Citizenship 101

Citizenship 101Citizenship 101

Kaplan UniversityKaplan University

Dr. David ThomasonDr. David Thomason

Unit 9- Introduction to PolicymakingUnit 9- Introduction to Policymaking

Statue of Liberty

•Emma Lazarus- Poem

•The New Collosus

The New Collosus

•Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

•With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

•Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

•A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

•Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

•Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

•Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

•The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

•"Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she

•With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,

•Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

•The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

•Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

•I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

The Nature ofCitizenship

•What are the rights of citizens?

•Can you point to a specific set ofrights that citizens should have?

•Why should citizens have thoserights?

The Nature ofCitizenship Continued

•What obligations do citizens have?

•Can you identify a certain set ofobligations that we have as citizens?

The Nature ofCitizenship

•Do citizens have certain obligationsto those that are not citizens?

•Do those that are not citizens havecertain rights?

Arizona Law

•Video on immigration for discussion:Arizona Law and response fromPresident Obamahttp://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video /obama-calls-az-immigration-case-misguided-10458562

Arguments in Favor ofImmigration Law

•Can you develop three or four thatsupport this legislation?

Arguments Against theLaw

•Can you develop three or four againstthe law?

What about subgroups inthe United States

•Amish- should they be consideredcitizens?

•Those groups that reject the rights ofothers?

•Those groups that want certain rights butdo want to uphold certain obligations?

•Where is the line between citizen andillegal occupant?