TEKS: Chapter 113. Social Studies See All Teacher Resources

113.41.c.22

(22) Citizenship. The student understands the concept of American exceptionalism. The student is expected to:

• (A) discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's five values crucial to America's success as a constitutional republic: liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, populism, and laissez-faire;
• (B) describe how the American values identified by Alexis de Tocqueville are different and unique from those of other nations; and
• (C) describe U.S. citizens as people from numerous places throughout the world who hold a common bond in standing for certain self-evident truths.