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Dates
Aug.
7,10,12,14
Enduring
Skills/Understandings
Using evidence to support a
claim
Evaluating sources
Taking Action
Unit Topic
Standards
Citizenship,
Government, and
Democracy
SS-HS-1.3.3
Students will evaluate the impact citizens have on the
functioning of a democratic government by assuming
responsibilities (e.g., seeking and assuming
leadership positions, voting) and duties (e.g., serving
as jurors, paying taxes, complying with local, state
and federal laws, serving in the armed forces).
Citizen, Government,
Democracy, Dictatorship,
Direct Democracy,
Representative Democracy,
State
History of American
Democracy
SS-HS-1.3.3
Students will evaluate the impact citizens have on the
functioning of a democratic government by assuming
responsibilities (e.g., seeking and assuming
leadership positions, voting) and duties (e.g., serving
as jurors, paying taxes, complying with local, state
and federal laws, serving in the armed forces).
Constitution of the
United States
SS-HS-1.2.1
Students will analyze how powers of government are
distributed and shared among levels and branches
and evaluate how this distribution of powers protects
the "common good" (e.g., Congress legislates on
behalf of the people; the President represents the
people as a nation; the Supreme Court acts on behalf
of the people as a whole when it interprets the
Constitution).
Limited Government,
Representative Government,
Magna Carta, Petition of
Right, Charter Colony,
Proprietary Colony, Royal
Colony, Stamp Act Congress,
First and Second
Continentental Congresses,
Declaration of Independence,
Popular Sovereignty, Articles
of Confederation
Constitutional Convention,
Virginia Plan, New Jersey
Plan, Great Compromise,
Three-Fifths Compromise,
Commerce and Slave Trade
Compromise, Federalists,
Anti-Federalists, Preamble,
Separation of Powers,
Checks and Balances,
Judicial Review, Federalism,
Amendment
The Bill of Rights and
Civil Rights
SS-HS-1.2.2
Students will interpret the principles of limited
government (e.g., rule of law, federalism, checks and
balances, majority rule, protection of minority rights,
separation of powers) and evaluate how these
principles protect individual rights and promote the
"common good.”
Aug.
17,19,21,24,
26,28,31
Sept.
2,4,9,11,14,
16,18
Sept.
21,23,25,28,
30
Oct.
12,14,16
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Essential Vocabulary
Civil Liberties, Civil Rights,
Due Process, First
Amendment Freedoms,
Establishment Clause, Free
Exercise Clause,Libel,
Slander, Shield Laws, Grand
Jury, Ex Post Facto Law,
Indictment, Double Jeopardy,
Preventative Detention,
Treason
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Legislative
Branch
SS-HS-1.2.1
Students will analyze how powers of government are
distributed and shared among levels and branches
and evaluate how this distribution of powers protects
the "common good" (e.g., Congress legislates on
behalf of the people.)
Oct.
19,21,23,26,
28,30
Nov.
2
Executive
Branch
Nov.
4,6,9,11,13
Nov.
16,18,20,23,
Dec.
2,4,7,9,11
Judicial
Branch
SS-HS-1.2.1
Students will analyze how powers of government are
distributed and shared among levels and branches
and evaluate how this distribution of powers protects
the "common good" (e.g., the President represents the
people as a nation.)
SS-HS-1.2.1
Students will analyze how powers of government are
distributed and shared among levels and branches
and evaluate how this distribution of powers protects
the "common good" (e.g., the Supreme Court acts on
behalf of the people as a whole when it interprets the
Constitution).
Term, Session, Adjourn,
Special Session, Apportioned,
Reapportionment,
Off-Year Elections,
Gerrymander,
Constituent,Expressed
Powers, Implied Powers,
Copy Right, Patent, Eminent
Domain, Necessary and
Proper Clause, Impeachment,
Speaker of the House,
President Pro Tempore,
Seniority Rule, Standing
Committee, Select
Committee, Joint Committee,
Conference Committee,
Resolutions, Filibuster,
Cloture, Veto, Pocket Veto
Chief of State, Chief
Executive, Chief
Administrator, Chief Diplomat,
Commander in Chief, Chief
Legislator, Presidential
Succe16ssion, Presidential
Electors, Electoral College,
Inferior Courts, Jurisdiction,
Original Jurisdiction, Appelate
Jurisdiction, Plaintiff,
Defendant, Concurring
Opinion, Dissenting Opinion,
Due Process, Search
Warrant, Exclusionary Rule,
Review and Final
Dec.
14,16,18
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Essential
Skills/Understandings
Unit Topic
Standards
Essential Vocabulary
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