Sponsored by the Urban Dreams Project and the San Francisco Foundation, the Local Context is a collaborative project between the Institute of Governmental Studies and the UC Berkeley Interactive University that works with Oakland Unified School District high school teachers to facilitate the incorporation of social science technologies into civics and local government curriculum with the goals of fostering both technological expertise and civic participation in Oakland's youth.

For more information please email Luci Ibarra at luci@cain.berkeley.edu or Nicole Boyle at nicole@cain.berkeley.edu.

STATEWIDE DATABASE
swdb.berkeley.edu

The Local Context Project works in the Oakland Unified School District high schools to develop and deliver 11th and 12th grade level supplemental government civics curriculum. The curriculum is focused on current, local affairs with the hope of enhancing civic participation in Oakland's youth.
The curriculum this past year focused on Redistricting, the decennial redrawing of political boundaries after the U.S. Census to reflect population shifts. The curriculum explores how communities can learn about and participate in the City of Oakland's and the County of Alameda's governmental process.

This site is a project of the University of California, Berkeley's Interactive University and Institute of Governmental Studies, for the Urban Dreams Project, a 1999 Technology Innovation Challenge Grant funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education, awarded to the Oakland Unified School District, Oakland, California and the San Francisco Foundation.

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