by Danny Mucinskas
Over the past months, The Good Project team has written a series of blog posts on our views of the meaning of “good citizenship.” All of the posts are available at the links below:
Good Citizenship: A Series - Part 1 (link) (2021)
Good Citizenship: A Series - Part 2 (link) by Lynn Barendsen (2021)
Good Citizenship: A Series - Part 3 (link) (2021)
Good Citizenship: A Series - Part 4 (link) by Shelby Clark (2021)
Good Citizenship: A Series - Part 5 (link) by Danny Mucinskas (2021)
New Resource! The complete Civics Blog Series (link) (2021)
Wrestling with Good Citizenship (link) by Lynn Barendsen (2021)
In writing these essays, we were prompted to look at previous posts and resources on our site through a civic lens. We reviewed previous writings to highlight those that could be helpful in illuminating educational practices related to participatory citizenship in multiple contexts. Additionally, we looked at our dilemmas and activities databases and selected those that would be most conducive to sparking discussion and reflection related to the responsibilities and opportunities of civic action.
Below, we have compiled these materials so that they are accessible to our readers. We encourage you to peruse and use these materials with others in order to spark and guide conversations related to civic issues in your own communities!
Civics Blogs:
A Religion for Our Time (link) by Howard Gardner (2020)
Announcing Two Workbooks on Better Arguments and Good Work (link) (2020)
The Debate Over “Free Speech”: What Role Do Values Play? (link) by Danny Mucinskas (2020)
Black Lives Matter (link) (2020)
High Schools Students Converge for Global Citizenship Summit (link) by Daniel Mucinskas (2017)
An Action Call: “I Am A Citizen” Project (link) by Arina Bokas (2017)
Excellence, Engagement, and Ethics in Election 2016 (link) by Daniel Mucinskas (2016)
Bringing Digital Citizenship to Young Students (link) by Carmela Curatola Knowles (2016)
Bridging the Digital Divide: A Student Film Festival on Digital Citizenship (link) by Johanna Mustacchi (2016)
Global Citizens Youth Summit Students Share Ideas on Good Work (link) (2015)
Head of School Chris Fortunato’s Commencement Address at Blair Academy (link) (2015)
Civic Education in the Digital Age (link) by Margaret Rundle (2015)
Good Work Toolkit for Civil Servants (link) by Gerard Van Nunen (2014)
Combating Social Isolation Across Generations (link) by Jennifer Tu (2014)
Good Participation: Exploring Civic Engagement in the Digital Age (link) by Carrie James (2014)
Q&A with Eric Liu, Founder of Citizen University and Civic Collaboratory (link) (2013)
Cracking the Code: How the Youngest Generations is “Standing Up” (link) by Emily Weinstein and Paromita De (2013)
Critical Literacy and Good Work in Scotland (link) by Kelly Stone (2013)
Good Work Conference Reflections: On “Embracing the Messy Path to Purpose” (link) by Alexis Redding (2013)
GoodWork in the Elementary Classroom (link) by Margot Locker (2011)
(All of the posts above are available in a single feed under the “civics” tag at the link here.)
Dilemmas:
(All of the dilemmas above are available in a single feed under the “civics” tag at the link here.)
Activities
(All of the activities above are available in a single feed under the “civics” tag at the link here.)