Michael C. Martirone
@MCMartirone
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|AP Gov. & World Cultures Teacher| '20 @GilderLehrman NJ HTOY & Nat Finalist |'16 NJ TOY, Finalist| '16 @Princeton Distinguished Teacher |#iCivicsEdNet
New Jersey, USA
Joined November 2015
"Democracy cant succeed unless ppl are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education"!#apgovwithmart
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This week #APGov read Fed. 51, concerning checks and balances and today we checked out @cspan and their coverage of @RepAlGreen introducing articles of impeachment of the president. Despite being in the minority, Green offered a check on the executive. @CSPANClassroom
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Today's @OnTuesdayWeVote asked about DEI. Students had a mostly positive view, while many students were unsure or didn't know. Keep the kids voting! #OTWV 🗳️
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Jan. 31st/Feb 1 marks the anniversary of the passage of the 13th Amendment through Congress. It was special to see a copy of the Amendment up close and personal on a field trip to the @ConstitutionCtr earlier this year:
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Today my Ss participated in @OnTuesdayWeVote and todays questions was classic machiavelli. We used resources from @icivics founders mini-lesson, read excerpts from the Prince and voted. Interestingly, the results were vastly from last year’s lesson. Take a look 👇🏻
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@OnTuesdayWeVote asked students what they thought of President Trumps inaugural address. Here’s what they had to say: 👇🏻 #OTWV 🗳️
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RT @ConstitutionCtr: A unanimous Supreme Court today upheld a federal law potentially banning TikTok in the United States due to national s…
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Today's @OnTuesdayWeVote was about the Supreme Court upholding the #TikTok Ban. Here's what EHT students had to say: #OTWV
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#APGov was discussing federalism and the response to disasters such as Hurricane Katrina with this classic oversight hearing of Michael Brown. @cspan @CSPANClassroom
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@OnTuesdayWeVote is dropping this week's question a a little early: Should SCOTUS uphold the TikTok Ban? Head over to our page for the ballot and resource from @ConstitutionCtr. @civics101pod and NYtimes Upfront Magazine.
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RT @mmpadellan: Call me petty, but I could watch this clip of former President Bush snubbing trump a few dozen times. 😆
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@cspan was on it again today as my #APGov Class listened in to SCOTUS oral arguments to see if their beloved #TikTok ban goes into effect later this month. 📵 @CSPANClassroom
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@ainsleyhcyes Oh my gosh, that’s awesome that you found this, people thought I was crazy when I told them that Tears for Fears played in the original trailer!!!
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With snow days and delayed openings today my #APGov class finally watched the peaceful transfer of power on Jan. 6th. We used @CSPANClassroom to compare this transition with the insurrection in 2021.
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