Portage-Cragin teens pose with artwork created during the library’s Engage! program

Engage! Themes

The images and related resources for Engage! have been organized into four thematic groupings:

• American Dreams
• Community
• Growing Up
• Participation
• Signs and Symbols

These suggested themes are meant to take a participant through a five part program series that starts with an examination if universal experiences of growing up and community, moving outward into aspirations and interpretation of imagery and symbols in art and everyday life, and then ending by looking at various ways teens may want to impact their communities through participation.