Lindsey Cormack: How to Raise a Citizen

Drama critic George Jean-Nathan once said that "Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote." Although 47% of all young people eligible to cast a ballot in the 2024 presidential election did so, 53% did not.






How did we get here? Professor Lindsey Cormack, author of the book "How to Raise a Citizen" believes that this situation, overall, is the result of a lack of youth awareness of the political and democratic process. So how then can educators, along with parents, teach students what they need to know?






In this episode we discuss:






The definition of "citizen".


How teachers can teach the political process through experiential learning.


How we should spiral or build upon learning of the democratic process in each grade not just in middle school or 11th grade government class.


How to turn youth from consumers of information on the Internet to information seekers.


Why adults need to turn down the negativity about politics and teach students how to argue opposing viewpoints with civility.


How teachers can teach the democratic process without falling victim to increasing legal jeopardy when what they teach upsets some parents with strong political views - red or blue.


How parents can and should support the awareness of their children about the democratic process.






We hope you will listen in to this important conversation.






Lindsey Cormack LinkedIn page (  / lindseycormack  )


Book - How to Raise a Citizen (https://amzn.to/3FBWCJK)


How to Raise a Citizen Instagram (  / howtoraiseacitizen  )


How to Raise a Citizen Webpage (https://howtoraiseacitizen.com/)


James Madison's Montpelier Website (https://www.montpelier.org/)






Music - Aylex