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Photo: Lawndale Middle School - © Jen Garcia, 2000
This fall, students from grades K-12 grappled with the meaning of democracy. Here is their work...
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Fern Avenue School
Torrance Unified
Election Night News: On November 7th, 2000, Kristy Cooper's 4th and 5th grade class at Fern Avenue School in Torrance produced a news show featuring the 2000 Presidential Election. Students worked in the capacity of producers, news anchors, historical analysts, issue analysts and much more. Read the report on the presidential debate by one of the news anchors.
Inglewood High School
Inglewood Unified

Santa Monica High School
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified
Four students from Inglewood High School imagine what kind of speech he or she would give if elected president of the United States. Click here to read some inspired presidential speeches.
Students from Santa Monica High School wrote essays on ethics in technology and take positions on everything from plagiarism on the Internet to the sharing of MP3 files. click here.
Braddock Drive School
LAUSD, Local District D
Santa Monica Alternative School House (SMASH)
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified
Election 2000 Collages: Students create"Fight to the Finish!" collages representing the presidential election 2000.

Reflections on Election 2000: "I think that lots of people do not vote because they really don’t know what voting is all about, changing their city or changing their safety and their lives."

Reflections on Democracy: One student reflects that "a good citizen is someone who follows most of the laws, but at the same time doesn't believe everything the government tells them."
Stoner Avenue Elementary School
LAUSD, Local District D
Poetry: What does democracy feel like, sound like, look like? One student believes, "Democracy tastes like cheese because it can spread." Find out what other creative young poets wrote about democracy.
Lawndale High School
Centinela Valley Unified
Find out what high school critical researchers have to say about democracy in their schools and communities:
"How do you see democracy": Students from Lawndale High School created posters representing their ideas of democracy.

"Democracy is the chain that links society together and allows us to voice our opinions as one." To read essays on the meaning of democracy, click here.


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