Rules vs Laws

Rules versus Laws:

Rules and Laws might seem like they are similar but they are different.

Rules are guidelines for how people should act or behave.​

​ RULES:

We have rules in small communities:

like a SCHOOL!

There are school rules you have to follow.

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​Where do you have RULES?

Multiple Choice

What is a rule?

• Guidelines for how people should act or behave.

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Multiple Choice

Where do we have rules?

• school community

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​Rules may be different in each small community.

For example: You have different rules to follow in your house THAN in your friends house.
Think about a rule in your house different from a rule in a friends house.

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Different Rules?

If you break a rule:

you might lose a privilege or

go to a "time out"

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​What if I break a rule?

Multiple Choice

What happens if I break a rule?

• I lose a privilege or take a "time out"

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Laws are important rules carried out by the government.

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​What is a

LAW?

Multiple Choice

What is a law?

• Important rules carried out by the governmet

• rules you can break all the time

​YES!
Everyone who lives under the same government follows the same laws.

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Do I have to follow laws?

Multiple Choice

Do I have to follow the same laws as Ms. Woodford?

• Everyone who lives under the same government follows the same laws

• Not at all!

If you break the law:

a. you could get a ticket

b.you could face other
serious consequences

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​What if I break the law?

Multiple Choice

What happens if you break the law?

• get a ticket or face a serious consequence

• nothing