How do we learn to exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship? Do our schools teach us that the system works—or what to do if it doesn’t?

This program is presented in partnership with the California History-Social Science Project (CHSSP).

Cal Humanities has partnered with CHSSP—the state’s K-16 collaborative dedicated to providing the highest quality history instruction—to improve how California’s teachers teach and their students learn about living in a democratic society. Our Teaching Democracy program offers a series of free webinars featuring renowned intellectuals and teacher leaders who address questions critical to understanding the extent and limits of democracy. The sessions focus on current scholarship and innovative methods that can be useful in classrooms as well as living rooms.

You're invited.

Teachers, history buffs, and anyone with an inquisitive mind—join us for any or all of these free webinars!

FREE WEBINARS WITH SCHOLARS AND TEACHER LEADERS

The Power of the Presidency

Daniel Sargent, Assistant Professor of History, UC Berkeley
April 25, 2012—4-6 pm

Download lesson plan resources from this webinar:
Teaching Democracy: The Power of the Presidency Lesson Plan

The Constitution of the United States (1787), from the National Archives Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, no. 69 (1787), from the Library of Congress United States v. Curtiss-Wright (1936), from FindLaw Roosevelt Message to Congress (1940), from the American Presidency Project Youngstown Co. v. Sawyer (1952), from FindLaw "The Legality of United States Participation in the Defense of Viet-Nam" (1966), from HeinOnline

What Did the Constitution Originally Mean?

Jack Rakove, William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies/Professor of Political Science and of Law, Stanford University
May 16, 2012—4-6 pm

Should America Have a King?

Caroline Winterer, Professor of History, Stanford University
June 20, 2012—4-6 pm

Who is a Citizen?

Clarence Walker, Professor of History, UC Davis
July 18, 2012—4-6 pm

No Taxation Without Representation?

Alan Taylor, Professor of History, UC Davis
August 15, 2012—4-6 pm 

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