Deck 5: How Do Students Develop Leadership in Democratic and Global Societies

Question 1

Which one of the following is an example of the five questions used to organize The National Standards for Civics and Government (1994)?

A) What are the basic values and principles of U.S. democracy?
B) What are the roles of citizens in a democracy different from those in other governmental systems?
C) Why is it important for the United States of America to minimize its role in world events?
D) Why are there conflicts between the executive branch and the legislative and judiciary branches of the government?

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which is NOT a goal of law-related education?

A) Be socially responsible managers of conflicts
B) A perception that people are able to contribute and control the social order
C) Being able to give reasoned explanation for their views and actions
D) None of the above are goals.
E) All of the above are goals.

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Elementary and middle school students tend to be positive toward national symbols, trust their political leaders, and be highly supportive of their political system.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

An important value stressed in a democratic classroom is the common good.

Question 5

Which of the following is a school-based community service project appropriate for students in grades 5-8?

A) Helping with a Spring clean-up in the neighborhood
B) Organizing a party for physically handicapped children preparing for the Special Olympics
C) Making math or map games and teaching students in the primary grades how to play them
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 6

Researchers report that students whose classroom instruction focuses on patriotic rituals, printed drills, and memorization of facts tend to express more authoritarian attitudes rather than democratic attitudes.

Question 7

The goals of school-based community service is to:

A) teach skills associated with cooperation.
B) train students in job-related skills for specific jobs.
C) help social agencies and worthy charities.
D) help students make socially responsible decisions about the problems and needs in their communities.

Question 8

Which is NOT an example of students' community civic participation?

A) Going on a trip to a museum
B) Participating in cleaning up a local road
C) Making games for, and writing letters to, hospitalized children
D) Participating in a walkathon for Special Olympics

Question 9

Student school-based community service should be linked to the study of the issues and problems the action is designed to solve or help.

Question 10

Students who reported less than 30 minutes devoted to social studies per day had the lowest scores on the NAEP civics test.

Question 11

Law-related education provides students with opportunities to examine the conflict between self-interest and the common good. Which of the following is a characteristic of law-related education?

A) Students learn that impulsive, immediate decisions typically are the best ones we make.
B) Active student participation is needed if students are to analyze the values in a situation where there is some conflict.
C) There is recognition that students are morally immature and cannot respond well to ethical problems.
D) Learning that legal issues of right and wrong is so complicated that students must be taught to deal with selected issues that can be made comprehensible.

Question 12

Which of these values is the least related to having democratic education?

A) Prosperity
B) Freedom
C) Justice
D) Cooperation

Question 13

Citizenship is bestowed at birth and grants the child many rights.

Question 14

Successful and effective student government has the following characteristics EXCEPT:

A) school administration allows at least some students to practice democracy.
B) students identify problems and needs in the school.
C) students present problems and needs to school administrators and accept or reject the principal's recommended solutions.
D) students share progress regularly with classmates.

Question 15

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in civics for grades 4, 8, and 12 has found all of the following except:

A) students who report involvement in activities such as in mock trials and small-group activities had lower average scores.
B) overall average scores were similar to those in other subjects assessed.
C) few students scored at the proficient level, which is the goal all should reach.
D) students in grades 4 and 8 whose teachers devote 30 minutes or more a day to teaching social studies have the highest scores.

Question 16

Social studies has the primary responsibility for teaching the knowledge, skills, and values needed to understand and participate effectively in the U.S. political system and to deal responsibility with public issues.

Question 17

The laws of a nation are:

A) fair and permanent.
B) best enforced through harsh punishments.
C) followed if people accept them as appropriate.
D) changed as they become outdated.

Question 18

The National Assessment of Educational Progress in civics revealed that in grades 4 and 8, at least 30 percent of the students scored below the "basic level."

Question 19

Citizenship is a concept people define differently. All of the following are common definitions of citizenship except:

A) knowledge of facts about government and constitutions.
B) willingness to vote.
C) a basic distrust of political institutions and a realization that a single person must accept and follow the laws without question.
D) respect for political opinions different from your own.

Question 20

Most students taking the NAEP test in civics reported that they usually studied about the
United Nations and other international organizations.

Question 21

Many organizations view citizenship education as one of their concerns and obligations.

Question 22

Mock trials, role-playing simulations, and structured discussions are strategies frequently used for law-related lessons.

Question 23

An important civics lesson for American students is to follow without question what the president says to do.

Question 24

Various media organizations produce materials for use with elementary and middle school students to teach and encourage students to become informed citizens.