This article describes a case example of a pedagogical approach that successfully integrates teaching technical skills, knowledge, and civic engagement. Students embarked on a semester-long project to assess the complexities of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit, develop a response to address the concerns of community constituents, and…

Recommends using children's literature as a means for introducing social problems and their possible solutions to elementary students. Offers different trade books on homelessness and the elderly along with descriptions of each book. Provides guidelines and teaching resources for creating a service project where students interact with their…