TAKE CHARGE is a step-by-step manual for teaching citizenship and creating cimmunity cgange. With TAKE CHARGE, young people follow a simple framework to: ·Explore their community. ·Identify community problems. ·Evaluate public policy. ·Choose an option to deal with a community problem. ·Plan an Action Progect. A Stop and Thonk feature gives young people the tools to evaluate their progress and reflect on what they have learned. TAKE CHARGE is designed for use with school or community groups.