Community+Service+Learning

What is a citizen? A citizen is a person who lives in a city or town that contributes to society and his/her community.

The community I most Relate to is the sports teams I'm on, because we do things together to accomplish something, even if we don't always share the same opinion

1.)When you think about your community how does it make you feel? What about the resources? What about the problems? 2.)How can some of the problemsbe addressed with the resources? 3.)What makes something a community? 4.)Did we see similar problems/resources in different communities?

1.Proud, 2. 3. 4.



A **__direct democracy__** is when all the people in the country have an equal say in what happens. Not many things get passed because people can't make up thier minds. __**Weakness-**__Not every one agrees with law and representatives may not vote in your favor
 * __Strengths-__**No one's voice is left out
 * Weakness-**Lots of dissagreement and takes forever to make a decision
 * __Representative democracy-__**people who vote for other people to make laws for them
 * __Strength-__**Many different opinions heard


 * __Single-Party State-__** government that has a dictator leading and the people can't vote and they have no voice
 * __Strength-__**Have a fear of repromanded so theres less criminal activity
 * __Weakness-__**People don't make any decisions

__**Theocracy-**__ form of government where God is represented as the leader __**Strength-**__ Don't have to make the decisions themselves __**Weakness**__-More like religion than government

We think that a representative democracy is the best because everybody has a say but it's not chaotic.

I could call the police the next time I'm walking around and see a crime happening.


 * __Public Education__**-start a group of people (mostly upper classmen) who help other kids get ready for the MCAS so that the school looks better


 * 1) change the school salads
 * 2) bullying
 * 3) recycling
 * 4) racism
 * 5) ID theft
 * 6) School Budget
 * 7) Dropouts
 * 8) bad grades
 * 9) teen pregnancy
 * 10) drugs
 * 11) vandalism
 * 12) keeping school clean
 * 13) revenue
 * 14) joining groups/sports
 * 15) stealing
 * 16) homework

we could leave a box where people can leave anonymous tips about people they see stealing Others:
 * 1) influence people to take pride in what they have
 * 2) hallway patrols
 * 3) build more trust
 * 4) set examples to stop the act of theft
 * 5) make sure everyone has a lock on their locker
 * 6) valuables have a safe place
 * 7) ensure safety