Content Update: High school civics course is now a unit in the US government and civics course

What’s changing?

We’ve moved the stand-alone High school civics course into the US government and civics course, as a single unit called Citizenship. That Citizenship unit contains all the same content as the stand-alone High school civics course and has been in the US government and civics course for several months. That Citizenship unit hasn’t been Mastery-enabled, but now we’re turning on Mastery for that unit as well.

Why are we making this change?

Because the stand-alone High school civics course is a single unit, it cannot be Mastery-enabled. By moving it to the US government and civics course, it can take advantage of all the features associated with our Mastery system. 

We also think the content in the High school civics course is a natural fit in the larger US government and civics course.

What if I’m working in the High school civics course, or have assigned it to my students?

You shouldn’t run into any problems! You can continue to complete the work in the old stand-alone course. Any progress there will also be reflected in the US government and civics course. 

You won’t be able to assign the stand-alone High school civics course from the teacher or learner course picker, but you can still assign the same material by assigning the Citizenship unit in the US government and civics course.