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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 2. Knows how disagreements regarding specific issues may arise between people even though the people agree on values or principles in the abstract (e.g., people may agree on the value of freedom of expression but disagree about the extent to which expression of unpopular and offensive views should be tolerated; people may agree on the value of equality but disagree about affirmative action programs)
    
Vocabulary terms
A. disagreements between people that agree on values
B. disagreements between people that agree on principles

Knowledge/skill statements
1. Knows that people may agree on the value of freedom of expression but disagree about the extent to which expression of unpopular and offensive views should be tolerated   
2. Knows that people may agree on the value of equality but disagree about affirmative action programs   
3. Knows how disagreements regarding specific issues may arise between people even though the people agree on values in the abstract    
4. Knows how disagreements regarding specific issues may arise between people even though the people agree on principles in the abstract    


Citation Log: BD(CE,59-60;​NI,47)
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