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Enduring Understanding :
● Citizenship is a relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection.
● Each nation determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and the conditions under which that status will be extended or withdrawn.
● Citizens have additional rights and responsibilities that non-citizens do not possess.
Vocabulary:
● Allegiance ● Citizenship ● Citizen ● Immigrant ● Legal Permanent Resident ● Naturalization ● Obligations ● Resident Alien ● Responsibilities
What is citizenship? Who is a Citizen? What is Naturalization? What rights and obligations do citizens have? ● iCivics: Citizen me Students create a graphic organizer that diagrams citizen rights and responsibilities at different levels of citizenship--home, school, city, state, and nation. They also learn the sources of their rights and responsibilities at each level.
Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship U.S. citizens (including naturalized citizens) have the RIGHT to:
Vote Serve on juries (Serving on a jury is often seen as an obligation but women and African-Americans fought to have this right.)
Run for office Register for the Selective Service (if you are male and between age 18 through 25)
Equal protection and due process U.S. citizens have a RESPONSIBILITY or OBLIGATION to: Follow the laws, including paying taxes
Register for the Selective Service (if male aged 18-25) Be informed about public issues
Support our democratic form of government and not work against the country’s national interests (e.g., for a foreign country). The is what “pledging allegiance” means.
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