Kansas · State Department of Education
Kansas civics standards,
by framework and code.
4 frameworks are active in Kansas — C3 as the state-adopted primary, with CCSS, AP-GOV, Kansas History, layered on top. Together they expose 348 standards.
Ad Astra per Aspera
KS
348
Total standards
4
Frameworks active
139
Aligned Principle lessons
C3
Most-aligned framework
Frameworks active in Kansas
4 frameworks, one map of coverage.
FrameworkAdoptionStandardsPrinciple lessons mapped
C3State Primary
C3 Framework
partial
2020
310
Standards
139100% density
CCSS
Common Core State Standards
adopted
2015
30
Standards
00% density
AP-GOV
AP Government and Politics
adopted
2019
7
Standards
121100% density
Kansas History,
Kansas History, Government, and Social Studies (HGSS) Standards (2020, revised 2021)
adopted
2021
1
Standards
1100% density
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How we connect lessons to these standards
Every lesson we map to a Kansas standard clears a 5-criterion alignment rubric. We name the framework body, cite the official source URL, and record reasoning a reviewer can audit.