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Era 10, Standard 2E: The student understands how a democratic polity debates social issues and mediates between individual or group rights and the common good.

• Grades 7–12: Evaluate the continuing grievances of racial and ethnic minorities and their recurrent reference to the nation’s charter documents. [Explain historical continuity and change]

• Grades 9–12: Examine the emergence of the Gay Liberation Movement and evaluate the invocation of democratic ideals concerning the civil rights of gay Americans. [Consider multiple perspectives]

• Grades 9–12: Evaluate the continuing struggle for e pluribus unum amid debates over national vs. group identity, group rights vs. individual rights, multiculturalism, and bilingual education. [Consider multiple perspectives]

 (from the National Center for History in the Schools) 

• Time, Continuity, and Change; Thematic Strand II: Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the past and its legacy.
   

• Individual Development and Identity, Thematic Strand IV: Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of individual development and identity.
   

• Individuals, Groups, and Institutions; Thematic Strand V: Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions.
   

• Power, Authority, and Governance; Thematic Strand VI: Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of how people create, interact with, and change structures of power, authority, and governance.
   

• Civic Ideals and Practices; Thematic Strand X: Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the ideals, principles, and practices of citizenship in a democratic republic.

(from the National Council for the Social Studies)

• Standard I: What are Civic Life, Politics, and Government?

  • (A) What is civic life? What is politics? What is government? Why are government and politics necessary? What purposes should government serve?
     

• Standard II: What are the Foundations of the American Political System?

  • (C) What is American political culture?

• Standard III: How Does the Government Established by the Constitution Embody the Purposes, Values, and Principles of American Democracy?

  • (B) How is the national government organized and what does it do?

  • (C) How are state and local governments organized and what do they do?

  • (E) How does the American political system provide for choice and opportunities for participation?

• Standard V: What are the Roles of the Citizen in American Democracy?

  • (A) What is citizenship?

  • (B) What are the rights of citizens?

  • (C) What are the responsibilities of citizens?

  • (D) What civic dispositions or traits of private and public character are important to the preservation and improvement of American constitutional democracy?

  • (E) How can citizens take part in civic life?

(from the Center for Civic Education)