North Carolina · State Department of Education
North Carolina civics standards,
by framework and code.
5 frameworks are active in North Carolina — C3 as the state-adopted primary, with CCSS, NCSS, AP-GOV, North Carolina layered on top. Together they expose 359 standards.
Esse Quam Videri
NC
359
Total standards
5
Frameworks active
139
Aligned Principle lessons
C3
Most-aligned framework
Frameworks active in North Carolina
5 frameworks, one map of coverage.
FrameworkAdoptionStandardsPrinciple lessons mapped
C3State Primary
C3 Framework
adapted
2020
310
Standards
139100% density
CCSS
Common Core State Standards
adopted
2015
30
Standards
00% density
NCSS
NCSS
adopted
2020
10
Standards
00% density
AP-GOV
AP Government and Politics
adopted
2019
7
Standards
121100% density
North Carolina
North Carolina Standard Course of Study - Social Studies (2021)
adopted
2021
2
Standards
2100% density
Trust
How we connect lessons to these standards
Every lesson we map to a North Carolina standard clears a 5-criterion alignment rubric. We name the framework body, cite the official source URL, and record reasoning a reviewer can audit.