Resources

Illinois State University

• FOCUS – (Faculty Opportunities for Creating Civic & Community Understanding Among Students)
  • FOCUS web-based instructional module series - for ISU faculty and staff
• Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology, Service Learning Resources
  
  
• Tips and Suggestions for Service-Learning Partnerships (pdf), Jacquelyn Frank, Ph.D., School of Social Work, Illinois State University
  
  
• Examples of civic engagement activities and service-learning at Illinois State University
  
  
• Milner Library Documentaries: Enter "Documentary Films" as a search term in the Milner catalog and choose a "Subject Words" search from the "Search by:" pulldown menu. Note: This list is not complete, there are a number of documentaries that do not carry this subject heading. If you are interested in seeing all the films Milner owns, do a "Title Words" search for "[videorecording]". Note: it is a very large list (8,700+).

State and National Resources

Voter Education and Voter Registration Resources

Campus Conversation Toolkit - Using the newspaper as a means of dialogue, education, and reflection. (pdf)

The New York Times - Political Engagement Project

National ADP Resources (AASCU) [Assessment, funding, research on engagement, national presentations]

Teaching with the Times (New York Times) - require or recommend the Times for your course

Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 900 college and university presidents committed to the civic purposes of higher education.

National Service-Learning Clearinghouse - Higher Education Sector

AASCU - American Democracy Project - Suggested Reading List (pdf)