How do you currently display the characteristics of being a good citizen?.Do any of the characteristics apply only to adults? Only to children?.What might happen to our community if people did not display these characteristics?.What kind of community does it create when people have these characteristics?.Why are these characteristics important?.Who is Marilyn Cover? What is her influence on citizen education in Oregon (and Croatia!)? promoted, inspired, improved, or led an innovation or accomplishment in the field of civics educationįrom What are the characteristics of a good citizen?,.What is The National Center for State Courts?.How do education and the law combine to make civic meaningful?.Why is civic education especially significant in 2018?.What is a meaningful way to grow citizens? Is there something important that a test misses in promoting good citizenship?.She has forged local, regional, national, and international partnerships, fostering the collaboration needed to make CLP the premier organization of its kind.” “”Marilyn has been tireless in her pursuit of strengthening community and democracy. Marilyn Cover Announces Her Retirement from Classroom Law Project, Classroom Law Project “The award honors an organization, court, program, or individual who has promoted, inspired, improved, or led an innovation or accomplishment in the field of civics education related to the justice system.” Oregon educator named Sandra Day O’Connor Award recipient by the National Center for State Courts, Lorri Montgomery, National Center for State Courts, May 8, 2018 An individual may exhibit civic virtue by voting, volunteering, organizing a book group, or attending a PTA meeting. And it’s unfortunate.”Ĭivic virtue is morality or a standard of righteous behavior in relationship to a citizen’s involvement in society. In recent years, the schools have stopped teaching it. “I had become increasingly concerned in recent years about the lack of civics education in our nation’s schools. Find more with this week’s Current Event!īrought to teachers by Susie Marcus, CLP consultant, with CLP staff. Teaching the importance of civic virtue has been Marilyn Cover’s passion for almost 40 years.

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