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Within the context of service-learning, citizenship is the extent to which young people see themselves as part of a public or community and as contributors to democracy. Citizenship is important to service-learning because it emphasizes a sense of 'common good', and young people's place in achieving the common good. Following are some of our most relevant resources for this topic.
NSLC Site Resources
- Citizenship Toolkit (Constitutional Rights Foundation)
- Educating the "Good" Citizen: The Politics of School-Based Civic Education Programs
- Education for Civic Engagement in Democracy: Service-Learning and Other Promising Practices
NSLC Library Items
- Service-Learning Impacting Citizenship: A "SLIC" Way to Raise the Civic Aptitude and Behavior of High School Students? (2008) (PDF)
- Social Citizens: Beta (2008)
- What Works for Civic Engagement: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions (2008) (PDF)
- Educating for Democracy: Preparing Undergraduates for Responsible Political Engagement (2007)
- High School Community Service as a Predictor of Adult Voting and Volunteering (2007)
- Citizens at the Center: A New Approach to Civic Engagement (2006)
- The Civically Engaged Reader (2006)
- Community-Based Learning: Engaging Students for Success and Citizenship (2006) (PDF)
- Project Citizen: A We the People Portfolio-Based Program (Level 1) (2006)
- Learning Through Serving (2005)
- The Role of Civic Skills in Fostering Civic Engagement (2003) (PDF)
- Restoring the Balance Between Academics and Civic Engagement in Public Schools (2005) (PDF)
- Service-Learning: Creating Community and Developing Citizens [video] (2005)
- Promoting Positive Citizenship: Priming Youth For Action (2003) (PDF)
- Education for Democratic Citizenship (2000) (PDF) (Registration required)
- Experiencing Citizenship: Concepts and Models for Service Learning in Political Science (1997)
- Active Citizenship Today Handbooks (1994-1998)
For High School Teachers
For Middle School Teachers
Implementation Guide
Related Websites
- Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools
- ECS State Policies for Citizenship Education: database of state policies to support citizenship education for K-12 students
- National Student/Parent Mock Election: national mock election on October 28, 2004
- Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents from History
- We The People: an initiative to encourage the teaching, studying, and understanding of American history and culture
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