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Hughes, Ryan E.; Thomson, Sarah L. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2016
Provide your students with handwritten letters from three young students to then U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, written a few months prior to the first celebration of Earth Day on April 22, 1970. These primary source historical documents can be a part of upper elementary students' exploration of civic activism in the service of…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Elementary School Students, Civics, Grade 5
Lennon, Tiffani – Education Commission of the States (NJ1), 2006
The nation faces a youth citizenry that is disengaged and lacks the necessary knowledge, skills and dispositions to participate in and carry out their civic duties. This ECS Policy Brief summarizes the state-level goals and accomplishments of the Youth Legislative Engagement project and is intended for state policymakers, education leaders and…
Descriptors: Voting, Legislators, Democracy, Citizenship Education
Beem, Christopher – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2005
In January 2004, college students from postsecondary institutions across Wisconsin were invited to join US Representatives Tammy Baldwin and Mark Green at The Johnson Foundation's Wingspread Conference Center in Racine, Wisconsin. The purpose of the discussion was to engage students' attitudes regarding politics, and their understanding of…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Political Attitudes, Citizen Participation