This article investigates the civic writing practices of more than 11,000 stu-dents writing letters to the next president in the lead up to the 2016 U.S. elec-tion. We analyze how letter topics are associated with socioeconomic factorsand reveal that 43 topics—including ones prevalent among students such asimmigration, guns, and school costs—were significantly associated withsocioeconomic and racial majority indicators. Furthermore, we conducteda qualitative analysis of the kinds of arguments and evidence developedin letters from five schools serving predominantly lower income studentsand/or students of color in different regions of the country. Student argu-ments and types of evidence used were site dependent, suggesting the impor-tance of teacher instruction. This analysis expands previous conceptions ofyouth civic learning
This abstract is a great place to find topics that you may be interested in as you look for your 3 letters from the main website. Think about what topics were of interest to students. Also, how did this assignment give students, "choice and voice"? How does this type of assignment contrast to a typical assignment the could've been given on this topic but without student voice? Take note and find correlations that may be relevant and/or helpful to you as you write your final paper for this week.