Exploring those themes, talking about them, and making connections between those themes and your students lives are the keys to developing a true understanding of the concepts. And, at the end of this article, you ll find a list of Citizenship on the Internet sites you might want to check out for additional information and activities. A person must be honest with others, and with himself or herself, in order to be a good citizen. Compassion is the emotion of caring for people and for other living things. Compassion gives a person an emotional bond with his or her world.
Respect is similar to compassion but different in some ways.
An important aspect of respect is self- respect, whereas compassion is directed toward others. Respect is also directed toward inanimate things or ideas as well as toward people. For example, people should have respect for laws. Finally, respect includes the idea of esteem or admiration, whereas compassion is a feeling people can have for others they don t necessarily admire. Out of honesty, compassion, and respect comes Responsibility , which includes both private, personal responsibility and public responsibility.