Important Reminder – Reading Quiz Reading Quiz tomorrow – 12/9 445-458 – If you take notes, you can use them on the quiz

Civic Virtue What is it?

How a citizen behaves and is involved in society.

Integrity Having ethical principles Having sound, moral character

FAIRNESS

Open-mindedness

Selflessness

Having a mind or spirit that allows you to face difficulty/challenges

Being persistent in spite of difficulties or obstacles.

1. Integrity 2. Honesty 3. Fairness 4. Acceptance 5. Courage 6. Empathy 7. Responsibility 8. Open-mindedness 9. Selflessness 10. Generosity 11. Respect 12. Perseverance

Civic Virtue Situation 1. Think of a current event situation OR make up a situation/scenario that represents one or more of the civic virtues listed. 2. Do not list the civic virtue but give a hint: We are looking for 1 civic virtue or 2 virtues or there are 5 virtues listed 3. Hand in to Ms. Stewart and we will exchange scenarios and discuss the civic virtue present. **This will set us up for the work tomorrow.

Speeches – Frederick Douglass, FDR, Reagan, MLK 1. Summarize the speech – What is it about – content? To whom is it directed? What is the tone of the speech – uplifting, encouraging, sad, angry, accusatory? 2. What civic virtue(s) exist? Are there virtues that exist that we didn’t talk about? Does the author exhibit those civic virtues? Do the people in the speech exhibit those civic virtues? **Give specific examples (quote the passage/statement) where those virtues are exhibited and explain