Citizenship: Rights and Responsibilities

ISM citizen (from the country of ISM), jailed for 20 years for stealing a pack of gum!
What rights does this student have?
What responsibilities do you, as citizens, have in response to this?

What is a Citizen?
Def: Citizen
One who receives the rights and privileges as a member of a particular city, state or country.
Senior Citizen

What are Rights?
Rights: That which is due to you, legally and morally, as a citizen of a particular country.
Democracy: Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

What are Responsibilities?
Responsibilities: the duty and obligation as a member of a society.

Juicy Fat Questions
-What responsibility do all the people in this boat have?
-What happens when some dont live up to their responsibilities?
What happens when people of a society want just the rights but dont live up to the responsibilities?

Rights and Responsibilities
Summary: Rights are what you receive from society and responsibilities are what you give back to society. It is a balancing act.

Rights and Responsibilities
For homework you were to write down 3 rights and 3 responsibilities that you have in your family.
1st. Share with your teammates/ partner what rights and responsibilities you have.
2nd Share with your teammates/ partner what rights and responsibilities you had in common, and which you had that were different.
3rd. As a class what were the top 3 common rights and the top 3 responsibilities