Responsible and Irresponsible Citizen Choices

Sam was taking a walk with her dog

around her neighborhood. She saw some

plastic pop bottles on the sidewalk. She

decided to pick them up and place them in

the recycling bin at her house.

• Responsible

• Irresponsible

Lily’s was shopping with her dad. She was

walking down the toy aisle. She saw a

twenty-dollar bill laying on the ground. Lily

asked her dad if she could take it to the lost and found.

• Responsible

• Irresponsible

Tim got home from school after a long

day. He really wanted to watch T.V. but

he decided to complete his homework

before turning on his favorite show.

• Responsible

• Irresponsible

Emma hated taking reading test. She

really wanted to finish her test so she

could silent read. She filled in the

answers without reading the test or

thinking about what the correct answer could be.

• Responsible

• Irresponsible

Max and Jack were having a great time at

recess. The recess monitor blew the

whistle to line up. Max and Jack kept

playing knowing they would have a few

minutes before their class went inside.

• Responsible

• Irresponsible

It was Saturday afternoon and Kim was

hungry. She asked her mom if she could

have a snack. Her mom said she could

have some carrots. Kim decided to eat a

bag of potato chips instead.

• Responsible

• Irresponsible

Gigi had a soccer game. Her team lost

the game and she was really upset. Even

though she was frustrated, she decided to

congratulate the other team and give them a high-five.

• Responsible

• Irresponsible

Viv forgot to study for her science test.

She did not know the answers to almost

all of the questions. She was tempted to

cheat, but she decided that was not

honest. She told her teacher she did not

study, but would try her best anyway.

• Respobsible

• Irresponsible

Will’s mom asked him if he had let the dog

outside to use the restroom. Will lied to

his mom and told her that he did. Later

that day, the dog had an accident in the house.

• Responsible

• Irresponsible

Ellie and Jane went bike riding. Ellie saw

that Jane did not bring her helmet. Ellie

decided to take hers off so that she and Jane would match.

• Responsible

• Irresponsible