Civics and Economics

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Civics and Economics

• UNIT 1 - FOUNDATIONS

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What is it to be a citizen?

• As an American, you have rights and
  responsibilities WHAT ARE THEY?
• E pluribus unum Out of many, one
• What does it really mean?
• Where are we immigrating from?
• Looking at the numbers over the years
• What is ethnicity?
• - Looking at the numbers

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An expanding landscape

• Who is practicing what religion and how many?
• How much did the country grow between 1830 and
  1930?
• How many were immigrants?
• What is a service economy?
• Why is the population changing?

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American Values

• What are values?
• What values are important to Americans?
• These are known as what?
• P_____r S________Y
• What is an institution?
• - What is the 1 American institution? What else
  is valued in this country?

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Who are we?

• How do we become citizens?
• What does it mean to have dual citizenship?
• Which noncitizens return home? Which ones gain
  citizenship? How many in the United States a
  year?
• What is the process of becoming naturalized?
• What role does the government play in this
  process?

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Immigration to the USA

• How many apply, how many are accepted?
• Who gets priority?
• What are illegal aliens?
• What can happen to them?
• What are legal aliens?
• - Do they have the same rights as regular
  citizens?

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The Government

• What is a government?
• Are governments necessary? Why? Why not?
• What would life be like without government?
• Government provides rules, laws, policies and
  expectations designed to protect its' citizens.
• What are the functions of government?
• Keep order, provide security, public services and
  guide the community
• What is public policy?

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Levels of the Government

• National (Federal)
• Three branches
• gt legislative
• gt executive
• gt judicial
• http//www.congressforkids.net/Constitution_threeb
  ranches.htm
• State and Local
• - Examples of your local government are...

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Types of Government

• What is a Democracy?
• Origin Greece. Direct Democracy, citizens met,
  discussed and voted. Not practical today. Why?
• Instead, a representative democracy is used. How
  is this different from a DD?
• gt This is also known as a _______ and is used in
  the United States today.
• What is a monarchy?
• How is this like a democracy? Different?
• Where do we have monarchies today?
• Name some democratic principles...

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Democracy cont...

• Rule of Law
• Bound by Law
• Limited Government
• Government is not all powerful
• Consent of the governed
• The citizens are the source of power
• Individual Rights
• Rights protected by government
• Representative Government
• People elect leaders to make laws on their behalf
• What is Majority Rule?

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Authoritarians

• Power held by a person or group that does NOT
  answer to the people
• Absolute Monarchy, many until the 1600s, Saudi
  Arabia and Qatar operate under an AM, although
  they are constrained
• Dictatorship, similar to an AM, although
  dictators often take power by force, freedoms
  limited
• gt Panama, Cuba and Saudi Arabia
• Totalitarianism, dictators oppose political
  opposition, regulate nearly every aspect of every
  day life
• gt Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin
• gt China, Cuba, North Korea

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Unit 1 Wrap-Up

• Civics, Citizens and Citizenship
• Ethnicity, Diversity, Service Economy
• Values, Popular Sovereignty, Institutions
• Naturalization, Aliens, Immigrants, Deportation
• Government, Democracy, Direct Democracy,
  Republic, Representative Democracy, Majority Rule
• Public Policy, Budget, Security, Public Service,
  Guidance
• Monarchy, Absolute Monarchy, Authoritarian,
  Totalitarian
• Be sure to know the THREE branches of US
  Government!
• ENJOY!!! ? School House Rock Three Ring Government