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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
   
Topics1. American political conflict; 2. Human and civil rights; 3. Religion, belief systems, and values
   Level III [Grade 6-8]
   Benchmark 3. Knows sources of political conflict that have arisen in the United States historically as well as in the present (e.g., geographic and sectional interests, slavery and indentured servitude, national origins, extending the franchise, extending civil rights to all Americans, the role of religion in American public life, engaging in wars)
    
Vocabulary terms
A. sources of past political conflict
B. sources of present political conflict
C. political conflict in United States

Knowledge/skill statements
1. Knows historic sources of political conflict in the United States    
2. Knows current sources of political conflict in the United States    
3. Knows that in the past, geographic and sectional interests have led to political conflict in the United States   
4. Knows that in the past, slavery and indentured servitude have led to political conflict in the United States   
5. Knows that in the past, the issue of extending the franchise has led to political conflict in the United States   
6. Knows that issues of national origin can be a source of political conflict in the United States   
7. Knows that extending civil rights to all Americans can be a source of political conflict in the United States   
8. Knows that the role of religion in American public can be a source of political conflict in the United States   
9. Knows that U.S. involvement in wars can be a source of political conflict in the United States   


Citation Log: BD(CE,57;​NI,47;​QE,227-234)
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