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STATE SEMINARS PUBLICATIONS FAMILY DATA FAMILY IMPACT TEACHING FAMILY POLICY SKILL BUILDING POLICY LINKS   Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars UW-Madison/Extension Nancy Nicholas Hall 1300 Linden Drive Madison WI 53706 Phone: 608-263-2353 Fax: 608-265-6048	Teaching Family Policy - Activities & Assignments Family policy instructors from across the country have shared some of their favorite classroom activities, assignments, and approaches. These innovative ideas are organized in the categories of current events, policymakers and the policymaking process, public meetings/hearings, family impact analysis, values underlying family policy, and paper/project/activity. Current Events Current Events - Elaine Anderson Analysis of a Current Policy Issue - Karen Bogenschneider News Reviews - Denise Skinner News Analysis: Policy Values - Shirley Zimmerman News Analysis: Problems Experienced by Families in Relation to Society - Shirley Zimmerman Application of Frameworks to Family Problems - Shirley Zimmerman Policymakers and the Policymaking Process Presidential Debates - Elaine Anderson Identifying the Trade-offs Policymakers Face - Karen Bogenschneider Letter to the Editor or Goverment Official - Karen Bogenschneider Theory of Paradox - Mark Lederer Letter to Policymaker - Denise Skinner Elections, Candidates, & Family Values - Steven Wisensale Intergenerational Relations and Family Policy - Steven Wisensale Studying a Presidential Election - Steven Wisensale Local Policy Development: Welfare Reform Simulation Project Public Meeting/Hearings Report of Policy Meetings - Karen Bogenschneider Legislative Hearing and Summary - Shirley Zimmerman Family Impact Analysis Family Impact Analysis - Elaine Anderson Analysis of a Controversial Family Policy - Karen Bogenschneider Case Study of Family Impact Analysis - Karen Bogenschneider Family Impact Analysis - Karen Bogenschneider How Demographic Changes in Families Affect One's Political Views - Karen Bogenschneider Family Impact Analysis - Denise Skinner Values Underlying Family Policy Constructing a Family Policy Map based on Walljasper's American Political Landscape - Karen Bogenschneider Individualism and Familism in American Culture - Karen Bogenschneider The Role of Facts, Myths, and Values in Public Policy - Barry Flinchbaugh Culture Clash - Steve Wisensale Legislators & Family Values - Steve Wisensale Paper/Project/Activity Final Paper - Elaine Anderson Paper Presentation - Elaine Anderson Reading Analysis - Elaine Anderson How Much Have Families Changed in Your Lifetime? - Karen Bogenschneider Literary Circles - Deborah Gentry Grandparent Visitation Rights Debate - Tammy Henderson Chapter/Article Analysis - Denise Skinner Research Paper and Presentation - Denise Skinner Fact Finding Trip - Steve Wisensale Understanding Disparate Impact - Nancy Wicklund Gonzalez Major Project in a Planning Course - Steve Wisensale
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