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NCCSS Conference Dates - April 24-25

The NCCSS Executive Board and Directors are pleased to share that the 2025 NCCSS Conference, which was postponed due to the Governor’s State of Emergency with the incoming winter storm, has now been rescheduled for April 24-25. The conference will take place at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Dodging Bullets on a Dying Planet: The Challenges and Benefits of an Action-based Civics Curriculum LIMITED
Thursday April 24, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Tidewater A
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The purpose of this work is to create a modified civics curriculum designed to address issues of polarization, trust in democratic institutions, and political efficacy for students in a Title 1 urban high school. Principles of action civics were used with an emphasis on local and state politics. The curriculum was designed with the goal of giving students hands-on experience with the final step of the Inquiry Model: taking informed action.
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John Hensley

PhD candidate, North Carolina State University
I am interested in all aspects of civic education, especially curricula that is student-centered, action-based and uses inquiry methods.I am currently a social studies teacher in Wake County and also a PhD candidate at NC State. My dissertation is based on a civics elective I created... Read More →
Thursday April 24, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Tidewater A 3121 W Gate City Blvd, Greensboro, NC 27493
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