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Ch. 1Section 1
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I. What is Civics?
• A) Civics is the study of the rights and duties of citizens.
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• 1) So, what’s a citizen?• A citizen is 1) a member of the community who 2)owes
loyalty to the government and 3) is entitled to protection from it.
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• 2) Is citizenship new?• a) No!! Ancient Greece created the first citizens 2,500 years ago!!
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• B) Who can be a citizen?• 1) Lots of People!!!• a) America has 300 million people• b) Everyone’s ancestors came from somewhere else• c) IMMIGRANT---a person who moves permanently to a
new country
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• 1) Native Americans came here 10,000 years ago
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• 2) English and Dutch arrived in America 200-400 years ago
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• African Americans came here as slaves 300-400 years ago.
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•Most immigrants came to America 100 years ago from Europe
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• Hispanics and Asians are biggest immigrant groups today
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• C) Working in America• 1) Native Americans were hunters and gatherers---you got
paid in food!
• 2) The American colonists were mostly farmers in 1600-1800s.
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• 3) Late 1800s workers lived in cities and worked in factories (called BLUE COLLAR WORKERS)
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• 4) Today we have SERVICE ECONOMY—we earn money by providing a service such as lawyers, accountants etc. (called WHITE COLLAR WORKERS)• Can you name some service jobs?
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II. American Values and Institutions
• A) What are VALUES? Big ideas about what is good/bad that most people agree with?
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• 2) Americans share many of the same values• a) freedom• b) tolerance• c) Democracy• d) equality• e) pizza
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• 3) Popular Sovereignty• a) Americans believe that government rules with the
consent of the people• b) Wait, how do we give our consent????• 1) ELECTIONS-we vote for who we want to lead us.• 2) MAJORITY RULE---Whoever has the most votes gets
to lead.
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• Homework:• Page 12 Number 1. • Page 12 Number 5