Participation of Citizens
Community Service
Pillar 5: Participation of Citizens
Media description: Teens in the movie Broken Hill (Audience Alliance Pictures 2009) are sentenced by a magistrate to community service.
One Vote
Pillar 5: Participation of Citizens
Media description: The fate of the US nation hangs on the vote of one man in the movie Swing Vote (Touchstone Pictures, 2008).
Civic Responsibility
Pillar 5: Participation of Citizens
Media description: Molly, in a scene from the movie Swing Vote (Touchstone Pictures, 2008) tells her dad, Bud, that voting is his civic responsibility.
Educating For Democracy
Pillar 5: Participation of Citizens
Media description: A member of the audience asks the guest panel on ABC’s Q&A a question about how to ensure a politically literate society.