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  2. Good citizenship - Wikipedia

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    Some students define good citizenship in terms of standing up for what one believes in. Joel Westheimer identifies the personally responsible citizen (who acts responsibly in his community, e.g. by donating blood), the participatory citizen (who is an active member of community organizations and/or improvement efforts) and the justice-oriented ...

  3. Civic virtue - Wikipedia

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    The first category, citizens, were to possess full civic rights and responsibilities. Citizenship would be conferred only on those males of pure racial stock who had completed military service, and could be revoked at any time by the state. Only women who worked independently or who married a citizen could obtain citizenship for themselves.

  4. Civics - Wikipedia

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    Civic education includes the study of civil law, the civil codes, and government with especial attention to the political role of the citizens in the operation and oversight of government. [ 3 ] Moreover, in the history of Ancient Rome , the term civics also refers to the Civic Crown , to the Corona civica , which was a garland of oak leaves ...

  5. What is birthright citizenship and the 14th amendment ... - AOL

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    His executive order would push federal agencies to "require that at least one parent be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident for their future children to become automatic U.S. citizens ...

  6. Civic education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    All 50 states have social studies standards which include civics and government. 39 states require at least one course in government/civics. [note 1] 21 states require a state-mandated social studies test which is a decrease from 2001 (34 states). 8 states require students to take a state-mandated government/civics test.

  7. Can you pass the citizenship test? Your kids have to - AOL

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    Oct. 18—New Hampshire has had a law on the books for many years requiring civics education in public schools. High school students here are required to pass the U.S. citizenship exam as a ...

  8. Citizenship - Wikipedia

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    Citizenship is a membership and allegiance to a sovereign state. [1] [a]Though citizenship is often conflated with nationality in today's English-speaking world, [3] [4] [5] international law does not usually use the term citizenship to refer to nationality; [6] [7] these two notions are conceptually different dimensions of collective membership.

  9. Citizenship education (subject) - Wikipedia

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    Citizenship Education was introduced as a statutory subject in the English National Curriculum in 2001 following the recommendation of the Crick Report in 1998. This report, which had been commissioned by the New Labour government following its election victory in 1997, called for "no less than a change in the political culture of this country both nationally and locally: for people to think ...