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High school students in Florida engaged in a town hall event with their representative Congressman Aaron Bean (FL's 4th Congressional District - Republican) focused on work & pay.

High school students in Illinois engaged in a town hall event with their representative Congressman Brad Schneider (IL's 10th Congressional District - Democrat) focused on work & pay. 2024

High school students in Chicago, Illinois engaged in a town hall event with their representative Congressman Jesús "Chuy" Garcia (IL's 4th Congressional District - Democrat) focused on work & pay.

High school students in Riverside, California engaged in a town hall event with their representative Congressman Mark Takano (CA's 39th Congressional District - Democrat) focused on climate choices. 2023

High school students in Illinois engaged in a town hall event with their representative Congressman Brad Schneider (IL's 10th Congressional District - Democrat) focused on work & pay. 2023

High school students in Illinois engaged in a town hall event with their representative Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL's 14th Congressional District - Democrat) focused on social media.

High school students in Riverside, California engaged in a town hall event with their representative Congressman Mark Takano (CA's 39th Congressional District - Democrat) focused on social media.

CC2C Town Hall with Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-D). High school students in North Kitsap, Washington participated in an online deliberative town hall with their representative Congressman Derek Kilmer (WA 6th Congressional District - Democrat) focused on climate change. For more information about the project, visit www.civicsurvey.org/projects-....

High school students in Chicago, Illinois engaged in a town hall event with their representative Congressman Danny Davis (IL's 7th Congressional District - Democrat) focused on work & pay.

CC2C Town Hall with Representative Barbara Lee (CA-D)High school students in Oakland, California participate in an online deliberative town hall with their representative Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA 12th Congressional District - Democrat) focused on climate change. For more information about the project, visit www.civicsurvey.org/projects-current/cc2c.

Learn about the purpose and aims of the project, meet some of the project team members, find out about the project partners, and get a sense of the research aims of the Connecting Classrooms to Congress project.

Listen to teachers and students talk about the benefits of blogging in the classroom and how it promotes productive online dialogue, provides students with an authentic audience, and develops young people’s civic voice in the video Blogging & Youth Civic Voice from Oakland. Produced in 2017 by the Civic Engagement Research Group and Shine On Productions. For more, visit www.civicsurvey.org.

In this video, students deliberate suffrage at age 16 through an approach called Structured Academic Controversy. Students read and analyze text, develop respectful group discussion skills, practice building consensus, and write informal policy statements. Produced in 2018 by Chicago Public Schools’ Social Science & Civic Engagement department, the Civic Engagement Research Group, and Free Spir...

In part 1 of this video, teachers, students, and district leaders reflect on ways to ensure civic discussion and deliberation is student-centered. In part 2, students also reflect, discuss, and communicate what they have learned about a complex issue they researched through small group and large group collaborative discussions. Produced in 2018 by Chicago Public Schools’ Social Science & Civic ...

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