Learning Standards for Social Studies, Standard 5: Civics, Citizenship, and Government. "Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the necessity for establishing governments; the governmental system of the United States and other nations; the U.S. Constitution; the basic civic values of the American constitutional democracy; and the roles, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship, including avenues of participation."

Learning Standards for Social Studies includes sample tasks teachers can use to teach the standards and course syllabi for all social studies courses, including a 12th-grade "Participation in Government" course.