Civic Values in America

What is a citizen?

• A person who sits all day.

• A leader of a country, or state.

• A person who lives in a particular place, and has rights and protections of that place.

• A brand of watch.

What does civic mean?

• A government run by the people. 

• Duties or feelings people have because they belong to a particular place (community). For example voting and paying taxes.

• A person who lives in a particular place, and has rights and protections of that place.

• Beliefs people have about what they think is right.

In America, we live in a democracy. What is a democracy?

• A government run by a king.

• It means to vote.

• Doing what we are supposed to do.

• A government run by the people.

What is equality?

• People have the same rights and opportunities, regardless of what they look like or where they come from.

• A scale.

• Freedom from outside control.

• 5=2+3

On the 4th of July we celebrate America's independence. What does independence mean?

• We get to have a barbeque.

• A lot of people eat hamburgers and hotdogs.

• The American flag.

• Freedom from outside control.

What are responsibilities?

• Freedoms we have that are protected by our laws.

• It means to show respect.

• Things you are supposed to do, and accepting the results of your actions.

• A person who lives in a particular place.

What do people mean when they talk about our "rights?"

• The hand you use to write with.

• Freedoms we have that are protected by our laws.

• Freedom from outside control.

• A government run by the people. 

My mom said that not stealing from others is one of her values. What are values?

• It means to be happy.

• When something at a store goes on sale.

• A person who lives in a particular place.

• Beliefs people have about what they think is right.