California - We the People Home Page

California – We the People is committed to expanding the We the People programs and civic education to every school, public and private, within the great state of California. If there is anyway we can assist your class, your school, or your community in developing a vibrant, focused and intense civic education program, please contact me, David Richmond, State Coordinator, California – We the People, at cawtp35@yahoo.com. We hope our website will help you, help us, strengthen civic education, democracy, and government in California. Please check out our resource section, our standards correlations sections, as well as events page to seek the most helpful ways that we can help you.

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About California We the People

California – We the People is a component of a national civic education program developed and administered by the Center for Civic Education through a network of coordinators in 50 states, 435 congressional districts, 4 trust territories, and the District of Columbia

Established in 1967, the Center for Civic Education is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed to the principles of democracy and actively engaged in the practice of democracy in the United States and other country.

California – We the People specializes in providing assistance to K-12 public and private schools in civic education through a wide range of critically acclaimed curricular, teacher-training, and community based programs. The principal goals of these programs are to help students develop:

(1) an increased understanding of the institutions of American constitutional democracy and the fundamental principles and values upon which they are founded,

(2) the skills necessary to participate as effective and responsible citizens, and

(3) the willingness to use democratic procedures for making decisions and managing conflict.

California – We the People is conducted by a network of regional and congressional district coordinators led by David Richmond, California State Coordinator. Programs administered include We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution and We the People: Project Citizen.

NEW ADDITIONS TO WEBSITE

Our website was developed to assist teachers, students, and coordinators in implementing the We the People programs. As you browse our website, you may want to pay close attention to our resource and articles section, our support materials for the new High School Text, as well as our testimonials from former students and current teachers about the power of our program. Below is a list of new items you will find on our site:

· Standards correlations to all of our programs, including Foundations for Democracy. These documents will assist coordinators and teachers in their quest to acquire administrative and district support for our programs. We also have a WTP tri-level correlation that will show how our Level I, II, and III texts work together to build conceptual understanding of our constitutional system from 5^th grade through High School.

· New Call for Volunteers and Supporters with Students and Teacher testimonials as to how the program has affected their lives.

· New Text Resources: These documents can be used by both teachers and coordinators to help transition to the new edition of the high school text. It may also be used to explain to judges of district, region, and state events how the text has changed and has it has remained the same. Included in this section of our website our multiple power-point presentations developed by Justice Sue Leeson (Ret.) of the Oregon Supreme Court and a primary author of the new text. These power points can be used by teachers and students to better under the content found in the new text.

· New, revised Guide to Building a We the People Program which offers to narrative assistance to teachers just beginning their We the People programs. A new pacing-guide, sequencing with suggested enrichment activities has been developed.

· Finally, as always we are linked to numerous other sites including the Center for Civic Education’s website found at civiced.org