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eLECTIONS State Standards - Vermont


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VERMONT CONTENT STANDARDS ALL


Fields of Knowledge Standards
Meaning of Citizenship

6.9 Students examine and debate the meaning of citizenship and act as citizens in a democratic society. This is evident when students:

Grades 5-8
6.9.b. Analyze and debate the problems of majority rule and the protection of minority rights as written in the U.S. Constitution.
Grades 9-12
6.9.b. Analyze and debate the problems of majority rule and the protection of minority rights as written in the U.S. Constitution.
Types of Government

6.10 Students compare and evaluate the philosophical underpinnings and the workings of different types of governments, including constitutional governments, in various times in their local community, in Vermont, in the United States, and in various locations world wide. This is evident when students:

Grades 5-8
6.10.aa. Describe the basic principles of democracy (e.g. individual rights, responsibility for the common good, equal protection under the law, freedom of speech, majority rule with protection for minority rights) and draw historical connections to Greece, Rome, and Pre-Columbian and Colonial America;

6.10.bb. Identify and describe the basic features of the political system in the United States, the three branches of government, and identify representative leaders from various levels of government and the role of the branches within those governments.
Grades 9-12
6.10.aaa. Analyze how people organize and exercise political power in limited governments (e.g. United States, Japan, India,) and unlimited governments (e.g. 20th Century totalitarian systems) and assess how each system has or has not worked in practice as representative democracies or authoritarian regimes

6.10.bbb. Evaluate how political systems, including the American system, evolve; and

6.10.c. Trace the origins and interpret the continuing influence of different political philosophies as they emerged from the following traditions:
  • Greco-Roman
  • European Enlightenment
  • Eastern traditions
  • African traditions
  • Native American traditions