Civics and Economics

Class Starter

What is an “American
Citizen?”
Why is it important to learn
how to be a good citizen?
 What character traits do
citizens need to have to be
good citizens?
Vigilance Justice
Resourcefulness Perseverance
Respect Honor
Responsibility Courage
Moderation Initiative
 Do you think these values are something you
are born with or develop over time?
 If you are not born with them, how do you
learn them? Where do you learn them from?
When do you learn them? From whom do you
learn them?
 How should you respond when your values
are challenged?
 How can you act according to these values on
a regular basis?
 How can you know what a community’s or
country’s values are?
 Do people in other countries share these
values?
 Does the United States live up to its values?
What are some examples of its successes and
failures?
Starter
Which value do you think is most
important for effective
citizenship? Why? (3-5
Sentences)
What can you infer (assume) about the
issue of immigration from this Wordle?
iCan Statement:
Ican define immigration and
outline various immigration
patterns in history.
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A nation of immigrants

 E. Pluribus Unum: “Out of Many, One”

 Themovement of Native groups thousands of
years ago
 First
Europeans to
colonize America:
 Spanish (1500s)
 English (1600s)
 French (1600s)
 1700s: Northern and Western Europeans
 Germans, Dutch, Scotch

 1800s: Southern and Eastern Europeans;

Asians
 Italians, Jews, Russians, Irish
 Chinese, Japanese
 Asia: Vietnam, Laos,
Latin/South America
Cambodia, Thailand
 MeltingPot Theory: Everyone who
immigrates to the US eventually assimilates
and looks/acts like everyone else

 TossedSalad Theory: When people

immigrate, they do not completely assimilate
(they keep certain parts of their culture
alive)

 We believe in Tossed Salad today!

Why would families choose
to immigrate to the United
States?
Who are citizens?

Are all citizens treated like

citizens? Why/Why Not?
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Community member who owes
loyalty to the government and is
entitled to protection from it.

We study about the rights and duties

of citizens in Civics!
By Birth
 If you were born:
In one of the 50 states
On an American Territory

On an American military base

To someone who is a US citizen

(one or both parents)
By Naturalization if you’re not
born a citizen
1. File Declaration of Intent with CIS
2. Live in US for 5 years
3. Take citizenship and US History classes
4. Apply for citizenship
5. Interview/citizenship exam with the
government
6. Attend a ceremony to pledge your
allegiance to the US
Class Starter
List3 groups of people that
came to the US and the century
they came in.
What is the “Melting Pot?”
What is the “Tossed Salad?”
 Someone in the US who is not a citizen

 Legal Alien: someone in the US who is not a

citizen but has their paperwork

 IllegalAlien someone in the US who is not a

citizen but does not have their paperwork
How can the process of
naturalization be improved?
Class Starter
How does someone become a US
citizen by birth?
How can someone become a US
citizen if they were born in
another country?
How are legal and illegal aliens
different?
How can we better represent the
accomplishments of all groups of
Americans and events other than
war in the United States?
What are your chores at home?
Make a list and explain what you
have to do for each chore.
 iCan Statement
Ican differentiate between civic
duties and responsibilities.
Civic Duties and Responsibilities
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I. What is a Democracy?
Government in which citizens
hold the power to rule

2 Types:
 Direct Democracy
 Representative Democracy
(Republic)
II. Civic Duties
Things we are required to do

5 Duties:
 Obey laws
 Pay taxes
 Defend the country (Selective
Service)
 Serve jury duty
 Attend school
III. Civic Responsibilities
Things we do voluntarily

5 Responsibilities:
 Be informed
 Vote
 Respect others’ rights
 Respect diversity (tolerance)
 Contribute to the common good
(volunteering)
Why are completing your duties
and responsibilities important to
our country? (write 1
paragraph—5 sentences)
Make a window foldable with 5
tabs on each side

Write the duty/responsibility on

the outside flap

Draw a picture on the inside

 With your partner, select a WOW Character
Trait from the PSRC website

 Plan,in detail, a week’s worth of activities

that can be organized during lunch or after
school.

 Assignment should be written in the form of

an essay
 5-6 sentence paragraphs
Notebook Check #1
Take the following items out of
your notebook and staple them
together
 Ballot Box #1 Study Guide
 Ballot Box #1 Vocabulary
 August 27 Starter
 US Citizenship Notes
Class Starter
 What are civic duties? Give examples.

 What
are civic responsibilities? Give
examples.

 What questions do you have about your quiz

or test?
Unit 2 Terms
 Magna Carta: An English document that
established the principle of limited
government.
 Jamestown Colony: The first permanent
English settlement in the new world.
 Shays’ Rebellion: An uprising of 1200
Massachusetts farmers that exposes the
weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
 House of Burgesses: The first legislature
established in the new world; set up by the
English in Jamestown.
 Mayflower Compact: A social contract
written by the Pilgrims on the Mayflower
before they landed at Plymouth Rock; they
set up a direct democracy for their colony.
 Virginia Plan: A plan for government
proposed at the Constitutional Convention
that called for a legislature with 2 houses
and representation in both houses based on
states’ population.
 John Locke: English philosopher who
developed the ideas of natural rights and
social contract theory.
 FirstContinental Congress: Meeting among
colonial leaders in 1774; Delegates decided
to make peace with King George III.
 Thomas Jefferson: Writer of the Declaration
of Independence.
 Second Continental Congress: Meeting
among colonial leaders in 1776; Delegates
decided to declare independence and wrote
the Declaration of Independence.
 Salutary neglect: A policy in which the
English government left the colonies to
govern themselves.
 Declaration of Independence: A document in
which the 13 colonies declare their
independence.
 New Jersey Plan: A plan for government
proposed at the Constitutional Convention that
called for a legislature with 1 house and
representation in that house would be equal
for the states.
 3/5 Compromise: A constitutional compromise
in which 5 slaves would count as 3 “full”
people for the purpose of figuring states’
population for representation in Congress.
 Slave Trade Compromise: A constitutional
compromise in which Congress agrees not to
tax exports or mess with the slave trade until
1808 in exchange for gaining the power to
regulate foreign and interstate trade.
 Articles of Confederation: The first
constitution of the United States.