Whatever happened to the teaching of civics? Does it still occur in American
classrooms? If so, what form does it
take? I just pulled the Kentucky
Core Academic Standards (page 540) where I took a look at the section on US
government and civics. All in all, the
topic list looks good, although the teaching could take many different forms
depending on who is doing the teaching.
When I was in school a few (ahem) years back, our US government system
was taught very simply and clearly from the time I was an elementary
child. At home, my father expanded my education in citizenship
with messages of the privileges, rights, and responsibilities of being an
American in a democratic republic.
