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"We the People" Civics Team
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David Alcox has been teaching Social Studies & History at Milford High School for 23 years. He makes regular appearances on NHPR. Each year he takes his students to the the Statewide "We the People" Civics Competition in Concord which they have won for 16 out of the last 20 years. His students have regularly advanced the National Competition in Washington, DC. See competition details at end of this posting.
"We the People" Team from Milford High School
The team fielded questions from the audience on a number of topics, immigration, gun laws, states rights, gerrymandering, even Al Gore was mentioned.
Each member was an expert on a specific detail of the Constitution
"On Friday, December 8, students
from Hollis Brookline High School, John
Stark Regional High School and Milford
High School converged on the Legislative
Office Building in Concord to testify
before panels of judges, demonstrating
their knowledge and understanding of the
institutions of American constitutional
democracy. Following the “Mock” Congressional
Hearings, students, teachers,
parents and supportive visitors joined an
awards ceremony honoring each student
individually with a 2017 We the People
medallion. Group achievement in each of
the 6 Units of study was also recognized
with Unit awards. Students from Hollis
Brookline High School received Awards of
Excellence in Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 6.
John Stark Regional High School students
received an Award of Excellence for Unit
3, while Milford High School students received
Awards of Excellence in Unit 4 and
Unit 5. Volunteer members of the NH Bar
Association were “wowed” by the letizenvel
of constitutional knowledge of the participating
students from each school.
Each of the three teams taking part on
December 8th, will return to Concord for
the We the People State Finals to be held
on Friday, January 7, 2018, as students vie
for the opportunity to represent NH at the
National Finals in Washington, D.C. in the
spring.
We the People: The Citizen and the
Constitution has been taught in NH schools
in grades 4 - 12 for 31 years and is a premier
Law Related Education program of the NH
Bar Association. For more information on
Law Related Education programs and how
you can get involved, please contact Robin
E. Knippers, Law Related Education Coordinator,
at reknippers@nhbar.org or
visit Law-Related Education on the NHBA
webpages."
Forwarding Address I used Blogger as my first foray into the world of online writing in December 2006. Over the years I created several other blogs and a few websites. I finally settled down a bit and decided to put my energy into a self-hosted Wordpress site named My Strange Life . The Orphans What was to become of these sites after I stopped adding content? Nothing at all. Everything on the internet seems to last forever, or at least in the span of a lifetime. There are multiple orphans and WebCrawlers dutifully work their way through the internet finding links and keywords. I won't delete this blog but want want to freshen it up a bit with new information. My Strange Life Below is a RSS "ticker tape" of my latest postings on my website My Strange Life. This are recent postings.https://poltrack.net/feed
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