CHAPTER 3 - THE UNION EXECUTIVE – SHORT ANSWERS 1. Who is the Head of State in the Union of India? President 2. Mention the qualifications necessary for election as President of India. Should be an Indian citizen‚ Age should be 35 or more‚ Sane of mind‚ Not hold an office of profit in the state or central government‚ Should not be insolvent or bankrupt‚ Not be a pronounced criminal‚ Name should appear in the electoral rolls‚ Not be a member of either House of the Parliament or the State
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John E Kennedy once said‚ "ask not what your country can do for you‚ but what you can do for your country". These are wise words to live by‚ since every person has a civic duty that they owe to their country. All Americans owe so much to their society including; obeying the law‚ paying taxes‚ and making an effort to get a job. The government puts laws in place to ensure that the society will run smoothly‚ and everyone owes it to the country to obey these mks. Laws are created only to‚ again‚ further
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What civic roles and responsibilities are contemporary museums asked to undertake and what are the future possibilities? Museums and libraries roles in communities have evolved from institutions of scholarly research and focus to centers of cultural enrichment and social engagement. Museums many times are the front doors to communities that serve as centers for public interaction and collective participation in an overall collaborative educational experience. Safe havens for cultural and civic expression
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United States of America‚ whom ambitions were to stop ethnic discrimination and bigotry opposing blacks and to protect constitutional identification and national conservation of the freedom privileges recited in the legislation and civil ruling. The civic privileges action was an attempt by blacks in the mid-1950s to late 1960s to accomplish civilian privileges balanced to those of whites‚ containing equivalent chance in working for a living‚ sheltering‚ and discipline‚ as well as the legal right to
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Unpacking the ‘Education’ in Civic Education Abstract Unpacking the ‘Education’ in Civic Education In this paper‚ we explore civic education through an examination of two approaches to the introductory course in American government. Our goal is to identify how differences in pedagogical method affect student learning and attitude formation. We do this through a comparison of two equivalent groups of students; one group experiencing a standard text-lecture-test approach and the other
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Case Study: Civic Centre 3 Case Study Energy from the Sun and the Wind PROJECT SUMMARY This case study provides an overview of a project which installed solar photovoltaic panels‚ solar energy collectors and two 6kW wind turbines onto the roof of Civic Centre 3‚ a Council office building in Huddersfield town centre. Civic Centre 3 is in a busy area of Huddersfield town centre and is nearby a ring road‚ a shopping area and public buildings. Each week more than 1‚350 people visit the building‚ including
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The images are haunting‚ fathers and mothers grieving as they bury their sons and daughters because of gang violence. Mourning relatives at funerals and candlelight community vigils fill our television screens and newspaper front pages. Gang violence in America is once again on the rise. Nationwide gang homicides are up an alarming 50 percent since 1999. Serious violent criminals need to be arrested‚ convicted and locked up. But in order to curb gang violence we must find ways to intervene and offer
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Civic sense‚ or rather the lack of it‚ is a topic that has been widely discussed and argued in India. Somehow‚ most Indians do not care much for civic sense. And this attitude is prevalent across all sections of society. People today are so driven towards their personal goals that civic sense as an ethic has become a low priority‚ almost a nuisance. But this attitude could be harmful for India in the long run. Civic sense has dropped to an all-time low in recent years‚ as is rather obvious from
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Civics Homework Outline 1 I. Jamestown – The House of Burgesses A. The first permanent English settlement‚ Jamestown‚ was founded in 1607 near the Chesapeake Bay and James River. It was founded because the Virginia Company of London financed an expedition to the Chesapeake Bay. The colonists needed to find a place to settle‚ so they sailed up the James River and found a spot to settle. B. The colonists made a decision to grow tobacco. This changed Jamestown
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not so common. In the context of India‚ we can add one more sentence – civic sense is not so common here. Though we live in a civil society‚ education standards are lot better than the third world country and we are an emerging world power. Even then‚ when it comes to civic sense‚ we fare very poorly. Before moving to other aspects related to civic sense it is better to first understand this term. What is Civic Sense Civic sense is nothing but a common sense in general. It means that that our
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