There is this Cesar Chavez theme for eight grade students requiring them to analyze the philosophy of government expressed in our Declaration of Independence. Tha main standard that it meets is:
8.1.2 Analyze the philosophy of government expressed in the Declaration of Independence, with an emphasis on government as a means of securing individual rights (e.g., key phrases such as “all men are created equal, they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights”).