What is Energizing Young Voters?
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 Sociology of Education students, trained and supervised by professor Susan Rakosi Rosenbloom to deliver the EYV classroom instruction. In Dover schools, instruction is delivered in English and Spanish.
The Fall 2024 curriculum, "Vote by Design: the Presidential Election" was presented in Parsippany-Troy Hills' two middle schools and Dover middle school.
The Spring 2024 curriculum, "What's Your Issue?" was presented in Parsippany-Troy Hills, Frelinghuysen (Morris School District) and Dover middle schools.
The Fall 2023 curriculum, "The Suffrage Timeline: Was it Worth It?" was presented in Parsippany-Troy Hills, Frelinghuysen (Morris School District) and Dover middle schools.
Join us!
The EYV program requires that college students be accompanied by a trained League member when they visit middle schools. If you are interested in participating in this worthwhile partnership, please contact us.
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 taught Rashel! 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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