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Peer reviewedClark, Todd; Croddy, Marshall; Hayes, William; Philips, Susan – Theory into Practice, 1997
The Constitutional Rights Foundation works to determine how service learning can best educate youth for active citizenship. This article traces the evolution of the group's thinking about service learning and citizenship education, and describes their civic participation framework, programs, and program components. (SM)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, Curriculum Design
Degelman, Charles; Philips, Susan – 1998
"Active Citizenship Today" (ACT) is a service learning program for the social studies. There are two things that make ACT different from other service learning programs: (1) the "learning" in service -- learning refers to traditional social studies content and skills (it is a civics model); and (2) ACT is built around a problem-solving framework.…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civics
Peer reviewedPhilips, Susan – Social Studies Review, 1997
Profiles Active Citizenship Today (ACT), a social studies service learning program for middle and high school students. In ACT, students explore their community, identify problems, examine public policy, explore their options, and take action. Includes unit excerpts from the ACT teacher's handbook. (MJP)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Experiential Learning, High Schools
