Steps to Citizenship
Political Cartoons
Duties and Responsibilities
Know Your Rights!
Community Service and Character Traits
Potluck!
100
This is the Constitutional Amendment that defines citizenship.
What is the 14th Amendment?
100
This is the name for a drawing that contains a message about political topics, and uses symbolism and exaggeration in the pictures.
What is a political cartoon?
100
In the choice between civic duties or civic responsibilities, these are voluntary.
What are civic responsibilities?
100
This is the Constitutional Amendment that gives U.S. citizens their freedoms of religion, assembly, press, petition, and speech.
What is the First Amendment?
100
Becoming involved in public service organizations is a way of performing __________ ____________.
What is community service?
100
What is a person who moves to live permanently in another country.
What is an immigrant?
200
This is someone with certain rights, duties, and an allegiance to a specific country.
What is a citizen?
200
This is what the figure Uncle Sam represents in most political cartoons.
What is the United States or the U.S. government?
200
True or False: A basic responsibility of U.S. citizenship is to contribute to the common good.
What is true?
200
This constitutional right gives individuals the right to gather together peacefully.
What is the Freedom of Assembly?
200
True or False:
Volunteering at the public library is a type of community service.
What is true?
200
True or False: Voting is a civic duty.
What is false?
300
This is the name for the process of becoming a U.S. citizen.
What is naturalization?
300
The symbol that we learned in class that represents freedom.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
300
What you face if you do not fulfill your civic duties.
What are legal consequences, like paying a fine or being jailed?
300
With this right, individuals are free to express their personal opinions and beliefs.
What is the Freedom of Speech?
300
This is a person who performs a job or service willingly, and without pay.
What is a volunteer?
300
This is how long the naturalization process can take.
What is 7 to 11 years?
400
These are the two ways of obtaining U.S. citizenship.
What are by birth or by naturalization?
400
What this symbol represents in a political cartoon.
What is peace?
400
These are two civic duties from our notes that we learned about during class.
What are:
- obeying laws
- paying taxes
- serving in the armed forces (if called)
- serving on a jury or as a witness in court
400
With this right, individuals have the right to make their views known to public officials.
What is Freedom of Petition?
400
These are two characteristics of a good citizen that we listed in our notes.
What are: trustworthy, honest, courteous, respectful, responsible, self-reliant, patriotic, accountable for your own actions
400
This is the name of this symbol of the United States government.
What is Uncle Sam?
500
These are three requirements of the naturalization process.
What are:
- be at least 18 years old
- pass a naturalization test
- read, write, and speak basic English
- say the Oath of Allegiance
- reside in the U.S. for at least 3 to 5 years.
500
What these symbols represent in a political cartoon and which one represents which.
What are the Republican Party - elephant and the Democratic Party - donkey.
500
These are three civic responsibilities from our notes that we learned about in class.
What are: registering and voting, participating in political campaigns, holding elected office, serving in appointed positions, respecting other political opinions, keeping informed on current issues
500
These are the five constitutional rights listed in the First Amendment of the Constitution.
What are the Freedoms of Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, and Speech?
500
These are two different ways to participate in community service as a volunteer.
What are (answers will vary)?
500
Immigration and naturalization has led to a ___________ U.S. society, with many different types of religions, languages, and cultures.
What is diverse?