No Reluctant Citizens

Jeremiah Clabough, University of Alabama at BirminghamTimothy Lintner, University of South Carolina-Aiken

• Introduction; Jeremiah Clabough.Chapter 1. Civic Literacy: The Building Blocks for Creating an Active and Informed Citizenry; Jeremiah Clabough.Chapter 2. Character Education: The Pathway to Citizenship; Thomas N. Turner.Chapter 3. Elementary Civics Education and Diversity (Inclusion); Janie Hubbard.Chapter 4. The Lemme History Detectives: Researching Rights, Race, and Activism within Local History; Jason Harshman and Lauren Darby.Chapter 5. Exploring Human Rights and Civic Action Through Children's Trade Books; Kristy Brugar.Chapter 6. Students at the Heart of Civic Learning: Best Practices in Implementing Action Civics; Brooke Blevins, Karon LaCompte, and Tyler Ellis.Chapter 7. Small Explosions: Igniting Controversy in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom; Timothy Lintner.Chapter 8. Civic Education in a Post-Truth Society: Combating Fake News and Alternative Facts; Wayne Journell.Chapter 9. All Politics is Local: Enhancing Media Literacy through State and Local Elections; Scott Roberts and Charles Efler.Chapter 10. Revolution at Sherman High School—Simulating Democracy in the Classroom; Mark Pearcy.Chapter 11. Integrating Service-Learning to Foster a Social Justice Approach; Greg Samuels.Chapter 12. Human Rights Violations Against Children: An Inquiry-Based Simulation for High School Students; Natalie Keefer.Chapter 13. Global Citizenship: Teaching in an Interconnected World; Ken Carano.