Transcript Civic Virtue

Important Reminder – Reading Quiz
• Reading Quiz tomorrow – 12/9
• 445-458 – If you take notes, you can
use them on the quiz
Civic Virtue
What is it?
How a citizen
behaves and is
involved in society.
Integrity
Having ethical principles
Having sound, moral character
•FAIRNESS
Open-mindedness
Selflessness
Having a mind or spirit that allows you
to face difficulty/challenges
Being persistent in spite
of difficulties or
obstacles.
1. Integrity
2. Honesty
3. Fairness
4. Acceptance
5. Courage
6. Empathy
7. Responsibility
8. Open-mindedness
9. Selflessness
10. Generosity
11. Respect
12. Perseverance
Civic Virtue Situation
1. Think of a current event situation OR make up
a situation/scenario that represents one or more of
the civic virtues listed.
2. Do not list the civic virtue but give a hint: We
are looking for 1 civic virtue or 2 virtues or there
are 5 virtues listed
3. Hand in to Ms. Stewart and we will exchange
scenarios and discuss the civic virtue present.
**This will set us up for the work tomorrow.
Speeches – Frederick Douglass,
FDR, Reagan, MLK
1. Summarize the speech – What is it about –
content? To whom is it directed? What is the tone
of the speech – uplifting, encouraging, sad, angry,
accusatory?
2. What civic virtue(s) exist? Are there virtues
that exist that we didn’t talk about?
• Does the author exhibit those civic virtues?
• Do the people in the speech exhibit those civic virtues?
• **Give specific examples (quote the passage/statement)
where those virtues are exhibited and explain