Lesson Plans

Literacy

Enhance Literacy, Comprehension & Civic Action

Literacy for Democracy

Build Inquiry, Critical Research and Analysis

Asking Research Questions

Standards-Based Testing

Connect with Local Offices and the Internet

Community Health and Content Standards

Explore Your Community

Social Capital

Service Learning and Civics

Assessing for Learning

Community Health and Content Standards

School Violence and Local Government

Critical Social and Civic Capital

Social Capital

Assessing for Learning

Practice Thinking and Writing Skills

Improving Student Work

KAT Talk, Fall 1999

Centerfold Lesson 1:
KAT Connects with Local Offices

Whatever local issue you choose to study as your KAT topic, you will contact certain groups or offices in your community. Here are some ways to get started.

Our City (or Township) (or School District)

1. What sort of information do we want from these offices?

2. Which department or person would he the best to contact for that information?

3. Email Address:

Web site?

Phone Number:

Mailing Address:

4. What other sources of information does this official recommend?

Our Local Library (or Water Treatment Plant) (or Public Radio Station)

1. What kind of information will we want from there?

2. Who will help us get that information?

3. How will we get that information? When?

Call? Telephone #

Website?

Invite Speaker? Who?

Visit? Address

Hours/Days Open

How will we get there?

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