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Engaging the City: Civic Participation and Teaching Urban History

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ahoward3{at}richmond.edu.

	Abstract

Building on a long history of community outreach in higher education, many colleges and universities are taking a more intentional approach to civic engagement. As urban higher education institutions strive to become better neighbors, urban history courses have a valuable role to play in generating research, building connections between the campus and the community, and engaging students in the cities where they study. Using a course-based living-learning community as a case study, this article demonstrates the way an urban history course at the University of Richmond links pedagogy and community engagement. Through "learning out" assignments that include producing a documentary on a local social issue within a national historical context and blogging, students share what they are learning with others outside the class with the aim of urging action for social change.

First published on October 26, 2009
Journal of Urban History 2009, doi:10.1177/0096144209349883


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