Citizenship Counts – Gerda Weissmann Klein
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Share Your Feedback With Us! Since ... Conversations with Naturalized Americans: John Paul Makilya For the next several months, Citizenship Counts will be featuring conversations with naturalized American citizens to learn more about their naturalization journeys and share ... Our Core Curriculum Is Online! Check out our updated, multi-disciplinary and interactive civics curriculum that is available online at no cost to educators across the country!  The Citizenship Counts program is correlated to national standards in Social Studies and English Language Arts and is a perfect supplement to teach your students about the basic tenets of citizenship. In addition to our 7 outstanding lesson plans, we have included ...
  • Meet Our Founder, Gerda Weissmann Klein

    Meet Our Founder, Gerda Weissmann Klein

    Citizenship Counts was founded by Gerda Weissmann Klein - humanitarian, author, human rights activist, Holocaust survivor, and proud ...Read more »

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    Donate

    Citizenship Counts is able to advance our efforts thanks to the support of generous individuals and corporations. We welcome all levels of donation, whether ...Read more »

  • Our Core Curriculum

    Our Core Curriculum

    Dear Educators, Students, Parents, and Community Members: We are pleased to share with you both the Citizenship Counts program and the vision of our founder, Gerda Weissmann ...Read more »

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    Join Our Social Networks

    To learn more about how we are educating today’s students on citizenship and inspiring their pride ...Read more »

  • Educate

    EDUCATE middle and high school students about the legal immigration process and the role immigrants have played and continue to play in the United States of America through our civics curriculum that builds understanding about the value and responsibilities of citizenship.

  • Appreciate

    Create a greater awareness so that the students APPRECIATE the benefits of living in a diverse, inclusive and democratic country such as the United States and the contributions that immigrants make to our country each and every day.

  • Celebrate

    Encourage today's youth to CELEBRATE their citizenship and those of the Americans by Choice who have worked so hard to come here, and for all to take pride in being U.S. citizens.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to educate today’s youth on the tenets of citizenship,
encourage them to appreciate their rights and responsibilities as Americans,
and give them an opportunity to celebrate their citizenship by engaging in a naturalization ceremony or participating in a service-learning project.

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Citizenship Counts:
Phone: 602.412.3242
Email: info@citizenshipcounts.org

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