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darn html did not cut and past:
http://www.hscca.org/
Yo Ho! Seems like the second block is the "violent" one, that shows tha handouts that teachers have been dishing out.
Don't want that to get about, now do we?
Since the links you posted seem to work, I think the cat's out.
Here's a quote from a class in Service Learning (a new way to teach in Massachusetts, one pionnered at HHS). The section is about the responsibilities of citizenship and it's taught by an HHS teacher, whose course is mentioned in the thread article (Todd Wallingford):
UNIT 13 RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENSHIP 148
This unit is aligned with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. ...
Ninth-grade students in Hudson High Schools integrated Civics-English course learn that democracy is an ongoing struggle, kept alive by an active and informed citizenry who recognize the rights of others and are empowered to affect change. Through community service-learning projects, the students discover first hand the value of civic engagement. In networking and advocating for themselves and their fellow citizens, they learn about the structure and dynamics of their community and gain concrete experience in their investigation of the abstract concepts raised by their Civics-English course.
...snip..
The Need
At Hudson High School, every freshman takes an integrated Civics-English course that engages students in actively exploring the question, What are the rights and responsibilities of a citizen in a just society? During the first half of the year students study the structure and rationale of our democratic form of government. The second semester finds them exploring the conditions that gave rise to the Holocaust. The juxtaposition of these two themes allows students to weigh the benefits of our system of limited government and the value of freedom. At the same time, students recognize that a just society can easily be lost, but never fully won. Democracy, students learn, is an ongoing struggle, kept alive by an active and informed citizenry who recognize the rights of others and are empowered to affect change. The courses community service-learning component allows students to explore their role as responsible citizens.
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From
http://www.doe.mass.edu/csl/comlesson.pdf
From what I've been told by a reliable source. most of Wallingford's course is Holocaust related.
Note also that he thinks the USA is a democracy!