Standards that the lesson addresses
National Standards for Civics and Government
Standard II.B.2 - The role of voluntarism in American life. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions on the importance of voluntarism in American society.
Standard II.B.3 - The role of organized groups in political life. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions on the contemporary role of organized groups in American social and political life.
Standard II.B.4 - Diversity in American society. Students should be able to evaluate, take and defend positions on issues regarding diversity in American life.
Standard II.D.3 - Fundamental values and principles. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions on what the fundamental values and principles of American political life are and their importance to the maintenance of constitutional democracy.
Standard II.D.5 - Disparities between ideals and reality in American political and social life. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions about issues concerning the disparities between American ideals and realities.
Standard III.D.2 - Evaluate, take, and defend positions on current issues regarding judicial protection of individual rights.
Standard III.D.6 - Forming and carrying out public policy. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions about the formation and implementation of public policy.
Standard V.A.1 - .The meaning of citizenship in the United States. Students should be able to explain the meaning of citizenship in the United States.
Standard V.B.1 - Personal rights. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues regarding personal rights.
Standard V.B.2 - Political rights. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues regarding political rights.
Standard V.C.6 - Personal responsibilities. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues regarding the personal responsibilities of citizens in American constitutional democracy.
Standard V.C.7 - Civic responsibilities. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues regarding civic responsibilities of citizens in American constitutional democracy.
Standard V.E.1 - Evaluate, take, and defend positions on the relationship between politics and the attainment of individual and public goals.
Standard V.E.3 - Forms of political participation. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions about the means that citizens should use to monitor and influence the formation and implementation of public policy.
National History Standards
Era 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)
Standard 4: The struggle for racial and gender equality and the extension of civil liberties
4A The student understands the "Second Reconstruction" and its advancement of civil rights.
4C The student understands the Warren Court's role in addressing civil liberties and equal rights
Era 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Standard 2: Economic, social and cultural developments in contemporary United States
2D The student understands contemporary American culture.
2E The student understands how a democratic polity debates social issues and mediates between individual or group rights and the common good.