Citizen Actions
( by category and grade level)

 

Keeping a democracy strong requires the assistance of each of its citizens. Some Americans, like elected officials, judges, teachers, and law enforcement and military personnel have jobs that by their nature are directly related to keeping the country strong. But most of us have occupations not directly related to keeping the country strong. So for us, we need to do non job-related things to play our part in keeping the country strong and thus free.

We've identified specific things each of us can do on a day-to-day, week-to-week basis which when done by all of us when the opportunities arise and over our lifetime, will keep this democracy alive.

These citizen actions are different for young Americans then for adults. Thus, we've identified citizen actions for various grade levels as well as for adults.

For Adults By Category:

Actions that:

  1. remind us of our Heritage,
  2. involve us in the Democratic Process,
  3. support Special Groups with a responsibility for  keeping the country strong,
  4. help us understand our Government,
  5. promote a sense of Community, and

For Younger Americans By Grade Level: