Simplistic Listing of
NCSS Standards
and relevant chapter sections of
Benchmarks for Science Literacy
VI. Power, Authority, & Governance
a. rights, roles, and status of individuals
7a Cultural Effects on Behavior
7d Social Trade-offs
7e Political & Economic Systems
b. purpose of government
7e Political & Economic Systems
c. governmental mechanisms
7e Political & Economic Systems
7f Social Conflict
d. relation to unity and diversity
7b Group Behavior
e. features of political systems
7e Political & Economic Systems
f. relation to conflict and cooperation
7f Social Conflict
7g Global Interdependence
g. role of technology
3c Issues in Technology
7a Cultural Effects on Behavior
7c Social Change
8d Communication
8e Information Processing
10g Splitting the Atom
h. application of political science ideas
i. success of governments
j. recommendations for public policy