Citizenship: Duties, Rights, and Liberties
Session 4: Duties of Citizenship

Materials

• Textbook
• Transparency: “Legal Consequences” (Attachment D)

Instructional Activities

1. Define duty.
   
   
2. List the duties of citizenship on the board and go over each to make sure that students understand their meaning.
   •    Obey laws
   •    Pay taxes
   •    Serve in the armed forces if called
   •    Serve on a jury or as a witness in court
   
   
3. Pair students and ask them to write a list of at least three consequences to society if citizens did not perform each of the duties listed above (think-pair-share).
   Example: If people did not obey the law, the results could range from damage to property to individual loss of life to complete anarchy.
   
   
4. Show the transparency (Attachment D) and discuss consequences to individuals for failure to perform the duties of citizenship.
   
   
5. Explain that tomorrow the class will discuss responsibilities and that a basic responsibility of citizenship is to contribute to the common good. As an exit slip, ask students to write one way they can contribute to the community.