Civics Initiative
Multimedia Resources
The Civics initiative aims to foster a deeper understanding of civic life and social contracts through interdisciplinary education and dialogue.
LSP 275 Resource Google Sheet
Access the complete collection of teaching resources through this Google Sheet. You’ll find text materials, classroom activities, and practical tools to help you design and enrich your lectures. The list will continue to grow as new materials are developed and shared.
Civics
Explore Civics 101 Podcasts
This hub offers access to all Civics 101 episodes, organized by year and topic. It’s a great starting point for finding podcast episodes aligned with course themes. These episodes are great for providing short but digestable podcasts for students that will serve as a great multimedia option to pair with readings/lectures.
Civics101: The Chinese Exclusion Act
Civics101: Loving v Virginia
Civics101: Dred Scott v Sandford
60 Second Civics Podcast
Annenberg Classroom
Civics and Coffee Podcast: The Indian Removal Act of 1830
Crash Course: The Black Women’s Club Movement
Crash Course: The War on Drugs
Get Free Hip Hop Civics
Lived Civics
The Argument Podcast
Link to the main page itself to serve as an access to a hub of podcasts the demonstrate respectful debates on relevant topics regarding civics and contentious issues.
The Argument Podcast: Trump, Dr. Oz and Our Political Cult of Celebrity
The Argument Podcast: Is America Stuck in a Gerontocracy
The Argument Podcast: The Complex Truth About American Patriotism
Shades of the City Podcast: A Small But Mighty Suburb
Crash Course: Personhood
Crash Course: Epistemic Responsibility
The Big Ideas podcast: Rousseau’s ‘Man is born free’
Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract, published in 1762, opens with the following dramatic line: “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains”. It’s a phrase that is quoted frequently by politicians and philosophers alike, but what did Rousseau really mean? Does it hint at the radical nature of his thinking, as Terry Eagleton has argued, or does it show us Rousseau the conservative, profoundly sceptical about the modern world? And is it still relevant to the modern world?
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast: Hobbes’s Leviathan: The Social Contract
The School of Life: John Locke
Social Contract Theory: Ethics Define
I Think, Therefore I Fan A Zombie, A Prisoner, and a Robot Enter into a Social Contract
Philosophize This! Podcast: Thomas Hobbes pt. 1 – The Social Contract
Crash Course: Contractarianism
Teaching Content
Tea for Teaching Podcast
An informal discussion of innovative and effective practices in teaching and learning. This podcast series is hosted by John Kane (an economist) and Rebecca Mushtare (a graphic designer). Together we run the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at the State University of New York at Oswego.
Professors Talk Pedagogy Podcast
PBS Newshour Classsroom: Three ways to teach the insurrection at the US Capital
What We’re Learning About Learning: A CNDLS Podcast
Teaching Skills
Uncommon Ground Podcast with Van Jones
Main link to all the podcasts from this network. Each week, Van and his guests explore topics that affect us all—from climate change to prison reform, from voting rights to political polarization. In Uncommon Ground with Van Jones, you’ll hear inspiring, hopeful and unique perspectives on what it takes to create meaningful change in a divided nation.
Uncommon Ground Podcast: Unapologetic Joy with Billy Porter
Greater Good Podcast: What does it take to really listen to someone?
Crash Course: How to Argue
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