Character Trait

Citizenship

Citizenship Definition:
Being a good neighbor and member
of the community and protecting the
environment.

Citizenship Definition:
Obeying the rules and working to
make your community a better
place.

Citizenship Example

A person who
respects authority
plays by the rules.

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

Citizenship Example
A person who
respects authority
observes just
laws.

Citizenship Example
A person who
respects authority
honors the
principles of
democracy.

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.

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.

Citizenship Words

Respect
Authority
Civic Duty
Honor
Fair share

Obey
Just laws
Stay informed

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

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

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

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

Citizenship Quotes
Wicked men obey from fear; good men,
from love.
-Aristotle

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

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

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

The Goatherd and the Wild Goats.

-Aesop

Discussion Questions for

The Goatherd and the Wild
Goats
1. Do you think the wild goat
was right with its prediction?

Discussion Questions for

The Goatherd and the Wild
Goats
2. Do you treat new friends
more kindly than you do your
old friends?

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?

Discussion Questions for

The Goatherd and the Wild
Goats
4. How do you select
friends?

Discussion Questions for

The Goatherd and the Wild
Goats
5. How do you keep good
friends?

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