BookSharesBestPracticesToTeachers ForTeachingCivics,CriticalThinking& Empathy
52%ofstudentschoosetoremainsilentabouttheirpoliticalviews, withmanyofthemfearingridiculefromtheirpeersoracademic repercussionsforsharingtheiropinions.
InPreventingPolarization, authorsandveteranteachers MichelleBlanchetandBrian Deterssharenovelstrategieson howtohelpyouapproachcivics inyourclassroom.
Thesestrategiescanhelp yourstudentsovercome learningbarriersthatmay arisefromdiffering politicalopinions.
Thestep-by-stepblueprints outlinedinPreventing Polarizationincludeclassroom activitiesandrole-playingas waystobuildempathyinyour students.
Thebookalsooffers yousolutionsonhowto addressdifficult conversationsand topics.
Byempoweringyour studentstovoicetheir opinionandexamine informationobjectively,you canhelpthemcultivate powerfulcriticalthinking skills.
PreventingPolarizationisoneofthemany resourcesthatTimes10Publicationsoffersbusy teachers.
