Standard 1 : The student will evaluate the roles, rights, and responsibilities of United States citizens and determine methods of active participation in society, government, and the political system.Archived
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(Archived) SS.8.C.1.2 : Compare views of self-government and the rights and responsibilities of citizens held by Patriots, Loyalists, and other colonists.
(Archived) SS.8.C.1.3 : Recognize the role of civic virtue in the lives of citizens and leaders from the colonial period through Reconstruction.
(Archived) SS.8.C.1.4 : Identify the evolving forms of civic and political participation from the colonial period through Reconstruction.
(Archived) SS.8.C.1.5 : Apply the rights and principles contained in the Constitution and Bill of Rights to the lives of citizens today.
(Archived) SS.8.C.1.6 : Evaluate how amendments to the Constitution have expanded voting rights from our nation's early history to present day.
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(Archived).8.C.1
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The student will evaluate the roles, rights, and responsibilities of United States citizens and determine methods of active participation in society, government, and the political system.