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appalachiablue

(43,686 posts) Sat Nov 15, 2025, 12:43 PM Saturday

Do You Know Civics? Why Do So Many Americans Not Know How Their Government Works? PBS [View all]

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PBS, Sept. 2025. 11 mins.

CIVICS. In the field of political science, civics is the study of the civil and political rights and obligations of citizens in a society..Civic education is the study of the theoretical, political, and practical aspects of citizenship manifest as political rights, civil rights, and legal obligations.[2] Civic education includes the study of civil law, the civil codes, and government with special attention to the political role of the citizens in the operation and oversight of government...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civics

DEMOCRACY is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy

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Do You Know Civics? Why Do So Many Americans Not Know How Their Government Works? PBS [View all] appalachiablue Saturday OP

Truth told, I didn't get civics in public school, no_hypocrisy Saturday #1

Similar, our public school education in civics was scant, to say the least. appalachiablue Saturday #7

A democracy depends upon an informed, educated populace. Irish_Dem Saturday #2

Those folk in Kentucky who were outraged they couldn't vote against Mamdani. cbabe Saturday #3

Wow, how clueless, dangerous and sad. appalachiablue Saturday #5

Exactly. We need to start teaching civics literacy. Irish_Dem Saturday #6

I had Civics as a senior in high school, and I found it fascinating FakeNoose Saturday #4

I had a year of civics my senior year in high school, too. rsdsharp Saturday #8

Same here, but we took it our sophomore or junior year. mwmisses4289 Saturday #11

I remember... 2naSalit Saturday #9

I hope it's more obvious that the lack of civics in schools coincides... appmanga Saturday #10

Sadly starting sometime in the 1980's, civics classes mwmisses4289 Saturday #12

If our schools taught civics and critical thinking, we would be a much better society. Borogove Saturday #13