Government and YOUR Rights and Responsibilities!

Introduction

What are your rights as a citizen of the United States of America? Do you know how many types of government we have?

As a citizen of the United States of America, it is important to know your rights and responsibilities. Citizenship is the common thread that connects all Americans. We are a nation bound not by race or religion, but by the shared values of freedom, liberty, and equality. However, rights and responsibilites are two different things. We have certain rights that are listed in the U.S. Constitution under the Bill of Rights. There are many different responsibilities that citizens should exercise and respect. Being an informed citizen about our government and community is an important responsibility. Voting in elections is just one responsibility of all good citizens. Did you know we are under three governments, not just one? Our governments also posses responsibilities. These governments are local, state, and federal. You will go on a quest to discover your rights and responsibilities as a U.S. citizen and learn about the three types of government. Click on "Task" to begin your quest.

Task

The task will consist of visiting websites to learn about the rights and responsibilities citizens of the United States of America are to exercise and respect. As a citizen, give examples of how you possess these rights and responsibilities or how you could exercise these. Next, you will learn about the different types of governments: local, state, and federal. Research to find the responsibilites of each type of government and tell a fun fact about each one. To begin your quest click on "Process."

Later you will take an online quiz in order to assess what you have learned from completing your quest.

Finally you can play the game of "Bill of Rights Edition" where you pretend to be a lawyer and determine if your clients have the right to do what they want.

Process

To carry out your quest, you must follow this procedure:

  1. Go to this website: http://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learners/citizenship-rights-and-respon…
  2. Read the Rights and Responsibilities of a citizen.
  3. On a piece of paper, create a chart of the rights and responsibilities.
  4. Go to this website: https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/state-and-local-government
  5. Learn about the different types of government and what these governments do.
  6. On a piece of paper, list and compare the three types of government.
  7. Go to this website: http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/social_studies/rights_vs_responsibil…
  8. Take the Rights vs. Responsibilities Quiz and then print out your grade
  9. Go to this website: https://www.icivics.org/games/bill-of-rights
  10. Play the Bill of Rights Edition game

Evaluation

  EXCELLENT GOOD NEED BETTER
CONTENTS AND RESEARCH You have done all the tasks correctly, using all the resources related to them You have not done all the tasks correctly but have used all the resources available to solve them You have neither done all the tasks correctly nor used all the available resources 50 %
ATTITUDE You have shown an excellent attitude during the performance of the tasks and have collaborated with your classmates You have shown a positive attitude but have not collaborated enough with your classmates You have not shown a good attitude 25 %
PERFORMANCE You have presented clean, tidy, well-prepared work and grade from the quiz You have presented good work and a grade from the quiz, but you could do better You have presented untidy work and no grade for the quiz 25 %

Conclusion

Congratulations!

You completed your quest! You have now learned your rights and responsibilities as a citizen of the United States and also about the three types of government.

I hope you have enjoyed these activities!

Credits

Teacher Page

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This webquest has been created to learn what rights and responsibilities citizens of the United States of America posess and also about the three types of government: local, state, and federal.