New-York Historical Society Joins Civics Renewal Network

The Civics Renewal Network is pleased to announce that the New-York Historical Society is its newest partner! The New-York Historical Society Education Division provides dynamic programming and curriculum resources for students and teachers across the country. It believes historical study sparks curiosity and creativity, promotes cultural understanding, and fosters an empowered citizenry to strengthen our Read More ⟶

Gilder Lehrman Offers Free Summer PD Programs

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History’s Teacher Seminars offer K–12 educators the free opportunity to learn from the nation’s top American history professors and work in-depth with primary sources. This summer, we are pleased to offer educators the opportunity to sign up for multiple seminars. This is no application process: You can directly register Read More ⟶

Street Law Wins Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics Award

Street Law, Inc., a nonpartisan organization that educates people about civics, practical law, and government, has received the 2021 Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics Award from the Annenberg Public Policy Center to develop a curriculum for middle and high school students on the rule of law in the United States. The $200,000 prize will be Read More ⟶

Resources on Immigration, Podcasts, U.S. Capitol

The Civics Renewal Network will have a booth at the NCSS Virtual Conference on Dec. 4-6. You will find information and resources about each of our 36 organizations when you explore the booth! Also be sure to check out resources from Core Knowledge Foundation and Share My Lesson. Read More ⟶

Civics Renewal Network Session at NCHE Conference 2021

Eleven Civics Renewal Network partners presented “Civics Matters: Building a Better Curriculum” at the NCHE Conference: Place and Time on April 8, 2021. Teachers came away with lots of new resources for their social studies curriculum as well as recommendations for great professional development opportunities! The slides can be found here. If you would like Read More ⟶

C-SPAN’s Teacher Fellowship Program

C-SPAN will be offering its Teacher Fellowship Program virtually this summer. We are interested in finding middle and high school educators to work remotely with the C-SPAN Education Team to develop new and innovative ways of incorporating C-SPAN content into classrooms. C-SPAN will select up to 5 fellows. Each fellow will:
-Work remotely with the team from July 5 – July 30 to create new educational resources
-Develop content using C-SPAN programs that will be hosted on the C-SPAN Classroom or StudentCam websites
-Participate in C-SPAN’s Virtual Summer Educators’ Conferences (Dates to be determined.)
-Receive a stipend of $1,000 for their time, work, and participation in the program
Please complete the application and submit your resume to educate@c-span.org by Friday, May 7, 2021. Finalists will be notified by May 21, 2021, and will be asked to submit a one-page outline of a project they would like to develop and participate in a Zoom interview with C-SPAN’s Education team. Fellowship recipients will be notified by June 4, 2021. Read More ⟶