Every subject has them. Every teacher must know them and must teach them. National and state standards prescribe what teachers should teach and students should be able to do at each stage in their academic career. Every teacher I have spoken to recently has indicated that unless what we are asking them to do fits the standards, they cannot do it. No, not exactly.
Teaching Consider one example.
As a mathematics teacher, I knew from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards that my students must be able to understand and use functions. I often felt constrained by typical textbook examples asking students simply to plug numbers into given equations or to write mathematical models for seemingly trivial situations. Each year students in the International Relations Club choose one of many projects in communities requesting funding through the Peace Corps overseas. And although we are presently funding our Partnership with a Corcoran graduate, we can't yet claim influence over the students. Our dream is to have students who were involved in high school join the Peace Corps.