( NOTE: This can also be executed in groups of four, but that format works better if you have student actors who already have improv experience.)ĬONFERENCE COMMITTEE: Write terms on index cards, stack them, and divide students into two groups. Then repeat with new terms and different students. Periodically, each student needs to reach down, pick up a term, and incorporate it into the next thing he or she says in the scene. Have two students begin an improv scene based on a government scenario that you've selected. This can be done as either a "Gallery Walk" activity or via a GoogleDoc so students can easily see each others' captions.īLIND LINE: Write six terms on scraps of paper, fold them, and place them in an open area of classroom flooring. Task students with writing captions for the pictures utilizing key terms. She lives in Chattanooga with her husband, David, where they enjoy kayaking, hiking, live music, and reading in beautiful places.Applying Knowledge: Review Activity OptionsĬAPTION CONTEST: Choose a variety of "action shot" pictures related to government and politics. She recently served on the Council of the American Political Science Association and is a founding faculty member of the Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on Citizenship and Democracy, a coalition of academics who promote civic engage-ment and popular sovereignty through the study of the struggle for civil rights in the United States. Before coming to UTC, she spent 10 years teaching at Jackson State, a historically black university in Mississippi, and another decade at Millikin University, a small private college in Illinois. Deardorff is currently head of Political Science and Public Service at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She particularly enjoys developing classes that allow students to apply their understandings of law, politics, and political theory to current events she seeks to foster critical citizens prepared to participate in governing our communities and nation. DEARDORFF’S teaching and research focus on the constitutional and statutory protections surrounding gender, race, and religion. She enjoys reading on her deck overlooking the Endless Mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania. Jean lives in Nicholson, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Michael. She was an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow during the 2007–2008 academic year. In 1994, the University of Scranton named her its CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) professor of the year. from the State University of New York at Binghamton. As a faculty member in the Political Science Department and the Women’s Studies Program at the University of Scranton, Jean seeks to cultivate students’ sense of political efficacy, empowering and inspiring them to engage in local, state, national, and/ or international politics. She teaches introductory courses in local, state, and national government and upper-level courses in public administration, public policy, and judicial politics. Like her on Facebook at Brigid Callahan Harrison, and follow her on Twitter WAHL HARRIS’S research interests include political socialization and engagement, federalism, and the gendered nature and effects of U.S. Born and raised in New Jersey, Harrison is a fan of Bruce Springsteen and in her spare time, she enjoys reading on the beach, traveling, cycling, and binge-watching political thrillers on Netflix. She has three children: Caroline (22), Alexandra (16), and John (13). Harrison lives in Longport, New Jersey, with her husband, Paul Meilak, a retired New York City police detective. from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and her Ph.D. She currently serves as president of the New Jersey Political Science Association, and is past president of the National Women’s Caucus for Political Science. She enjoys supervising student internships in political campaigns and government and is a frequent commentator in print and electronic media on national and New Jersey politics. She takes particular pride in creating a learning experience in the classroom that shapes students’ lifelong understanding of American politics, sharpens their critical thinking about American government, and encourages their participation in civic life. Brigid has taught American government for 22 years at Montclair State University in New Jersey. BRIGID CALLAHAN HARRISON specializes in the civic engagement and political participation of Americans, especially the Millennial generation, the U.S.
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