This site provides a curriculum framework to revitalize civic education in schools throughout the nation. It sets forth a set of national goals to be achieved in a civic education curriculum, primarily for K-12 public and private schools, but with extended applications in communities and in higher education, specifying the knowledge and skills needed by citizens to perform their roles in American democracy. Thus, this site focuses on what Civistas believes adults will ideally know and be able to do to be effective citizens. The intended audience for CIVITAS is educators at state and local levels concerned with the development of civic education curriculums in the schools. Teachers may also find the framework a useful resource and reference book. It is designed to improve textbooks, instructional materials, methods of teaching, assessment and testing, and the preparation of teachers.