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Thank You Teachers! Happy Teacher Appreciation Week from your friends at the Bill of Rights Institute! We hope you’ll take a moment to watch
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this special video message from Bill of Rights Institute President David Bobb (with some special guests at the end). Please
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fill out our special BRI State of Civic Education 2022 Survey . The first 300 teachers to complete the survey will receive a special gift (see the "Bottom of the Email" for details!).
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Join Our Final AP Prep Webinars Encourage your students to join our last few live AP U.S. History study sessions tonight through Thursday, May 5 with veteran APUSH teacher Daniel Jocz. Students can
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register here to join the sessions live and ask Daniel questions. They can also watch the recordings of all of our past episodes on the website
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here , including our AP Government prep series from the last two years.
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REGISTER HERE
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Webinar: Teaching Being an American
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Join us May 5th at 5:30 ET for a free 45-minute webinar exploring our newly updated Being an American curriculum resource. The BRI team will explain how to teach American citizenship through primary source analysis, writing assignments, discussion prompts, and other activities found in the resource. We will also discuss the new ELL scaffolds created for the curriculum that will help students of all backgrounds understand what it means to be an American.
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REGISTER HERE
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Encourage Your Students to Join the Debate Recently, a federal judge struck down the federal mask mandate on planes and public transit that was created by the Center for Disease Control, a part of the executive branch. Outside of public health, these agencies make rules on topics ranging from agriculture to commerce to labor laws. This has led to questions around the efficacy and constitutionality of this form of governing. What do your students think?
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Should executive agencies be able to make regulations on issues like mask mandates?
Student (and teacher) prizes will be awarded for the strongest argument on each side of the debate. Each student winner will also be entered for a chance to win a $1,000 grand prize. Students have until 5/12/22 to
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join the debate!
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Educator Spotlight
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Meet David Neil!David Neil has wanted to be a teacher for as long as he can remember. “It’s a major part of my life,” says the BRI teacher council member. Dave is in his seventh year of teaching and currently teaches social studies at Bountiful High School in Bountiful, Utah. Dave loves to travel and one of his proudest teaching moments was taking a group of students to Washington, DC a few years ago
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BOE: Bottom of EmailDear Thomas,
As Dr. Bobb says in
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his video message , the Bill of Rights Institute believes strongly that great teachers matter now more than ever. As always, we thank you for the vital work you do each day.
There are a few things we want to remind you about:
- Please take a moment to
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complete our Civic Education Survey. The feedback we get from this survey will help guide our work to better serve you. The first 300 teachers to complete the survey will also receive a gift set of color 20th Century History posters and a "brandana" with the Bill of Rights imprinted on it.
- We are less than two weeks from the deadline for the
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MyImpact Challenge civics contest. Students have until May 16 to submit their applications for the chance to win up to $10,000 in prizes.
- We are also continuing to accept applications for the 2022-23 Teacher Council through May 15.
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Please apply today to be part of a diverse group of 20-25 educators that assist the Institute in carrying out our mission. We hope to receive your application!
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Warmly,
Laura Vlk
Director, Educator Engagement
Bill of Rights Institute
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