Grade 6: National Standards for Civics and Government
5-8 Content Standards*
- What are civic life, politics, and government?
What is civic life? What is politics? What is government? Why are government and politics necessary? What purposes should governments serve?
What are the essential characteristics of limited and unlimited government?
WWhat are the nature and purposes of constitutions?
What are alternative ways of organizing constitutional governments? What is the relationship of the United States to other nations and to world affairs?
How is the world organized politically?
How has the United States influenced other nations and how have other nations influenced American politics and society?
(*Taken from: National Standards for Civics and Government, Center for Civic Education, 1994, pp. 43-44)
