5.+Types+of+Citizens


 * **Types of Citizens:**
 * = ||= ** Personally Responsible Citizen ** ||< ** Participatory Citizen ** ||< ** Justice-Oriented Citizen ** ||
 * = ** Description ** ||= acts responsibly in his/her community

works and pays taxes

recycles, gives blood

voluteers ||< active member of commmunity organizations and/or improvement efforts

organizes community efforts to help those in need, promote economic development, or clean up the environment

knows how goverment agencies work

knows strategies for accomplishing tasks ||< critically assesses social, political, and economic structures to see beyond surface causes

seeks out and addresses injustice

knows about social movements ||
 * = ** Example of Action ** ||= contributes food to a food drive ||< helps to organize a food drive ||< explores why people are hungry and works to solve these problems ||
 * = ===== ** C ** ** ore Assumptions **===== ||= To solve social problems and improve society, citizens must have good character; they must be honest, responsible, and law-abiding members of the community ||< To solve social problems and improve society, citizens must actively participate and take leadership positions within established community organizations. ||< To solve social problems and improve society, citizens must question and change established systems when they have a pattern of injustice. ||