Grade Government Rubric

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Color Codes: Green = Approved Yellow = Awaiting review Red = Has issues or needs improvement

Standard 1 Understand the rights and responsibilities of each citizen and demonstrate the value of lifelong civic action.

I Can Statement Evidence 1 Evidence 2 Reflection

A. I can identify the limits of

our rights and roles of
citizens in a democracy

B. I can demonstrate the

responsibilities of citizens in
a democracy

C. I can practice personal,

political, and economic
rights that are protected
under the constitution and
bill of rights

D. I can compare my
experience advocating for
change at the local, state,
and national level

E. I can demonstrate the

concept of volunteerism

Standard 2 Understand how the government established by the Constitution embodies the enduring values and principles of democracy
 and republicanism.

I Can Statement Evidence 1 Evidence 2 Reflection

A. I can challenge whether Life, liberty, and the pursuit of

the ideas that inspired the
constitution are still relevant
today
happiness
Something to do with education?
Medical care? Do either of these fit
under life, liberty, or pursuit of
happiness?

B. I can articulate how the

ideas of the constitution are
reflected in society today

C. I can explain how

domestic and foreign policy
is shaped and how
decisions are made

Standard 3 Understand the purpose and function of each of the three branches of government established by the Constitution.

I Can Statement

A. I can understand the

purpose of and need for
government

B. I can describe the

checks and balances of
power at the state and
national level

C. I can debate the

necessity of politics in
American government

D. I can understand the

purposes, organization, and
functions of the legislative,
executive, and judicial
branches

Standard 4 Understand the differences among the complex levels of local, state and national government and their inherent, expressed,
and implied powers.

I Can Statement Evidence 1 Evidence 2 Reflection

A. I can understand how

power is limited through the
Constitutions set of checks
and balances

B. I can understand the

limits the United States
Constitution places on the
powers of the states and on
the powers of the national
government over state
governments.

C. I can understand that

policies of state and local
governments provide
citizens with ways to
monitor and influence the
actions of members of
government and hold them
responsible for their
actions.

Standard 5 Understandstrategiesforeffectivepoliticalactionthatimpactlocal,state,andnational
governance.

I Can Statement Evidence 1 Evidence 2 Reflection

A. I can brief a state

legislator about an issue
and/or current legislation
B. I can weigh the costs
and benefits of diversity in
American/Iowan life

C. I can explain the

importance of shared
values and political
beliefs in a diverse
American society

Standard 6 Understandhowlawandpublicpolicyareestablishedatthelocal,state,andnational
levelsofgovernment.

I Can Statement Evidence 1 Evidence 2 Reflection

A. I can create an argument

for specific law

B. I can track the process

by which a public policy is
formed and carried out.

C. I can explain current

issues concerning the
relationship between state
and federal government.

Standard 7 Understandhowvariouspoliticalsystemsthroughouttheworlddefinetherightsand
responsibilitiesoftheindividual.

I Can Statement Evidence 1 Evidence 2 Reflection

A. I can understand
ideologies, structures,
institutions, processes and
political cultures of different
political systems in the
world.
B. I can understand the
essential characteristics of
limited and unlimited
governments.

Standard 8 UnderstandtheroleoftheUnitedStatesincurrentworldaffairs.

I Can Statement Evidence 1 Evidence 2 Reflection

A. I can understand
conditions, actions and
motivations that contribute
to conflict and cooperation
within and among nations.

B. I can understand the

significance of foreign
policies and events as they
pertain to the United States
relationship with other
nations.

C. I can weigh the input of

national interest and how it
should be used when
forming American foreign
policy.

D. I can understand the

effects that significant world
political developments have
on the United States.

E. I can understand the

influence that American
ideas about rights have had
abroad and how other
people's ideas about rights
have influenced Americans.