Effective Citizens

Effective Citizens

1. Economics

   • Make a household budget
     • Decide how many goods to produce this quarter
     • Work in a diamond mine in Sierra Leone
       • Make a deal with a Chinese company to trade smart watches
     • Design and sell auto parts
   • Support clean-water projects
   • Hire a distribution company to move your products to another state

2. History

   • Analyze past battles
     • Analyze the major events of the Ming Dynasty
   • Organize causes of events from BC
     • Make a timeline of Indus River Civilizations
   • Identify different types of goverments
   • Teach about the ancient egyptians
   • Understand different religious beliefs and how they impact life
   • Radio-carbon the date the age of dinosaur bones

3. Goverment

   • Gather evidence to choose a position about an issue
   • Participate in a formal debate with factual evidence
   • Represent the USA as an ambassador in Kenya
     • Contact your representative to solve a problem
       • Go to a political rally
       • Be a police officer
       • List effects of an invasion
     • Write or sign a petition
     • Run for city council
     • Represent a defendant at criminal trials
       • Know the bill of rights

4. Geography

   • Use a map scale to figure out how far away cities are
     • Captain a ship across the atlantic
     • Learn the favorite food of the jungle pygmies
   • Use data to predict population density for your city in 20 years
     • Live among and study the bantu tribes.
   • Work on protecting wildlife
     • Write travel guide to Indonesia