SUMMARY:  LC 33 6023   Requires the following to be taught as part of the United States and world history curriculum:

• history and content of the Declaration of Independence including:
  • national sovereignty
  • natural law
  • self-evident truth
  • equality of all persons
  • limited government
  • popular sovereignty
  • inalienable rights of life liberty and property
• history, meaning, significance and effect of the provisions of the United States Constitution and amendments with an emphasis on the Bill of Rights
• arguments in support of adopting our republican form of government as embodied in the Federalist Papers
• flag education
• elements of civil government:  federal, state, counties, municipalities, school systems and special districts
• history of the United States (viewed as factual not as constructed; knowable; teachable and testable) including
  • period of discovery
  • early colonies
  • War for Independence
  • westward expansion
  • world wars
  • civil rights movement
• history of the Holocaust
• history of African-Americans
• study of Hispanic, womens, and native American's contributions to the United States
• sacrifices that veterans have made in serving our country (instruction to occur on or before Veteran's Day and Memorial Day and utilize local veterans) 

EFFECTIVE DATE:  Upon approval by the General Assembly and Governor.