Topic: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens Students evaluate the scope and limits of rights and obligations as democratic citizens, the relationships among them, and how they are secured. (1.5 weeks) Chapter 3 Weeks: 11-12 GC.35 Analyze the meaning and importance of What rights does the U.S. Constitution SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES each of the rights guaranteed under the Bill of guarantee to citizens? 1. Students will view Future Fright: Losing the Bill of Rights and complete the viewing Rights and how each is secured (e.g., freedom What limits on government exist to secure the guide graphic organizer. of religion, speech, assembly, petition, rights of citizens? 2. iCivics I Have A Right?” game – “Do and privacy). How do the three branches of government 3. Students will rate which rights are most important to them from the Bill of Rights. GC. 36 Explain how economic rights are each protect the rights of citizens? 4. Students will a mnemonic about the Bill of Rights. secured and their importance to the individual What are the obligations and responsibilities of 5. Students will examine the responsibilities of a citizen from the U.S. Citizenship Test for and to society, including the right to acquire, a citizen? Naturalization. use, transfer, and dispose of property; right to How have the responsibilities of citizenship Citizenship 101: P19, 84, 141, 169, 227, 272, 389, 472, 568, 631, 731 choose one’s work; the purpose of labor changed in the modern era? Complete Chapter 3 assessments, and the Document based Assessment unions; copyrights and patents. How is the balance between meeting GC.37 Describe the individual’s legal obligations and respecting the rights of others obligations to obey the law, serve as a juror, achieved in American society? and pay taxes. What is the citizenship process in the United RESOURCES States? Constitution: PC1-C23
Topic: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens Students evaluate the scope and limits of rights and obligations as democratic citizens, the relationships among them, and how they are secured. (1.5 weeks) Chapter 3 Weeks: 11-12 GC.35 Analyze the meaning and importance of each of the rights guaranteed under the Bill of Rights and how each is secured (e.g., freedom of religion, speech, assembly, petition, and privacy). GC. 36 Explain how economic rights are secured and their importance to the individual and to society, including the right to acquire, use, transfer, and dispose of property; right to choose one’s work; the purpose of labor unions; copyrights and patents. GC.37 Describe the individual’s legal obligations to obey the law, serve as a juror, and pay taxes. What rights does the U.S. Constitution guarantee to citizens? What limits on government exist to secure the rights of citizens? How do the three branches of government each protect the rights of citizens? What are the obligations and responsibilities of a citizen? How have the responsibilities of citizenship changed in the modern era? How is the balance between meeting obligations and respecting the rights of others achieved in American society? What is the citizenship process in the United States? SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES 1. Students will view Future Fright: Losing the Bill of Rights and complete the viewing guide graphic organizer. 2. iCivics – “Do I Have A Right?” game 3. Students will rate which rights are most important to them from the Bill of Rights. 4. Students will a mnemonic about the Bill of Rights. 5. Students will examine the responsibilities of a citizen from the U.S. Citizenship Test for Naturalization. Citizenship 101: P19, 84, 141, 169, 227, 272, 389, 472, 568, 631, 731 Complete Chapter 3 assessments, and the Document based Assessment RESOURCES Constitution: PC1-C23
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