Content Standard: Civics and Government
B. Purpose and Types of Government
Students will understand types and purposes of governments, their evolution, and their relationships with the governed.
Common Assessment(s): LAD Task: State of Maine Handbook (See also History B)

Performance Indicators Students will be able to:	Essential Elements (Specific grade level learning objectives)			Suggested Performance Activities	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary
1. Compare leadership and civil rights in our democracy to their status under an authoritarian type government.	Currents events relating to leadership and civil rights local national international			The students will be asked to compare basic rights in the United States to the rights of the citizens of another country.	Given a newspaper article, the students will identify in a newspaper article rights that a United States citizen has which are denied under an authoritarian type of government.	authoritarian rights democracy Bill of Rights Constitution
3. Contrast the roles of local, state, and national governments by investigating, evaluating, and debating a current civic issue.	Current events relating to civic issues local national international			Given a current civic issue students will be able to identify whose role it will be to investigate and evaluate.	Given a set of current issues, the students will determine which level of government is responsible.	issue civic role responsibility
5. Assess competing ideas about the purposes government should serve (e.g., individual rights versus collective rights).	Current events relating to functions of governments local national international			The students will explain the functions and relationships among levels of government in a foreign country.	The students will create a graphic organizer that compares and contrasts two forms of government.	foreign ancient government constitution rights individual collective
6. Explain the history and functions of Maine state government including the Constitution of Maine.	Maine State government history functions Constitution			The students will construct a time line of the development of the Maine Constitution.	Given a set of articles from the Maine Constitution, the students will be able to decide which branch of government is affected.	time line Constitution articles