What is justice? What is a “good” citizen?
This course is designed to build the skills and knowledge you will need to be active citizens agents of change throughout your life. Although not all of you can currently vote, you all are residents and citizens of our shared community. Each one of you has ideas and opinions about what you would like your lives and communities to look like. Our country has been and continues to be formed by residents (not always legal citizens) speaking out and acting up to ensure that their rights are respected and protected. Women have marched for the right to vote, to work, and to not be physically assaulted, Civil Rights struggles to end racial segregation were both non-violent and required protections through the 2nd Amendment. From groups of citizens in frontier experiences chartering towns, cities, and homesteads the United States is unique because of its aspirations for justice, equality, equity, and freedom.
A major focus of this class will be doing the work of democracy as active citizen agents of change. This semester we will construct a Master Plan for the Butte Falls Natural Resource Center. This project will require working with multiple stakeholders, collaborating for a shared vision, and when finished we will present our plan to the Butte Falls Charter Board and the Butte Falls School District for adoption. In constructing this plan we will evaluate multiple options for how to utilize the NRC space and choose a best option. Once completed and adopted this plan will serve as a road map which will be used by different school groups and the district to develop the grounds.
American’s often over-emphasize the historical importance of our country. Invoking a deity as having preordained our government and economic success. However, the United States is a unique experiment in government. We have often compared ourselves to totalitarian governments around the world, whether it is China today, the Soviet Union of the 20th Century, or the British and French Empires of the 18th & 19th Centuries. Our history has never been static and our country’s notion of itself is always evolving.
Your generation will face future tests to the U.S. Constitution, many of which today are unknown. This course will prompt you to think about justice and what is at stake. During this semester we will look at a few topics in depth and begin to craft solutions for some of the pressing challenges in our future. Specifically, we will look at our form of government and compare it to other governments around the world. We will also spend time learning about and discussing Supreme Court cases that have shaped what it means to be a U.S. Citizen and what rights we have under that Constitution. We will look at the mechanisms of our government and evaluate whether tools such as , elections, political parties, polling, public participation, etc. are adequate to deliver the ideals intended by the Declaration of Independence.
This course is designed to build the skills and knowledge you will need to be active citizens agents of change throughout your life. Although not all of you can currently vote, you all are residents and citizens of our shared community. Each one of you has ideas and opinions about what you would like your lives and communities to look like. Our country has been and continues to be formed by residents (not always legal citizens) speaking out and acting up to ensure that their rights are respected and protected. Women have marched for the right to vote, to work, and to not be physically assaulted, Civil Rights struggles to end racial segregation were both non-violent and required protections through the 2nd Amendment. From groups of citizens in frontier experiences chartering towns, cities, and homesteads the United States is unique because of its aspirations for justice, equality, equity, and freedom.
A major focus of this class will be doing the work of democracy as active citizen agents of change. This semester we will construct a Master Plan for the Butte Falls Natural Resource Center. This project will require working with multiple stakeholders, collaborating for a shared vision, and when finished we will present our plan to the Butte Falls Charter Board and the Butte Falls School District for adoption. In constructing this plan we will evaluate multiple options for how to utilize the NRC space and choose a best option. Once completed and adopted this plan will serve as a road map which will be used by different school groups and the district to develop the grounds.
American’s often over-emphasize the historical importance of our country. Invoking a deity as having preordained our government and economic success. However, the United States is a unique experiment in government. We have often compared ourselves to totalitarian governments around the world, whether it is China today, the Soviet Union of the 20th Century, or the British and French Empires of the 18th & 19th Centuries. Our history has never been static and our country’s notion of itself is always evolving.
Your generation will face future tests to the U.S. Constitution, many of which today are unknown. This course will prompt you to think about justice and what is at stake. During this semester we will look at a few topics in depth and begin to craft solutions for some of the pressing challenges in our future. Specifically, we will look at our form of government and compare it to other governments around the world. We will also spend time learning about and discussing Supreme Court cases that have shaped what it means to be a U.S. Citizen and what rights we have under that Constitution. We will look at the mechanisms of our government and evaluate whether tools such as , elections, political parties, polling, public participation, etc. are adequate to deliver the ideals intended by the Declaration of Independence.