Question

Use your ideas and knowledge to list and answer questions about civic duties and responsibilities.

Review your CAP file. List the three civic duties or responsibilities of U.S. citizens that you think are most important.

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Answer each of the following questions with at least two complete sentences:

What does it mean to be a good citizen?


What is the difference between a civic duty and a civic responsibility? Be sure to give an example for each to help explain.


When have you experienced a civic duty or responsibility? You may describe the example you wrote in your CAP file.


Why is it important to a community for people to have good citizenship?


What could happen if people do not fulfill a civic duty or responsibility? Give a specific example.

Answer 1

Answer: 1) obeying rules and laws, helping others, voting in elections, telling an adult if someone is a danger to themselves or others, and being responsible for your own actions and how they affect others.

2) U.S. citizenship provides many rights, Civic duties ensure that democratic values written into the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are upheld.

3) you have to answer this one

4) good citizens make their communities a better place to live. That is, if they see a problem in their community they look for ways to solve it.

5) they face legal consequences.

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