civics
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- noun
- /ˈsɪvɪks/
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cívica
- Every 10th grader was required to take Civics at my inner-city California high school.
- Standards for Civics
- National Standards for Civics
- Civics and Government
Examples
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You know, I sit right next to you in Civics class.
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Civics had gained popularity in the nation's schools in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Academic text (1995) -
Or maybe I needed to pay more attention in Civics class.
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I'm in your Civics class.
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We need to start requiring Civics again and force the government to allow it to be taught.
Blog text (30) -
Similar results were reported in the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress Report Card in Civics.
Academic text (1996) -
When I was in high school, Civics was mandatory to graduate and was a year-long class.
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Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has led the charge to use video games to teach our kids civics in middle schools all across this country.
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Most kids today who graduate from high school can't even pass the same civics exam that we require of a legal immigrant before they become a citizen.
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When I was in high school, civics was mandatory to graduate and was a year-long class.
How Academic
Surface Forms
Morphology
civics = civic (semi-transparent) = civ + ics
The relation to 'civic' (relating to citizens) is clear, but the suffix '-ics' as 'field of study' may not be fully productive or obvious to all learners.
Etymology
Civics comes from the Latin word civis, which means 'citizen', and the same root appears in civic and civil. So civics is the study of how citizens have rights and duties and how government and society work.