Content Standard: Civics and Government
A. Rights, Responsibilities, and Participation
Students will understand the rights and responsibilities of civic life and will employ the skills of effective civic participation.
Common Assessment(s):

Performance Indicators Students will be able to:	Essential Elements (Specific grade level learning objectives)			Suggested Performance Activities	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary
3. Describe and analyze the process by which a proposed law is adopted, including the role of governmental and non-governmental influences.	Process of a bill becoming a law.			The students will use Web Quest on how a bill becomes a law.	The students will design a poster describing the process.	Constitution veto compromise amendment ratify
4. Identify ways in which  citizens in a pluralistic society manage differences of opinion on public policy issues.	Colonial America: differences between Colonial regions, religions, etc. relationship with England			Students will identify the thirteen colonies and explain why each colony was settled.	Students will role write a 3-part essay comparing and contrasting the colonies' relationships with the mother country.	colonization immigrants debtors puritans Quakers enumerated      articles mercantilism imports indentured     servants exports
5. Explain the functions of and relationships among local, state, and national governments.	Branches of government functions relationships			Students will explain functions and relationships among Maine's local and state governments and its relationship to the national government.	Given a set of laws, students will classify the law under local, state, or national government.	charter Constitution local govt. state govt. national govt. branches judicial Bill of Rights