1. Citizenship By Shakura Robinson

2. What is a Citizen • A Citizen is a person with certain rights and duties under a government • You are a citizen if you were born in the united states or in one of its territories • As long as one of your parents is a citizen, it does not matter where you were born

3. Duties of citizens • Obeying the laws • Defending the nation • Serving on a jury or as a witness in court • Paying taxes • Attending school

4. Naturalized Citizens • Nationalized citizens have all the rights and duties of citizens by birth except the right to be president or vice president • To be nationalized means you have gone through the process of becoming a citizen

5. What is the job of a Citizen • The number one job of a citizen is voting in elections. • Voting is the best check we have against tyranny in the government and incompetent politicians. • If you don’t like some of the idea you can vote on it. • The idea on abortion • The president don’t keep his pants on vote him out etc.

6. Naturalized citizens • They don’t have the some rights as a citizen if you are convicted of trying to over throw the United States government by force their citizenship will be taking away. • They can’t be president or vice president

7. What a Citizen can do • A citizen have the power to decide what our government will and will not do. • We can elect • Representatives • Members of congress • The president etc.

8. Rights of a Citizen • As a citizen you have special privileges called rights. The government protects those rights. In our country, you have • Freedom of speech • The right to vote and to hold elected office • The right to practice your own religion • The right to have a fair trial

9. The Citizen Role • Active participants • Contributing to the common good • Setting priorities for citizenship

10. Citizens today • Today’s citizens struggle to understand their constantly • Changing rights • Obligations under social services • Tax • Other regulations.