Lesson
Responsibilities of Citizenship
Guiding question
What does a good citizen know, believe, and do?
Founding Principles
Virtues
Objectives
- Students evaluate and discuss the knowledge, skills, dispositions, and activities necessary for good citizenship.
Materials
Educator Resources
Student Handouts
Lesson Components
The Founders knew that Americans would need to possess a number of traits and dispositions for the new republic to be successful. Citizens, they believed, must be well-informed, engage in public life, vote, and participate in civil discourse. It also was also necessary that they exercise good judgment, moderation, self-restraint, vigilance, and dedication.
Lesson plan
Key Terms
- franchise
- suffrage
- civil discourse
- philanthropic
- polls
Standards
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