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Goals:: 3. CIVICS
Standards:
1. describe how citizens of a democracy give the government authority to make decisions on their behalf.
2. define and list examples of various forms of government, including a democracy, republic, monarchy, and dictatorship.
3. define our democratic government in terms of levels of government such as local, state, and national; branches of government such as legislative, executive, and judicial; and the governmental bodies such as councils, boards, and legislatures.
4. discuss democratic principles in regard to political parties and their symbols.
5. interpret patriotic slogans, excerpts from notable speeches, and documents in United States history through the Civil War, including "give me liberty or give me death" by Patrick Henry, "remember the Alamo," Gettysburg Address, Preamble to the Constitution, and Declaration of Independence.
6. identify examples from history of conflicts over rights, how the conflicts were resolved, and the important people who helped resolve them from colonial times through the Civil War with emphasis on the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.