As we began the unit on the Legislative Branch, “Mark” asked why California ranks in the bottom of receiving federal funding when we are the most populated state and...
Author: Dominic Caserta
One of my favorite units to teach at Santa Clara High School is Elections and Campaigns. I start the lesson by showing the...
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We Must Return to Citizen Legislators Not Career Politicians – Impose Commons Sense Term Limits on Members of Congress
On my first day of teaching the Legislative Branch, we discussed the demographics of the current 115th Congress. Here are the frightening...
Every year I think about how to teach redistricting and gerrymandering to my seniors at Santa Clara High School. It can be...
“How did Trump win deeply blue states like Michigan and Wisconsin,” was the first question out of “Molly’s” mouth as we started...
Another divisive Trump tweet was the backdrop of the question asked by my student “John” as we began our unit on presidency. ...
One of my favorite units to teach in Civics is political participation. I begin the unit by asking students this question: Does...
During my Economics class discussion on circular flow, the diagram of money moving in and out of the U.S. economy, one student...
Last semester, most of my 7:30 a.m. Senior Economics class would respond to my booming “Good morning!” with a sleepy echo of...