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Animal Sciences
Citizenship
Communications and Expressive Arts
Natural Resources and Environmental Education
Citizenship responsibilities in earning and spending, and in many other areas of life, arc practiced through 4-H projects. These are a central part of your 4-H experience. Leaning to sew or build a birdhouse is not citizenship education in itself, but there are citizenship responsibilities that go along with learning such skills. These skills can be used to help you and others. You can help yourself by:
- Broadening your interests and knowledge.
- Developing self-confidence and self-discipline.
- Learning how to make intelligent decisions. Getting pleasure from interesting activities.
At the same time, you can help others by:
- Standing on your own feet and being less dependent.
- Serving family and friends through project skills.
- Helping younger members learn.
Good citizenship involves more than understanding and participating in government. Good citizenship is important in relationships with your family, friends, and neighbors. Good citizenship is important to your 4-H club and other organizations you belong to. It means understanding and appreciating yourself and your heritage, and having the respect for other people and their heritages.
The citizenship project is made up of a series of projects as follows:
- 201 - Me, my Family, and My Friends (ages 9-11)
- 202 - My Neighborhood (ages 9-l )
- 203 - My Clubs and Groups (ages 9-1 l)
- 204 - My Community (ages 12 and older)
- 205 - My Heritage (ages 14 and older)
- 206 - My Government (ages 14 and older)
- 207 - My World (ages 14 and older)
- 208 - Basic Citizenship, School Enrichment (ages9 12)
- 501 - The World Around Me, Leader Materials, 348-110
- 502 - Peoples and Customs of the World, Leader Materials 384-111
- 202 - My Neighborhood (ages 9-l )
International Exchanges
Do you want to learn more about other countries and cultures? Virginia 4-H has international exchange programs that give young people hands-on international learning experiences by hosting or being hosted by, someone from another country. Some of the benefits of participating in international exchange programs include:
- learning more about other countries and cultures
- developing an appreciation for social, economic, political and cultural contributions of all people
- understanding how culture affects values, beliefs, and attitudes
- developing independent study interests,
- improving language skills
Virginia 4-H presently has 6 international exchange programs:
- The International 4-H Youth Exchange (IFYE) program which exists in 25 countries on 6 continents for young people 16-26 years of age.
- 4-H / Japanese Summer Exchange program for young people 12 to 19 years of age. Each year Virginia families typically host over 20 Japanese delegates and several adult chaperones. VA 4-H members and 4-H Volunteer Leaders also may travel to Japan each summer and stay with a host family for 4-7 weeks.
- 4-H / Japanese High School Exchange is a year-long program for Japanese students to be hosted by VA 4-H family and attend high school.
- Future Leaders Exchange program (FLEX) for hosting high school students from the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union;
- Locally based exchange programs such as the Virginia 4-H/Costa Rica 4-S cultural and natural resources study exchange and most recently an exchange with youth from Russia.
