Major elections are fertile teaching ground for our students and the 2016 presidential race is richer than any in recent history. The salty rhetoric and highly charged topics that have characterized the presidential race and the debates have become an important part of classroom discussions about our democracy. Here are examples of what the electoral discussions look like inside two ACPS classrooms.
Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. Government Teacher Andrew Orzel facilitates a discussion with his AP government students about the importance of presidential debates as part of the democratic process as featured on PBS NewsHour.
Voice of America is also featuring an eighth-grade civics teacher at George Washington Middle School early this week. Watch this space for the link to the segment!