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5) Civic Responsibility
Civic Responsibility is defined as the "responsibility of a citizen". It consists of actions and attitudes associated with democratic power and social participation. Civic responsibility can include participation in government, volunteers and memberships of voluntary associations. Actions of civic responsibility can be displayed in support for various causes, such as political, economic, civil, environmental or quality of life issues.
unpaid helpers – independent - Civil - - shown- involvement- related
Civic Responsibility dates to ancient Rome whose citizens wanted to contribute to Roman society. Although Civic Responsibility has existed for centuries in society, it was officially allowed as a plan for democracy in 1787 ,in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, assure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty .
stillness - freedom - very old - security - formally - fairness -
In the 18th and 19th centuries and through the 1930s, citizens participated in projects that shaped communities and eventually the nation. Due to civic responsibility, citizenship was understood in terms of the labors of ordinary people who created goods and undertook projects to benefit the public, as opposed to the high-minded, honorable and leisure activities of gentlemen. This kind of civic identify helped create an important balance between search of individual wealth and the creation of public things . In the 1960s, community responsibility and civic responsibility became more popular. The Cold War and nuclear threats were common fears that combined with opposition to wars, working class organizations to fight environmental pollution and college campus protest demonstrations, citizens learned the value of expressing civic responsibility through civil disobedience. People relied on each other in order to correct injustice and achieve greatness in the nation.
respectable – breaking the rules- common - hard work – contrasting – noble - objection
The importance of civic responsibility is vital to the success of democracy and charity. By engaging in civic responsibility, citizens ensure and support certain democratic values. Those values or duties include justice, freedom, equality, authority, privacy, due process, property, participation, truth, patriotism, human rights, rule of law, tolerance, mutual assistance, self control and self respect. Schools teach civic responsibility to students with the goal to produce responsible citizens and active participants in community and government.
aid organization – loyalty -sameness – patience - essential - joint
Read each paragraph and match the underlined words with the words in italics
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Paragraph II- Existence of civic responsibility
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Why was civic responsibility a necessity throughout time?
IV. For successful democracy and charity, citizens should support democratic values
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1) What does civic responsibility consist of?
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2) What can a person do and show , to be a responsible citizen?
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3) What does the civic responsibility date back to? How?
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4) Why was civic responsibility allowed at that time?
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5) How were the communities and then nations shaped?
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6) What was the role of both ordinary people and high-minded people?
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7) When did the civic responsibility and community responsibility become popular?
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8) Why is civic responsibility important? Why is it taught at schools?
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