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Civic Engagement

The many activities you can participate in to make your community a better place to live, plus related Whittemore Library resources.

K - 12 Teaching Resources from the Curriculum Library

Civics (Print Book)

(Middle School & High School) This high-impact program offers students a strong introduction to government, citizenship, and the American economic and legal systems.

Making Civics Count (Print Book)

Making Civics Count offers research-based insights into what diverse students and teachers know and do as civic actors, and proposes a blueprint for civic education for a new generation that is both practical and visionary.

American Government (Print Book)

Hailed as a stellar educational resource for nearly a century, Magruder's American Government is updated annually to meet the changing needs of today's high school students and teachers.

Teaching History for Justice (Print Book)

Learn how to enact justice-oriented pedagogy and foster students' critical engagement in today's history classroom.

Voting in America (Print Book)

This anthology highlights the Constitution's treatment of voting and elections, leaders who have influenced voting practices, the electoral college, the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and more.

Organizations Promoting & Offering Resources for Civics Education

Chidren's Books about Civics from the Curriculum Library

The Homework Strike (Print Book)

Gregory K., overwhelmed by homework, decides to make a stand -- but the stand takes on momentum of its own and Gregory has to live with the consequences.

Lillian's Right to Vote (Print Book)

An elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family's tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Democracy for Dinosaurs (Print Book)

Democracy for Dinosaurs takes key values on every parent's mind and gives them tools to show young readers how things they do every single day can be guided by principles we must share in a democratic society.

Stolen Justice: the Struggle for African American Voting Rights (Print Book)

A thrilling and incisive examination of the post-Reconstruction era struggle for and suppression of African American voting rights in the United States.

V Is for Voting (Print Book)

"This playful, though powerful book engages little readers in the tenets of democracy and activism through rhyming text and colorful works of art." --PBS Kids for Parents

Because They Marched (Print Book)

For the fiftieth anniversary of the march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Newberry Medalist Russell Freedman has written a riveting account of African-American struggles for the right to vote.

That's Not Fair! (Print Book)

Provides an accessible exploration of the rights and freedoms of citizens in a democracy through a series of six short stories starring Mayor Moe and the councillors of a sometimes wacky city.

Our Little Kitchen (Print Book)

This rousing picture book tells the story of a crew of resourceful neighbors who come together to prepare a meal for their community.

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom (Print Book)

A memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes.