3-5.7
Standard 3-5: The students will demonstrate an understanding of the major developments in South Carolina in the late nineteenth century and the twentieth century.
3-5.7 Summarize the rights and responsibilities that contemporary South Carolinians have in the schools, the community, the state, and the nation. (P)
It Is Essential For Students To Know
- Throughout their study of the history of South Carolina, students should have been discussing the basic rights and responsibilities of all American citizens.
- In school, students should practice respect for the rights and opinions of others, fair treatment for everyone, and respect for the rules by which we live (1-4.1) by obeying school rules and treating other members of their class with respect and fairness.
- Their responsibility to act in the best interests of everyone in the class should be part of the culture of the classroom.
- In their community, state and nation students must also obey the law and exercise their rights with the clear understanding that their rights cannot infringe upon the rights of others. Free speech includes the responsibility to speak with respect and fairness for the rights and opinions of others as well as for the
- truth. Students should understand that they have a right to vote but the responsibility to vote intelligently after considering all arguments and issues.
- Students should understand that every citizen has the right to protection by and services from the United States government but they also have the responsibility to support and preserve that government through their taxes and/or service.
- Citizens have the responsibility to understand the principles upon which our government is based and to preserve and protect those principles.
- Every citizen has the right to advocate for their self interests but the responsibility to compromise and act for the common good. Other rights can, and should, be discussed with the clear understanding that every right includes a responsibility.
It Is Not essential For Students to Know:
- It is not essential for students to know exact language of the Bill of Rights or the Constitutions of the United States and South Carolina.
- Students do not need to be able to list every right included in the Bill of Rights but to have a general understanding that rights include responsibilities.
3-5.7 Links To Information For Teachers