Some examples of citizenship education from my K-12 schooling were: Terry Fox run, magazine sales, volunteering at the nursing home, volunteering, SRC, SLC, etc.
During my elementary and high school years, the citizenship most focused on was Personally-responsible citizen. Since Elementary School teachers have focused on teaching us the basics our responsibility to society as well as the basics we need to live this world (math, English and science). In later years of High School, we focused a bit more on Participatory Citizen- where we had more public involvement such as volunteering, SRC, etc.
I think these two types of citizenship really shape us into who were are suppose to be. Teachers will teach us the basics and then get us to figure out things for ourselves, starting in Elementary School. I believe that when we have a good grasp on the first two types of citizenship, then we can lean towards the Justice- Oriented citizen. Only when we fully understand, what is happening and what needs to change, then we can be the change.
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