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Z Letter to Educators about P4P, the Bill of Rights, and classroom implementation.
Z A Lesson Plan: how students can contribute as part of their school curriculum.
Contribute to the Young American Bill of Rights - A collective effort to declare what we believe to be our generation's rights to the generation in power. Submissions will be taken and posted over the next eight months, then synthesized into one bill to be submitted to politicians, campaigns, and media people.
| Possible Issues: | Youth Voting and Empowerment |
Choose an issue and consider what you would like to say before submitting a statement. Please refrain from writing charged statements about corruption and politics.
GOOD example of a Bill submission: "Education is now and will always be the most important issue that we as a country need to address. Education is the greatest of equalizers and millions of children grow up today with no chance of success starting from day one. A good education opens doors and presents opportunity like nothing else. As a country it should not be an option to provide the best possible education it should be a responsibility...."
BAD example of a Bill submission: " Our political system has become twisted and corrupt. Criminals with little or no ethics are put in charge of our nation's interests and as a result, we are floundering as a world power. Our goverment has and continues to abuse its power using bullying and coercion to accomplish self-oriented goals..."