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Download full textBahmueller, Charles F. – 1992
"CIVITAS" is a curriculum framework that specifies core ideas for civic education in the U.S. constitutional democracy. It reviews what adults should know and be able to do to as effective citizens. CIVITAS was developed by the Center for Civic Education in cooperation with the Council for the Advancement of Citizenship and with support…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Civics, Democratic Values
Morse, Suzanne W. – 1989
This digest summarizes a full length report on preparing college students for citizenship responsibilities. The following questions are considered: What is citizenship and public life? What is higher education's role in educating for citizenship? and what are the skills for a renewed civic life?. The importance of citizens integrating their public…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Community Responsibility
Patrick, John J. – 1997
This digest briefly summarizes the contents of the "Civics Framework for the 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress" in terms of the Framework's development and components including civic knowledge, civic skills, and civic dispositions. The framework may be used to inform and guide curriculum development projects in civics and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Citizenship Education, Civics, Curriculum Development
Leming, Robert S. – 1991
Since 1789, the Supreme Court has been making decisions that affect all U.S. citizens. The study of Supreme Court cases, therefore, should be an integral part of civic education. This ERIC Digest discusses: (1) constitutional issues and Supreme Court cases that should be taught; and (2) effective strategies for teaching them. It also includes a…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law
Stotsky, Sandra – 1992
Civic education "means explicit and continuing study of the basic concepts and values underlying our democratic political community and constitutional order" (Butts 1988, 184). It draws its content chiefly from four disciplines: political science, jurisprudence, history, and economics. Political science and jurisprudence provide an…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Hamot, Gregory E. – 1997
Many cooperative civic education projects among U.S. and Central/Eastern European educators have emerged since the end of Communist Party Rule in the former Czechoslovakia. This digest describes a collaborative curriculum development project, Civic Education for the Czech Republic (CECR). The objective of CECR is to revise the existing social…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Communism, Curriculum Development
