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This month's podcast is devoted to a discussion of the We the People:
the Citizen and the Constitution program's unique method of getting
students engaged in learning about the Constitution---the simulated
congressional hearing. We the People Director Robert S. Leming describes
how simulated congressional hearings are used not only as a dynamic and
engaging way to assess student performance, but how they also allow
students to evaluate, take, and defend positions on relevant historical
and contemporary issues related to the Constitution.
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This month's podcast is devoted to a discussion of the We the People:
the Citizen and the Constitution program's unique method of getting
students engaged in learning about the Constitution---the simulated
congressional hearing. We the People Director Robert S. Leming describes
how simulated congressional hearings are used not only as a dynamic and
engaging way to assess student performance, but how they also allow
students to evaluate, take, and defend positions on relevant historical
and contemporary issues related to the Constitution.
