How do law electives align with state or district standards?
State standards vary. To determine if or show how your law elective aligns with your state standards, search your state’s social studies standards using content-related search terms such as:
- law
- rule of law
- checks and balances
- judicial branch
- judiciary
- courts
- Supreme Court
- jury
- justice
- Constitution
- Bill of Rights
- crime
- criminal
- civil
- constitutional
You can also search using pedagogical terms like:
- student-centered
- simulation
- deliberation
- debate
- structured academic controversy
- civil discussion
- discussion
- career exploration
- lived experience
- analytical thinking
- reasoning
- inquiry
- civic engagement
- argumentative/claim-based writing
- primary source
- literacy skills
- research
Law electives can also align with national standards, such as the National Council for the Social Studies’ College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework.
- Civic and Political Institutions
- Processes, Rules, and Laws
- D2.Civ.12.9-12. Analyze how people use and challenge local, state, national, and international laws to address a variety of public issues.
- D2.Civ.14.9-12. Analyze historical, contemporary, and emerging means of changing societies, promoting the common good, and protecting rights.
- Participation and Deliberation: Applying Civic Virtues and Democratic Principles
