Rules vs. Laws
What is at least ONE of our classroom rules?
1: Follow Directions Quickly
2: Raise your hand for permission to speak
3: Raise your hand for permission to leave your seat
4: Make smart choices
5: Follow the Platinum rule
What is something that every human being deserves to have or do, no matter who they are or where they live?
Rights
The process in which citizens make choices to pick leaders and pass laws is called what?
Voting
What is a group of people who work, learn, or play together?
Community
Embracing differences and including people from all walks of life is an example of what?
Diversity
Who creates the laws of our country and state?
Government
What is something a person must do or think about and may have an effect on other people?
Responsibility
Who has the right to vote?
Adult Citizens
Give one example of being a good citizen?
Possible responses: Planting a tree, helping others up, cleaning up litter, including someone at recess, being safe online, saying kind words to others.
People in America are diverse because...
a) We all speak the same language
b) We all go to school
c) Our families came from different places
d) We all celebrate the same holidays
C) Our families came from different places
Who can create a rule?
Anyone
Feeling safe and in community with others is an example of a what?
Right
What is something we have voted on in our classroom?
Possible Answers: Goose name, classroom contract focuses, what game we should play
Which is an example of being trustworthy?
a) Hannah found a lost bracelet at recess and put it in the lost and found.
b) When asked who broke her mom's vase, Grace lied and said her brother did it.
c) Christopher wandered the hallways of the school after he asked his teacher if he could go to the bathroom.
a) Hannah found a lost bracelet at recess and put it in the lost and found.
What is an example of a benefit of diversity in America?
Possible Answers: Different foods, clothes, and cultural traditions.
What is an example of a law?
Possible answers: Stopping at a stop light, following the speed limit, not stealing, not littering, etc.
Caring about others and standing up for people who can't is an example of a what?
Responsibility
True or False: When voting in a school election, only the teachers get to decide who has won.
False!
The candidate (or option) with the most votes wins.
List 4 words that would describe a citizen.
Possible answers: Responsible, Respectful, Self-Reliant, Self-Disciplined, Trustworthy, Honest, Caring, Loyal, Patriotic, Law-Abiding
Pizza, a food loved by many Americans, come from what country?
Italy
What is the purpose of rules and laws?
To keep people safe and have order in society
The purpose of governments is that they help to protect what?
Our rights
America has a republican form of government, specifically we are a representative democracy. This means that we
a) Let people do whatever they want
b) Elect people to speak for us in the making of laws.
c) Have a king/queen who makes all of the choices
b) Elect people to speak for us in the making of laws
List three ways you can serve your community, state, or nation?
Serve in the military, vote, help clean up your neighborhood, volunteer, etc.
This term means everyone having the same rights, status, opportunities, and recourses despite what makes them different
Equality