Skills of Effective Citizens

Skills of Effective Citizens

1. Economic

   • Make a household budget
     • Hire a distribution company to move your products to another state
       • Decide how many goods to produce this quarter
         • Make a deal with a Chinese company to trade smart watches
           • Design and sell auto parts

2. History

   • Analyze past battles
     • Organize causes of events from BC
       • Understand different religious beliefs and how they impact life
         • Live among and study the various Bantu tribes
           • Go to a political rally
             • List effects of an invasion
               • Write travel guide to Indonesia
                 • Analyze the major events of the MIng Dynasty
                   • Learn the favorite foods of the jungle Pygmies
                     • Use data to predict population density for your city in 20 years

3. Civics

   • Gather evidence to choose a position about an issue
     • Participate in a formal debate with factual evidence
       • Write or sign a petition
         • Represent a defendant a criminal criminal trials
           • Be a police officer
             • Teach about Ancient Egyptians
               • Make a timeline of Indus River Civilizations
                 • Know the Bill of Rights
                   • Work in a diamond mine in Sierra Leone

4. Geography

   • Use a map scale to figure out how far away cities are
     • Work on protecting wildlife
       • Support clean-water products
         • Captain a ship across the Atlantic
           • Radio-carbon date the age of dinosaur bones