Amanda Smithfield
Special guest
Amanda Smithfield is the school librarian at Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet School, where she sponsors the high school Democrats and Republicans. She is a 2016 Library Journal Mover and Shaker. She started ProjectCiv, a monthly discussion about politics, to provide a space for students to come together, read different opinions, and share their own thoughts. Amanda frequently speaks to other librarians about the importance of integrating civics and character education into our school library spaces.
Amanda Smithfield has been a guest on 1 episode.
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ProjectCiv: Promoting Civil Political Discourse In High School with Librarian Amanda Smithfield
February 7th, 2020 | 49 mins 13 secs
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How do you engage teens in civil political discourse? One librarian in Nashville created a program called ProjectCiv, which seeks to promote monthly discussions between high school Republicans and Democrats. Amanda Williams Smithfield joins me on the podcast to discuss her work.
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