CNN shares this curated and annotated collection of links and suggestions to support students becoming civically engaged.

Teacher Elizabeth Robbins shares this talk (11 min.) on students taking action around issues that affect them. This video is hosted by YouTube; skip the ad to get straight to the video.)

This article, by the Anti-Defamation League, presents practical ways students can address social and political problems in their community.

This teaching guide is targeted toward educators involved in civic education both inside and outside of school settings, and shares examples of how they might utilize the Ten Questions for Change Makers framework in their educational environments. The framework encapsulates timeless ideals of participation: self-reflection on authentic motivations, pivoting from individual to collective action, expanding the scope of collaboration, coordinating divergent self-interests, guarding ourselves from pushbacks, and getting from voice to influence.  This  guide shares three modules for applying the framework:  10 Questions for the Future, 10 Questions for the Present, and 10 Questions for the Past. Each section currently includes one teaching unit, but more will be added in due course. Created by the Harvard Democratic Knowledge Project.

The advocacy groups Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and the National Coalition Against Censorship have joined to publish a comic by Kai Texel, in time for the National School Walkouts on March 14, April 20th and the March for Our Lives on March 24. Be Heard! is available for free and presents best practices for young people on asserting their rights to speech and protest, warns about risks, and provides additional resources. Scroll down for the option to download the comic as a pdf.

This New York Times article was originally published in September 2007 as a two-part series in The New York Times Upfront , a news magazine for teens published by Scholastic in partnership with The New York Times. 

Facts and case summary for this 2007 case which ruled school authorities do not violate the First Amendment when they stop students from expressing views that may be interpreted as promoting illegal drug use.