As I promoted Letters to the Next President, I watched my students shake their heads when I asked if their parents’ opinions determine their vote. Some positive; some negative.
No, my students cannot vote during this election, but they will all be eligible to vote in the 2012 election, and I want to do my part to help teach them to be responsible voters. Vote based on their convictions, not their friends’, not their parents’, not because it just seems like the right thing to do.
My job, my mission is to teach others how to learn and why they should want to learn…so they won’t be left behind, so they will be informed, so they will succeed.
Letters to the Next President is an excellent means to help accomplish this goal. Two other positives? We’ll learn to write business letters and to write persuasively.
On my class wiki are the resources I have either created or am borrowing. I would love to share…what are you doing to succeed in preparing our students to be informed citizens?
Let’s stay informed…with each other.
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