Virginia SOL CE.6

CE.6 is a Standards of Learning history and social science standard. These are the skills expectations under it.

• CE.6.a

  describing the processes by which an individual becomes a citizen of the United States

• CE.6.b

  describing the rights and privileges guaranteed by the First Amendment, including freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition, the rights guaran...

• CE.6.c

  examining ways to peacefully work for change in communities or the nation by participating in political campaigns and methods of peacefully petitioning the gove...

• CE.6.d

  examining how civic participation can address community needs and serve the public good, including the importance of volunteering, staying informed about curren...

• CE.6.e

  examining the process and importance of immigration policies at different points in U.S. history

• CE.6.f

  reviewing the criteria and exam for naturalizing U.S. citizens.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain citizenship by birth and naturalization, including the application, interview, civics test, and oath. They connect real situations to freedoms and legal protections in the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments. They compare immigration policies over time and explain how informed, peaceful civic action can address community needs.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students can sequence the main naturalization steps and distinguish immigration from citizenship. Given a scenario, they can identify the freedom or legal protection involved and explain their choice. They can use evidence to explain how volunteering, campaigning, petitioning, or staying informed serves the public good.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students often treat immigration and citizenship as the same process, or assume every immigrant must naturalize. They may think First Amendment freedoms are unlimited and that due process only means having a trial. They may also overlook volunteering and staying informed as forms of civic participation.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Identify the right or civic process in each case and explain why: police search a backpack without cause, residents petition city council, and a permanent resident takes the civics test.

1. 01

   Give pairs cards naming naturalization steps and past immigration policies to sequence, then label each card's purpose or effect.

2. 02

   Discuss: Which peaceful civic action would best address a proposed park closure, and how could residents respect opposing views?

3. 03

   Play Rights Referee by reading scenario cards as teams identify the amendment, legal protection, or limit involved.

4. 04

   Use a local news article to identify a community need, then propose one government action and one volunteer response.

• K.1

  The student will apply history and social science skills to practice citizenship in the classroom by

• 1.1

  The student will apply history and social science skills to practice citizenship in the classroom by

• 3.1

  The student will apply history and social science skills to define citizenship and explain the rights and responsibilities of United States citizenship by

• 2.2

  The student will apply history and social science skills to understand citizenship by