Vermont Framework of Standards and Learning
C3.D2. Applying Disciplinary Concepts & Tools
CIVICS: Civic and Political Institutions
D2.Civ.2.3-5. Explain how a democracy relies on people’s responsible participation, and draw implications for how individuals should participate.
D2.Civ.3.3-5. Examine the origins and purposes of rules, laws, and key U.S. constitutional provisions.
D2.Civ.6.3-5. Describe ways in which people benefit from and are challenged by working together, including through government, workplaces, voluntary organizations, and families.
ECONOMICS: Economic Decision Making
D2.Eco.1.3-5. Compare the benefits and costs of individual choices.
C3.D4. Communicating Conclusions & Taking Informed Action
Taking Informed Action
D4.6.3-5. Draw on disciplinary concepts to explain the challenges people have faced and opportunities they have created, in addressing local, regional, and global problems at various times and places.
D4.7.3-5. Explain different strategies and approaches students and others could take in working alone and together to address local, regional, and global problems, and predict possible results of their actions.
D4.8.3-5. Use a range of deliberative and democratic procedures to make decisions about and act on civic problems in their classrooms and schools.