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Kids Voting Mecklenburg
700 East Stonewall St.
Charlotte, NC 28202
704-343-6999
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EDUCATORS
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Civics in Action: programs and resources for your classrooms and students
Kids Voting Mecklenburg is Charlotte's organization dedicated to K-12 civic education. Our programs and resources focus on themes about government, civic participation and leadership to help students in school, build civic literacy and develop young people as effective citizens and leaders.
We combine classroom education and community learning opportunities to maximize comprehension and impact. It's the best way for students to develop civic literacy and build leadership skills.
Classroom Resources Tools: Classroom Resource Library and Civic Learning Center Curriculum and resources for civic learning opportunities through the year. Some PDF files require a password: civicliteracy. - Government, civic participation, law, leadership through civic education partners Kids Voting USA, Civic Action Project, NC Civic Education Consortium, iCivics, Newspapers in Education and others.
- Flexible and easy to use. Aligned to NC Standard Course of Study.
- Local curriculum and resources about local/state/national government, leaders, civic participation, current events, etc.
Civic Learning Opportunities
Connect students with government, leaders and civic participation.
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LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
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October 14th, take an unconventional look at political conventions Join Charlotte Teachers Institute, UNCC, Davidson and Kids Voting at UNCC Center City. Read more...
October 19th Candidate Forum with MeckEd and WFAE We're excited to partner on this event - a great opportunity for students to make their voices heard. Learn more.... Students from our program Youth Voice will also be featured in candidate interviews to be aired later in October on WTVI.
Election 2011
Local elections are the best way to teach students about government and civic participation! Learn more here, and continue to check our Civic Learning Center for news and learning opportunities through November 8.
Community service: Election 2011
We're recruiting volunteers now for Election 2011. This is a great service-learning opportunity for students! Learn more...
Teens: Register now for YouthCivics Great opportunity for high school students in Civics & Economics or with an interest in government, law and public service. Fall class runs November 9-December 13. Read more...
Teens: Join Youth Voice - Leadership Alliance All teens are invited to build leadership skills and make their voices heard in this exciting program that connects students with community leaders. Youth will meet this semester with Anthony Foxx, Jennifer Roberts, Eric Davis and other leaders who make decisions and policies. Learn more, and visit Youth Voice on Facebook.
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| CHAMPIONS FOR DEMOCRACY | | Giving students the advantage of civic education
We've kicked off our 2011-12 funding campaign! Many thanks to those who recently signed on to support civic learning!
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Donor Advised Fund
NPower
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Mecklenburg Bar Foundation
Blumenthal Foundation
Piedmont Natural Gas
Snyder's - Lance
State Farm
Wray Ward (inkind)
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (inkind)
Want to make sure students have opportunities to learn how their governments and communities work so they can succeed in school, graduate and become effective citizens and leaders? Contact us or learn more...
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More than a mock vote
Kids Voting Mecklenburg connects classroom education with community civic learning opportunities to help students meet K-12 goals in history, civics and language arts, build civic literacy and become effective citizens and leaders.
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