can you recommend any resources for teens who are interested in progressive issues? I am working with teens and want to introduce them to basic issues...there is so much info out there, I'm helpless where to start!
Here are some more good resources for progressive teens...
websites
National Youth Advocacy Coalition
A good advocacy site for GBLT youth
DNC Young Americans
for those teen Democrats...
Teen Voices Online Magazine
a good place for teen girls to express their opinions on current issues (thanks, (R)adym!)
Youthnoise
another good online forum for teens to voice their opinions on
Unicef Voices of Youth
great website with lots of thought provoking articles and suggestions on how teens can help our world
Youth Activism Project
an information clearinghouse with resources and a good list of organizations that promote youth activism
New York Times Learning Network
includes lesson plans for teachers to discuss current events in the news
Taking it Global
a Canadian organization with a global perspective- this is a great website!
Databases
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
- this Gale Group database is available at many local libraries, and gives sound information on both sides of many current issues
Student Resource Center - Junior
-another Gale database that provides easy access to biographies, essays, critical analyses, and magazine and newspaper articles
AP Photo Archive
-Associated Press photos from the 1840s to the present. A great place to find political images and visuals of current events.
books
Hey Kidz! Buy This Book
A Radical Primer on Corporate and Governmental Propaganda and Artistic Activism for Short People
By Anne Elizabeth Moore, Illustrated by Megan Kelso
(thanks, Melissa!)
The Global Activist's Manual: Local Ways to Change the World
-by Mike Prokosch and Laura Raymond
GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Queer and Questioning Teens
- by Kelly Huegel
Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories
-by Ellen Levine
Here's a good source:
Informing Tomorrow's Revolution
Also, for GLBT fiction & nonfiction for adults including young adults, see
Stonewall Book Awards
Followup:
I think the first link came from the Library Underground listserv.
The second is from the American Library Association's website, which has tons of bibliographies available. See also their page on young adult books:
YALSA
Second Followup:
I subscribe to listservs like the Underground Librarian in order to keep up with items of interest like small-press & underground publishing for young adults, etc. I recommend that you subscribe as well, and also seek out other similar listservs. Here's a sampling:
Diversity-Related Library Listservs
Also, this one might be of interest to you:
YO-LIBA Discussion among youth services librarians. To subscribe, send the message "sub YO-LIB your name" to listserv@listserv.kent.edu
You can certainly find others via Google, just by including the word "listservs" or the phrase "discussion lists" in your search. Add other relevant terms as well, depending on the teens' interests and backgrounds.