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Site MapThe Civics Mosaic Program Overview Program Overview: Textbook Development Program Overview: Textbook Parameters Program Overview: Professional Development Program Overview: Program Evaluation Textbook Overview And Table Of Contents Lesson 1 Why compare political systems? Lesson 2 What is politics? Lesson 3 What is government and why have it? Lesson 4 What are the purposes and forms of government? Lesson 5 Why is justice a universal ideal? Lesson 6 Is democracy a universal ideal? Lesson 7 What are observable kinds of democracy? Lesson 8 How and why do authoritarian regimes operate as they do? Lesson 9 What is the difference between power and authority? Lesson 10 What are sources of political authority? Lesson 11 How can political power be distributed? Lesson 12 What roles do ideology and religion play in legitimizing government? Lesson 13 What are constitutions and which purposes and principles do they embody? Lesson 14 What is constitutionalism? Lesson 15 What is political culture? Lesson 16 How are political beliefs, attitudes and values transmitted? Lesson 17 What is the relationship between political culture and economic development? Lesson 18 What factors and forces promote social change? Lesson 19 How did the idea of rights develop over time? Lesson 20 What are natural rights? Lesson 21 How has the idea of human rights evolved over time? Lesson 22 What are legal rights and how are they enforced? Lesson 23 How are legal systems alike and different? Lesson 24 Who is a citizen? Lesson 25 What are the major kinds of electoral systems? Lesson 26 What roles do political parties play? Lesson 27 What is civil society and why is it important? Lesson 28 Why does leadership matter? Lesson 29 What are institutions and why are they necessary? Lesson 30 How are legislatures organized to carry out the functions expected of them? Lesson 31 How are executive institutions organized to carry out the functions expected of them? Lesson 32 How are judicial institutions organized to carry out the functions expected of them? Lesson 33 What is public policy and how is it made? Lesson 34 What roles do bureaucracies and non-governmental organizations play in carrying out public policy? Lesson 35 What is the role of the nation-state in today's world? Lesson 36 What considerations shape foreign policy within nation-states? Lesson 37 What is the role of the United Nations and of regional organizations? Lesson 38 How do international non-governmental organizations influence policy-making? Lesson 39 How is international law formed, applied, enforced, and adjudicated? Lesson 40 What are the major challenges that globalization poses? Civitas Russia: An International Civic Education Exchange Program The Comparative Approach in the Teaching of Civics Banging the Drums of Civic Education: Teacher Transformation North River Region (Massachusetts) Hudson (Massachusetts) Capital Region (New York) New York City Baltimore (Maryland) Charles County (Maryland) Columbus (Ohio) Toledo Region (Ohio) Northwest Indiana Chicago Region Kansas City Region (Missouri) Anchorage (Alaska) |
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