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Civics 365: Empowering Kids to Be Great Citizens
Megan Byrnes, Children’s Library Specialist Bentonville Public Library
Mike Wilkins, Preamble (1987), Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Civics 365: Empowering Kids to Be Great Citizens Megan Byrnes, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Civics 365: Empowering Kids to Be Great Citizens Megan Byrnes, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Civics 365: Empowering Kids to Be Great Citizens Megan Byrnes, Childrens Library Specialist Bentonville Public Library Mike Wilkins, Preamble (1987), Smithsonian American Art Museum. Welcome! Introduction Opening Activity: How do
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Welcome!
- Introduction
- Opening Activity: How do we start a discussion with kids about
civics?
- Why/So What? behind the project
- What did we do and How did we do it?
– Kids Rock the Vote (Fall 2016) – Kids Care Storytime (Summer 2017) – Hands On History/Curious Kids workshops (Summer 2017) – Constitution Day (Fall 2017)
- Conclusion—Puzzle Activity and Lessons Learned
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Why civics at the library, and why now?
- Opportunity! Election 2016
- Need for civic literacy.
– 70% of Americans didn’t know that the Constitution was the supreme law of the land (2011 Newsweek survey) – Only 26% of those surveyed could name all three branches of government (2016 Annenberg Public Policy Institute survey) – Only 24% of 12th graders scored “proficient” on the 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress civics test.
- Libraries as educational and community centers
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How It Began: Election 2016
- Civic engagement for children—Get them excited
about voting and the upcoming election
- Kids Rock the Vote! Programming: 6 weeks; Reached 1721 kids
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Kids Care Storytime—Summer 2017
- How to make civics ideas more accessible for a younger
audience?
- 5 Key Themes: Bravery; Diversity; Peace and
& Kindness; Democracy; Giving Back to Community
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Hands On History/Curious Kids Workshops
- Summer 2017; Grades 3-6
- More in-depth look at historic events & civics themes
- Ex: The Little Rock Nine; Anne Frank
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Constitution Day and Beyond
Above: Nari Ward, We the People (black version), 2015, Crystal Bridges Museum
- f American Art
Resources from The National Constitution Center: https://constitutioncenter.org/
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Lessons Learned:
Above: Mike Wilkins, Preamble (1987), Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Activity: Make a Community Diversity Puzzle!
- Using your Teaching
Tolerance My Multicultural Self graphic organizer, brainstorm five things that are important to you.
- Think of a visual way to
represent these.
- Use colored pencils to sketch
your five things onto your puzzle piece.
- Put the puzzle together and
share!
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Thank you! Any Comments/Questions?
Contact me: mbyrnes@bentonvillear.com Phone: 479-271-6713 Visit BPL: www.bentonvillelibrary.org
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Additional Resources:
FreedomFlix: http://sdm-fflix.digital.scholastic.com/ National History Day: www.nhd.org Notable Books for a Global Society Annual Booklist: http://clrsig.org/nbgs.php Shaw, Matthew. “Civic Illiteracy in America,” Harvard Political Review, May 25, 2017. Accessed on September 22, 2017 at http://harvardpolitics.com/culture/civic-illiteracy-in-america Sites of Conscience coalition: http://www.sitesofconscience.org/ Teaching Tolerance, Southern Poverty Law Center: https://www.tolerance.org/ Ward, Nari. We the People (black version). 2015, shoelaces. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Wilkins, Mike. Preamble. 1987, paint, metal. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Youth Leadership Initiative, University of Virginia Center for Politics: http://www.youthleadership.net/