12.1.2 Students discuss the character of American democracy and its promise and perils as articulated by Alex de Tocqueville.
Explain how economic rights are secured and their importance to the individual and to society(e.g., the right to aquire, use, transfer, and dispose of property.
Understand the obligations of civic-minedness, including voting, being informed in civic issues, volunteering and performing public service, and serving in the military or alternative service.
Explain how civil society provides opportunities for individuals to associate for social, cultural, religous, economic, and political purposes.
Describe the means that citizens use to participate in the political process(e.g., voting, campaigning, lobbying, filling a legal challenge, demonstrating, petitioning, picketing, running for political office)
Compare the processes of ;awmaking at each of the three levels of government, including the role of lobbying and the media.
