HISTORY-SOCIAL SCIENCE CONTENT STANDARDS

12.2.4 Understand the obligations of civicmindedness, including voting, being informed on

civic issues, volunteering and performing public
X
X
service, and serving in the military or alternative
service.
12.3.1 Explain how civil society provides
opportunities for individuals to associate for social,
X
X
X
cultural, religious, economic, and political purposes.
12.3.2 Explain how civil society makes it possible for
people, individually or in association with others, to
X
X
X
bring their influence to bear on government in ways
other than voting and elections.
12.4.3 Identify current representatives in the
X
X
legislative branch of the national government.
12.6.4 Describe the means that citizens use to
participate in the political process (e.g., voting,
campaigning, lobbying, filing a legal challenge,
X
X
demonstrating, petitioning, picketing, running for
political office).
12.8.2 Discuss the roles of broadcast, print, and
electronic media, including the Internet, as means of
X

communication in American politics.

12.8.3 Explain how public officials use the media to
communicate with the citizenry and to shape public
X

opinion.
8.2.7 Describe the principles of federalism, dual
sovereignty, separation of powers, checks and
balances, the nature and purpose of majority rule,
X
X
and the ways in which the American idea of
constitutionalism preserves individual rights.
8.3.6 Describe the basic law-making process and
how the Constitution provides numerous
opportunities for citizens to participate in the
X
X
X
X
X
political process and to monitor and influence
government.
HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ANALYSIS SKILLS
HS CST.1 Students compare the present with the
past, evaluating the consequences of past events
X
and decisions and determining the lessons that were
learned.
HS CST.4 Students relate current events to the
physical and human characteristics of places and
X
X
X
X
X
regions.
HS HR,E,POV.4 Students construct and test
hypotheses; collect, evaluate, and employ
information from multiple primary and secondary
X
X
X

sources; and apply it in oral and written

presentations.
MS R,E,POV.4 Students assess the credibility of
primary and secondary sources and draw sound
X
X
X

conclusions from them.

REFLECTION AND
NEXT STEPS

CIVICS DAY

PREPARING TO
PRESENT

TAKING ACTION

9. LOBBYING FOR
OUR CAUSE

8. STRUCTURING
OUR ACTION

7. ANALYZING OUR
TACTICS

6. IDENTIFYING OUR
TARGETS

5. FORMING OUR
GOAL

4. EXAMINING OUR
EVIDENCE

3. CHOOSING OUR
FOCUS ISSUE

2. OUR COMMUNITY
ISSUES

1. OUR CIVIC
IDENTITIES

CALIFORNIA SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS ALIGNMENT