Definition should include the following skills:
- Cooperation – “We the people,” not we the individuals; work together as a group
- Patience – A “more” perfect union; take progressive steps towards a better situation
- Fairness – “Establish justice;” consider the common good as well as individual desires
- Respect – “Insure domestic tranquility;” accept your fellow citizens
- Strength – “Provide for the common defense;” stand up for what is right, denounce what is wrong, and admit your mistakes
- Self-improvement – “Promote the general welfare;” seek knowledge and skills
- Balance – “Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity;” support our nation’s ideals (freedom, equality, and unity) by harmonizing or compromising solutions to our problems
Process/Skill Questions:
- How do the seven citizenship skills relate to the Preamble?
- How can self-improvement make one a better citizen?