

 * Creating Rules with Students **
 * Consensus and Democratic Decision-Making **
 * Robert's Rules and Martha's Rules of Order **
 * Cooperatives as Democratic Organizations and **** Teacher Led Schools **
 * Anti-Bullying and Safe Schools **
 * Voting in America **
 * School Suspensions and Restorative Discipline **

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** Topics **

 * Building Collaborative Classroom Cultures **
 * Teaching about Controversy **
 * **Lesson Plan: Native American Mascots**
 * **Lesson Plan: Teaching the Atomic Bomb**
 * Discussion Formats **
 * ** Fishbowls **
 * ** Debate, Discussion and Dialogue **
 * ** Online Discussion Tools **

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 * I **** nvolving Students in Learning Assessment **
 * ** Traditional Assessments **
 * ** Alternatives to Traditional Assessments **
 * **Rubrics**
 * **See Special Topic Page on Quizzes as Active Learning Resources**
 * **Go to TransformingTech wiki for Portfolio Assessment**
 * ** Peer and Self Assessments **

** Topics **

 * Perspectives and Research on the Use of Student Feedback **
 * MET Project Research **
 * Implementing Student Feedback in the Classroom **
 * National Policies and Practices **
 * **Examples of State Policies and Practices**
 * **Massachusetts**
 * **Connecticut**
 * **Georgia**
 * **Hawaii**
 * **Kentucky**
 * **Arizona**
 * **Ohio**
 * **Arkansas**
 * **Colorado**

** Topics **

 * Co-Constructing Knowledge with Technology **
 * Identifying Fake News **
 * ** Credible vs. Unreliable Resources **
 * ** Website Evaluation Strategies **
 * Flipped Classrooms **
 * Wikis as a Teaching Technology **
 * Twitter in the Classroom **
 * Polls and Surveys **

** Topics **

 * Civic Learning by Students **
 * **Civics Test Questions**
 * Community Engagement and Service Learning **
 * **Mock Trials as a Teaching Strategy**
 * Youth Activism **
 * **Historical Examples and Teaching Strategies**
 * Sugata Mitra and SOLEs (Self-Organized Learning Environments) **