Lesson Purpose
In this lesson, you will learn about one of the most important rights of citizenship. This is the right to participate in governing our nation. The different ways you might participate in your government and in voluntary organizations outside of government will be discussed. The lesson also suggests things to consider when deciding whether you should participate.
Lesson Objectives
When you finish the lesson, you should be able to support your views on whether, and to what extent, a citizen should participate in government and in voluntary organizations.
Lesson Terms
civic life
The public life of citizens; that which is concerned with a citizen's own interests and the common affairs and interests of his or her community and nation.
civic participation
constitutional principle
monitor
political action
social action
