Westmoreland County Community College Library: LIBRARY: Civics and Social Responsibility Resources

Freedom of Speech Video:

This video talks about the basics of Freedom of Speech and covers the types of speech that the First Amendment does not cover.

Misinformation Video:

This video talks about the societal concerns surrounding misinformation and how online users can avoid sharing fake news:

Reimagining Political Leadership: The Outlook of Young Americans

Reimagining Political Leadership: The Outlook of Young Americans (SUMMARY)
The Sine Institute’s innovative “Reimagining Political Leadership: The Outlook of Young Americans” poll reveals new insight into the attributes that young Americans ages 18-34 look for in their political leaders, as well as other topics related to voting and other forms of civic engagement.
Full Results of the Report

Links

BRICK: Building Resilient & Inclusive Communities of Knowledge
Civic Education and Liberal Democracy
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“What we are proposing is not a civic education that seeks artificial consensus, but one that develops the capacity for structured, principled disagreement—the kind of disagreement that has historically provided the dynamic tension necessary for democratic vitality and adaptation. There is nothing contradictory about seeing partisan contestation as essential to liberal democracy; indeed, this understanding represents the mature realization of democratic principles.”
Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement Coalition (CLDE Coalition)
Civic Online Reasoning
CivicsEDU
CivicsEDU: Civics on Air
Civics Made Easy (Videos)
College Civic Learning for a Diverse and Divided Democracy
First Amendment Academy (Videos)
Discover real-world examples, interactive activities and thought-provoking questions that make learning about the First Amendment fun, fast and relevant to daily life.
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
Institute for Democracy and Higher Education
The Sift
An Educator's Guide to the Week in News Literacy

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A free weekly newsletter for educators delivered during the school year that offers a rundown of the latest topics in news literacy — including trends and issues in misinformation, social media, artificial intelligence, journalism and press freedom. It provides discussion prompts, teaching ideas, classroom guides and a video series that features professional journalists.