Constructing a Citizenry: Variance in Civic Education in Minnesota\u27s Secondary Schools

My project has two aims. First, I seek to fill the gap in basic descriptive data about the state of civic education in Minnesota\u27s high schools. Second, I attempt to shed light on civic education in the state by exploring influences to it. I argue that demographic characteristics of civics teachers and the communities in which they teach influence both civics curriculum and teacher\u27s conceptions of civic education. In a nation that depends on citizen participation for the functioning of the state, it is important to understand that the ways we teach students to participate may differ across locales