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2023: The Summer Institute featured a special theme of "Teaching Delaware Civics Standards for Grade 7 Teachers." The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) worked with our Delaware Center for Civics Education to develop model lessons to support civics teachers in grade 7. This summer institute offered grade 7 teachers professional learning and resources to prepare them to implement the model lessons.
2022: The Summer Institute for Teachers featured a special theme of "Understanding and Teaching Delaware Civics and History Standards for Grade 4 Teachers." This special institute was designed to offer grade 4 teachers professional learning and resources to prepare for the shift in social studies curriculum.
2020 & 2021: The Democracy Project held its annual civics education summer institute online in a scaled-down fashion based on advice from K-12 teachers. The institute ran four days with opportunities for online interactions with elected officials and others influencing policies.
2019: Participating teachers learned new ways to teach Delawares civics standards through engagement with model lesson plans developed by Democracy Project Director Fran O'Malley and about the inner workings of state and national politics from IPA Senior Fellow and former Delaware Secretary of State Ed Freel. More information on the 21st annual Institute for Teachers can be found in this featured article.