Below you can find links to excellent resources to civic education that we utilize in our Coalition and member classrooms. Also, many of these are from our very own partner providers!
- Prohuman Foundation
- Listen First Project
- Middle Ground Schools
- Learning to Depolarize by Kent Lenci
- Better Arguments Project Curriculum and Resources
- Greater Good Science Center Bridging Differences Playbook
- iCivics
- More Like US
- Bill of Rights Institute
- DemocracyReady NY
- Generation Citizen
- The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
- American Covenant by Yuval Levin
Civi Coalition Framework for Bridging Divides
The Civi Coalition developed the following framework to give educators a practical, flexible tool for bringing meaningful civic dialogue into their classrooms. It’s designed to work with your teaching style and strengths while offering a clear sequence to help students:
This framework grows out of Laura Robb’s Read–Talk–Write approach (2016) and integrates insights from bridging researchers and practitioners like Kent Lenci (Learning to Depolarize) and Dr. Tim Redmond, as well as scholarship on social-emotional learning and depolarization. By weaving these strands together, it offers both a classroom-ready structure and a hub for ongoing research and resources.
- Read diverse sources to broaden their perspectives.
- Talk through structured dialogue that builds empathy and understanding.
- Write to reflect, synthesize, and make evidence-based claims.
It’s not a static guide—it’s a living, working document that will be updated regularly with new strategies, examples, and supports to help teachers foster curiosity, collaboration, and civic identity in their students.
Updated September 11th, 2025