Living+Democracy+Portfolio

Democracy and Active Citizenship
=== Service-Learning Project  ===

Portfolio Instructions
 **Introduction:** You have all been working on your democracy service-learning projects for at least a few weeks. The purpose of this project is to apply what we have learned in class and to provide a service to the community. Many of your projects have done exactly that. One additional aspect of the project is to construct a portfolio of your project for future students. These portfolios will serve multiple purposes: 1) they can provide a history of the local issue that you have worked on; 2) they serve as a model for future students to follow; 3) they demonstrate successes and illustrate potential obstacles; and, 4) they provide inspiration to future students.

Organization of the Portfolio
Your portfolio should serve as a guide to people who want to learn from what you have accomplished. Therefore the problem you addressed, the strategies you employed, the outcomes of your project, and your reflections about your work need to be clearly communicated. The portfolio will consist of 5 sections as follows:

a) The background and definition to the exact problem and why you chose to address this problem  b)  Message Box or Talking Points (I prefer the message box because it forces you to consider another point of view) a) A step-by-step narrative of the way that your group addressed the problem  b)  Include discussion about which steps were successes and what you may do differently next time a) A discussion of your achievements  b)  Suggestions for what should be done next a) Each member of the group must submit a reflection which includes their thoughts about:    i)  what they learned about democracy from participating on this project ii) what they learned about themselves from working on this project    iii)  what they learned about cooperating with others from working on this project a) Each portfolio must include a minimum of one artifact from each of the following sub sections. You should include all artifacts that  were actually created and you may also add ones which you did not use but could have used.    i)  __ Public Education __ (1) Leaflets, Flyers, Posters, (2) Newsletters (3) Reports (4) Public Hearings, Candidates nights (5) Film or video screenings (6) Internet, blogs, Pod casts ii) __ Direct Action __      (1)  Boycotting/Buycotting      (2)  Picketing      (3)  Demonstrations and Protests      (4)  Strikes      (5)  Nonviolent Civil Disobedience     iii)   __ Citizen Lobbying __ (1) Writing a bill & finding a sponsor (2) Testifying at committee hearings (3) Persuading Legislators iv)  __ The Media __      (1)  Letters to the Editor      (2)  Op-Ed Articles      (3)  Earning Media in Feature Articles      (4)  Call-in shows/ Guest Shows      (5)  PSAs      (6)  Radio Shows      (7)  News Releases / News Conferences      (8)  Media Events  b)  For group with 3 or less members there must be one entry per category c) For groups with 4-6 members there must be two entries per category  d)  for groups with more than 6 members there must be three entries per category a) Please compile the portfolio in a professional manner    i)  Title Page (1) Title & Date ii) Credit Page      (1)  Contributors, Class Period, Date    iii)  Table of Contents iv) Introduction to the problem    v)  Strategies employed vi) Outcomes of the project    vii)  Reflections on the Project viii) Appendix: Ways of Acting  b)  All entries should be typed, double spaced, 1” margins, and Times New Roman c) All media productions (audio or video) should be saved on a CD/DVD and should have descriptions entered into the Appendix __All contributors to your project should be credited__
 * 1) ****Introduction to the problem**
 * 2) ****Strategies employed**
 * 3) ****Outcomes of the project**
 * 4) ****Reflections on the Project**
 * 1) ****Appendix: Ways of Acting**
 * 2) Format of the portfolio**