Citizenship and Voting

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Citizenship and Voting

• Are you a Citizen? Why?

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Citizenship, an introduction

• What does citizen mean
• A member of a nation who owes its allegiance to
  its government and is entitled (allowed) to its
  protection.
• A few duties of a good citizen
• Obey Laws
• Vote REGULARLY
• Pay taxes
• Serve Jury Duty
• Respect the rights of others
• Help in the Community

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Three ways to become a U.S. Citizen

• Jus Soli
• Law of the Soil
• This says you are an American citizen if you are
  born on American soil.
• Jus Sanguines
• Law of the Blood
• This says that if one of your parents is an
  American, then you are an American Citizen.
• Naturalization
• Gaining citizenship after birth.

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Naturalization, the process

• Naturalization is a four step process
• Petition for naturalization
• This is kind of like a job application
• Take a class on naturalization
• Just like a class here at the high school
• Go through an interview process
• Again think of a job interview
• Pass the naturalization test
• Take a test on questions about the United States
  of America.

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So, How would you do on a Naturalization Test?

• Lets find out

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Before we get started, a few directions

• The next several slides we are going see as a
  group how well we would do on a naturalization
  test.
• We are going to use your remote control to vote.
• Its simple, after you see the answer choices for
  question push the button that you think is
  correct before the time runs out.

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Press Number 1 Now

1. Press Number 1 Now
2. Dont Press This number

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How many stripes are on the U.S. flag?

1. 15
2. 14
3. 13
4. 12
5. 11

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Who is our Vice President?

1. George W. Bush
2. Dick Cheney
3. Al Gore
4. Ed Rendell
5. Condoleezza Rice

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Who elects the President of the United States?

1. Anyone over the age of 18
2. Congress
3. The Supreme Court
4. Electoral College
5. The News Media

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Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

1. John Roberts
2. William Renquist
3. George Bush
4. Sandra OConner
5. Dwight Schrute

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Who saidGive me Liberty or Give me death

1. George Washington
2. Francis Scott Key
3. Paul Revere
4. Patrick Henry
5. Ben Franklin

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How many Supreme Court Justices do we have?

1. 8
2. 9
3. 10
4. 11
5. 12

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What is the introduction to the Constitution
called

1. The Bill of Rights
2. The Preamble
3. Article I
4. Declaration of Independence
5. Articles of Confederation

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Which Amendment to the Constitution gives us
Freedom of Speech, Press, and Religion?

1. 1st Amendment
2. 3rd Amendment
3. 5th Amendment
4. 8th Amendment
5. 10th Amendment

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What year was the Constitution written?

1. 1754
2. 1778
3. 1787
4. 1793
5. 1841

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Who is the current Commander and Chief of the
United States military?

1. General Tommy Franks
2. Donald Rumsfield
3. Robert Gates
4. Colin Powell
5. George Bush

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I would love to help you Mr. Robertson! I am so
excited to be here today! Man was that
Naturalization test hard! I think I missed a few
questions. Alright lets get to the
QUESTION BREAK

1. What are the three ways to become an American
   Citizen?
2. ________________________________________
3. ________________________________________
4. ________________________________________
5. What are the four steps in the Naturalization
   Process?
6. __________________ 3. ___________________
7. __________________ 4. ___________________
8. What did YOU THINK of the Naturalization test
   questions?

Thank you for coming today Mr. President. I
thought who better to discuss the Naturalization
process then the President of the United States!
I have a few questions the students would love to
ask you!
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Now lets learn a little about voting!

• To be eligible to vote you must
• Be at least 18 years old.
• Register to vote
• You can go online answer a few questions and you
  are registered and ready to go.
• Now on to voting
• Voting by state can be done several ways. You
  can use the following ways to vote
• Voting Machine
• Punch Ballot
• Touch Screen Voting

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What are we talking about

• A Voting Machine looks like this
• A Punch ballot looks like this
• And finally a touch screen ballot looks like this

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A Touch Screen Voting Machine
President of the United States (vote for one)
John McCain
Barack Obama
Mr. Robertson
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Thank you For Voting
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Sorry you did not Vote, please try again
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Congratulations... NOW YOU HAVE MADE THE RIGHT
CHOICE
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Voting Continued

• As an American when we vote for a President, we
  do not elect the President, the Electoral College
  does.
• Each state votes for a President and whoever wins
  that state gets all the electoral votes for that
  state.
• The goal for a President is to get a total of 270
  out of the total of 538 electoral college votes.
• Electoral Votes are broken down to the following

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Whats up class? Who understands voting now? I
know I do? First, you just stick your tongue out
like this. Second, you lick the paper. Third,
you stick the paper to your forehead. Just
Kidding!!! Lets get to the
QUESTION BREAK

• What role does television and the media play in
  elections?
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ______________
• What type of voting Machine do we use in
  Pennsylvania, and what kind did we use to use?
• __________________________________________________
  ________________________________
• When I turn 18 I plan/dont plan or registering
  to vote because

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