Grades 9-10: National Standards for Civics and Government
9-12 Content Standards*
American Political System
- 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?
- What are the nature and purposes of constitutions?
- What are alternative ways of organizing constitutional governments?
The World Stage
- 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. 87-88.)
