1-3.3
Standard 1-3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how government functions and how government affects families.
1-3.3 Identify ways that government affects the daily lives of individuals and families in the UnitedStates, including providing public education, building roads and highways, and promoting personal freedom and opportunity for all.
It Is Essential For Students To Know:
- It is essential for students to know and identify government bodies and explain their general functions in communities across America.
- Students should understand how individuals and families depend on government services. Examples of government services include, but are not limited to, public education, building and maintenance of roads and highways, and state and national defense.
- It is essential that students know that our government generally promotes and protects values such as freedom, equality, equity and others in one degree or another.
- Students should understand that many government services such as public education are ways to promote these values.
It Is Not Essential For Students To Know:
- It is not essential for students to know specific laws that govern individuals and families in the United States.
- Students do not need to know the specific agencies (i.e. the Department of Education) that provide these government services.
- It is not essential for students to understand how these services are funded or where that funding comes from.
- Students do not need to understand the concept of a public good and why these types of services are not provided in a private market.
1-3.3 Links to Information For Teachers