1. Civic Responsibility Citizen participation in a democratic society

2. Preamble to the US Constitution We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

3. CIVIC PARTICIPATION

4. National Voter Turnout in US Federal Elections: 1960–2008 Year Voting-age population Voter registrationVoter turnout Turnout of voting- age population (percent) 2008231,229,580NA132,618,58056.8 2006220,600,000135,889,60080,588,00037.1 2004221,256,931174,800,000122,294,97855.3 2002215,473,000150,990,59879,830,11937.0 2000205,815,000156,421,311105,586,27451.3 1998200,929,000141,850,55873,117,02236.4 1996196,511,000146,211,96096,456,34549.1 1994193,650,000130,292,82275,105,86038.8 1992189,529,000133,821,178104,405,15555.1 1990185,812,000121,105,63067,859,18936.5 1988182,778,000126,379,62891,594,69350.1 1986178,566,000118,399,98464,991,12836.4 1984174,466,000124,150,61492,652,68053.1 1982169,938,000110,671,22567,615,57639.8 1980164,597,000113,043,73486,515,22152.6 1978158,373,000103,291,26558,917,93837.2 1976152,309,190105,037,98681,555,78953.6 1974146,336,00096,199,020 1 55,943,83438.2 1972140,776,00097,328,54177,718,55455.2 1970124,498,00082,496,747 2 58,014,33846.6 1968120,328,18681,658,18073,211,87560.8 1966116,132,00076,288,283 3 56,188,04648.4 1964114,090,00073,715,81870,644,59261.9 1962112,423,00065,393,751 4 53,141,22747.3 1960109,159,00064,833,096 5 68,838,20463.1 http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781453.html

5. Congress Approval Rating http://www.gallup.com/poll/107242/congress-approval-rating-ties-lowest-gallup-records.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/150038/Congress-Approval-Ties-Time- Low.aspx

6. US population who volunteered http://www.bls.gov/news.release/volun.nr0.htm

7. Civic Engagement 1970s – 1990s Putnam, Robert D. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Renewal of American Community. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. Print.

8. The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/youthdemo_2006.pdf

9. The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/FactSheets/FS07_College_Volunteering.pdf

10. The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/FactSheets/FS07_College_Volunteering.pdf

11. The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/FactSheets /FS_Characteristics_Group_Membership.pdf

12. The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement http://www.civicyouth.org/Pop Ups/FactSheets/FS_06_Sports_ and_Civic_Engagement.pdf

13. MOST PRESSING PROBLEMS

14. GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media/Stanford Environment Poll (2009) http://www.ap-gfkpoll.com/pdf/AP-Stanford_University_Environment_Poll_Topline.pdf

15. THE ECONOMY

17. Source: Changes in U.S. Family Finances from 2004 to 2007: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances Brian K. Bucks, Arthur B. Kennickell, Traci L. Mach and Kevin B. Moore Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 95 (February 2009), pp. A1-A55.

18. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://data.bls.gov/

19. HEALTH CARE

20. http://www.kff.org/insurance/snapshot/chcm010307oth.cfm

22. http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/36/46796773.pdf

23. http://www.ap-gfkpoll.com/pdf/AP-GfK%20Poll%20011411.pdf

25. THE ENVIRONMENT

26. GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media/Stanford Environment Poll (2009) http://www.ap-gfkpoll.com/pdf/AP-Stanford_University_Environment_Poll_Topline.pdf

27. EDUCATION

29. SOURCE: Fleischman et al. (2010). Highlights From PISA 2009: Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Reading, Mathematics, and Science Literacy in an International Context (NCES 2011-004).

30. So What? What are the most pressing concerns facing our society? What is your responsibility in addressing these concerns? How can games help us address these concerns?