The student uses a working knowledge and understanding of governmental systems of the United States and other nations with an emphasis on the U.S. Constitution, the necessity for the rule of law, the civic values of the American republican government, and the rights, privileges, and responsibilities to become active participants in the democratic process.
Benchmark 1
The student understands the rule of law as it applies to family, school, local, state and national governments.
Indicator 1
The student evaluates the purpose and function of law.
Indicator 2
The student analyzes how the rule of law can be used to restrict the action of private citizens and government officials in order to protect the rights of individuals and to promote the common good (i.e., eminent domain, martial law during disasters, health and safety issues).
Indicator 3
The student explains the meaning of the terms civic life, politics, and governments.
Indicator 4
The student explains when individual political and economic freedoms can be sacrificed for the public well-being (e.g., eminent domain, martial law during disasters, health and safety issues).
Benchmark 2
The student understands the shared ideals and the diversity of American society and political culture.
Indicator 1
The student recognizes that a nation's values are embodied in its constitution, statutes, and important court cases (i.e., Dred Scott v. Sanford, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Topeka Board of Education).
Indicator 2
The student describes how citizens' responsibilities require subordination of their personal rights and interests for the public good (e.g., justice, fairness, equity).
Indicator 3
The student knows core civic values inherent in the founding documents that have been the focus for unity in American society (i.e., free speech, religion, press, assembly, and other basic civil rights).
Indicator 4
The student explains the importance of shared political and civic values and beliefs to the maintenance of a government by constitution in a diverse American society (i.e., freedoms and responsibilities within the Bill of Rights, civil rights amendments and other documents related to our government by constitution).
Indicator 5
The student explains the meaning of citizenship in the United States.
Benchmark 3
The student identifies and examines the rights, privileges, and responsibilities in becoming an active civic participant.
Indicator 1
The student takes and defends a position on issues regarding the proper scope and limits of rights, and the criteria use to set those rights, including compelling national interests, public safety and the rights of others (e.g., eminent domain, clear and present danger, national security risk).
Indicator 2
The student defines issues regarding civic responsibilities of citizens in the American constitutional government (e.g., obeying the law, paying taxes, voting, jury duty, serving our country, involved in the political process).
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