Standard 5, Alternate Assessment for Students with Severe Disabilities

Key Idea: Students will study government, civic life and values and citizenship.

Performance Indicators for Students with Severe Disabilities

Performance Indicators--Students:

• explore the basic purposes of government and the importance of civic life
• demonstrate knowledge of the holidays, celebrations, and symbols of our nation
• demonstrate what it means to be a good citizen in the classroom, school, home, and community
• identify and describe the rules and responsibilities students have at home, in the classroom, and at school
• learn that effective, informed citizenship is a duty of each citizen, and demonstrate it through voting and community service
• identify basic rights that students have and those that they will acquire as they age
• show a willingness to consider other points of view before drawing conclusions or making judgments
• participate in activities that focus on a classroom, school, or community issue or problem

• Social Studies Standard 5 Civics, Citizenship, and Government

  Students will: use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the necessity for establishing governments; the governmental system of the U.S. and other nations; the U.S. Constitution; the basic civic values of American constitutional democracy; and the roles, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship, including avenues of participation.