CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION:

THE 6 DIMENSIONS
1. DELIBERATION:
DISCUSSION AND DECISION MAKING

*Discuss rules such as:

-Listen as we talk
-Encourage others to participate
-Criticize ideas not people *Teach decision
-Support opinions with reasons making
-Weigh alternatives *Discuss current social
events
*Discuss classroom rules to have students think
about fairness, responsibility, and equality

2. VOTING AND ELECTIONS

*Discuss voting rights and

qualifications
*Have students read about
elections
*Connect deliberation to voting
*Create a polling place
*Hold mock press
*Participate in real mock elections
conferences
such as student council, classroom
*Have speech
representatives, and rules for the competetions
class. *Deliberate
*Post bulltein boards
*View elections websites

3. SERVICE LEARNING AND

COMMUNITY ACTION

*Teaching the vaule of serving others.

*Examples of community service:

-Establishing a good neighbor or good
news club
-Peer tutoring for citizenship
-Adopt part of a school
-Writing civic letters
-Writing public information campaigns
-Saving a beach, lake, or creek
4. CITIZENSHIP KNOWLEDGE

*Teach the core citizenship ideas:

-Democratic Government
-Common Good
-Actions that Influence Public Policy
-Rights and Responsibilities of
Citizens

5. CITIZENSHIP VAULES

*Basic Democratic values:

-Individual rights to life, liberty, and

the pursuit of happiness
-Public common good
-Justice, equality of opportunity,
diversity, and responsbility

6. CITIZENSHIP DISPOSITIONS AND VAULES

*The attitudes, character traits, and virtues relating to
vaules.

Examples:
-Responsibility and civility
-Courage
-Fariness (Justice)
-Being Patriotic
-Being Lawful
-Respecting the rights of others
-Honesty

Created by: Alexis Panepinto