The average person can get involved in the government by first educating him or herself about current issues. This can be done through reading the paper daily, reading a weekly newsmagazine, or watching the evening news. In order to make a difference, a person needs to have a working understanding of the U.S. government indeed, a democratic system of government assumes there is a knowledgeable, interested public body of citizens. Next to education, other very practical methods of involvement include attending a city council meeting, volunteering at a local politician’s office, working with voter registration drives, or registering to vote. Often, people call or write legislators to voice their opinion on a certain topic, or participate in nonviolent protest demonstrations or marches.
- What is the federal government?
- Which language is most widely spoken?
- What does the U.S. government do?
- What is a democracy?
- What types of government are there in the world?
- Why does government exist?
- Why did soldiers once wear armor?
- Which wars has the United States been involved in?
- Why are there wars?
- Does every country have its own flag?
- Is there really a place called Atlantis?
- What is a landlocked country?
- Why do people speak different languages?
- Which countries have the most neighbors?
- How are countries formed?
- How does the United States’s size compare with that of other countries?
- Which country is the smallest?
- Which country is the biggest?
- What are the world’s newest countries?
- How many countries are there?
