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New Hampshire Frameworks Correlations
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Social Studies: Civics and Government
Curriculum Standard 1
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the purpose of government and how government is established and organized.
Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to:
- Describe the major things governments do in their school, community, state, and nation including making school rules; building and maintaining highways; establishing courts of law; and providing for the defense of the nation.
- Describe, by using examples, government in terms of the people and institutions that make, apply, and enforce rules and laws including the resolution of disputes about rules and laws.
- Explain that the basic purposes of government in the United States are to protect the inalienable rights of individuals and to promote the common good.
Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to:
- Compare power and authority and explain that, in the United States, civil authority comes from custom, law, and the consent of the governed.
Curriculum Standard 2
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental ideals and principles of American democracy; the major provisions of the United States and New Hampshire Constitutions; and the organization and operation of government at all levels including the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to:
- Discuss the importance of the following ideals and principles to American democracy--individual rights and responsibilities; concern for the well-being of the community; tolerance for others; minority rights; equality of opportunity and equal protection under the law; and the importance of education, work, and volunteerism.
- Describe and compare the primary functions of the three branches of government including the passing of laws by the legislative branch; the carrying out and enforcement of laws by the executive branch; and the interpretation of laws and the protection of rights by the judicial branch.
- Describe how public officials are chosen and how laws and/or policies are made at the local, county, state, and federal levels.
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