A. Pick one (1) of the items below. B. Describe: 1) how the item increases citizen engagement in the political system (democratic value) 2) what impact this type of engagement might have (democratic values and participatory activities in a Constitutional republic) 3) what is the short term or long term if people stopped engaging in the political system in the examples you have chosen to write about a. Serving on jury duty b. Running for elected office f. Contributing money to a political campaign c. Engaging in peaceful protest or political party d. Communicating your opinion and/or request g. Serving and working in the civil service for assistance directly with state and local and/or military representatives h. Disobeying laws perceived as unjust and e. Signing a petition to have a policy issue accepting the consequences (civil disobedience) placed on a ballot to be voted on by the people during the next election. C. Select at least one (1) item from the list above that you believe is best suited to effect change in an area or topic that you are personally concerned about (i.e., public education, property taxes, healthcare, racial equality, etc.). In other words, the best way to bring about change would be to do D. Explain why this is the best way to bring about change in our political system. Detail the steps that you would need to take as possible) to implement the change choice you have selected in order to clarify why this change agent is significant. A. Pick one (1) of the items below. B. Describe: 1) how the item increases citizen engagement in the political system (democratic value) 2) what impact this type of engagement might have (democratic values and participatory activities in a Constitutional republic) 3) what is the short term or long term if people stopped engaging in the political system in the examples you have chosen to write about a. Serving on jury duty b. Running for elected office f. Contributing money to a political campaign c. Engaging in peaceful protest or political party d. Communicating your opinion and/or request g. Serving and working in the civil service for assistance directly with state and local and/or military representatives h. Disobeying laws perceived as unjust and e. Signing a petition to have a policy issue accepting the consequences (civil disobedience) placed on a ballot to be voted on by the people during the next election. C. Select at least one (1) item from the list above that you believe is best suited to effect change in an area or topic that you are personally concerned about (i.e., public education, property taxes, healthcare, racial equality, etc.). In other words, the best way to bring about change would be to do D. Explain why this is the best way to bring about change in our political system. Detail the steps that you would need to take as possible) to implement the change choice you have selected in order to clarify why this change agent is significant
