BELL RINGER Common good - beliefs or actions that are seen as a benefit to the larger community rather than individual interests. Common good can also.

BELL RINGER

Common good - beliefs or actions that are seen as a benefit to the larger community rather than individual interests.

Common good can also be called the public good.

Pick up an Obligations of Citizens paper and a pencil.

Write your first and last name, today’s date, and the period you have civics in the upper-right hand corner.

Take these definitions for common good and write a complete sentence definition on your Obligations of Citizens paper. Feel free to ask nearby students if you need some help making your sentence.

OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

OF CITIZENSHIP- by the end of this lesson:

you should be able to define obligation

you should be able to define responsibility

you should be able to differentiate between an obligation and a responsibility

TASKS AND ACTIVITIES

At home, are there tasks you are required to do to benefit the whole family?

Do you have any activities you should do at home to benefit the whole family?

What about at school? Are you required to do anything to benefit the school?

Is there anything you should do that would benefit the whole school?

Do you think there are tasks that

you are required to do and should do

to benefit the city you live in or to

benefit the entire country?

OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Obligationan obligation is a duty

something required for a citizen to do

haveta do it

Responsibilitya responsibility is a good

idea

something a citizen should do

oughta do it

Please use these examples to write your own complete sentence definitions above your chart.

There are nine stations around the

room.

Please take your paper with you when

I tell you which station to go to.

With your assigned group, read the sign

at the station.

Does it belong on the OBLIGATIONS or RESPONSIBILITY chart?

Summarize it in column 2 and use evidence from the sign in column 3.

Rotate!

Return to your desks!

Rotate!Rotate!Rotate!Rotate!Rotate!Rotate!Rotate!

TRAVEL RESULTS

I’ll call on each group to help us get the right answers.

With someone near you,

brainstorm answers for columns

4 and 5. We’ll share in a bit.

Who would like to share?

Active Participation

What does it mean to actively participate in something?

Can you be a member or participant of something but not active?

Can you think of any examples of this at school?

Are there clubs or groups you are a member of but you don’t

actively participate?

Which example of political participation has the highest percentage of participants?

Why do you think more people have signed a petition than sent a letter to the editor of a newspaper or magazine?

What does this tell you about participation versus active participation?

What do you think would happen if more people chose to participate in any of these categories?

How can participation impact society, government or the political process?

The final box asks “How does this

act relate to being an active

participant in society,

government or political process?

What is the impact of this act?”

As a class, come up with an answer for all nine boxes. You have 5 minutes.

WRITING PROMPT THREEOn the blank page, write your first and last name, today’s date, and the period you have civics in the upper-right corner. Title this paper “UNIT ONE WRITING PROMPTS”.

Write a well-crafted informative response.Well-crafted means that your sentences fit together instead of jumping

around.Informative means facts should come from the documents; your

opinions are not required.Response means you answer the prompt; don’t just write what you feel

like writing.

On the blank page, write your first and last name, today’s date, and the period you have civics in the upper-right corner. Title this paper “UNIT ONE WRITING PROMPTS”.




like writing.

Prompt: Based on what you have learned about obligations and responsibilities of citizens in this lesson, choose two obligations or two responsibilities and write an informational paragraph to explain what occurs if citizens do not fulfill the obligations or responsibilities and the benefit to the common good when they do fulfill the obligations or responsibilities. .

WRITING PROMPT THREE

TIME’S UP!

Click icon to add picturePass your Unit One Writing Prompt paper all the way back and all the way right.

Copy this title onto your paper boxing:

During the video, you will need to write down an example of

How To Be A Responsible Citizen

in each box.

CITIZENS UNITE!

CITIZENS UNITE!

Based on the list you created from the video, how does the video define what it means to be a responsible citizen?

Click icon to add picturePass your “Citizens Unite!” paper all the way back and all the way right.

WRITING PROMPT FOURI will now pass back your writings.

We will write another well-crafted informative response.Well-crafted means that your sentences fit together instead of jumping



like writing.




like writing.

Prompt: President John F. Kennedy made this statement in his Inaugural Address: “…my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” Using what you have learned during this lesson, explain how this quote relates to the idea of being a responsible citizen and contributing to the common good. .

WRITING PROMPT FOUR

TIME’S UP!

Click icon to add picturePass your Unit One Writing Prompt paper all the way back and all the way right.

BELL RINGER Common good - beliefs or actions that are seen as a benefit to the larger community rather than individual interests. Common good can also.

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