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Children’s Literacy Foundation is offering grants to help Vermont and New Hampshire educators use comics to teach students about democracy and governance

With an engaging presentation about democracy, governance, and civic engagement, The Center for Cartoon Studies has visited classrooms throughout the Midwest and the Northeast (while giving away free copies of our comic book, This is What Democracy Looks Like: A Graphic Guide to Governance).

If you’re in New Hampshire or Vermont, The Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) Community Building program is offering grants that will get CCS and this informative and engaging comicbooks into your school. Click here for more information about this programming opportunity.

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Comics in the Classroom: Teaching Democracy

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With a comic book designed to help educators teach their students about democracy and governance, CCS cartoonists are visiting classrooms in the Midwest this fall.

White River Junction, VT, September 16, 2019 — The annual Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey finds that only 26% of Americans can name all three branches of government. The Mikva Challenge and The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS), two non-profit organizations, are teaming up to increase that number.

This is What Democracy Looks Like: A Graphic Guide to Governance is a 32-page comic book that will be distributed to classrooms in Detroit, Chicago, Madison, Milwaukee, and more this fall. This comic book is the result of a collaboration of educators and word-class cartoonists and is designed to help teachers who are working hard to prepare students to be empowered, informed, and civic-minded. At each school, CCS instructors will give away comics and work with teachers to help students gain a deeper understanding of how their government works (and doesn’t work) and how they can make a difference in their communities and beyond.

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Cartooning at Civics Summer Institute

Mikva Challenge Action Civics Summer Institute is coming on July 18th and 19th at Loyola University Chicago. As part of the outreach for This Is What Democracy Looks Like, a comic guide to democracy, CCS co-founder James Sturm, Dan Nott ′19, and student Courtney Fehsenfeld will be talking about the project, providing copies of the comic. This class is part of the Mikva Challenge’s immersive program.

Kickstarter Tote Bags

This Is What Democracy Looks Like is currently on Kickstarter through July 31 to fund a tour with workshops and demonstrations. Fund the Kickstarter today to get a tote bag, signed copy of Berlin from Jason Lutes, or one of the other amazing rewards.

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CARTOONING IN AN ANXIOUS AGE

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Let's Talk About It: A Graphic Guide to Mental Health

Let's Talk About It: A Graphic Guide to Mental Health

Created for middle and high school students, Let’s Talk About It: A Graphic Guide To Mental Health is a lively and educational comic book that destigmatizes the conversation around mental health.

A 32-page comic on how our government works

This Is What Democracy Looks Like comic cover

Using the power of comics to teach teens about the way our government works This Is What Democracy Looks Like, A Graphic Guide To Governance is a 32-page comic book created by The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS). This short comic guide helps to bring democracy back to the hands of the people by explaining what democracy actually means and how the whole thing works. This guide will be a great jumping-off point to learn about our government.

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