interactivestudenteditionAL4WelcometoCitizenshipStudiesandtoCivicsToday:Citizenship,Economics,&You.Thiscourseprovidesanoverviewofthemeaningofcitizenship.Youwilllearnaboutthestructureoflocal,state,andnationalgovernments,becomeacquaintedwithpersonaleconomicstrategies,andstudydifferentformsofgovernmentfromaroundtheworld.OnthefollowingpagesyouwillfindoutaboutAlabama’sStandardsforCitizenship.Thestandardsidentifywhatyoushouldknow,understand,andbeabletodoasaresultofyourschooling.WehaveincludedthestandardsonpagesAL6–AL10.Taketimetoreadoverthestandardswithyourteacherandfamily.Thenoutlinestepsthatyoucantaketohelpyouachievethestandardsbothinandoutsidetheclassroom.Inaddition,beawarethatthereisanAlabamaDirectAssessmentofWriting.Itfocusesonthestudent’sabilitytoclearlyandcoherentlyrespondtowritingprompts.Thistestisgiveningrades5,7,and10.Studentsaregivenonehourtorespondtopromptsthatcomeintheformofdescriptive,narra-tive,expository,orpersuasivewriting.Thestudentsareassessedonacriterion-basedscalethatrangesfromLevelI–DoesnotmeetstandardtoLevelIV–Exceedsstandard.Aspartofgraduationrequirements,AlabamastudentsmustpasstheAlabamaHighSchoolGraduationExam.Thisexamismadeupoftestsinfivesubjects:Reading,Language,Mathematics,Science,andSocialStudies.YouwillhaveseveralopportunitiestopasstheAlabamaHighSchoolGraduationExam,beginninginthe10thgrade.Eventhoughtheexamisyearsawayforyou,itisanimportantpartofyoureducation.YoucanfindthestandardsandobjectivesfortheexamthatarecoveredinthetextonpagesAL13–AL15.Readthestandardsandbecomefamiliarwiththem.Itisnevertooearlytobeginyourprepa-rationfortheexam!AGuideforStudentsandParentsHowDoISucceedinCitizenshipStudies?AlabamaStateCapitol,Montgomery▼DennisMacDonald/PhotoEdit•PageAL12includesanexplanationoftheAlabamaHighSchoolGraduateExamthatyoumustpassinordertograduate.•TurntopagesAL16andAL17toseehowGlencoe’sCivicsTodaycanhelpyousucceedontheAHSGE.KeystoSucceedingontheAHSGEWhataretheCourseofStudyStandards?WhatisIncludedontheFollowingPages?CourseofStudyStan...
