Citizenship Project
Navigating Citizenship
Project Description
Navigating Citizenship Levels 1 & 2
The 4-H Citizenship Curriculum incorporates several different successful models of civic engagement to educate members about three specific areas: Montana Government, United States Federal Government, and Montana Tribal Government. You will learn how to get involved, who's who, and how each of us fits into the overall government process. Discover how to become an active citizen when you participate in this project.
Project Requirements
Project Books Required? Yes. Middle Schoolers- Agents of Change project book. High Schoolers- Raise Your Voice project book.
Project books can be purchased here
*** Please note, if you do not attend at least one workshop in your project area during the 4-H year, you will be required to complete activities in your project book and turn it in with your record book. The number of activities required to complete a 4-H year in each project book can be found here.
What needs to be accomplished to move on to level 2?
- Complete Achievement Program in Agent of Change Level 1 project book (may modify based on project)
- Provide overview of Service Learning Project at club or project meeting
- Optional project board of Service Learning Project for Fair
- Option to service learning is exploration of how government works and government project
What needs to be accomplished to move on to level 3?
- Complete Achievement Program in Raise Your Voice project book (may modify based on project)
- Provide overview of Service Learning Project at club or project meeting
- Project board of Service Learning Project for Fair
- Option to service learning is consideration of policy implications of selected topic an development of draft regulation or bill. Navigating Citizenship project book can be used
What needs to be accomplished to move to the next levels from here?
- Individual projects considered for those completing level 3
- Option for Global Citizenship and Passport to the World project book
Project age limit? 8 and up. Best suited for middle/high school
What should new members know?
- Citizenship means contributing positively to your community, your state, your nation and the world. This can be done in many ways and may include identifying your strengths. and how these strengths may be put in service of others, learning to identify problems in your community, and taking actions to make changes.
- What can you do as part of the citizen project?
- You can do a service learning project in your community and present this project.
- Explore how government works and develop a suggested policy or policy change to recommend to local leaders. This could include a draft rule, regulation or even a draft of bill.
- Engage with a local group or organization about a topic you are passionate about and participate in meaningful activities and in a meaningful way to serve the community.
- Why do the citizen project:
- Develop leadership skills, learn project planning and implementation skills and learn more about your community and how you can make a difference. Participation will help prepare youth for participation in other local, state and national 4H events.
- Workshops will be conducted twice per year with periodic online meetings to assist with project planning, implementation and reflection.
- If doing service learning project a project books will be required.
Workshops
- October: Citizenship and Service Learning. Presentation of 2023-2024 projects and kickoff of 2024-2025 projects. Propose F2F
- February: Overview of Citizen Project and SLP
- What is SLP
- Steps in Process, Prep, Action, Reflection, Celebration
- Propose online
- March: Email/online update: Preparation Activities
- May:Email/online update: Action Activities
- June: Project Implementation/Action
- July: Project Implementation/Action
- August: Project Implementation/Activity
- September: Email/online update: Reflection and Celebration. Prepare for presentation of Project at October 2024 workshop and kickoff of 2024-2025 Projects
Project Superintendent Information
Citizenship Superintendent:Joseph Dunn
Contact: jwdunniii@outlook.com or 406-475-0015
How will you be contacted? email, text, phone
Global Citizenship
Project Description
As you discover the world with this 4-H project, you will learn what it means to be a global citizen, find out about other cultures, and about cultural exchange programs.
Project Requirements
Project Book Required: Yes
-Passport to the World
What needs to be accomplished to move on to level 2?
- Complete a cultural study
- Complete 7 activities
What needs to be accomplished to move on to level 3?
- Complete 3 activities
- Host an exchange student
What needs to be accomplished to move on to the next levels?
- Complete three activities
- Travel with 4-H to another state/country
Project age limit? 8 and up
Project Superintendent Information
Citizenship Superintendent: Vacant
Contact:
How will you be contacted?
Interested in Intrastate or Interstate Exchange?
-Interstate Exchange and Hosting: Recommended Best Practices(PDF, 970KB)
Interested in Hosting an Exchange Student?
-Here is where you go to apply to be a host!
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