How can a society promote good citizenship?
Vocabulary
Virtues - quality traits that are found to be morally good and helpful to promoting individual and collective greatness
Aztec society focused on:
Producing citizens who contributed to community
Education that included good citizenship
The Ideal Aztec Citizen
Virtues of the Ideal Aztec Citizen
Aztecs had rights protected by law:
It maintained order
Reminded people to be responsible, honest and obedient
Nobles were to set example and were more harshly judged than commoners
There were levels of the court system:
What different worldviews are suggested by these national mottos?
Canadian Confederation Motto: paix, ordre et bon gouvernement (peace, order, order and good government)
French Motto: liberté, égalité, fraternité (liberty, equality, brotherhood)
American Motto: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
If you could choose any three items from any of them to make into a motto, that would best represent your worldview, which three would you choose?
Create a poster to display your motto on a family crest. Feel free to embellish it!