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​​In this five-section elective, high-school students will learn about the rights and responsibilities of being an American citizen. By studying different forms of government, students will investigate what motivated America’s founding fathers as they drafted the U.S. Constitution. Students will also learn about the branches of the U.S. government as laid out in the Constitution and about the structure of state and local governments. In each unit, students will complete an in-depth project related to that unit’s topic.

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UNIT 1 – A NEW NATION

  1. Course Overview
  2. The Distinctions Among Civic, Political, and Private Life
  3. The Necessity of Politics and Government
  4. The Purpose of Politics and Government
  5. Quiz 1
  6. Why Independence
  7. Natural Rights
  8. Given Rights
  9. The Role of Religion
  10. The Protestant Reformation
  11. Babylonian Monarchy, Greek Democracy, Roman Republic
  12. Quiz 2
  13. Forms of Government
  14. Religious and Political Freedom
  15. Limits in Government
  16. Civil Society and Government
  17. Relationship of Limited Government to Political and Economic Freedom
  18. Liberalism, Republicanism, and American Constitutional Republic
  19. Project: Conflict of Interest   
  20. Quiz 3
  21. Unitary, Confederal, or Federal?
  22. Nature of Representation
  23. Fundamental Values and Principles
  24. The Great Compromise
  25. Quiz 4
  26. Test
  27. Alternate Test
  28. Reference

UNIT 2 – THE CONSTITUTION

  1. Federalists and Anti-Federalists
  2. Project: Compare Bill of Rights
  3. As Good As it Gets
  4. The Peaceful Transfer of Power
  5. Quiz 1
  6. Introduction to Constitutional Government
  7. Constitutional Law in the United States Federal Government
  8. The Preamble
  9. Project: A Limited Government  
  10. Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances
  11. Quiz 2
  12. The Ability to Change
  13. The Bill of Rights: Protection
  14. The Bill of Rights: Interpretation
  15. Quiz 3
  16. Test
  17. Alternate Test
  18. Reference

UNIT 3 – BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT

  1. Presidential Power
  2. Electing a President
  3. Case Study: The Election of 1824
  4. The Federal Bureaucracy
  5. Project: Limits on Presidential Power  
  6. Quiz 1
  7. A Two-House System
  8. Committees in Action
  9. How a Bill Becomes a Law
  10. Impeachment
  11. Quiz 2
  12. Organization of the Judicial Branch
  13. The Role of the Supreme Court
  14. Judicial Activism vs. Judicial Restraint
  15. Making a More Perfect Union
  16. Quiz 3
  17. Test
  18. Alternate Test
  19. Reference

Unit 4 – GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE

  1. State Branches
  2. Local Government: Types and Functions
  3. Financing Government through Taxation
  4. Case Study: Integration of Schools
  5. Direct Democracy
  6. Quiz 1
  7. Why Political Parties?
  8. Parties and Primaries
  9. Politics and Media
  10. Districts, Special Interests, and Funding
  11. Public Policy and Public Agenda
  12. Project: Your Politics  
  13. Quiz 2
  14. Your Rights
  15. Citizens in Action
  16. Case Study: Prohibition
  17. Civic Responsibility
  18. Becoming a Citizen
  19. Quiz 3
  20. Diversity and the Character of American Society
  21. Voluntarism and Organized Groups
  22. American Political Conflict
  23. Conflicts of Values
  24. Disparities between Ideals and Reality
  25. Quiz 4
  26. Test
  27. Alternate Test
  28. Reference

UNIT 5 – RELATIONSHIP TO THE WORLD

  1. Government and Economics
  2. Project: Economics of a New Business
  3. International Economics
  4. Case Study: The Middle East
  5. Project: Environmental Politics  
  6. Quiz 1
  7. Types of Economic Systems
  8. Communism
  9. Fascism
  10. American Capitalism
  11. Personal, Political, and Economic Rights
  12. Geography, Politics, and Economics of Governments
  13. Quiz 2
  14. Economic and Humanitarian Concerns
  15. Political Concerns
  16. Historical Context of Foreign Policy
  17. Making and Implementing Foreign Policy
  18. Means and Ends of Foreign Policy
  19. Impact of Democracy and Individual Rights on the World
  20. International Organizations
  21. Quiz 3
  22. Test
  23. Alternate Test