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Warm-Up

Warm-Up. Get out you answers to the citizen test. Unit 4: Citizenship. Part 1: What is an American Citizen. How do we know you are a citizen?. Civics. The study of the rights and duties of citizens How citizens interact with their government. What is a Citizen ?.

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Warm-Up

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  1. Warm-Up Get out you answers to the citizen test.

  2. Unit 4: Citizenship Part 1: What is an American Citizen

  3. How do we know you are a citizen?

  4. Civics • The study of the rights and duties of citizens • How citizens interact with their government

  5. What is a Citizen? • A member of a community who owes loyalty to a government and is entitled to protection from it.

  6. Is this statement accurate? • A citizen is someone who lives in a country. NO: Being a citizen entails more than just living in a country. It also includes those who live abroad. Also, someone may be living in the USA and not be a citizen.

  7. What does citizenship entail? • The rights and duties of members of a state.

  8. Duty • Something we have to do

  9. Responsibility • Something we ought to do

  10. Duties and Responsibilities

  11. Who are the citizens of the United States? • Natural born citizens • Born on US soil • Parents are US citizen • E Pluribus unum – Out of many, one

  12. The New Colossus

  13. Immigrant • A person who moves permanently to another country • All Americans are descendents of immigrants • My ancestors come from Germany, Ireland, Britain, and Scotland

  14. Conclusion • Using what you learned yesterday… • What does it mean to be an effective citizen? Be sure to reference what we discussed in class, as well as including your own opinion.

  15. Immigration • The introduction of new people into a population • Immigrants today come from all continents (except Antarctica)

  16. Immigration to America

  17. Reasons for Immigration • Religious • Political • Wealth • Forced • Opportunity

  18. Religious • To be able to practice their religious beliefs without fear of persecution

  19. Political • To escape the injustices of despotism (authoritarian governments)

  20. Wealth • In search of precious metals, cash crops and land

  21. Forced • Millions of Africans were forced to migrate as a cheap source of labor (slavery)

  22. Opportunity • It was an opportunity for a new life for many

  23. Impact of Immigration

  24. Diversity • The different ethnic, religious and cultural traditions that make up the American population.

  25. The Great American Melting Pot • People of different cultures blended together to make one American culture

  26. The American “Tossed Salad” • America is made up of many different cultures that remain distinct but contribute to American diversity.

  27. Immigration Attitudes Today

  28. Immigration Attitudes Historically

  29. How does one become an American Citizen? • Native Born • Born on American soil • If one parent is an American

  30. How does one become an American Citizen • 2 Through the Naturalization Process – the steps that someone who is not a citizen take to become one • USCIS –United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

  31. The Naturalization Process

  32. Losing Citizenship • Denaturalization – lying during the naturalization process • Expatriation – giving up ones citizenship by becoming citizen of another country • Punishment for a Crime – federal crimes that involve extreme disloyalty (i.e. Treason)

  33. What is an alien? • A noncitizen • Legal Aliens – noncitizens who are in the country legally • Illegal Aliens – noncitizens who came into US illegally

  34. Immigration Act of 1990

  35. Immigration Act of 1990 • Emphasis on people with particular skills, talents, or money to invest. (entrepreneurs)

  36. Legal Aliens: Hold jobs Own property Attend public schools Receive gov. services Pay taxes Given protection Legal Aliens cannot: Vote in elections Run for office Serve on juries Be without identification cards What is the difference between the rights of legal aliens and US citizens?

  37. Warm-Up – Immigration Act of 1990& Reasons people immigrate • Do you think it is fair or right for the US government to allow access to immigrants based on certain skills, talent, or money? • Why do you think so many thousands of people are trying to enter the United States each year?

  38. Unit 1 Part III: The Government and the People

  39. Government • The Ruling authority for a community

  40. Why do communities need government? • To make it possible for people to live together peacefully

  41. Thomas Hobbes • Scottish political philosopher (1588-1679)

  42. Life without government would be “nasty, brutish, and short.”

  43. What do governments do?

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