Gov 6 Textbook

Gov 6 Summaries

Standards:

Strand: Civics and Government

Content Standard III: Students understand the ideals, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship and understand the content and history of the founding documents of the United States with particular emphasis on the United States and New Mexico constitutions and how governments function at local, state, tribal, and national levels. Students will:

9-12 Benchmark 3-D: understand how to exercise rights and responsibilities as citizens by participating in civic life and using skills that include interacting, monitoring and influencing

2. Analyze the rights and obligations of citizens in the United States, to include:

connections between self-interest,

the common good and the essential element of civic virtue,

as described in the federalist papers, Numbers 5 and 49;

obeying the law,

serving on juries,

paying taxes, voting,

registering for selective service and military service.;

3. Demonstrate the skills needed to participate in government at all levels, including:

analyze public issues and the political system;

evaluate candidates and their positions;

debate current issues;

Objective:

Analyze and explain the philosophical foundations of the American political system in terms of the inalienable rights of people and the purpose of government.

WICOR: Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading