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31.089 - Letters to the Next President: Exploring Youth Civic Identity and Classroom Writing Practices in a National Online Network
Sat, April 6, 12:20 to 1:50pm, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Floor: Second Floor, ChurchillSession Type: Symposium
Abstract
During the highly charged 2016 presidential election season, the Letters to the Next President project, led by the National Writing Project and PBS affiliate KQED, launched an online platform that collected over 11,000 letters to the next U.S. president, written by students from 321 schools in 47 states, and published them openly in a searchable online interface. This symposium shares diverse research perspectives on this project, delving into both the content of this significant archive of youth civic participation and voice, and the processes and dynamics that emerged from the educator perspective as teachers enacted the project in their classrooms.
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What Issues Did Students Nationwide Address in Their Letters? An Analysis of Letter Topics From the National Corpus of 11,035 Student Letters From Diverse School Sites - Amber Maria Levinson, Stanford University; Antero Garcia, Stanford University; Caitlin Kennedy Martin, CK Martin Consulting; Emma Carene Gargroetzi, Stanford University
Argumentation, Citation, and Calls to Action: Student Letter Writing Practices at Five Schools - Emma Carene Gargroetzi, Stanford University; Antero Garcia, Stanford University; Amber Maria Levinson, Stanford University
Connected Learning and Academic Language Scaffolds: A Design-Based Research Study With Long-Term English Learners - Ricardo Elizalde, San Francisco Unified
Literacy Practices and the Development of Civic Identities: A Case Study of Adolescents' Participation in the Letters to the Next President 2.0 Campaign - Lindy L. Johnson, The College of William & Mary