What are you responsible for? As a teacher, you are certainly responsible for your classroom. As a student, you are responsible for giving your best effort everyday. But what about outside of school? Whose responsibility is it to keep the parks clean or take care of homeless animals? Yours? Mine? Everyone’s? Taking on responsibility beyond your own needs is key to becoming a productive citizen.

EPISODE DESCRIPTION:
Trent has a problem--his room! While heading home to clean it up, Trent, Lily and Haley stumble on the perfect park area for their hideout, except it's littered with trash! After cleaning his room, Trent decides that it's everyone's responsibility to keep the park clean because everyone uses it. Using one scripted piece and three real-life stories about young people, this third installment of the democracy it is! video series focuses on taking responsibility for yourself and the world around you.
Cambridge Elm. School students Drawing of class pet Girl with dog image

Cambridge Student Council — The students take initiative for their classmates and involve the community-at-large in a special celebration.

Class Pets — Young activists express their rights by initiating a letter-writing campaign, attending school board meetings, and successfully reversing a decision to remove classroom pets in their schools.

DAWGS — The kids in Dalhart, Texas, take on the responsibility of caring for animals that the rest of the town has abandoned.

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