What is EYV?
EYV is a suite of programs designed to create a new generation of lifelong active voters. EYV programs are being used by middle schools throughout New Jersey to satisfy the state’s requirement to provide a discreet semester of civics education as part of the Social Studies credit requirement for middle school graduation under Laura Wooten’s Law: NJ Alignment of State Civics Standards for Grade 8 and Grade 12 with the Energizing Young Voters Modules.
Delivering Curriculum in Morris County Schools
LWV Morristown Area is bringing this highly successful program to schools in our area, partnering with Drew University students trained and supervised by professor Susan Rakosi Rosenbloom to deliver the classroom instruction.
The Spring 2024 curriculum, "What's Your Issue?" is being presented to Parsippany, Frelinghuysen (Morris School District) and Dover middle schools. Drew University students in Susan Rakosa Rosenbloom’s Sociology of Education class received training in the lesson, which is one of several units included in the Energizing Young Voters (EYV) curriculum.
In 2023, we presented the curriculum, "The Suffrage Timeline: Was it Worth It?" to middle school students in Parsippany-Troy Hills, Morristown and Dover.
Join us!
The program requires that college students be accompanied by a trained League member when they visit middle schools. Plans are underway to schedule return visits and expand our reach in the Fall of 2024. If you are interested in participating in this worthwhile partnership, please contact our League.
Drew University student Rashel Torres (left) arranged for EYV to be presented at Dover Middle School, which she attended and her brother now attends. The teacher Ms. Fahy was her teacher too! Rashel translated the EYV lesson into Spanish and then delivered it in spanglish with co-presenters Anthony Quesada and Maria Marquez.
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Voter Registration and Education
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