This article discusses three strategies designed to support a college of education mission to prepare democratic practitioners. These strategies are: increasing civic knowledge (Butts, 1993), reflecting on civic values (Ross & Yeager, 1999), and organizing field experiences that promote democratic practice (Rainer & Guyton, 1999). Activities for implementing these strategies in K-6 methods courses are discussed. Outcomes of the activities included: (a) an online annotated bibliography of children's literature for teaching civics, (b) preservice teachers' analyses of civic values used by their mentor teacher, and (c) implementation of lesson plans modified for democratic practice. (Contains 1 table and 1 note.)