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Kiernan, Henry – Civic Perspective, 1990
Describes a New Jersey high school's development and implementation of a question-driven model for interdisciplinary research designed to improve students' writing skills, research skills, and their understanding of, and interest in, the local community. (PRA)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Collaborative Writing, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement
Pettigrew, Jean – Civic Perspective, 1990
Describes how the author and a colleague engaged their students in a variety of research and writing activities to prepare the students for the merger of two school systems and to help them participate intelligently in a bond referendum campaign to fund the building of a new high school. (PRA)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Collaborative Writing, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement
Starling, Melody Gaston – Civic Perspective, 1990
Describes a letter-writing campaign in which students in an English class wrote to their state representatives opposing a bill intended to restrict the viewing of certain films in the classroom. Demonstrates the students' attention to the effects of their writing on their audience, and on their own image as writers. (PRA)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Citizen Participation, Collaborative Writing, Community Attitudes
