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Grade Seven
CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT

C1 Purposes of Government
Analyze how people identify, organize, and accomplish the purposes of government.
  • C1.1 Nature of Civic Life, Politics, and Government
    Describe civic life, politics and government and explain their relationships.
    Political scientists analyze why people engage in the political process; the role citizens play in civic life; the concepts of power, authority, sovereignty, and legitimacy; and competing arguments about the purpose and necessity of government.
  • C1.1.1 Explain how the purposes served by government affect relationships between the individual, government, and society as a whole and the differences that occur in monarchies, theocracies,dictatorships, and representative governments.
Public Discourse, Decision Making, and Citizen Involvement

P3.1 Identifying and Analyzing Issues, Decision Making, Persuasive Communication About a Public Issue, and Citizen Involvement
  • P3.1.1 Clearly state an issue as a question or public policy, trace the origins of an issue, analyze and synthesize various perspectives, and generate and evaluate alternative resolutions. Deeply examine policy issues in group discussions and debates to make reasoned and informed decisions. Write persuasive/argumentative essays expressing and justifying decisions on public policy issues. Plan and conduct activities intended to advance views on matters of public policy, report the results, and evaluate effectiveness.
    • Identify public policy issues related to global topics and issues studied.
    • Clearly state the issue as a question of public policy orally or in written form.
    • Use inquiry methods to acquire content knowledge and appropriate data about the issue.
    • Identify the causes and consequences and analyze the impact, both positive and negative.
    • Share and discuss findings of research and issue analysis in group discussions and debates.
    • Compose a persuasive essay justifying the position with a reasoned argument.
    • Develop an action plan to address or inform others about the issue at the local to global scales.
P4.2 Citizen Involvement
  • P4.2.1 Demonstrate knowledge of how, when, and where individuals would plan and conduct activities intended to advance views in matters of public policy, report the results, and evaluate effectiveness.
Grade Eight
Public Discourse, Decision Making, and Citizen Involvement
P3.1 Identifying and Analyzing Issues, Decision Making, Persuasive Communication About a Public Issue, and Citizen Involvement
  • P3.1.1 Identify, research, analyze, discuss, and defend a position on a national public policy issue.
    • Identify a national public policy issue.
    • Clearly state the issue as a question of public policy orally or in written form.
    • Use inquiry methods to trace the origins of the issue and to acquire data about the issue.
    • Generate and evaluate alternative resolutions to the public issue and analyze various perspectives (causes, consequences, positive and negative impact) on the issue.
    • Identify and apply core democratic values or constitutional principles.
    • Share and discuss findings of research and issue analysis in group discussions and debates.
    • Compose a persuasive essay justifying the position with a reasoned argument.
    • Develop an action plan to address or inform others about the issue
P4.2 Citizen Involvement
  • P4.2.1 Demonstrate knowledge of how, when, and where individuals would plan and conduct activities intended to advance views in matters of public policy, report the results, and evaluate effectiveness.
  • P4.2.2 Engage in activities intended to contribute to solving a national or international problem studied.