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Civic Virtues Today

Grade: 8–12
Format: PDF
Published: Apr 7, 2022

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Civic Virtues Today

Guiding Questions: What civic virtues do Americans value? How does the practice of civic virtues promote a healthy civil society?

Find an example from your school, your community, or the news in which one or more individuals demonstrated a Civic Virtue. Using the organizer below, explain your example and describe which virtue was shown. Use Appendix A: Founding Principles and Civic Virtues Organizer as a reference.

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