Social-Studies Teachers Get 1st Look At National Standards for Students

By Karen Diegmueller

Phoenix

The pages in Marcie Taylor-Thoma's national civics and government standards were dog-eared within hours after she purchased the document here last week. Already she had plans to copy the quotes of famous people from the book and place them throughout Stevensonville Middle School on Kent Island in Maryland, where she teaches.

"Every teacher needs to have a copy of these at their fingertips," said the teacher of U.S. history and ancient civilization, referring to national standards...