Civics Education

Civics Education

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League of Women Voters Civics Education: What We Do & What's New

The Civics Education Committee supports the state requirements for Civics Education.

  •  The League of Women Voters goes into area high schools classrooms to discuss the importance of voting with students.
  • Our Spokane League registers students to vote in our area high schools.

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As Covid-19 arrived in 2020 our methods had to change. We have now developed presentations online for high school civics. 

We are constantly working with educators finding ways to make civics interesting and relevant to voters and future voters. 

What's New

 

Collaboration with Spokane Public Schools (SPS): Now we are pivoting our work to civics classrooms in SPS high schools.
 
  • We have been at North Central and Shadle High School civics classrooms registering new voters. The Washington State #FutureVoter Project allows US citizens who are at least 16 years old to register to vote. They then receive their ballots when they turn 18. The new LWVWA "Be A Voter" campaign gives new registered students a pin or sticker, a bookmark, and LWVWA tabloid "Voter".Civics Classroom
     
  • We have reached out to other school districts in our area and will be meeting with them as the year progresses.
     

 

 

It’s Good to Be Back in a Civics Classroom  by Beth Pellicciotti 

League of Women Voters worked with Community Colleges of Spokane to offer an adult non-credit civics classes through ACT 2 program and recieve rave reviews.  We hope to offer the class again in 2022.  

We the People Class

We The People: Explore the meaning of Citizenship
Class begins October 26th.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Civics Bowl

We are creating an impactful, fun, and unique project in partnership with KSPS PBS and Spokane Public Schools: Civics Bowl** is a televised high school civics tournament.  See the UPDATE.

  

 

 

American Perspectives: Students learn about the diverse historic foundations of our  country. Susie Gerard, School District Social Studies Social Studies Coordinator has helped launch American Perspectives a textbook to put the us back in U.S. history.  Read all about it.

 Civics Education and Democracy in the news.

Beth Pellicciotti will speak to State Auditors June 15 about Civics Education.   She referenced her paper presented to the League of Women Voter's state convention, 2019:  

PDF icon Looking Backwards Moving Forward:   What's Working in Schools/Communities about Civics Education?   Our Textbook, Local Leagues and More