Grade 13 - Electives
Civics (Credit: 0.50)Civics is a course that offers alignment to a variety of state and national standards sets for
Civics and Government, as well as alignment to the USCIS Naturalization test. The course
includes a variety of unit and lesson activities that examine the history, geography, culture, and
economy of the state that encourage research and reflection. In these activities, you will
examine founding documents and landmark Supreme Court cases in American political history,
analyze changes in federal and executive power over time, explore the political election process
and data related to recent voting trends, research and propose a public policy plan, as well as
compare and contrast the functions of the national government with state and local
governments. In addition, the course includes an entire unit with content to prepare for the
USCIS Naturalization test. You can also access a worksheet with all 100 items from the USCIS
test. Throughout the course, places where you can find or research answers to these questions
are highlighted.
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