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• Teaching the Lesson
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This lesson addresses the national standards listed below.

From the Center for Civic Education's National Standards for Civics and Government (1994):

Students should be able to explain:

• The extent to which Americans have internalized the values and principles of the Constitution and attempted to make its ideals realities.
• The importance of knowledge to competent and responsible participation in American democracy.

Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions:

• On issues in which fundamental values and principles may be in conflict.
• About issues concerning the disparities between American ideals and realities.
• On the role and importance of law in the American political system.
• On current issues regarding the judicial production of individual rights.
• On issues regarding personal rights.
• On issues regarding the proper scope and limits of rights.
• On issues regarding the personal responsibilities of citizens in American constitutional democracy.
• On the importance to American constitutional democracy of dispositions that foster thoughtful and effective participation in public affairs.

From the National Council for the Social Studies's Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies (1994):

Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for:

• The study of how people create and change structures of power, authority, and governance.
• Ideals, principles, and practices of citizenship in a democratic republic.