C-SPAN Classroom Deliberations
Subjects:
Civics, Ethics & Communities, Social Studies
Grade Levels:
6-8, 9-12
Source: C-SPAN Classroom
C-SPAN Classroom has launched "Deliberations", a website designed to engage students in classroom deliberations about current issues being debated in Congress. On the website you will find a carefully selected set of C-SPAN video clips, along with newspaper articles that concisely present the leading positions on new issues. Teacher will find handouts, lesson plans, and deliberation strategies that make it easy to engage students and measure their understanding on the issues. Discussion topics include unemployment and the proposed Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution. New topics will be added regularly.
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