While studying citizenship, sixth-grade students at Marathon Elementary School in Marathon, Wisconsin, produced a Bill of Responsibilities — addressed to themselves, their parents, and their country. This effective practice reproduces the students' bill. The project was a runner-up in the Promise of Tomorrow Contest, sponsored by a national insurance company, winning the school $500.00, and was highlighted in the Fall 2002 issue of The American Promise, a newsletter for educators that accompanies the video series for teaching citizenship and democracy.
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