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Standards |
Description |
Lessons |
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1 |
Describe the influences of ancient
Greece, the Magna Carta, and the Mayflower Compact on the government
of the United States. |
2 |
|
1.1 |
Identifying essential characteristics
of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of
Rights as the foundation of government of the United States |
12 |
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1.2 |
Describing the influence of John
Locke |
1 |
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1.3 |
Explaining essential characteristics of the political systems of the
United States |
7 |
|
2 |
Compare the government of the United States with other governmental
systems. |
4 |
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3 |
Describe essential characteristics of
state and local governments in the United States. |
2 |
|
3.1 |
Identifying major offices and officeholders of state and local
governments |
2 |
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3.2 |
Explaining the historical background of the 1901 Constitution of
Alabama and its impact on state and local governments. |
6 |
|
3.3 |
Describing how local and state
governments are funded |
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|
4 |
Compare the duties and functions of members of the legislative,
executive, and judicial branches of local, state and national
governments. |
15 |
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4.1 |
Identifying the geographic and
political districts of legislative, executive, and judicial branches
of national, state, and local governments |
3 |
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4.2 |
Describing the organization and jurisdiction of courts within the
judicial system of the United States at the local, state, and
national levels |
5 |
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4.3 |
Explaining the concepts of separation of powers and checks and
balances among the three branches of state and national governments |
8 |
|
5 |
Explain the importance of juvenile,
adult, civil, and criminal laws within the judicial system of the
United States. |
2 |
|
5.1 |
Explaining the rights of citizens
under the Constitution |
9 |
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5.2 |
Explaining what is meant by the rule of law |
1 |
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5.3 |
Understanding the consequences of breaking the law |
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5.4 |
Contrasting juvenile and adult laws and their respective court
systems |
1 |
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5.5 |
Identifying laws that most affect youth at home, school, and in the
community. |
1 |
6 |
Describe how people
organize economic systems for the production, distribution, and
consumption of goods and services to address the basic economic
questions of what goods and services will be produced, how they will
be produced, and who will consume them. |
4 |
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6.1 |
Using economic
concepts to explain historical and current developments and issues
in global, national, or local contexts |
3 |
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6.2 |
Analyzing the
distribution of urban areas to determine how they are linked
together |
1 |
7 |
Describe the
relationship between the consumer and the marketplace in the economy
of the United States regarding scarcity, opportunity cost, trade-off
decision making, characteristics of a market economy, and supply and
demand. |
3 |
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7.1 |
Describing the
influence of the stock market upon individuals and the economy |
2 |
|
7.2 |
Analyzing
distribution and production maps to determine patterns of supply and
demand |
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|
7.3 |
Describing the
effects of government policies on the free market |
2 |
|
7.4 |
Identifying laws
protecting the rights of consumers and avenues of recourse when
those rights are violated |
3 |
8 |
Apply principles of
money management to the preparation of a personal budget that
addresses housing, transportation, food, clothing, medical expenses,
and insurance as well as checking and savings accounts, loans,
investments, credit, and comparison shopping. |
6 |
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9 |
Identify individual
and civic responsibilities of citizens of the United States. |
4 |
|
9.1 |
Describing
differences in rights, privileges, duties, and responsibilities
between citizens and noncitizens |
1 |
|
9.2 |
Explaining how
United States citizenship is acquired |
3 |
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9.3 |
Interpreting an
immigration map |
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|
9.4 |
Identifying
character traits that are beneficial to individuals and to the
republic of the United States |
2 |
|
10 |
Describe changes in
social and economic conditions in the United States during the
twentieth and twenty-first centuries. |
3 |
|
10.1 |
Describing the
impact of print and electronic media and the internet on the
American way of life. |
2 |
|
11 |
Describe examples of
conflict, cooperation, and interdependence of groups, societies, and
nations using past and current events. |
5 |
|
11.1 |
Tracing the
political and social impact of the modern Civil Rights Movement from
1954 to the present, including Alabama's role |
4 |
|
12 |
Explain how the
United States can be improved by individual and collective
participation and by public service. |
5 |
|
12.1 |
Identifying options
for civic and community action |
8 |
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12.2 |
Participating in the
political process |
5 |
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12.3 |
Identifying ways
adults participate in the political process |
6 |
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12.4 |
Applying a
problem-solving model to a community project. |
9 |
