Civics 101: An Equal Number of Senators Per State Is Undemocratic
As we began the unit on the Legislative Branch, “Mark” asked why California ranks in…
April 18, 2018
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We Need to Publicly Finance Campaigns
One of my favorite units to teach at Santa Clara High School is Elections and…
March 7, 2018
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We Must Return to Citizen Legislators Not Career Politicians – Impose Commons Sense Term Limits on Members of Congress
On my first day of teaching the Legislative Branch, we discussed the demographics of the…
January 31, 2018
Civics 101: We Must End Gerrymandering
Every year I think about how to teach redistricting and gerrymandering to my seniors at…
January 3, 2018
CIVICS 101: We Must Abolish Voter ID Laws
“How did Trump win deeply blue states like Michigan and Wisconsin,” was the first question…
November 22, 2017
CIVICS 101: It is Time to Abolish the Electoral College
Another divisive Trump tweet was the backdrop of the question asked by my student “John”…
October 18, 2017
Civics 101: Rock the Vote
One of my favorite units to teach in Civics is political participation. I begin the…
September 27, 2017
Civics 101: Raising the Minimum Wage
During my Economics class discussion on circular flow, the diagram of money moving in and…
August 30, 2017
Trump Cannot Stop Our Green Machine
Last semester, most of my 7:30 a.m. Senior Economics class would respond to my booming…
July 19, 2017
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