Partnership for a Curriculum on Civic Engagement
Project Team
H. Bohanan, Faculty, School of Education
A. Ryan, Faculty, School of Education
B. Brady, Mikva Challenge
A. Sharma, CURL
Overview
This partnership between CURL, Mikva Challenge, and Loyola's School of Education seeks to create a holistic 'civic engagement' curriculum for Chicago's middle school and high school students. Topics such as civil rights and democracy in action would be key components. It seeks to provide a unique program that engages students through shared local history and fosters youth leadership and activism through a service-learning approach. This linkage of historical elements with a leadership and service curriculum would create an innovative program that could provide a meaningful education experience in Chicago area schools and beyond. In doing so, it would integrate three key elements into a cohesive learning experience:
- Leadership and activism
- Civics
- History