Civics Today Ch. 5 and 14
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- Responsibilities
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Obligations that we fulfill voluntarily.
~Be Informed
~Speak Up and Vote
~Respect Others' Rights
~Respect Diversity
~Contribute to Common Good - Duties
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Things we are required to do
*Obey Laws
*Pay Taxes
*Serve in court(Jury duty)
*Attend school
*Serve in the military if called - Draft
- to call up people for military service
- Tolerance
- Respecting and accepting others, regardless of their beliefs, practices, or differences
- Community
- A group of people who share the same interests and concerns
- Bureaucracies
- complex systems with many departments, many rules, and many people in the chain of command
- AmeriCorps
- A volunteer program in the US in which volunteers assist in obtaining community needs.
- Job Corps
- A volunteer progam dealing with jobs
- Senior Corps
- Provide volunteer opportunities for Americans aged 55 or older. (foster grandparents, Senior companions, etc.)
- Peace Corps
- A volunteer program in which people reach out to help those in need around the world.
- Welfare
- The health, prosperity, and happiness of the members of a community
- Volunteerism
- The practice of offering your time and services to others without payment
- Public Policy
- The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem
- MADD
- Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
- Infrastructure
- A community's system of roads, bridges, water, and sewers
- Charter Schools
- Schools that receive state funding, but are excused from meeting many public school regulations
- tuition vouchers
- Program providing subsidies for education payments, allowing families the option of sending students to private schools
- TANF
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
- Solid waste
- The technical name for garbage
- Recycling
- Reusing old materials to make new ones
- Conservation
- The careful preservation and protection of natural resources
- Voting Rights
- Recently became available to women, African Americans, citizens aged 18 and up, and minorities
- Patriotism
- The love for one's country
- Public Service
- Government provided services (libraries, schools, hospitals, parks, RCs, streets, bridges, garbagemen, mailmen, police/firemen, etc.)