In Kids Guide to Social Action, award-winning teacher Barbara Lewis writes about her kids and other kids across the country who have accomplished everything from saving a courthouse to feeding the homeless. Ms. Lewis, who is recognized for excellence in teaching and writing, has inspired students to take social action in solving problems from hazardous waste cleanup to pushing through state and national laws. Her book tells all kids how they can play an important part in designing a better future.

The book includes step-by-step guides to interviewing, speechmaking, media coverage, gaining representaion on local boards and councils, initiating or changing laws, proposing Constitutional amendments, sample forms, letters and petitions, an extensive resource guide on how to get extra help from U.S. and state government offices, and much more.

She and her students have been featured in Newsweek, USA Today, Congressional Record and dozens more magazines and newspapers. Her students live in the poorest neighborhood of Salt Lake City, yet, their efforts have produced outstanding results.

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