Browse | Search | Lesson Plans | Products, consulting Training & workshops Purpose | History | Process | Acknowledgment | Reference Civics   Standard 13. Understands the character of American political and social conflict and factors that tend to prevent or lower its intensity      Topic American political conflict       Level III [Grade 6-8]       Benchmark 4. Knows reasons why most political conflict in the United States has generally been less divisive than in many other nations (e.g., a shared respect for the Constitution and its principles, a sense of unity within diversity, willingness to relinquish power when voted out of office, willingness to use the legal system to manage conflicts, opportunities to improve one's economic condition)         Vocabulary terms A. divisiveness of political conflict B. political conflict in United States C. political conflict in other nations Knowledge/skill statements 1. Knows that a shared respect for the Constitution and its principles has made American political conflict less divisive    2. Knows that a sense of unity within diversity has made American political conflict less divisive    3. Knows that a willingness to relinquish power when voted out of office has made American political conflict less divisive    4. Knows that a willingness to use the legal system to manage conflicts has made American political conflict less divisive    5. Knows that opportunities to improve one’s economic condition has made American political conflict less divisive    Citation Log: BD(CE,57;​NI,46) 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

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