Skills of Effective Citizens

Skills of Effective Citizens

1. civics

   • Be a Police Officer
   • Identify different types of government
   • Go to a political rally
   • Know the Bill of Rights
   • Represent a defendant at criminal trials
   • Gather evidence to choose a position about an issue
   • Participate in a formal debate with factual evidence
   • Contact your representative to solve a problem
   • Understand different religious beliefs and how they impact life
   • List effects of an invasion

2. Geography

   • Write a travel guide to Indonesia
   • Captain a ship across the altlantic
   • Learn the favorite foods of jungle pygmies
   • Work in a diamond mine in Sierra Leone
   • Make a timeline of the Indus River Civiliazations
   • Use a map scale to figure out how far away cities are

3. History

   • Teach about ancient Egyptians
   • Radio-Carbon date the age of dinosaur bones
   • Analyze the major events of the ming dynasty
   • Analyze past battles
   • Organize causes of events from BC
   • Live among and study the various Bantutribes

4. Economics

   • Write or sign a petition
   • make a household budget
   • run for city council
   • Use data to predict population density for your city in 20 years
   • Represent the USA as an ambassador of Kenya
   • Work on protecting wildlife
   • Support clean-water projecs
   • Hire a distribution company to move your products to another state
   • Decide how many goods to produce this quarter
   • Make a deal with the Chinese company to trade smart watches
   • Design and sell auto parts