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Making Civics Real: A Workshop for Teachers

Civic Engagement

This program shows a group of 11th- and 12th-grade students at Anoka High School in Minnesota engaging in service learning — a requirement for graduation. In this human geography class taught by Bill Mittlefehldt, students work in teams to define a project, choose and meet with a community partner who can help educate them about the issue and its current status, conduct further research, and present the problem and a proposed solution first to their peers, and then to a special session of the Anoka City Council. The primary methodology presented in this lesson is service learning.

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Civic Engagement — Quiz

Take this quiz to test your knowledge about the topics discussed in this workshop.

Service learning programs have several components. One essential component that differentiates service learning from volunteer work is:

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Making Civics Real: A Workshop for Teachers

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Produced by State of the Art, Inc., in collaboration with the National Council for the Social Studies and the Center for Civic Education. 2003.
  • Closed Captioning
  • ISBN: 1-57680-679-0

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