Civic Hope in the Face of Extremism: Involving Undergraduates in Community-Engaged Research through Classroom Activities

• In Event: Civic Education in K-12 Schools

Brief Overview

This paper assesses the effectiveness of classroom activities bringing students into our research project. We examine perceptions of civic hope and civic friendship and students’ sense of the value of persuasive writing as a civic skill.

Authors

• Janet L. Donavan, University of Colorado Boulder

• Leah Sprain, University of Colorado Boulder

• Michael McDevitt, University of Colorado Boulder