Arizona Civics Podcast
Welcome to the Arizona Civics Podcast. This podcast aims to share our journey of sustaining Arizona’s interests in reforms to civic education by working with civic educators in our state. This work is being done by the Center for American Civics at Arizona State University. I am your host, Liz Evans, Civic Education and Outreach Program Director at ASU, and I will interview Arizona teachers, content experts, and leaders in civic education. We hope you enjoy our journey to make Arizona a national civics model!
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 53
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
The Three Sentence Summary with Dr. Luke Perez
In this episode, we talked to Dr. Luke Perez, an Assistant Professor at the School of Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University. He shares his method for creating a quick summary fo…
Meet the Civic Education Directors!
In this episode, you will be introduced to Jeff Davis and Liz Evans, the Civic Education Program Directors at the Center for Political Thought and Leadership. We will talk about the projects we are w…
Interview with Jack Holder, WWII Vet and Pearl Harbor Survivor
Today is a very special episode as we speak with Jack Holder, Pearl Harbor Survivor, WWII Veteran, US Navy Aviator, and Arizona Resident. Following the Pearl Harbor Attack, Jack flew in well over 1…
Five Design Challenges Part 2
Every meaningful change has challenges associated with it. This episode explores the tensions and dilemmas within the EAD Roadmap and how they are connected with the Seven Themes we've previously dis…
Five Design Challenges Part 1
Every meaningful change has challenges associated with it. This episode explores the tensions and dilemmas within the EAD Roadmap and how they are connected with the Seven Themes we've previously dis…
Actionable Models of Inquiry and Writing Good Questions
Join me as I talk to Jeremy and Tara about Costa's Levels of Questioning. We discuss how to meet students where they are and engage them in their learning by teaching them how to write a good questio…
Inquiry Based Learning
In this episode, we take classes from passive to active learning by showing students what inquiry can do for their understanding of history. We discuss what inquiry is, what it is not, and resources …
Six Pedagogical Practices: The HOW of the Educating for American Democracy Roadmap
This episode looks at the HOW of the EAD Roadmap by examining the six core pedagogical practices. How does this get implemented in our classrooms? How do we move from passive learning to active learn…
Primary Sources and the EAD
What are primary sources? Why are they important? What is the best way to overcome roadblocks? This episode discusses these questions and how to best use primary sources to elevate civics and learni…
Educating for American Democracy- the Introduction
Thank you for joining us on our journey as we dive into Educating for American Democracy and discuss how with a team of Arizona civic teacher leaders, we aim to implement this in the state of Arizon…
The Seven Themes- Part I
I'm joined by Jeremy Gypton, Tara Bartlett, and Tammy Waller as we discuss the first three themes of the EAD; Civic Participation, Our Changing Landscapes, and We the People.
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The Seven Themes- Part II
I'm joined by Jeremy Gypton, Tara Bartlett, and Tammy Waller as we discuss the next four themes of the EAD; A New Government & Constitution, Institutional & Social Transformation, A People in the Wor…
Rebuilding Arizona Civics Trailer
Welcome to the Rebuilding Arizona Civics Podcast! I'm your host Liz Evans, and I will be taking you on a journey with me as we look at the Educating for American Democracy (EAD) Roadmap and what it c…