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Rights of Citizens (Program 2)



You have rights the moment you are born. What are those rights? How can you assert your rights? Where do your rights end and your neighbor’s begin? An understanding of your rights and the rights of others is a vital component in a safe and thriving democracy.
B.B. Guns and Ice Cream Trucks — Ice Cream trucks in Modesto, California, are selling B.B. guns to kids. Once the kids at Fairview Elementary School found out, they made it their mission to stop the selling of B.B. guns to preserve their right to be safe at school and at home.
Bully Busters — In order to stop the bully problem at their school, students at
Emerson Elementary School are learning how to watch out for each other and stop kids from being bullied.
Putnam Blue Planet Club — Bryce Johnson and his classmates are making sure
their right to a clean environment is preserved by creating a club that makes the
environment their #1 priority.
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