Essential Questions:
California State Standards:
Vocabulary:
- What is a civil society, and why might we want to have one?
- How can we be engaged as citizens in shaping our society for the better?
California State Standards:
- 12.3 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on what the fundamental values and principles of civil society are (i.e., the autonomous sphere of voluntary personal, social, and economic relations that are not part of government), their interdependence, and the meaning and importance of those values and principles for a free society.
Vocabulary:
- Political Culture
- Conservatism
- Liberalism
- Socialism
- Libertarianism
- Environmentalism
- Centrism
- Democrat
- Republican
- Minor Parties or Third Parties
- Interest Groups
- Civil Society
- Social Capital
- Civic Association
- Civic
- Electoral Specialist
- Civic Specialist
- Dual Activist
- "The Disengaged"
- National Rifle Association
- Selma March
- Parent-Teacher Association
- Petition