To build and maintain civil society, young citizens must be taught the skills involved in activities related to civic engagement. schools address this need with courses like the one you are taking or in civics courses. civil society organizations also provide training activities and other ways of welcoming young people, new citizens, or simply new members into this sphere of activity.

other mechanisms exist for ongoing civics training, including video games! watch this brief discussion of how video games and the online world hold the ability to provide safe places for people of all ages to build skills for civil society and perhaps even apply them to their real-world concerns.

write one to two paragraphs that reflect on the arguments made in the video about building skills for civil society and civic engagement. you may include an example where you have participated in such an event through a video gaming experience.

Quickly it is worth 20 points - civics steps find three international news stories. choose one foreign country to focus on for all three stories. it may to scan and search the news first before choosing your country. scan news articles for political, economic, or social issues about your country. select one article for each type of news: - political - economic - social be sure to save each article and its source. you need to include the whole url, or internet site address link, in your work. you and your instructor may need to find the article later. you may find this activity on how to research for this step. you may also find these search tips for starting your research. look for links to "world" or "international" news to begin. the site may have further links to specific regions or countries for articles, videos, and more. read your articles carefully. write a one-paragraph summary of the ideas, events, or information in each article. each summary should be four to six sentences in length. try this activity if you need with summarizing text. as you read your article, compare the news for your chosen country with current news in the united states. you may refer to the same news sites above for information on the united states. write a paragraph of four to six sentences to answer the following question: do the countries have similar issues happening? how might events in these two countries influence each other? save your work to one file to turn in. check your spelling and grammar.