1. Rights, Duties, and Responsibilities
Ch. 3
Sec. 2 pp

2. What are your rights, duties, and responsibilities?
Essential Question
What are your rights, duties, and responsibilities?

3. Rights of Citizens Vote and hold office Free speech
Practice our religion
Fair trial
These are based on ideas of equal respect, freedom, equality, and justice

4. Duties of Citizens These are things you must do Obey laws
Defend the nation
Serve on juries or as a witness
Pay taxes
Attend school

5. Responsibilities of Citizens
These are voluntary, you should do them
Work towards the common good
Voting
Holding office
Participate in election campaigns
Influence the government
Serve the community

6. The Citizen Role
Be an active participant (e.g., school leader or community leader)
Contribute to the common good (e.g., volunteer at a food bank, donate clothes or money)
Set priorities for
citizenship