Citizenship isn’t just about following rules — it’s about being an active part of something bigger than yourself. For many young people, it can be hard to see how their small choices impact their school, home, or community. But when given the opportunity to reflect, participate, and take meaningful action, they start to understand that citizenship is a living value.
The Citizenship Worksheets include two separate, but complementary activity-filled pages. On Understanding Citizenship, clients reflect on responsible actions and think through real-life issues in their home, school, or community. Being a Good Citizen builds on this with matching activities, a space to draw or write their own ideas, and prompts to identify citizenship role models.
As they complete the worksheets, kids grow a deeper sense of responsibility. They can try taking on one small act of service — like organizing a class clean-up or helping resolve a group issue — to see how their efforts can spark change.
Our All About Citizenship handout can be used as a helpful add-on to these worksheets.
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References:
- Casmana, A. R., Dewantara, J. A., Timoera, D. A., Kusmawati, A. P., & Syafrudin, I. (2022). Global citizenship: Preparing the younger generation to possess pro-environment behavior, mutual assistance and tolerance awareness through school engagement. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 21(1), 15-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2021.2013167
- Lister, R., Smith, N., Middleton, S., & Cox, L. (2003). Young people talk about citizenship: Empirical perspectives on theoretical and political debates. Citizenship Studies, 7(2), 235-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/1362102032000065991
- Smith, N., Lister, R., Middleton, S., & Cox, L. (2005). Young people as real citizens: Towards an Inclusionary understanding of citizenship. Journal of Youth Studies, 8(4), 425-443. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676260500431743
- Wood, B. E. (2022). Youth citizenship: Expanding conceptions of the young citizen. Geography Compass, 16(12). https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12669
- Wood, B. E., & Black, R. (2018). Spatial, relational and affective understandings of citizenship and belonging for young people today: Towards a new conceptual framework. Interrogating Belonging for Young People in Schools, 165-185. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75217-4_8
