Patriotism & Citizenship

Unit 1

• Needs for rules, laws, and services in a community
• How groups solve problems and promote justice
• Appropriate and inappropriate uses of power

Unit 2

• Names and roles of some current public officials, including local leaders
• Characteristics (and practices) of responsible citizenship
• Reasons for and functions of government

Unit 3

• Government services in the community
• Ways groups resolve conflicts or differences
• Elections and the voting process; participation in voting

Unit 4

• Purpose and collection of taxes
• Symbols, individuals, events, and documents that represent the United States
• Basic understandings of the purpose of the United States Constitution and State Constitution
• Some principles of democracy in the United States
• Rights in the United States and guarantees of rights