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We, The Students and Teachers: Teaching Democratically in History and Social Studies Classrooms 

by Robert W. Maloy and Irene S. LaRoche (State University of New York Press, 2015)

      Topics on the Page

•        The 7c of Democratic Teaching

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•        Defining Democratic Schools

       Worker Owned Companies as Democratic Organizations

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•       Examples of Democratically-Themed Schools
  

The 7Cs of Democratic Teaching

The 7Cs form a heptagon

• Contrasting: Covering and Uncovering Hidden Histories and Untold Stories

• Conducting: Engaging Students in Active Learning:
• Interactive Teaching and Groupwork,
• Primary Sources,
• Creative and Analytical Writing,
• Poetry, and
• Simulations/RolePlays
  

• Collaborating: Making Rules and Decisions Collaboratively and Sharing Power with Students

• Conversing: Activating Student Voice and Agency
• Dialog, Debate, Discussions
• Self Assessments and Self Grading
• Active Learning Quizzes 
  

• Conferring: Improving Teacher Practices and Classroom Cultures through Student Feedback

• Co-Constructing: Building Digital Literacies,
• Combatting Fake News,
• Collaborative Learning in Flipped Classrooms
• Uses of AI in history/social studies education 
  

• Connecting: Engaging with Communities through Action Civics

Amador Valley Human Rights Club write letters to their senators to urge them to support taking action to end the Darfur genocide

Defining Democratic Schools

What is Democratic Education?

The Case for Democratic Schools, Michael Apple and James Beane (2007).

Directory of Democratic Education, Alternative Education Resource Organization (2014)

How Students Lead the Learning Experience at Democratic Schools from MindShift (2014)

Putting Students in Charge of Building the Classroom Community, NCTE Blog (September 2017)

 Democratic Education, Teaching Tolerance

• Teachers including Marco Torres describe what it is like to teach democratically in school classrooms.

How to Revive Your Belief in Democracy, Eric Liu (Ted Talk 2019)

Americans Aren't Practicing Democracy Anymore.  The Atlantic (October 2018)

• Makes the case that Trump won the Republican nomination by appealing to those who have the least experience with democratic institutions.

Examples of Democratically-Themed Schools

Constitution High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nova High School, Seattle, Washington

• Link to Democracy in a Public High School
  

Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School, Chicopee, Massachusetts

Harriet Tubman Democratic High School Albany, New York (now closed)

Lehman Alternative Community School, Ithaca New York

Sudbury Valley School, Framingham, Massachusetts

Fairhaven School Philosophy, Upper Marlboro, Maryland

u.School, Springfield, Missouri

The New School, Kennebunk, Maine

The Clearwater School, Bothell, Washington

Glacier Lake School, St. Ignatius. Montana

Hanover High School, Hanover, New Hampshire

The Democratic School of Hadera, Israel