Students will learn that small actions can make a big difference! This nonfiction book explains why civic duties are important and how to fulfill them. The book includes a glossary and a short fiction piece related to the topic. With examples of heroes like Jackie Robinson and Sandra Day O’Connor, this book and the accompanying project will help students see what it means to be leaders. This 32-page full-color book describes the importance of civic duties while giving examples of people who can serve as role models for students. It also explores important topics like leadership and civil rights, and includes an extension activity for grade 3. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool to discover civic responsibility, politicians, and what it takes to make a difference.

Show students how to be civic leaders! This 6-pack of nonfiction readers is perfect for helping third grade students learn what civic duties are and how to fulfill them. Civic Duty: Working Together 6-Pack • Explains the importance of civic duties while giving examples of people who can serve as role models for students • Provides a short fiction piece related to the topic that will interest students • Connects important concepts such as civil rights and leadership to students’ daily lives • Includes a glossary, thought-provoking discussion questions, and a “Civics in Action” activity designed to help students become responsible individuals • Offers a focused lesson plan that will help with implementation of activities Individuals have the power to do great things when they serve their communities and work well with others. This teacher-approved 6-pack shows students what it means to be a leader by describing how Jackie Robinson and Sandra Day O’Connor had positive impacts on their country. With a fiction story, index, bright images, and other meaningful features, this 6-pack of books will excite third grade students as it shows them why fulfilling civic duties is important. This 6-pack includes six copies of this title and a content-area focused lesson plan.

Show students how to be civic leaders! This 6-pack of nonfiction readers is perfect for helping third grade students learn what civic duties are and how to fulfill them. Civic Duty: Working Together 6-Pack • Explains the importance of civic duties while giving examples of people who can serve as role models for students • Provides a short fiction piece related to the topic that will interest students • Connects important concepts such as civil rights and leadership to students’ daily lives • Includes a glossary, thought-provoking discussion questions, and a “Civics in Action” activity designed to help students become responsible individuals • Offers a focused lesson plan that will help with implementation of activities Individuals have the power to do great things when they serve their communities and work well with others. This teacher-approved 6-pack shows students what it means to be a leader by describing how Jackie Robinson and Sandra Day O’Connor had positive impacts on their country. With a fiction story, index, bright images, and other meaningful features, this 6-pack of books will excite third grade students as it shows them why fulfilling civic duties is important. This 6-pack includes six copies of this title and a content-area focused lesson plan.

Students will learn that small actions can make a big difference! This nonfiction book explains why civic duties are important and how to fulfill them. The book includes a glossary and a short fiction piece related to the topic. With examples of heroes like Jackie Robinson and Sandra Day O’Connor, this book and the accompanying project will help students see what it means to be leaders. This 32-page full-color book describes the importance of civic duties while giving examples of people who can serve as role models for students. It also explores important topics like leadership and civil rights, and includes an extension activity for grade 3. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool to discover civic responsibility, politicians, and what it takes to make a difference.

What are, and what should be, the roles of modern universities and colleges in supporting their host societies? Where have these obligations arisen from, and how can they best be responded to? What are the conditions of “membership” of a modern university or college? There is an international revival of interest in issues about the purposes of universities and colleges and their role in a wider society. Much of this is structured around perceptions of the role of higher education in modern knowledge economies. Meanwhile there has been a dearth of scholarly attention to the practice (as opposed to the rhetoric) of civic engagement by universities and colleges in various cultural contexts. This book fills that gap. An historical survey of the “founding” intentions of universities and colleges in different eras and various countries is followed by case studies of successful recent projects carried out at three leading institutions – the Universities of Brighton, Pennsylvania and Queensland. A practical benchmarking questionnaire that was developed with the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) is also included in order to assist institutions in assessing their own progress. The book contends that genuine engagement, with the community and with civil society, can be uncertain and risky, but that it plays an essential role in managing today’s higher education institutions. Managing Civic and Community Engagement provides key reading for people interested in equity and diversity in higher education, including those studying aspects of higher education management, as well as professionals and policy makers in the field.

What is the emerging shape of the University? Are there spaces for present activities to be practised anew or even for new activities? If these questions have force, they show that the metaphors of shapes and spaces can be helpful in understanding the contemporary university.Research, teaching and scholarship remain the dominant activities in universities and so it is their relationships that form the main concerns of this volume. Are these activities pulling apart from each other? Or might these activities be brought more together in illuminating ways? Is there space to redesign these activities so that they shed light on each other? Is there room for yet other purposes? In this volume, a distinguished set of scholars engage with these pertinent but challenging issues. Ideas are offered, and evidence is marshalled, of practices that suggest a re-shaping of the University may be possible. Reshaping the University appeals to those who are interested in the future of universities, including students, researchers, managers and policy makers. It also addresses global issues and it will, therefore, interest the higher education community worldwide. Contributors: Ronald Barnett, David Dill, Carol Bond, Lewis Elton, Mick Healey, Mark Hughes, Rajani Naidoo, Mark Olssen, Bruce Macfarlane, Kathleen Nolan, Jan Parker, Michael Peters, Alison Phipps, Jane Robertson, Peter Scott, Stephen Rowland.

Civic Work, Civic Lessons explains how and why people of all ages, and particularly young people, should engage in public service as a vocation or avocation. Its authors are 57 years apart in age, but united in their passion for public service, which they term “civic work.” The book provides unique intergenerational perspectives. Thomas Ehrlich spent much of his career in the federal government. Ernestine Fu started a non-profit organization at an early age and then funded projects led by youth. Both have engaged in many other civic activities. An introductory chapter is followed by seven key lessons for success in civic work. Each lesson includes a section by each author. The sections by Ehrlich draw mainly from his experiences. Those by Fu draw on her civic work and that of many young volunteers whom the co-authors interviewed. The concluding chapter focuses on leveraging technologies for civic work. All profits received by the authors from the sale of this book will be donated to philanthropic organizations.