1. Define and appropriately use values associated with a republican/ democratic government, including justice, dissent, equality, truth, liberty, judgment, and rights.
2. Objectively analyze the strengths, as well as the areas for improvement, of American society and government,
3. Evaluate and connect how the laws, norms, and the social contract are created, enforced and modified, and how they influence and define acceptable and unacceptable behavior in society.
4. Evaluate the validity of arguments, reports, and perspectives on issues, facts, history and political policies.
5. Constructively debate how different forms of governance, different economies and external forces shape and define nations.
6. Define the rights, duties and necessity of engaged citizenship.
