Workshop Description: The 2024 Presidential Election is fast approaching and students and faculty alike will be highly impacted by both election rhetoric and election outcomes. Moreover, U-M instructors are in a unique position to support our students as new voters during this time. Connecting your course and discipline to the election and issues at stake in the election is a valuable way to approach this topic for a number of reasons. In this workshop, participants will explore specific, cross-disciplinary examples of classroom activities and assignments that build connections to the issues raised by this election into courses. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with resources and brainstorm strategies for promoting democracy in and beyond their own classrooms.

Open to instructors, GSIs, and post-docs.

Dates Offered: Thursday September 26th, 2024 1pm-2:30pm (Zoom)

This event is offered as a part of the Promoting Democracy Teaching Series by CRLT & Ginsberg Center.

Open to UM faculty, graduate students/GSIs, and post-docs. To register, visit: https://events.blackthorn.io/en/Hn1RKit7/g/2kTsKXAV0p?search=&sortBy=date&category=&date=TODAY&keywords=

If you are UM staff with instructional responsibilities who would like to register, please reach out to teachdemocracy@umich.edu