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    What is social studies? * Social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. Social studies provides coordinated‚ systematic study drawn upon such disciplines as anthropology‚ archaeology‚ economics‚ geography‚ history‚ law‚ philosophy‚ political science‚ psychology‚ religion and sociology as well as a appropriate content from the humanities and natural sciences. The goals of social studies 1. Fostering attitudes and identifying values

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    the youth in nation building‚ the state shall promote their civic-consciousness and develop their physical‚ moral‚ spiritual‚ intellectual and social well-being. It shall inculcate in the youth patriotism and advance their involvement in public and civic affairs. • What should the state do to pursue the afore cited goals? The youth shall be motivated‚ trained‚ organized and mobilized in military training‚ literacy‚ civic welfare and other similar endeavors in the service of the nation

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    Who Rule” 1.  Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía) "rule of the people" 2. Definition: a) A political system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair elections. b) The active participation of the people‚ as citizens‚ in politics and civic life. c) Protection of the human rights of all citizens. d) A rule of law‚ in which the laws and procedures apply equally to all citizens. 3. The role of the people in democracy: The key role of citizens in a democracy is to participate in public life

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    The Umbrella Movement‚ also known as Umbrella Revolution‚ began in September 2014. After China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress‚ also known as NPCSC‚ announced its decision on the proposed electoral reform of Hong Kong. NPCSC made it clear that civil nomination is disallowed. The two student activist groups‚ Hong Kong Federation of Students and Scholarism‚ began protesting outside the government headquarters on 22 September 2014 against the NPCSC’s decision. In the evening

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    different branches of social science such as anthropology‚ geography‚ history‚ civics‚ economics‚ political science‚ culture and sociology. Social studies is described as the study of a variety of fields that deal with human behavior and interactions of the past and the present. What is Social Studies? According to the NCSS‚ Social Studies is the integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence." Within the school program‚ social studies provides coordinated

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    of the ritual are still continued by becoming a civic duty to its participants. Conversely‚ Franz Kafka’s short story “The Hunger Artist” expresses the opposite of rituals becoming an individual’s civic duty as shown in Jackson’s story. He illustrates how the meaning of rituals dies when that ritual becomes a commercial spectacle to its audience. One story illustrates how a ritual loses its value once its participants view the ritual as their civic duty‚ whereas the other short story shows a ritual

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    For my Collaborate LLC‚ the theme is civic engagement which is defined as actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern. In both my Sociology course and Shakespeare course we examined multiple issues that should be of public concern. In my Shakespeare course‚ we read multiple Shakespeare plays which depicted a variety of injustices and inequalities people were faced with hundreds of years ago‚ and we would continue to discuss how those same injustices and inequalities could be

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    and informed choice. *An opposite view: Elections are just symbolic in character. They are a secular ritual of democracy‚ and voting makes citizens consider themselves participants in the nation’s governance. Voters feel they have fulfilled their civic duty by voting. Voters do not necessarily make intelligent‚ informed decisions. Elections are effective instruments of popular control. They don’t necessarily affect the course of government policies. *In terms of policy consequences or leadership

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    global issues An Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State • April 2001 Volume 6‚ Number 1 “America’s hometown papers‚ whether large or small‚ chronicle the daily life of our nation‚ of our people .... Put it all together‚ and community newspapers do not just tell the story of American freedom‚ (they) are that story.” Colin Powell‚ U.S. Secretary of State Speech to the American Newspaper Association‚ March 25‚ 2001 2 From the Editors The United States’ constitutional

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    historically generated. The instrumental aspect sees identity as being based on self-interests and the civic perspective understands identity based on a commitment to the shared values of the Union as expressed in its constituent documents and a sense of belonging. Finally‚ Bruter (2008) identifies another aspect of identity‚ that being of a “spontaneous self-assessment” relating to both the civic and the cultural aspect of identity in the sense of feeling European and identifying with the EU. Below

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