ABOUT:

Civics Education in Action encourages students to think about their relationship with their communities. The course begins by examining various ways to enact change - social, cultural, or otherwise -  and is designed as a sister program to Entrepreneurship. As a class, Breakthrough tackles student proposals for change and learns through the process of implementing ideas into actualization.

Offered to both middle school students and high-school students, we strongly believe Civics Education in Action is among the most important classes offered to our students. Instead of studying the role of citizenry, our approach at Breakthrough is to empower students by encouraging them to be the change they want to see. We believe in creating well-rounded, global citizens who are active members in the society they participate in. 

In addition to an independent Civics project that students must plan, execute, and assess as a team, we also engage in understanding and completing activities in relation to the following:

• Democratic Process & Obligations of Citizenship
• Traditional Civics Vs. Action-Oriented Civics
• Taxonomies & Structure
• Day of Community Service
• Community & Nonprofit Stakeholder Interview
• Community Canvass and the Mapping of Solutions to Local Problems
• Government & Democratic Processes
• Social Entrepreneur/ Nonprofit Guest Speaker Q&A's