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Civics
 Standard 13.Understands the character of American political and social conflict and factors that tend to prevent or lower its intensity
   
TopicConflicts among values and principles in American political and social life
   Level III [Grade 6-8]
   Benchmark 1. Knows conflicts that have arisen regarding fundamental values and principles (e.g., conflicts between liberty and equality, conflicts between individual rights and the common good, conflicts between majority rule and minority rights)
    
Vocabulary terms
A. conflicts between fundamental values
B. conflicts between fundamental principles

Knowledge/skill statements
1. Knows that conflicts have arisen between liberty and equality   
2. Knows that conflicts have arisen between individual rights and the common good   
3. Knows that conflicts have arisen between majority rule and minority rights   
4. Knows conflicts that have arisen regarding fundamental values   
5. Knows conflicts that have arisen regarding fundamental principles   


Citation Log: BD(CE,59;​NE,47;​QE,361,416-419)
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