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TITLE Education for Democracy: California Civic Education Scope
&Sequence.
INSTITUTION Center for Civic Education, Calabasas, CA.; Los
AngelesCounty Office of Education, Downey, CA.
SPONS AGENCY California State Dept. of Education,
Sacramento.ISBN ISBN-0-89818-193-3PUB DATE 2003-00-00NOTE
272p.AVAILABLE FROM Center for Civic Education, 5146 Douglas Fir
Road, Calabasas,
CA 91302-1467. Tel: 818-591-9321; Fax: 818-591-9330;
e-mail:[email protected]; Web site: http://www.civiced.org/.
PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom (055)EDRS PRICE EDRS Price
MF01/PC11 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS *Citizenship Education;
Democracy; Elementary Secondary
Education; *History; *Public Schools; Skill Development;Social
Studies; State Programs; *State Standards
IDENTIFIERS *California; National Civics and Government
Standards; *Scopeand Sequence
ABSTRACT
California, the most populous and diverse state in the
UnitedStates, must maintain its commitment to civic education. The
curricular goalof democratic understanding and civic values is
centered on an essentialunderstanding of the nation's identity and
constitutional heritage. Thisscope and sequence for civic education
describes ways in which civiceducation content and skills are
introduced in the primary grades and builtupon through high school.
A sequential civic education program is not anadditional
requirement for California's history-social studies teachers
sincecivic education is embedded in the History-Social Science
Content andAnalysis Skill Standards adopted by the California State
Board of Education.The scope and sequence for each grade level is
organized as follows: civiceducation content and skills drawn from
the California History-Social ScienceStandards; an overview of the
content for that grade level; a description ofthe topics addressed
within each grade level; and a matrix, displaying thecolumns:
California History-Social Science Standards, National Standards
forCivics and Government, Other Relevant California Standards,
Sample ClassroomApplications, and Sample Resources. The scope and
sequence is consonant withthe strands of the "History Social
Science Framework" and is designed toassist school administrators,
district curriculum development coordinators,and classroom teachers
in their efforts to meet state-adopted standards thathelp them
achieve the civic mission of the schools. (BT)
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