SOCIAL STUDIES ~ UNIT THREE
CIVICS
New Terms to Know
Term
Definition
Community
A place where people live, work,
and play
Rules
What people must or must not do
Laws
Rules people live by
Government
A group of people who make rules
and laws, carry out rules and laws,
and decide if rules and laws have
been broken.
Republican Form
of Government
A representative democracy
Picture
Students will learn to. . .
SOL 3.10 a,b,c
* Recognize why government is necessary in the classroom, school, and community by explaining
the purpose of rules and laws
* Explain that the basic purposes of government are to make laws, carry out laws, and decide
if laws have been broken.
* Explain that government protects the rights and property of individuals
SOL 3.11 a, b, c
*Explain the importance of the basic principles that form the foundation of a republican form
of government by describing the individual rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness, as well as equality under the law.
*Identify the contributions of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Rosa
Parks, Thurgood Marshall, and Martin Luther King Jr.
*Recognize that Veterans Day and Memorial Day honor people who have served to protect our
country’s freedoms.
SOL 3.12
*Recognize that Americans are a people of diverse ethnic origins, customs, and traditions,
who are united by the basic principles of a republican form of government and respect for
individual rights and freedoms.
BENEFITS of DIVERSITY:
Food
Clothing
Music
BASIC PRINCIPLES:
Principles
Definition
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Privileges that people are born with that
cannot be taken away
CITIZENS WHO DEFENDED PRINCIPLES:
Person:
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King Jr.
Picture:
What they are famous for:
*The first president of the new
nation.
*He worked under the new
republican form of government.
*He helped put the basic
principles into practice for the
new nation.
*Born in Virginia
*Third President of the USA
*Wrote the Declaration of
Independence
*Leader who helped develop a
country
*He was the US President when
the country was divided over the
issue of equality for all people
*He helped free African
American Slaves
*She is an African American
woman who refused to give up
her seat on a public bus as was
required by law many years ago.
*She helped to bring about
changed in laws
*Worked so that all people would
have equal rights
*A lawyer who defended people
at a time when not all people had
equal rights
*He was the first African
American justice of the US
Supreme Court
*He was an African American
minister who worked for equal
rights for all people
*He helped bring about changes
in laws through peaceful means
Sample Questions
1 What does this saying mean?
A
B
C
D
Rights people receive when they become citizens
Rights people have that cannot be taken away
Rights people lose when they break the laws
Rights people receive from the government
Liberty
Equality under
the law
Life
?
2 Which replaces the question mark in this graphic?
A
B
C
D
Respect
Allegiance
Freedom of religion
Pursuit of happiness
Was the sixteenth
President of the
United States
Helped to end
slavery
Honored on
Presidents’ Day
3 Who is this famous American?
A
B
C
D
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
?
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Colin Powell
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4 Which person is known for helping to create a republican form of government in the United
States?
A
B
C
D
Martin Luther King, Jr.
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Colin Powell
5 Which famous American is described by this web?
A
B
C
D
Martin Luther King, Jr. *
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington Carver
Jackie Robinson