TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- PART II -- JIM CULLEN AND THE AMERICAN DREAM -- A JOURNEY FROM HOME -- ALEC ROSS AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT -- THERE IS TOO MUCH PASSIVITY IN OUR MODERN LIVES -- FELICITY ROSS AND TEACH FOR AMERICA -- THE WORLD AS YOUR CLASSROOM -- KRISTINA STEVICK AND CRY INNOCENT -- HISTORY AS ENSEMBLE-MADE THEATRE -- MIRIAM BADER AND THE TENEMENT MUSEUM -- PLACE-BASED EDUCATION AT THE TENEMENT MUSEUM -- MICHELLE LEBLANC AND THE OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE -- MAKING HISTORY PERSONAL -- JOAN SCHAFFNER AND ANIMAL LAW -- AMERICANS WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE UNDERDOGS -- ALLIE PHILLIPS AND KING STREET CATS -- AUSTRALIA MEETS AND EMBRACES AMERICAN ANIMAL PROTECTION -- STEPHEN CUNNIFF AND THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR HOMELESS VETERANS -- A WORKSHOP IN HOMELESSNESS -- TAHIR DUCKETT AND ORGANIZED LABOR -- GIVING LIFE TO THE WORDS IN TEXTBOOKS -- ALICE PEISCH, ALLI O'LEARY AND THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE -- THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING CONNECTED, OR WHY TOO MUCH TIME IN THE STATE HOUSE OFFICE MAY LEAD TO DEFEAT AT THE POLLS -- IT IS A PLEASURE TO GO TO WORK EACH DAY -- CASSANDRA ATHERTON, KAT ELLINGHAUS AND THE UNIVERSITY -- 'ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE' -- GETTING THERE -- JEN BARTON, JESSICA MCCRUM,VANESSA CONDEMI AND THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE -- FROM UWA TO CAMBRIDGE -- A STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE -- WE DID IT AS A GROUP -- CONTRIBUTORS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.