(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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The BIG IDEA that people can make decisions on how their government works.
SELF
GOVERNMENT
When the power of government is defined by the Constitution, and each branch is limited in what it can do.
LIMITED
GOVERNMENT
This writing was the first attempt at self-government in the colonies.
MAYFLOWER
COMPACT
When people in a democracy give the government its power
CONSENT
OF THE
GOVERNED
an unfair opinion or judgement about someone or something
BIAS
The year the Mayflower Compact was written
1620
Able to be clearly seen- obvious.
SELF-EVIDENT
natural rights
LIFE
LIBERTY
PURSUIT
of
HAPPINESS
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to persuade colonists to fight for independence.
COMMON
SENSE
The philosopher who believed people were too selfish to rule themselves
HOBBES
The highest law of the land.
United States Constitution
the act of making rules/laws
LEGISLATION
live, liberty, and property
NATURAL RIGHTS
rights people are born with and cannot be taken away.
UNALIENABLE
RIGHTS
This philosopher believed everyone was born with natural rights: live, liberty, property
LOCKE
a synonym for RULES
laws
a firsthand account of a past (historical) event or time
PRIMARY SOURCES
A group of electors who gather every year for the purpose of electing a president and vice president.
ELECTORAL
COLLEGE
the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November - between November 2 and November 8.
ELECTION DAY
A book or article that was created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events or conditions being written about
SECONDARY
DOCUMENT
Group of people who wrote the English Bill of Rights.
BRITISH
MEMBERS
OF
PARLIAMENT
A piece of writing similar to the Magna Carta and it game Parliament and people rights and freedoms.
ENGLISH
BILL
OF
RIGHTS
People have the right to fair and reasonable laws. Officials have to follow rules when enforcing laws and to treat all people in the same way.
DUE
PROCESS
A set of responsibilities that we hold as individuals who belong to a community
CIVIC
DUTY
Life, Liberty, and the _____ ___ ____
PURSUIT
of
HAPPINESS
The idea that people feel laws are worthy of following.
LEGITIMACY
your social studies teacher
Ms. Vessey
These people wrote the Magna Carta
ENGLISH
NOBLES
the study of the rights and duties of citizens
CIVICS
The Declaration of _____.
Independence
Congress is made of two groups of legislatures: Senate and ____ ___ _____
House of Representatives
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
& HELP OUR COUNTRY
civic duty
a set of things that people believe they should be free to do without restrictions
RIGHTS
All citizens are required to follow the law.
RULE
of
LAW
a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power
CHECKS &
BALANCES
The year the Magna Carta was written
1215
people living in the same community often have these things in common
history, customs, values
a local law
ORDINANCE
An agreement between people and the government.
SOCIAL
CONTRACT
A series of anonymously written newspaper articles to promote free speech in the colonies.
CATO'S
LETTERS
This writing limited the power of the King of England and protected the right of the nobles.
MAGNA
CARTA
We hold these _______ to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.-
truths
Where the Pilgrims meant to sail to.
Northern Virginia
The two main areas of study in civics
CITIZENSHIP &
GOVERNMENT
