civics class
Citizenship education session
A civics class is a course teaching the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, typically covering how government works, voting, and civic participation.
Standard in American secondary education: We learned about the three branches of government in civics class.
The term often appears in calls for better civic education: They should bring back civics class.
- governmentAuthority over a state
- democracyRule by the people
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- checks and balancesConstitutional power-limiting framework
- votingFormally registering a choice
voter registration · citizenship · elections · Congress · rights · laws · patriotism · textbook · amendments · pledge · legislature · debate · branches · president · homework · school house · Senate · Supreme Court
- social studiessocial studies, maps, economics, community, sociology
- youth civicsyouth activism, youth vote, student activism, student voting, youth empowerment
- School Policyschool reform, school board, school funding, school district, education ministry
civics classvocational training
Job-skill education
shop class · home economics · physical education · art class · driver's ed
civics classpolitical apathy
Indifference to governance
street smarts · learning by doing · political activism · grassroots organizing
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