Being a Good Citizen
This word describes a person who belongs to a community or a country.
What is a citizen?
We follow these in the classroom and on the playground to keep everyone safe and happy.
What are rules?
This is a fair way for a group or a classroom to make a choice together, where the choice with the most points wins.
What is voting?
If you see trash on the classroom floor or the playground, an active citizen will do this action instead of walking past it.
What is pick it up (or throw it away)?
A responsible citizen follows these at school and home to make sure everyone stays safe.
What are rules?
This is the civic ideal of treating every single person fairly and with the same respect.
What is equal or equality?
This word means the rules that a whole city or country must follow.
What are laws?
Every citizen has the right to share this, which is how they think or feel about something.
What is an opinion (or voice)?
Even when a teacher or a parent isn't looking, a responsible citizen still follows the rules because they want to do the right thing. This trait is called having this.
What is honesty (or integrity)?
This is what we call a rule that a whole city, state, or country must follow.
What is a law?
Doing this action when someone else is talking shows respect and is a key part of being a responsible citizen.
What is listening?
This is what happens if a person decides to break a classroom rule or a community law.
What is a consequence?
This civic ideal means you have the power and freedom to make your own good choices.
What is liberty (or freedom)?
A responsible citizen always does this action when the traffic light turns red, keeping drivers and walkers safe.
What is stop?
If someone chooses not to be a responsible citizen and breaks a rule, they will face this.
What is a consequence?
When a citizen gives their time to help a school or neighborhood without getting paid, it is called this.
What is volunteering (or helping)?
This phrase means working together to do things that help everyone in the community, not just yourself.
What is the common good?
When you take care of your own things and do what you are supposed to do, you are showing this trait.
What is responsibility?
When a classmate is sad or hurt, an active citizen shows this trait by trying to help them feel better.
What is kindness (or empathy)?
When you take care of your library books and return your homework on time, you are showing this big character trait.
What is responsibility?