Unit 5: U.S. Government

Unit 5 Government

  • Patriotism: showing respect for your country à saying the pledge
  • Truth: our government and citizens have the duty to be honest and tell the truth à to tell the truth in court
  • Popular Sovereignty: the right to vote people into office à voting on election day
  • Common Good: doing good for our community and country à pick up trash
  • Equality: everyone has the same rights and freedoms à freedom of religion
  • Justice: everyone treated fairly à freedom of trial in court
  • Diversity: all races, cultures, and religions are deemed important à immigrants
  • Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness: the right to protect your own life, chose what you want and what to believe in so long as you do not take or restrict anyone else’s rights à chose your own friends and religion
  • Complete core democratic value sentence stems:
  • sentence stem: ____________ is connected to our civic responsibility by _____________.
  • for each core democratic value

Go to Open Book Project Page 111

BrainPop Branches of Government

Through Cleveler –> go to Discovery Education and look up “Understanding the Constitution” for each branch

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