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2. Section 1: Duties and Responsibilities
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Section 1: Duties and Responsibilities
Section 2: Citizens and the Community
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3. As citizens, we are free to exercise our rights
As citizens, we are free to exercise our rights. In return we are expected to fulfill certain duties and responsibilities. By doing so, we help ensure that our government will be effective in serving our needs and protecting our rights.
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4. Section 1: Duties and Responsibilities
For government to be effective, citizens must fulfill their civic duties and responsibilities. As American citizens, we enjoy many rights under our system of government. Along with those rights, we also share many responsibilities. These responsibilities help protect our rights.
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5. Section 2: Citizens and the Community
Citizen participation is essential to the foundation and preservation of the U.S. political system. Good citizenship does not depend on each of us doing only what we are required to do by law. The American ideal of citizenship has always stressed each citizen’s responsibility to participate in his or her community.
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7. Guide to Reading Big Idea
For government to be effective, citizens must fulfill their civic duties and responsibilities.
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8. Guide to Reading Content Vocabulary Academic Vocabulary responsibility
duty
draft
tolerance
Academic Vocabulary
global
income
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9. In most states, children under the age of 16 have the legal duty to:
What does the federal government collect taxes to pay for?
Today, the military of the US is composed of (draftees? Volunteers?)
Why do private citizens sometimes have better solutions to problems than government?

10. What do Senior Corps volunteers do?
Voting in political elections is a (right? Obligation? Legal duty? Privilege?)
What are a citizen’s legal duties?
Is registering for military service a duty?
Why is serving on a jury a legal duty?

11. The principle of “consent of the governed” is put into practice when citizens (pay taxes? Serve in court? Vote?)
What do local communities do with the tax money they collect?
What are the qualifications for voting?

12. Duties of Citizens
Along with the rights and freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution, citizens have responsibilities and duties.
Duties required of citizens:
Obey the law
Pay taxes
Defend the nation
Serve in court
Attend school
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13. Civic Responsibilities
Being a good citizen means more than just doing what is required by law.
Responsibilities:
Stay informed about government
Vote
Respect others’ rights and show tolerance
Volunteer and be active in the community
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15. Guide to Reading Big Idea
Citizen participation is essential to the foundation and preservation of the U.S. political system.
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16. Guide to Reading Content Vocabulary Academic Vocabulary bureaucracy
welfare
volunteerism
Academic Vocabulary
percent
register
domestic
annual
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17. People who travel around the world to help the poor probably see themselves as members of the ___ community.
About how much does the typical American donate to charity annually?
What president gave the inaugural address that inspired the creation of the Peace Corps?

18. Who founded the Children’s Defense Fund?
Of the following, which is a charitable organization, rather than a national service program? (United Way, Senior Corps, Freedom Corps, Peace Corps)

19. What national service program’s purpose is to focus on “responding in case of crisis at home”
What are some examples of volunteerism?

20. Citizen Involvement (cont.)
Volunteers contribute to their communities and make them better places to live.
Good citizens in a community:
Share interests and concerns
Help one another
Address many pressing social needs
Show concern about the welfare of others
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21. Citizen Involvement (cont.)
Government resources:
Limited
Run by large bureaucracies
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22. Citizen Involvement (cont.)
Volunteerism:
Giving time through activities such as working at an animal shelter
Giving money to charity
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23. Volunteers in Action (cont.)
People of all ages, including students, have many opportunities to contribute to society by volunteering, helping the community as well as individuals.
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24. Volunteers in Action (cont.)
Ways of volunteering:
Charitable organizations
Community service group at a school
National service programs
American Volunteers in Action
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26. Citizenship
The combination of rights, responsibilities, and duties characterizes what it means to be a citizen of a free democratic society.
As citizens, we are free to exercise our rights.
In return, we are expected to fulfill certain duties and responsibilities.
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27. Why Should I Participate?
A key part of being a good citizen is taking an active and engaged role in your community.
A well-planned project gives you opportunities to practice your rights and responsibilities as a citizen.
You make a difference by participating. Your efforts are needed, valued, and respected.
When you share your knowledge and skills to help others, you develop new skills and cultivate new knowledge.
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28. Our Duties Duties are things we are required to do by law.
One of the duties of all Americans is to obey the law.
Americans have a duty to pay taxes.
Another duty of citizenship is to defend the nation.
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29. Our Responsibilities
Responsibilities are things we should do. Civic responsibilities include:
• being informed;
• speaking up and voting;
• respecting others’ rights;
• respecting diversity; and
• contributing to the common good.
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30. Active Citizens • Participate in community service
• Do their part to make their schools, communities, and the world a better place
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39. responsibility 
an obligation that we fulfill voluntarily
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40. duty 
things we are required to do
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41. draft 
to create an outline
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42. tolerance 
respecting and accepting others, regardless of their beliefs, practices, or differences
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43. global 
relating to the entire world
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44. income 
money received from labor, business, or property
Vocab6

45. bureaucracy 
complex systems with many departments, many rules, and many people in the chain of command
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46. welfare 
the health, prosperity, and happiness of the members of a community
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47. volunteerism 
the practice of offering your time and services to others without payment
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48. percent 
a portion of 100
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49. register 
to record or enroll
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50. domestic 
relating to or occurring in one’s own country
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51. annual 
covering the periods of a year or occurring once a year
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