+
Your Rights and
Responsibilities
+
Introduction
The
United States Welcome
Center is often asked, “What are
the characteristics that make a
good citizen?”
They
need your help in finding a
creative way to present the
information.
+
Task
You and your partner will work
together to research and create a
project showing the characteristics
that make a good citizen. The
Welcome Center will choose the
best project to show to people who
are new citizen’s of the United
States.
+
- Begin by deciding who will be
Citizen A and Citizen B
- Each person will have jobs at
each step
- Begin by reading each step of the
process AND the jobs before
beginning
+
Process
+
Step 1
Choose a team name
 Spend
less than 5 minutes deciding your team
name and writing it on the cover of your
“Rights and Responsibilities” manual.
 Citizen
A – gets the manual (from your
teacher) and pencils
 Citizen
B – records the name on the front cover
+
Step 2

Kids in England have found that rights and responsibilities
are pretty important. They have a short video to share with
you about their thoughts. Before you hear what they have to
say, you need to brainstorm questions that you have about
rights and responsibilities and record them in your manual.
JOBS:

Citizen A: You will lead the discussion on questions you both
have about rights and responsibilities. Make sure that you
ask your team member their thoughts and share yours as
well.

Citizen B: You will take part in the discussion and may record
at least two questions in your manual on page two.
+
Step 2 Continued…

Before you start the video, read questions a-c in your
manual (page two). Discuss them so that you know what
to be listening for as you watch the video. As the kids in
the video share ideas, make sure to pause the movie
and take notes. You may need to watch it more than
once.
Click this link:
Video about Rights
Jobs:

Citizen A: You will record any notes that need to be
taken as you watch the clip.

Citizen B: You will be the navigator, the person in
charge of controlling the computer.
+
Step 3

Every person has rights. Find out some of your rights by
clicking on the following website below:

This website will help you answer the questions on page 3 of
your manual.
Rights
Jobs:

Citizen A: You will be the navigator, the person in charge of
controlling the computer. You will also record the team's
answer to questions a – c on page three.

Citizen B: Read each bullet on your rights out loud and
discuss them with your partner. Decide as a team at least
four you will include in your Welcome Center project and
then write them down on page three.
+
Step 4

We all have responsibilities. Click on the links below to
find out some of your responsibilities.

These websites will help you answer the questions on
page 3 of your manual and may give you ideas for your
project.
Responsibilities 1
Responsibilities 2
Jobs:

Citizen A: You will record any notes that need to be
taken as you watch the clip.

Citizen B: You will be the navigator, the person in
charge of controlling the computer.
+
Step 5
 What
happens when people don't accept their
responsibilities? Discuss as a team some possible
consequences of not being responsible and record
your ideas on page four.
Jobs:
 Citizen
A: Record your team's two possible
consequences on page four, lines e and f.
 Citizen
B: You will lead the discussion on
brainstorming consequences of not accepting
responsibility.
+
Step 6
 Now
that you've come up with your own possible
consequences, discover some others. Click the
link below:
Consequences
Jobs:
 Citizen
A:You will be the navigator, the person in
charge of controlling the computer.
 Citizen
B: Read each bullet on "What Happens
When People Don't Accept Responsibility?" and
discuss them with your partner. Decide as a
team at least three you will include in your project
and then write them down on page four, lines g, h,
and i.
+
Step 7

Now that you've learned about our rights and
responsibilities, click on the link below and play:
Matching Game

Once you complete the game, discuss at least two things that
you learned and record them on lines j and k.
Jobs:

Citizen A: You will navigate (first) for half the shuffle (4 boxes)
and give input to your partner as they navigate. When
finished, you will record one fact about rights and
responsibilities that your team learned.

Citizen B:You will navigate the last half of the shuffle (3
boxes) and give input to your partner as they navigate. You
will record (after the Citizen A) one fact about rights and
responsibilities that your team learned.
+
Step 8
 Now
that you have explored why we have rights
and responsibilities, decide as a team how you will
present the information to new citizens. No matter
which tool you choose to use, you must include a
paragraph answering the question, "What are the
characteristics of a good citizen?”
 Jobs:
 Citizen
A: You will read the Evaluation Page aloud.
 Citizen
B: You will navigate the Evaluation Page.
Evaluation Page
+
Project Ideas:
Poster
Power
Point
Song
Poem
Skit
Other…
+
Conclusion
Congratulations
on your hard work.
Your project will be on display for the
next several days for your classmates
to see.
One
project will be voted on as the
winning project.
+
Credits

Modified Webuest by Mrs. Jamie McHenry