Getting Started with We the People & Project Citizen
Kick off the school year with a practical and inspiring look at how to bring high-quality civic education into your classroom from day one. This 60-minute virtual program will provide educators with a roadmap for launching the Center for Civic Education’s We the People and Project Citizen programs, featuring proven strategies for engaging students in constitutional principles, democratic practices, and real-world problem solving.
The session will feature Dr. Francene Engel, a political scientist and scholar, along with two experienced mentor teachers, who will share proven strategies for engaging students in constitutional principles, democratic practices, and real-world problem solving.
Presenters
Dr. Francene Engel
Political Scientist & Scholar
Dr. Francene Engel received her PhD in political science from the University of Southern California. She has taught courses in American constitutional law, civil rights and liberties, constitutional theory, women and the law, and American government at the University of Maryland, the University of Michigan, Baylor University, and the University of Southern California. She was also a Fulbright Scholar teaching in Poitiers, France.
Dr. Engel has worked in civic and history assessments, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress Exam in Civics. She has served as a civics education consultant for the Maryland State Department of Education, Virginia Civics, James Madison’s Montpelier, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Educational Testing Services, the American Institutes for Research, and the Center of Civic Education.
She enjoys the challenge of making complex constitutional issues understandable to everyone.
