Drama critic George Jean-Nathan once said that "Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote." Although 47% of all young people eligible to cast a ballot in the 2024 presidential election did so, 53% did not.
How did we get here? Professor Lindsey Cormack, author of the book "How to Raise a Citizen" believes that this situation, overall, is the result of a lack of youth awareness of the political and democratic process. So how then can educators, along with parents, teach students what they need to know?
In this episode we discuss:
- The definition of "citizen".
- How teachers can teach the political process through experiential learning.
- How we should spiral or build upon learning of the democratic process in each grade not just in middle school or 11th grade government class.
- How to turn youth from consumers of information on the Internet to information seekers.
- Why adults need to turn down the negativity about politics and teach students how to argue opposing viewpoints with civility.
- How teachers can teach the democratic process without falling victim to increasing legal jeopardy when what they teach upsets some parents with strong political views - red or blue.
- How parents can and should support the awareness of their children about the democratic process.
We hope you will listen in to this important conversation.
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