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Connecting Classrooms with Congress
Connecting Classrooms with Congress
The Connecting Classrooms to Congress project will develop and test a social studies curriculum module that enables high school students to study a pressing issue - one that policymakers at the national level are grappling with - and then discuss that issue with their sitting member of Congress through an online deliberative town hall.
To find out more, click HERE to be taken to the Civic Engagement Research Group website.
Mark Takano - California's 41st District
CONGRESSMAN MARK TAKANO GIVES INSIGHT INTO CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY THROUGH RUSD’s CONNECTING CLASSROOMS TO CONGRESS PROGRAM
CONGRESSMAN MARK TAKANO GIVES INSIGHT INTO CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY THROUGH RUSD’s CONNECTING CLASSROOMS TO CONGRESS PROGRAM
April 5, 2023
Congressman Mark Takano recently participated in Riverside Unified's Connecting Classrooms to Congress annual 12th-grade student research program.
This year's research focused on the climate change policy, including its relationship to governance and economic policy.
Congressman Takano's participation in the virtual town hall at the Martin Luther King High School auditorium, marks the culmination of the research program for the 2022-2023 school year. Participating seniors asked questions about the content they learned and got perspective on legislative matters.
Connecting Classrooms to Congress helps students develop:
Analytical writing
Ability to display integrative complexity
Knowledge of policy and the structure and operations of government
Civic dispositions
"Thank you to Congressman Takano for participating in Connecting Classrooms to Congress," said Carolyn Power, Instructional Services Specialist. "His willingness to answer student questions is an impactful way to end research work and inspire continued civic engagement beyond high school."
Click here to read the RUSD News Update on the Connecting Classrooms to Congress. 2022-2023 event.
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