Skills of an Effective Citizen

Skills of an Effective Citizen

1. Economics

   • Making a household budget
     • Designing and selling auto parts
       • Making a deal with a Chinese company to trade with
         • Hire a distribution company to move your products to another state
           • Decide how many goods to produce this quarter
       • Work in a diamond mine in Sierra Leone

2. Geography

   • Using a map scale to figure out how far away cities are
     • Living among and studying the various Bantu tribes
     • Working on protecting wildlife
       • Supporting clean-water projects
         • Captain a ship across the Atlantic
         • Learn the favorite foods of jungle Pygmies
   • Writing a travel guide to Indonesia
   • Understand religious beliefs and how they impact people

3. History

   • Analyzing past battles
     • Teach about Ancient Egyptians
       • Organizing causes of events from BC
     • Making a timeline of Indus River Civilizations
     • List the effects of an invasion
   • Analyze the major events of the Ming Dynasty
     • Radio-carbon date the age of dinosaur bones

4. Civics

   • Identifying different types of government
     • Contacting your representative to solve a problem
       • Knowing the Bill of Rights
         • Going to a political rally
           • Participating in a formal debate with factual evidence
     • Writing or signing a petition
       • Running for city council
   • Be a police officer
     • Gather evidence to choose a position about an issue
       • Represent the USA as an ambassador in Kenya
       • Use data to predict population density for your city in 20 years
   • Represent a defendant at a criminal trial

5. Eva McCord 6th Hour