Character Education Mr. Anderson Character Trait Citizenship

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Character EducationMr. AndersonCharacter
TraitCitizenship
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Citizenship DefinitionBeing a good neighbor
and member of the community and protecting the
environment.
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Citizenship DefinitionObeying the rules and
working to make your community a better place.
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Citizenship Example

• A person who respects authority plays by the
  rules.

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Citizenship Example

• A person who respects authority obeys parents,
  teachers, coaches, and others who have been given
  authority.

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Citizenship Example

• A person who respects authority observes just
  laws.

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Citizenship Example

• A person who respects authority honors the
  principles of democracy.

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Civic Duty Example

• A person performs his/her civic duty by doing
  more than his/her fair share to make society
  work, now and in the future.

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Civic Duty Example

• A person performs his/her civic duty by staying
  informed on issues concerning privileges and
  obligations as a member of the community and of a
  democratic society.

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Citizenship Words

• Respect
• Authority
• Civic Duty
• Honor
• Fair share

• Obey
• Just laws
• Stay informed

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Citizenship Quotes

• Citizenship comes first today in our crowded
  worldNo man can enjoy the privileges of
  education and thereafter with a clear conscience
  break his contract with society. To respect that
  contract is to be mature, to strengthen it is to
  be a good citizen, to do more than your share
  under it is noble. -Isaiah Bowman

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Citizenship Quotes

• Every good citizen makes his countrys honor his
  own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as
  sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its
  defense and is conscious that he gains protection
  while he gives it.
• -Andrew Jackson

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Citizenship Quotes

• Let us at all times remember that all American
  citizens are brothers of a common country, and
  should dwell together in bonds of fraternal
  feeling.
• -Abraham Lincoln

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Citizenship Quotes

• The first requisite of a good citizen in this
  republic of ours is that he should be able and
  willing to pull his weight.
• -Theodore Roosevelt

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Citizenship Quotes

• Wicked men obey from fear good men, from love.
• -Aristotle

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Citizenship Quotes

• The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey
  willingly.
• -Thomas a Kempis

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Citizenship Quotes

• Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and
  vigor of commerce as it is to the health and
  vigor of citizenship.
• -Patrick Henry

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Citizenship Quotes

• Citizenship consists in the service of the
  country.
• -Jawaharlal Nehru

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The Goatherd and the Wild Goats.-Aesop
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Discussion Questions for The Goatherd and the
Wild Goats

• 1. Do you think the wild goat was right with its
  prediction?

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Discussion Questions for The Goatherd and the
Wild Goats

• 2. Do you treat new friends more kindly than you
  do your old friends?

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Discussion Questions for The Goatherd and the
Wild Goats

• 3. What are some things that a friend does to
  let you know he is loyal?

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Discussion Questions for The Goatherd and the
Wild Goats

• 4. How do you select friends?

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Discussion Questions for The Goatherd and the
Wild Goats

• 5. How do you keep good friends?

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Recipe for Good Friendship

• 1 cup of patience
• 2-3 hugs per day
• 13 big smiles per day
• A generous helping of listening
• 1 giant scoop of kindness
• Sprinkle with sugar and spice