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Publication Date: 1976
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Citizenship Education and School-Community Collaboration. Kaleidoscope 16, Bicentennial Issue, Winter 1976.
Lydiard, Beverly W., Ed.; Kingsbury, Robert
This document contains 119 descriptions of K-12 educational programs in Massachusetts which commemorate the bicentennial. The programs illustrate ways in which teachers, parents, and other adult members of the community are cooperating with the students in carrying out the responsibility of good citizenship. Demonstrating how to learn more about the democratic process and becoming involved at the grass roots level, the programs represent a broader context of citizenship education, rather than a course in civics or problems of democracy. The school/community programs focus primarily on the local level and do not include federal and state mandated programs involving business and industry. Descriptions of the programs are categorized into nine major areas: American heritage, law and local government, value clarification and decision making, school/community service, preservation of the environment, relating school and community, enriching school programs, advising/planning/evaluating, and serving an area. Sample activities include writing and performing a play about the local community, recording history on slide tapes, and developing parent advisory councils. (Author/JR)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Class Activities, Community Involvement, Decision Making, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Humanities, Learning Activities, Local Government, Local History, Program Descriptions, Revolutionary War (United States), School Community Relationship, Social Sciences, Values
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Authoring Institution: Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Curriculum Services.
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