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Government and Citizenship
Mrs. Martin
Grade 3
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Learning Goals Being a good citizen means that you have
rights, freedoms, and responsibilities. Voting is an important responsibility. Government provides us with services
people want and need. In order to pay for services, governments
need to collect taxes. Government makes laws and decides if
laws have been broken. The president is the leader of the United
States of America
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Citizen
A citizen is a member of a community.
Citizens have freedoms, rights, and responsibilities.
As a citizen it is our responsibility to obey the laws, to pay taxes, and to vote.
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Citizens Citizens vote for our leaders. Voting is an
important responsibility!
What other things can citizens do to help leaders?
Paying taxes
Obeying laws
voting
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Improving communities
People work to change and improve their communities.
What are some ways to improve your community?
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laws
Rules that must be followed in a community.
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Governments provide services
People in communities want and need services.
Governments provide us with many services.
In order to pay for services we must pay taxes to the government.
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What services do governments provide us?
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President The president is the elected leader of the
United States of America.
The citizens of the USA chose him/her.
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President
President Barack Obama is our current president.