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We have sessions for everyone!

All sessions are virtual except for those noted as "In Person."

Featured Sessions

• Civic Learning Week National Forum Welcome Remarks & Keynote Address Join the Civic Learning Week National Forum's opening livestream to set the stage and inspire for the week ahead! We'll hear from Danielle Allen, Louise Dubé, and Jill Lepore, leaders in the fields of history and civics education.

• Folderol, Frippery & Frivolity: Trivia and Storytelling (In Person, Old South Meeting House, Boston) Join a one-hour trivia and storytelling event that tests your knowledge of the people and places in Boston's Revolutionary history.

• Legislative Advocacy Panel: Setting the Civics Learning Agenda for MA (In Person, MA State House) This panel will discuss the role of legislative advocacy in setting and achieving civics learning advocacy goals for Massachusetts.



• MCSS In-Person Conference Sessions (In Person, Sturbridge Village) MCSS is excited to offer Civic Learning Week sessions for those who will be attending the Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies Spring Statewide Conference!

Sessions for Elementary Classrooms 

• Senate Simulation: Pathways to Citizenship (Grades 4-8)
• Zoom with a Judge (Grades K-2)
• Zoom with a Judge (Grades 3-5)

Sessions for Secondary Classrooms 

• Ensuring the Right to Vote Past and Present (Grades 6-8, Families) 
• Learn the Skills of Advocacy: Understanding and Influencing Your Government (Grades 8-12, General Public)
• Power at 16: Young People Rewriting Democracy (Grades 9-12, Youth Organizers, Allies)
• Senate Simulation: Pathways to Citizenship (Grades 4-8)
• Voting for Seniors: What Students Need to Know to Cast a Counted Ballot (Grades 9-12, Educators, General Public)
• Youth Civic Engagement in Turbulent Times (Grades 6-12, Educators)
• Zoom with a Judge: Who Makes the Rules?! (Grades 6-8)
• Zoom with a Judge: Who Makes the Rules?! (Grades 9-12)

Sessions for Educators

• Climate Resilience through Civic Action Projects
• From Participation to Purpose: Stories of Civic Engagement & Civic Careers
• MCSS In-Person Conference Sessions (In Person, Sturbridge Village)
• Media Literacy in Massachusetts: Competencies for 21st Century Democracy
• Voting for Seniors: What Students Need to Know to Cast a Counted Ballot
• Youth Civic Engagement in Turbulent Times

Sessions for the General Public 

• Civic Learning Week National Forum Welcome Remarks & Keynote Address
• Democracy Renovation on the MA Ballot in 2026
• Ensuring the Right to Vote Past and Present
• Folderol, Frippery & Frivolity: Trivia and Storytelling (In Person, Old South Meeting House, Boston) 
• Learn the Skills of Advocacy: Understanding and Influencing Your Government
• Legislative Advocacy Panel: Setting the Civics Learning Agenda for MA (In Person, MA State House)
• Power at 16: Young People Rewriting Democracy
• Voting for Seniors: What Students Need to Know to Cast a Counted Ballot

Please share Civic Learning Week with your networks. We hope to bring together as many people as possible to highlight the importance of civic education. 

To make it easy, you can:

• Forward this newsletter.

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• Share our CLW website: macivicsforall.org/clw

If you’re looking for other ways to engage other teachers and their students, share the new 2026 Civic Learning Week Educator Toolkit with educators and encourage them to participate with their classes. The Toolkit provides suggestions for how to participate in Civic Learning Week, activities for students for Civic Learning Week, suggestions for communications, including sample social media posts, and a host of other resources to support active participation in Civic Learning Week.