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Civics
 Standard 27.Understands how certain character traits enhance citizens' ability to fulfill personal and civic responsibilities
   
TopicCivic responsibility
   Level IV [Grade 9-12]
   Benchmark 4. Understands the importance for individuals and society of fulfilling civic responsibilities such as assuming leadership when appropriate, registering to vote, and voting knowledgeably on candidates and issues
    
Vocabulary terms
A. fulfillment of civic responsibility

Knowledge/skill statements
1. Understands the importance for individuals of fulfilling civic responsibilities  
2. Understands the importance for society of fulfilling civic responsibilities  
3. Understands the importance for individuals and society of assuming leadership when appropriate  
4. Understands the importance for individuals and society of registering to vote  
5. Understands the importance to individuals and society of voting knowledgeably on candidates and issues  


Citation Log: BD(CE,132;NE,48;QI,611)
Citation reference
BD = benchmark, declarative
BP = benchmark, procedural
BC = benchmark, contextual

1st letter/number of each code in parentheses:
A1   LFS: Authority, I (elementary)
B   National Standards for Business Education
C   CCE: National Standards for Civics and Government
DD   Department of Defense: Prekindergarten Social Studies Standards
I   IDOE: The Foundations for Young Children to the Indiana Academic Standards
J1   LFS: Justice, I (elementary)
MH   McGraw-Hill: Pre-Kindergarten Standards: Guidelines for Teaching and Learning
N   NAEP: Civics (1998, 2006)
NZ   New Zealand Ministry of Education: Early Childhood Curriculum
O   OSDE: Oklahoma Developmental Learning Skills for Four-Year-Olds
P1   LFS: Privacy, I (elementary)
P2   LFS: Privacy, II (elementary)
Q   Quigley: Civitas
R1   LFS: Responsibility, I (elementary)
T   TEA: Texas Prekindergarten Curriculum Guidelines

2nd letter code :
E = Explicitly stated in document
I = Implicit in document

Number:
Page number of the cited document