Composing a civic life : a rhetoric and readings for inquiry and action / Michael Berndt & Amy Muse.

Contents;

1. What does it mean to be a citizen?
First inquiry: Using mind maps to assess what you know about citizenship
Continuing the inquiry: Dictionary definitions
Continuing the inquiry: Official documents
etc.

2. Critical literacy: The skills to live an examined life
First inquiry: Critical reading as active conversation
Second inquiry: Using a writer's notebook to connect thinking, reading, and writing
Third inquiry: Finding your writing process
etc.

3. Researching: Inquiry as action
First inquiry: Writing to inquire and conserve with others
Second inquiry: Developing a research plan
Third inquiry: Inquiring effectively using research methods
etc.

4. Arguing: Action as inquiry
First inquiry: What is arguing to inquire?
Second inquiry: Developing an arguing mind
Third inquiry: Arguing effectively
etc.

5. Writing in communities: Academic research and social action
First inquiry: Writing in an academic community
Second inquiry: Writing in civic communities

6. Negotiating community: Living a civic life

7. The family as community

8. The higher education community

9. Citizens of the world: The global community

10. Citizens of the earth: The planetary community

11. Communities of faith

12, Virtual communities

Bibliographical references : p. 573-574 . _ Index : p. 575-579.