 Welcome to Civics Day 2 “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

What is Civics?  “Is the study of citizenship and government with particular attention to the role of citizens”  Citizen- “a member of a state or nation who owes allegiance (loyalty) to the government and is entitled to its protection”  The course was created after OAC was removed- partly as a response to poor voter turn out  78% of people aged don’t vote

Learning Goals  see handout – this sheet should appear at the beginning of your binder and should be referenced at the end of each class period, as well as used for review for the unit test and final exam

Class Structure  Most days will start with Bell Work that you can begin as soon as you walk in the door.  Often, this will involve looking at current events and discussing what is going on in the world.  Why do you think it is important to know what is happening in your world?  Be sure to consult, another student in the class, ClassNet (Gr. 10 History (Ms. Kennedy CHV2OH Civics) and or Google Classroom, when you have missed a class or classes in order to stay caught up.

“Are you being a good citizen?  What is a good citizen?  Name three people you consider good citizens? What can you do to be a good citizen [5 examples] and be “awesome” this term/ year?

Why do we need Government?  ‘Shoot out’ handout –  a.) You have 2 minutes, beginning when I say to try to score 5 goals, by recording 5 reasons why we need government (think of what would happen if we didn’t have government).  b.) You have 45 seconds to record 2 reasons (outside the net) why some might say we don’t need government.