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> Instant Info > Hot Topics

	Hot Topics highlight recommended resource items, both online and in the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse library, on important service-learning related subjects. Service-learning is a tool that can be used to teach about voting and the political process and increase civic and political engagement among students.  These resources provide ideas for and research on voting-related service-learning projects for K-12 and higher education students. June 2008
	NSLC Site Resources Civics in K-12 Education (NSLC Fact Sheet) Civics and Citizenship Education: Selected Resources (NSLC Bibliography) Relevant Links Ben’s Guide to Government for Kids (Sponsored by the Government Printing Office) Campus Compact's 2008 Campus Vote Initiative Center for Voting and Democracy Declare Yourself Kids Voting USA Mobilizing America’s Youth (MAY) Rock the Vote Rock the Web ServiceVote (Youth Service America) The Service Politics Institute Recommended NSLC Library Items* (How to Borrow) High School Community Service as a Predictor of Adult Voting and Volunteering (2007) Taking Back the Vote: Getting American Youth Involved in Our Democracy (2004) Why Young Americans Hate Politics [video] (2004) Your Vote - Your Voice: National Campus Voter Registration Project Organizing Handbook (2004) Civic Bonding of School and Family: How Kids Voting Students Enliven the Domestic Sphere (2003) A Cross-National Analysis of Political and Civic Involvement Among Adolescents (2003) Service to Civics (2003) The Impact of Service-Learning on Political Participation (2001) Democratic Theory and Civic Measurement: A Report on the Measuring Citizenship Project (n.d.) Destination Democracy Kids Voting USA: High School Service-Learning Curriculum (n.d.) Just Vote! Civic Participation and Service-Learning Curriculum (n.d.)	Featured Book   Civic Bonding of School and Family: How Kids Voting Students Enliven the Domestic Sphere (2003)
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