Mrs. Kirbach's Classroom

 

 

Civics

“As American citizens, we have certain rights, such as the right to freely express our opinions and the right to practice our religion.  As American citizens, we also have certain duties.  We are required to obey our nation’s laws, serve on juries, pay taxes, and defend our nation whenever necessary.  However, good citizenship does not depend on each of us doing only what we are required by law to do.  The American ideal of citizenship has always stressed each citizen’s responsibility to participate in the community and in the different levels of government.”           

Quoted from Civics Today, www.glencoe.com
     

So begins the study of Civics in the Eighth Grade.  Students study the many foundations built into our country by the founding fathers.  They learn about the development of our form of government as it has changed through history as well as the growth of our system of laws.  Rights and responsibilities are stressed throughout the year but one of the high points of eighth grade is preparing for and passing the United States Constitution test.

   

 

America Is...
     
Before we can set out on the road to success, we have to know where we are going, and before we can know that, we must determine where we have been in the past.

John F. Kennedy
     

"The actions that people did or did not take in the past have made your present and will influence your future."      

     Quoted from America Is, seventh grade text.
     
In seventh grade, students study America in terms of America's people - their needs, wants, hopes, and choices.  There are important connections among people, places, events, and ideas.  Information is presented in time order and through this history, the events describe what the United States has meant to its people at different times in our past.

    
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