ClassroomCorps
Participation, Partnership, emPowerment, Pride - in America

••• Part 3 - middle school (work in classroom, on field trips, and on community projects)

Review of Part 1 and Part 2

Details on American government

Break down the three branches

What are committees for?

How are laws made?

How do we make sure they're fair?

Follow a bill thru the process of becoming a law

Visits to City Hall, State Capitol or Wash, DC

Visits to police / fire academy

Visits to University campus / library /

Guest lecturers - a politician, a judge, a scientist

The role of the media

Ongoing discussion of current events

Debating

Mock court

Holding an election

What is capitalism?

Run a small business - a bake sale, a spaghetti dinner, a talent night

What are taxes for?

Kinds of licenses, permits

Social systems meant to protect citizens

Helping the less fortunate - a soup kitchen, a senior center, kids with special needs

Volunteering the future

Leading is giving forward

Projects - using video tape and photography, present stories of "local heroes" in the community