Citizen Responsibilities

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Citizen Responsibilities

• You Know Your Rights.....Now Know Your
  Responsibilities

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What is a Responsibility?

• A Responsibility is something that you either
  have or should do.

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What is a Citizen Responsibility?

• A Citizen Responsibility is something that you
  either have to or should do as a person that
  lives in the United States.

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A list of your Mandatory Citizen Responsibilities!

• Mandatory - Things you have to do or else you
  will be punished.
• Mandatory Responsibilities
• Paying Taxes
• Obeying Laws
• Serving as Witness
• Jury Duty
• Registering for the Draft

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A List of your Voluntary Responsibilities

• Voluntary - Things that you choose to do
• Voluntary Responsibilities
• Voting
• Volunteering

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Paying Taxes

• Mandatory Citizen Responsibility! (You have to do
  it!)
• You must pay taxes to the government so that the
  government can run schools, give people
  healthcare, food, fix roads, and create and keep
  parks clean and much more

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Obeying Laws

• Mandatory Citizen Responsibility (You have to do
  it!)
• You have to obey laws because if you do not we
  will have chaos!
• People may steal, kill, drive as fast as they
  want, etc!!

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Serving as a Witness

• Mandatory Responsibility (You have to do it.)
• If you see a crime happen, a court can ask you to
  come and tell the court what happened. You have
  to come!
• This is necessary because if you do not serve as
  a witness then our Justice system might fall
  apart. It depends on people to share evidence so
  the jury can decide if the person on trial is
  innocent or guilty!
• Quick! Do you have to talk though?
• No! The 5th Amendment!

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Jury Duty

• Mandatory Responsibility (You have to do it!)
• As a U.S. citizen must serve on a jury.
• This is important because the court system needs
  a jury. A jury is made up of U.S. citizens. A
  jury decides if someone is innocent or guilty.
• If there is no jury, there is no court!

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Registering for the Draft

• Every male citizen over the age of 18 must
  register for the draft.
• The draft is a way for the country to get people
  to go to war in a time of emergency, or national
  crisis.
• This is necessary because if the United States
  needs to defend itself, it must be able to have
  soldiers.

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Voting

• Voluntary Responsibilities (Things you can choose
  to do.)
• All U.S. citizens over 18 has the right to vote.
  You can choose to vote, you are not forced to
  vote.
• However, imagine if no one voted we wouldnt have
  a government! That means we would not have any
  government services such as police officers,
  schools, hospitals, community centers, etc!

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Volunteering

• Voluntary Responsibility (Things you choose to
  do!)
• Volunteering means that you help out somewhere in
  your community without being paid.
• It is important to volunteer because there are
  many jobs that do not pay but are really
  necessary! For instance, working at a soup
  kitchen, cleaning up a park, volunteering at a
  hospital, helping build houses for poor people
• Volunteering in your community makes it a better
  place to live!

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Conclusion/Key Points

• Doing your Citizen Responsibilities are necessary
  for the survival of the United States
• Citizen Responsibilities include, paying taxes,
  obeying laws, serving as a witness, jury duty,
  registering for the draft, voting, and
  volunteering

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Group Work

• Look at your groups citizen responsibility and
  answer the question.
• Is your citizen responsibility mandatory or
  voluntary?
• Why is important to do or participate in your
  citizen responsibility?
• What would America look like if people did not
  participate in this citizen responsibility?

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Public Service!

• Create a public service announcement about the
  one citizen responsibility you think is the most
  important. On one side draw a picture that goes
  along with that responsibility, and on the other
  side explain why you think that responsibility is
  the most important!
• We will vote and choose the best public service
  announcement!!!