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Citizenship is everything that has to do with being a citizen, or full member, of a country. Citizens have rights that are given by the country’s government. For example, citizens have the right to be protected by a country’s laws. In return, citizens have duties that they owe to the country.
What is a citizen? Learn about how to be an active citizen in your community and ways to participate in citizenship in this KS2 BBC Bitesize Primary Citizenship guide.
What is a citizen? A citizen is someone who lives in a particular area, or belongs to a country such as the United Kingdom. Citizens often live in groups called communities.
The four basic ways to become a citizen in many countries are being born within the boundaries of the country, having a citizen as a parent, marrying a citizen, and naturalization. Naturalization is the act of giving an alien, or foreigner, citizenship.
Pupils consider what is meant by the terms citizen and citizenship. Pupils examine a child’s diary entry and reflect how in an ordinary day the actions of this young person have positively impacted on their family, friends, school and the wider world.
A person can be a national of only one place as it is by birth or origin. On the contrary, citizenship is granted to an individual by the government of the country, when they comply with the legal formalities of the said country. A person in some countries can have dual/multiple citizenships.
