No to Nazis in Connecticut: Resolving Conflict Through Informed Action

In what ways can a community in a democracy respond when faced with injustice?

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No to Nazis in Connecticut: Southbury Takes a Stand

To what extent can individuals be agents of change in their communities?

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Empowering Students’ “Civic Voices” in Local and State Government: Elementary

Why is it important that students use their “civic voices” in local and state government to produce positive change?

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Empowering Students’ “Civic Voices” in Local and State Government: Middle/High

Why is it important that students use their “civic voices” in local and state government to produce positive change?

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Connecticut’s Ratification of the Constitution

How are decisions made about how a nation should be governed?

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Church & State in the “Land of Steady Habits”

Has there ever been complete separation of church and state in Connecticut?

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The Fundamental Orders: Rules and Laws for Early Colonial Connecticut

What is the best way to organize a government? How did laws and rules in the colonies both promote and hinder freedom and equality?

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Who Gets to Vote? History of Voting Rights in Connecticut and the United States

How have the American conceptions of freedom and equality changed over time?

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Hill-Stead workers and overseer Allen Cook, ca. 1913

Is That a Mastodon?! A Case Study in Civic Responsibility

To what extent are we, as citizens and communities, responsible for scientifically and/or historically significant finds on public property?

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