With a new school year underway and at a time when civics education is more important than ever, GBH Education, in collaboration with PBS, has produced a new resource for educators across the country: the Civics Collection on PBS LearningMedia. Created by veteran educators and educational media producers with input from an Educator Advisory Group, a Youth Advisory Group, and a multidisciplinary Civics Leadership Council, these free, media-rich resources are designed to help educators engage students in a more dynamic way.
Young people care about current events. They avidly consume news on social media and want to change the world around them, yet half of 18- to 24-year-olds didn’t vote in 2020 and less than one in four eighth graders demonstrate proficiency in civics. They don’t see themselves reflected in the curriculum and they don’t feel prepared to participate in civic affairs. Democracy doesn’t work without participation and we need …