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    Citizenship: Grade 9 Reading Comprehension

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    Citizenship refers to being a legally recognized member of a political community like a state or country. There are two main ways to become a citizen - being born in a country automatically grants citizenship, or going through the legal process of naturalization. The concept of citizenship originated in Ancient Greece, where citizens were expected to be subject to the same rules and share in the community's power. While Ancient Rome also had citizens, Roman citizenship emphasized the individual's relationship to the state through law rather than political participation. Today there are differing views of citizenship, with the liberal perspective emphasizing citizens' rights and the civic perspective emphasizing active political participation.

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    Citizenship refers to being a legally recognized member of a political community like a state or country. There are two main ways to become a citizen - being born in a country automatically grants citizenship, or going through the legal process of naturalization. The concept of citizenship originated in Ancient Greece, where citizens were expected to be subject to the same rules and share in the community's power. While Ancient Rome also had citizens, Roman citizenship emphasized the individual's relationship to the state through law rather than political participation. Today there are differing views of citizenship, with the liberal perspective emphasizing citizens' rights and the civic perspective emphasizing active political participation.

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    Citizenship refers to being a legally recognized member of a political community like a state or country. There are two main ways to become a citizen - being born in a country automatically grants citizenship, or going through the legal process of naturalization. The concept of citizenship originated in Ancient Greece, where citizens were expected to be subject to the same rules and share in the community's power. While Ancient Rome also had citizens, Roman citizenship emphasized the individual's relationship to the state through law rather than political participation. Today there are differing views of citizenship, with the liberal perspective emphasizing citizens' rights and the civic perspective emphasizing active political participation.

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    Citizenship: Grade 9 Reading Comprehension

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    Citizenship refers to being a legally recognized member of a political community like a state or country. There are two main ways to become a citizen - being born in a country automatically grants citizenship, or going through the legal process of naturalization. The concept of citizenship originated in Ancient Greece, where citizens were expected to be subject to the same rules and share in the community's power. While Ancient Rome also had citizens, Roman citizenship emphasized the individual's relationship to the state through law rather than political participation. Today there are differing views of citizenship, with the liberal perspective emphasizing citizens' rights and the civic perspective emphasizing active political participation.

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    Name Grade 9 Reading Comprehension

    Citizenship
    Someone who is legally recognized to be a participating
    member of a political community like a state, or a country is
    called a citizen. There are ways to become a citizen of a country. Anyone
    born in a country is automatically considered a citizen of that country. The
    second way is to go through a legal process called naturalization. Through
    naturalization, a person applies for citizenship and then has to show they
    meet that country's legal requirements to be a citizen.
    The concept of citizenship is Western in origin. Many historians believe it
    came from Ancient Greece, where it was based on two ideas:
    • All men should be subject to the same rules
    • All men born into the same community should share in its power
    and have equal responsibility for it.
    Citizenship in Ancient Greece was characterized by political
    participation. The Romans also had a concept of citizenship, though a
    slightly different one than the Greek. Roman citizenship was less about
    political participation and more about an individual's relationship with the
    state based on law, which broadened the limits of who could be a citizen.
    In Europe in the Middle Ages, the concept of citizenship evolved to be
    about belonging to emerging nation-states. What all of these concepts
    share is that shared citizenship creates a bond between people who do
    not otherwise have anything in common to which non-citizens are
    excluded.
    Today, people who share citizenship in the same country disagree
    about what that means. The liberal/individualist perspective sees the
    citizen as a passive member of the country. It emphasizes the rights of
    citizens and their protection. The civic/republican perspective is that
    citizens should actively participate in political processes. It emphasizes the
    relationship between the individual and the state, through which the
    individual both receives specific privileges and undertakes specific
    obligations.

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    Name Grade 9 Reading Comprehension

    QUESTIONS: Citizenship
    Circle the correct answer.

    1. How does a person become a citizen?


    A. by being born in a country
    B. through a legal process called naturalization
    C. both A and B

    2. Where do historians believe the concept of civilization originated?


    A. United States B. Ancient Greece
    C. Ancient Rome D. the Middle Ages

    3. How did the concept of citizenship differ between Ancient Greece and
    Ancient Rome?

    4. What idea do all historical concepts of citizenship share?

    5. Which modern concept of citizenship emphasizes participation in political


    processes?
    A. liberal/individualist B. civic/republican

    6. Which modern concept of citizenship emphasizes the rights of citizens and


    their protection?
    A. liberal/individualist B. civic/republican

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