A 1944 Prescription for Teaching Students the Principles of Good Citizenship

Here’s how to turn students into responsible citizens.

When the school system fails to teach the basics of citizenship to students, it is up to parents to do so themselves. George Rudy/Shutterstock

While digging through a folder of items belonging to my grandmother during her high school years, I came across several copies of Weekly News Review, a periodical full of news items and current events apparently geared toward young students. Flipping to the back page of the Jan. 3, 1944 edition, the following cartoon caught my eye:

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