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Civic Responsibility

Civic Responsibility . Citizen participation in a democratic society. Preamble to the US Constitution.

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Civic Responsibility

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  1. Civic Responsibility Citizen participation in a democratic society

  2. Preamble to the US Constitution We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

  3. Civic Participation

  4. National Voter Turnout in US Federal Elections: 1960–2008 http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781453.html

  5. Congress Approval Rating http://www.gallup.com/poll/107242/congress-approval-rating-ties-lowest-gallup-records.aspx

  6. US population who volunteered http://www.bls.gov/news.release/volun.nr0.htm

  7. Civic Engagement1970s – 1990s Putnam, Robert D. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Renewal of American Community. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. Print.

  8. The Center for Information & Research onCivic Learning & Engagement http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/youthdemo_2006.pdf

  9. The Center for Information & Research onCivic Learning & Engagement http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/FactSheets/FS07_College_Volunteering.pdf

  10. The Center for Information & Research onCivic Learning & Engagement http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/FactSheets/FS07_College_Volunteering.pdf

  11. The Center for Information & Research onCivic Learning & Engagement http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/FactSheets/FS_Characteristics_Group_Membership.pdf

  12. The Center for Information & Research onCivic Learning & Engagement http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/FactSheets/FS_06_Sports_and_Civic_Engagement.pdf

  13. Most Pressing Problems

  14. GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media/Stanford Environment Poll (2009) http://www.ap-gfkpoll.com/pdf/AP-Stanford_University_Environment_Poll_Topline.pdf

  15. The Economy

  16. Source: Changes in U.S. Family Finances from 2004 to 2007: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer FinancesBrian K. Bucks, Arthur B. Kennickell, Traci L. Mach and Kevin B. MooreFederal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 95 (February 2009), pp. A1-A55.

  17. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://data.bls.gov/

  18. Health Care

  19. http://www.kff.org/insurance/snapshot/chcm010307oth.cfm

  20. http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/36/46796773.pdf

  21. http://www.ap-gfkpoll.com/pdf/AP-GfK%20Poll%20011411.pdf

  22. http://www.ap-gfkpoll.com/pdf/AP-GfK%20Poll%20011411.pdf

  23. The Environment

  24. GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media/Stanford Environment Poll (2009) http://www.ap-gfkpoll.com/pdf/AP-Stanford_University_Environment_Poll_Topline.pdf

  25. So What? • What are the most pressing concerns facing our society? • What is your responsibility in addressing these concerns? • How can games help us address these concerns?

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