Citizenship Merit
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Gold Merit Citizenship Merit Note: This merit or the God and Life award is required to earn the Gold Medal of Achievement. Leader’s 1. Write a 500-word report on the history of your community, listing information Initials such as the native tribes who lived there, the first known settler, and important Date _____________ historical events and people. Attach your work to this sheet. Use MWS 1 “History of My Community” as a tool to help you organize your information to write this report. Using a map, point out important places in your community, such as fire stations, police stations, city hall, hospitals, schools, and churches. Get a map from your city or town hall. There may be a small cost. Leader’s On the map circle in red the fire station(s), circle in blue the police station(s), Initials circle in black the city or town hall, circle in green the hospital(s), circle in Date _____________ yellow the school(s), and circle in orange the churches. 2. Explain in detail how to report an emergency such as a fire, auto accident, or call for an ambulance. Leader’s _________________________________________________________________ Initials _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Date _____________ 3. Explain in detail how to obtain the following: a. Vehicle Registration _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ b. National Identification Card _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ c. Dog License _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ d. International Passport _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ e. Driver’s License Leader’s _____________________________________________________________ Initials _____________________________________________________________ Date _____________ CITIZENSHIP MERIT 177 4. Visit one department of your local, state, or federal government and report on its services to your community. I visited ________________________________________________________ Services they provide: a. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ b. ____________________________________________________________ Leader’s ____________________________________________________________ Initials c. ____________________________________________________________ Date _____________ ____________________________________________________________ 5. Participate in a community service project of two hours or more in length. This activity cannot be applied to your Christian Service activity for your advancement medals. The community service project I have chosen is ________________________ By participating in this community service project I have learned the following: Leader’s Initials _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Date _____________ _________________________________________________________________ Leader’s 6. Explain and demonstrate how to respect and properly display the Malaysian flag. Initials Complete MWS 2 “How to Display the Malaysian flag” to check your knowledge. Date _____________ Leader’s 7. Read the Proclamation of Independence, the Constitution of Malaysia and Initials “Rukun Negara”. Explain the purpose of each one and how it benefits us as Malaysians. Date _____________ 8. What was the purpose of the Proclamation of Independence? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 178 CITIZENSHIP MERIT How does the Proclamation of Independence benefit us as Malaysian citizens? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ What was the purpose of the Constitution of Malaysia? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ How does the Constitution of Malaysia benefit us as Malaysian citizens? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ What was the purpose of the Rukun Negara? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ How does the Rukun Negara benefit us as Malaysian citizens? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Leader’s Initials __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Date _____________ CITIZENSHIP MERIT 179 9. List the names and addresses of the “Mentri Besar”, State Executive Council and the member of the State Legislature representing your district. Find your state government web site for the names of the current elected officials. Mentri Besar (Name) ______________________________________________ Address_________________________________________________________ City____________________________________________________________ State______________________________________ Postcode _____________ E-mail address ___________________________________________________ Member of the State Legislature (Name) ______________________________ Address_________________________________________________________ City____________________________________________________________ Leader’s Initials State______________________________________ Postcode _____________ Date _____________ E-mail address ___________________________________________________ 10. List the name and address of the Member of the House of Representative from your district and the Senators from your state. Members of the House of Representative (Name) ________________________ Address_________________________________________________________ City____________________________________________________________ State______________________________________ Postcode _____________ E-mail address ___________________________________________________ Senator (Name) __________________________________________________ Address_________________________________________________________ City____________________________________________________________ State______________________________________ Postcode _____________ E-mail address ___________________________________________________ Senator (Name) __________________________________________________ Address_________________________________________________________ Leader’s City____________________________________________________________ Initials State______________________________________ Postcode _____________ Date _____________ E-mail address ___________________________________________________ 180 CITIZENSHIP MERIT 11. Name the main branches of the federal government. What are their main functions? Explain the checks and balances of each branch of government. Branch: __________________________________________________________ Main functions: _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Branch: __________________________________________________________ Main functions: _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Branch: __________________________________________________________ Main functions: _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Checks and Balances: _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Leader’s _________________________________________________________________ Initials _________________________________________________________________