Civics

Main designer: Ian Athfield (Figure 3) Wellington Civic Square was designed in based on a brief of a new development of civic centre. It involved three Wellington architectural firms to work on a concept plan. Ian Athfield was the dominant force during the development stage. He later on became directly involved in the Civic Square design (Niven 32-33). Sir Ian Athfield was an architect born in Christchurch, 15th July 1940 and passed away on 16th January 2015 at the age of 75. When Athfield was a…

Last year, the state of Arizona was the first state in our country to pass the popularized Civics bill, a law changing the high school curriculum by requiring all high school students to take and pass a United States civics test to graduate. The states of Colorado, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and 5 others following Arizona, passed analogous laws. The exam is similar to the Naturalization test that immigrants are required to take when applying for citizenship. It consists of questions like: What is…

2. Civic Engagement refers to the active participation in “individual and collective activities associated with civic life, such as voting, being a political activist, joining community groups, and volunteering. While old aged people are viewed as if their “time” in society is over, many advocates of civic engagement believe that old adults such as baby boomers who have acquired a vast amount of knowledge are very useful to society. I slightly disagree with part of the meaning of civic…

Civic engagement allows the community to have new opportunities to flourish if done correctly. As long as the task is wanted and will not cause more harm, then volunteers should go ahead with it. When students are participating in a civic engagement program, they do not always have the necessary skills or knowledge to best meet the community’s needs. For example, Danielle Papi gives an example of her civic engagement opportunity to build a school in rural…

outcome of honest civic behaviour is usually observable, the drivers thereof have not been fully investigated, despite being studied in great variety (e.g. Darley & Batson 1973, Fischbacher & Föllmi-Heusi 2013). Civic honesty is certainly determined by legal institutions such as the rules of law or property…

This Civics and Citizenship course has helped me realize that I am not very informed about civics and about the role the government has in our country. However, this has helped me understand that it is important to take part in civic actions because it is a privilege to be able to speak out about my beliefs and opinions in what I want to change within a community. Through this final culminating activity, I was able to input some of my views on the government and our economy. The important factor…

Ethics 19 September 2014 Relationships, Relationships, Relationships Civic relationships are such an important aspect of life and each person interprets these relationships differently. In Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, he explains the importance of civic relationships and how all of the relationships are closely integrated with each other. Happiness, the virtues, deliberation, justice and friendship are the significant civic relationships that Aristotle mentions in his novel. The Greek…

It seems as whenever there is a discussion, debate, or civic civil discourse in a room full of people, the room temperature is higher than normal. It is not any coincidence. The temperature rises because of disagreements between bantering groups of people. These days, it seems as if almost every debate or conversation getsgrows heated due to the inability or unwillingness of participants to work together, leading to arrogant guffawing and judging making the environment impotent in disagreements…

Civic education or Moral and National Education is an important element of whole-person education. In fact, the implementation of civic education or Moral and National Education is very common nowadays around the world. In certain extent, the countries can maintain the national identity and social stability through education. Moreover, it is unavoidable to have political integration between mainland China and Hong Kong because Hong Kong is a part of China and it inevitably engenders during the…

Lesson 8: PACING LEARNING TASK MATERIALS AND SOURCES 40 minutes Research 22. Civic Footprint Worksheet SUPPORTING QUESTION CQ: Can maps be storytellers? OBJECTIVE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Students will be able to identify different roles that individuals, groups and government play in the community in order to draft a letter to a community official about a social issue. This summarization strategy enables students to take a large selection of text and reduce it to the main points for more…