Using Social Media to Participate in a Democracy
Dr. David Childs, Ph.D.Northern Kentucky University Our world is becoming increasingly more technology driven. While we understand that everyone does not have equal access to […]
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The US is a Representative Democracy: A Lesson on Systems of Government
Dr. David Childs, Ph.D.Northern Kentucky University The upcoming presidential election of 2020 is a very important election, as it will determine the kind of country […]
Our Children Need Multicultural Literature in Their Lives: Books to Check Out While In Quarantine
Dr. David Childs, Ph.D.Northern Kentucky University “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their […]
Learning from History: Pandemics are Nothing New in Native Communities
By Dr. David Childs, Ph.D.Northern Kentucky University IntroductionRecently the federal government has revoked the reservation status for the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe’s land. “The federal Bureau […]
Learning from Video Games While Homeschooling During the Coronavirus Pandemic
By Dr. David Childs, Ph.D.Northern Kentucky University IntroductionIn many households young people all over the United States have suddenly been introduced to homeschooling due to […]
Executive Powers: A Crash Course
Editor’s note: Right now we’re all getting an unplanned, real-time, high-stakes master class in American civics. Who’s really in charge here, and whose interests are […]
Predictions about COVID19 from Dystopian Fiction Literature and Films: Useful Resources to Check Out While Stuck in the House
Dr. David Childs, Ph.D.Northern Kentucky University An Educated and Informed Citizenry is One of the Hallmarks of a Successful DemocracyAn important component of a successful […]
The Coronavirus in Light of Other Pandemics in History: Also Lesson Plans and Resources for Further Research
By Dr. David Childs, Ph.D.Northern Kentucky University IntroductionThe topic that is on the world’s mind in mid-March 2020 in nearly every country in the world […]
Suddenly Home-Schooling? Here’s Help
Today I’m reminded of an old educational acronym: STOP! Spontaneous Teaching Opportunity Present! As positive as we’re all trying to be in these extraordinary and […]
Identifying Unreliable News Sources
Dr. David Childs, Ph.D.Northern Kentucky University “Researchers at Princeton and New York University found that Facebook users 65 and over posted seven times as many […]