The duties and responsibilities of citizenship. Key Terms Responsibility: obligation we fulfill voluntarily; things we should do Duty: things we must.

The duties and The duties and responsibilities of responsibilities of

citizenshipcitizenship

Key TermsKey TermsResponsibility:Responsibility: obligation we fulfill obligation we fulfill voluntarily; things we voluntarily; things we shouldshould do do

Duty:Duty: things we things we mustmust dodo

Legal dutiesLegal duties

Obey lawsObey laws Pay taxes: income tax, Pay taxes: income tax,

sales tax, property taxsales tax, property tax

Legal duties (cont)Legal duties (cont)

Defend the nation: all men Defend the nation: all men 18 & up must register for 18 & up must register for draftdraft

Legal duties (cont)Legal duties (cont)

Serve in court: adult Serve in court: adult citizens may serve on jury; citizens may serve on jury; may also be called as may also be called as witnesseswitnesses

Legal duties (Legal duties (contcont))

Attend schoolAttend school

Civic ResponsibilitiesCivic Responsibilities Be informed: Be informed:

know your know your rights; keep rights; keep up with laws up with laws that could that could affect youaffect you

Speak up & vote!Speak up & vote!

Respect each other’s rightsRespect each other’s rights

Respect diversityRespect diversityToleranceTolerance: accept & : accept & respect others regardless respect others regardless of their beliefs, practices, of their beliefs, practices, or differences. or differences.

Contribute to the common Contribute to the common goodgood