Kentucky’s Civic Seal provides a unique opportunity to advance comprehensive, community-based civics education for students across the Commonwealth. To support educators and districts looking to take advantage of that opportunity, we co-created a civic seal toolkit with practical guidance on how to participate in the Seal program. Additionally, we synthesized state-based research and lessons learned from the civics education field with Kentucky to make the case for common-sense policies that expand the reach of holistic, hands-on civics across the state.
From a big-picture perspective, our civic seal toolkit covers, but is not limited to, the following items:
- An Overview of the State of Civics Education in Kentucky, offering an introduction to the ecosystem of evidence-based democracy education within the Commonwealth
- Alignment between the Civic Seal and Kentucky’s social studies standards, thereby supporting teachers in lesson planning and making the case for the Civic Seal as part of a wider social studies learning strategy
- Alignment between Generation Citizen programming and the Kentucky Civic Seal, illustrating how learning priorities embedded in the Civic Seal correspond to GC’s comprehensive, community-based civics pedagogy
In the 250th year of America’s democratic journey, broadening the depth and breadth of civics education students enjoy in Kentucky should be a top priority for educators, students, district leaders, and policymakers. To support that goal, we’re proud to offer a civic seal toolkit with tangible steps Kentuckians can take to make civics a reality in the classroom for all students.
You can access the Kentucky Civic Seal Toolkit by visiting our Resources & Toolkits page, located here. For additional information on the Toolkit or the Kentucky Civic Seal, please contact Megan Brandon, Executive Director, at mbrandon@generationcitizen.org.
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ABOUT GENERATION CITIZEN
Generation Citizen (GC) works to ensure every student in the United States receives an effective, hands-on civics education that provides the knowledge and skills needed to participate in our democracy as an active citizen. For more information, visit www.generationcitizen.org