Upper Darby High School
Staff Development-Social Studies Department
8/29/02

What are the actions one must take to be an effective citizenship?

• Participation
• Vote
• Educate yourself
• Volunteer
• Form opinions, keep and open mind
• Be skeptical and challenge
• Pay taxes
• Know your representative
• Read a newspaper
• Join a group
• Discuss issues
• Support schools (public)
• Turn off the TV at dinner
• Mentor
• Study the law
• Know your rights
• Respect others
• Tolerance
• Write a letter
• Propose needed change
• Speak up/ask questions
• Join a union
• Military service
• Good parenting
• Get a job

What are the skills one needs to be an effective citizen?

• Apply knowledge of issues and the Constitution
• Analysis
• Reading and writing
• Communications skills
• Listening skills
• Persuasion
• Compare and contrast
• Motivation to participate
• Leadership
• Compromise
• Negotiation
• Prioritize
• Grasp of cause and effect
• Lobbying
• Know how to promote
• Organization
• Sense of time/timing
• Participate
• Diplomacy
• Knowledge/understanding of community

What are the attitudes one needs to be an effective citizen?

• Respect for laws
• Ownership
• Optimistic, willing to work
• Responsible/accountable
• Questioning/challengeDesire to participate
• Open-minded
• Empath
• Unselfish
• Accepting
• Love to learn/curious
• Look at the opposing views
• Think about the future, not just today
• Respect self-your ideas are important
• Efficacy
• Conviction

What knowledge does one need to be effective citizens?

• Know the Constitution
• Voting date
• Laws
• Rights
• Responsibility
• Knowledge
• Issues
• Candidates/past records
• Sense of ownership
• Who is who
• How government works
• How to get involved
• Multiple perspectives
• Know your community