About This Lesson
Part of the 2019 AFT TEACH Conference.
What role can teachers across grade levels and content areas as well as school leaders play in promoting informed and equitable voting? We will help participants learn about trends in youth voting, inequalities in turnout, misconceptions about youth engagement, and key approaches to teaching about voting and elections in a nonpartisan way. Participants will explore resources, models and case studies so that they can outline a plan of action that will fit in their own classroom, school, and/or district setting and align with other core priorities.
Presenters: Erica Hodgin, associate director, Civic Engagement Research Group, University of California Riverside; Joe Kahne, director, Civic Engagement Research Group, University of California Riverside; Abby Kiesa, director of impact, The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, Tufts University; John Rogers, director and professor, Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access, University of California Los Angeles
