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The Digital Civics Toolkit website provides educators with a variety of resources they can use in the classroom. Teachers can use these resources to inspire their students to use technology as the driving force for civic engagement in the classroom.

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The Digital Civics Toolkit is a collection of resources for educators to support youth to explore, recognize, and take seriously the civic potentials of digital life. The Toolkit draws on the research and work of the The Toolkit explores a range of civic opportunities and dilemmas via 5 modules focused on: Exploring Community Issues, Investigation, Dialogue, Voice, and Action. MacArthur Research Network on Youth and Participatory Politics (YPP).

We invite you to explore the modules and choose the resources that best meet the interests and needs of your students, classroom, and community. The modules were designed for high school students but can be adapted for earlier grades. Each module contains a conversation starter, several activities, and a closing reflection with very broad suggestions. Depending on the age and level of your students, you may need to integrate additional scaffolding and supports. If you would like to dig deeper into concepts, there are links to extension activities. For more information on the ideas in each module, we provide a Teacher Background Information with links to articles, blogs, videos, and further resources.

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Participate. The Digital Civics Toolkit is a collection of resources for educators to support youth to explore, recognize, and take seriously the civic potentials of digital life. The Toolkit draws on the research and work of the The Toolkit explores a range of civic opportunities and dilemmas via 5 modules focused on: Exploring Community Issues, Investigation, Dialogue, Voice, and Action.

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Teachers can inspire positive and productive civic engagement in the classroom by allowing their students to type a letter to someone in their school or community. This lesson can be implemented in upper elementary grades through high school. Students can choose a civic or any other issue they might see in their school or community. Students can then write a letter to the person or leader of their choice. In the letter they can outline the issue they see, and what can be done to improve the issue. The students can then email or send their letter in the mail to the person they wrote to. This is a great way to work with school or community leaders to promote civic engagement.

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PenPal Schools allows students to communicate and collaborate with other students from all around the world. Students can connect with their PenPals to chat about their cultures and backgrounds. Students and their PenPals can also read, write, and create projects on a variety of topics.

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PenPal Schools allows students to collaborate with others using technology, in order to build empathy, curiosity, and respect for other cultures. Teachers can use PenPal Schools to foster global and cultural awareness by allowing students to work with other students around the world, digitally. Teachers can have students work alone or in groups to collaborate and create different projects with their PenPal. Students can then video themselves talking about their experience with their PenPals. Students can share their videos and projects with their peers in order to increase cultural awareness.

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National Geographic Kids is a fun, interactive website geared towards elementary and middle school students. Students can learn about different animals, habitats, countries, and cultures through videos, games, and other resources.

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Teachers can foster global and cultural awareness, diversity and create supportive learning experiences by allowing students to create presentations to share with their peers. Teachers could have students use National Geographic Kids to choose a country of their choice. After reading about the country, watching videos, and looking at the pictures, students can create a PowerPoint presentation. Students can include facts about the country, common animals found in the country, and information about the people and culture in that country as well. Students can then share their presentations with their peers.

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Oddizzi is a geography resource for elementary and middle school students. Students can learn about other cultures and global responsibility as they read brief articles and view other kinds of media. Students can also view the interactive map of the world, where they can read, view pictures, and watch videos about other countries.

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Oddizzi Geography resource for primary schools

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Award winning real world geography for kids - original resources and a community of ClassPals for primary/K6 children that build global citizenship skills.

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Teachers can promote cultural awareness and supportive learning experiences through the use of Oddizzi. Using the interactive map of the world, students can click on different countries and research different cultures, traditions, and other interesting facts about that place. Working alone or in groups, students can create a poster about the cultures and traditions in that country. Students can also create create an art project that is significant to their country or culture. The students can share their posters and art projects with their peers, and with other students in the school as well.

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National Geographic Education is a website geared towards all grades, but can especially be useful for upper-middle school and high school students. National Geographic Education provides students with global exploration opportunities as they can learn about other countries and places.

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Education Resources | National Geographic Society

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Inspire learners to explore National Geographic through interactive lesson plans, maps, storytelling and a wide variety of resources to illuminate their world.

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National Geographic Education provides educators with the tools to foster global and cultural awareness in their students. Teachers can use this resource in their classrooms to have their students learn about cultures, traditions, and other interesting facts about places all around the world. For high school classrooms, teachers can use the "Explorer Classroom" feature to allow students to virtually connect with scientists, storytellers, and other educators from around the world. After researching the site and using the various features, teachers can have their students choose a dish that is common in a specific culture or country. With the help of a parent or guardian, or even in a home economics class, the teacher can have a potluck for students in the classroom. Each student can make their dish, and bring it in to share with their teachers and peers. This a great way for students to learn about meals often eaten in other cultures.