LibGuides: Service Learning and Community Engagement: Civic Engagement and Youth. Foundations Of inquiry/Luzia Ogurek

Youth and Civic Engagement

Listed below is a short bibliography of resources on children and youth and participation in civic engagement and community service opportunities.

Youth Civic Engagement – Annotated Bibliography 1
[Jennifer L. O'Donoghue, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, Stanford University, February 2003]
Diy guide to improving your community getting children and young people involved
[Child Participation Working Group, International Save the Children Alliance, November 2003]
Policy Strategies for Promoting Youth Civic Engagement
[The Imprint, 2013]

Civic Education and Learnig Activities

Six proven practices for effective civic learning
Annenberg Classroom Resources for excellent civics education
American Political Science Association Civic education and engagement
iCivics is an interactive game to teach students about their civil rights. iCivics was founded by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. The site includes student and teacher resources, including games in Spanish.Guidebook: Six proven practices for effective civic learning
PolitiCraft is a card game that teachers civics principles through in-person interaction
Anderson, C. Transforming students into citizen journalists. EdTech.
https://generationcitizen.org/our-programs/our-curriculum/
http://www.civiced.org/resources/curriculum
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/14/632666071/how-to-make-a-civics-education-stick

Databases

ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary database covering over 160 subject areas including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology and social sciences.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary dictionaries and encyclopedic resources. Nearly 1,000 reference tools that may be searched collectively or individually.
Educator's Reference Complete: Gale OneFile This link opens in a new window
Directories providing comprehensive source of detailed information concerning nonprofit organizations of national and multinational scope.

NYC Statistical Data

Infoshare
"The 2012-2016 (5-yr average) Census, including the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS), is drawn from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS). It provides detailed data on race, ethnicity, income, poverty, occupation, schooling, ancestry, family structure, language,health insurance and more down to the census tract level (and Infoshare provides this data for zip codes, too!)."
NYC-Fact Finder
Find Demographic, Economic, Social, and housing information about your neighborhood in others in NYC.
NYC Health
"The Health Department makes data available to researchers and the public through various tools while always protecting the confidentiality of the individuals who have provided them."
NYC Open Data
“The NYC Open Data portal is a powerful tool that ensures transparency and fosters civic innovation within our City to help improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers.”
NY Federal Statistical Research Data Center
"The New York Federal Statistical Research Data Center (NYRDC) is part of the Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC) network. The Federal Statistical Research Data Centers are partnerships between federal statistical agencies and leading research institutions. The NYRDC operates three labs, one at Baruch College-CUNY, one at Cornell University as part of the Cornell Center for Social Sciences (CCSS), and one at Yale University. The NYRDC is a consortium of 14 universities and research institutions in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut."

Youth and Civic Engagement Further Reading

Digital Citizenship and Learning Activities

Common Sense Media's K-12 curriculum
FSUSD Digital citizenship scope and sequence (based on Common Sense Media)
BCPS Digital citizenship scope and sequence

Websites

Youth.gov
Revitalizing Civic Learning in Our Schools
The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)
National Constitution Center Classroom Resource Library
This program is designed to enhance and build upon current civic education curriculum through children’s literature and other famous historical texts. Lists are shared of recommended reading and suggested lesson plans and activities that correspond with a specific civic holiday.

Organizations

American Association of School Administrators
Annenberg Institute for School Reform
Association for Experiential Education
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Association of Leadership Educators
Boojum Institute for Experiential Education
Center for Civic Education
Center for Supportive Schools
CIRCLE (The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement)
Civic Engagement Research Group
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparedness
Council of Chief State School Officers
Education Commission of the States
Institute for Educational Leadership
National Association of Elementary School Principals
National Association of Secondary School Principals
National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (NCSCE)
National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
National Civic League
National Parent Teacher Association
National School Boards Association
National Youth Leadership Council
Project Appleseed: the National Campaign for Public School Improvement
School Superintendents Association
Society for Organizational Learning

Who Represents Me?

United States House of Representatives
Who represent me? NYC
"The "Who Represents Me: NYC" online service is a joint effort between the Center for Urban Research at The Graduate Center / CUNY and the League of Women Voters of the City of New York."