Unit 5 Living Together In A Community

1. Unit 5Living Together In A Community

2. Petition • A Written request that people sign to ask for government action.

3. Governor • The elected leader of a state’s government.

4. Patriotism • The love that people have for their country.

5. Public Property • Something that belongs to all citizens.

6. Vote • The way people show what they think a group should do.

7. People Make Communities Good Places to Live • A city or a town council is a group of people who have been chosen by citizens to meet and solve problems. This is the city council of Great Falls.

8. Rules and Laws in a Community Rules and Laws help people in a community cooperate. By following rules, people can solve their problems peacefully. Rules also helped people cooperate long ago. The Iroquois leaders made laws to help their five tribes get along better. Hiawatha made a wampum belt to help tell others about the new laws. Wampum were beads made from polished shells.

9. State Governments • In addition to a city council, you also have a state government that affects you. • Each of the fifty states has its own government because each state has its own climate, landforms, history and resources. Some states have to plan how to deal with hurricanes or earthquakes. • Each state needs its own government to deal with its own problems.

10. The Governor Leads the State • Each state has a leader called a governor. The governor is elected by voters and suggests laws that he or she would be good for the state. • The governor is also the leader of the state’s branch of the National Guard, which can help citizens in an emergency such as a flood, tornado or earthquake.

11. What is Public Property? • Public property belongs to all citizens. Parks and museums are public property. • Private property belongs to one person or a small group of people. Homes and business are private property.

12. Lawmakers • Each state government also has lawmakers. The lawmakers are elected by voters. Most states have two groups of lawmakers: senators and representatives. Their job is to write laws.

13. Judges • State governments also have state judges. Many judges are not elected. Instead, they are chosen by the governor. Judges decide whether state laws are fair and they help protect private property. • In a court a judge and a jury listen to both sides tell what happened. A jury is a group of 6-12 citizens who decide whether the person is guilty or not and the judge decides what the consequence will be.

14. Symbols of Pride • People honor their flag because it is a symbol of their country. The feeling of love that people have for their country is called patriotism. A flag stand for the ideas the people of a country believe in. • The American flag has changed over the years as the number of states has grown. The stripes represent the first 13 states, and there are 50 stars on the flag----one for each state.

15. The National Anthem • An anthem is a song of patriotism, which means a song that shows the love of your country. • “The Star-Spangled Banner” is our country’s national anthem and was written because of the flag. • Frances Scott Key wrote the song during the War of 1812 when he waited through the night to see if the Americans or the British had won an important battle. When he saw the American flag still flying he knew the Americans had won and he was so deeply moved that he wrote the poem which later became our anthem.

16. The Pledge of Allegiance • A pledge is a promise, and allegiance is respect. Citizens say the Pledge of Allegiance as a way to respect the flag and to promise to be true to the flag and our country. People stand when they say the pledge and place their right hand over their hearts in a salute.

17. Patriotic Symbols The Great Seal of The U.S. The Liberty Bell