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Weeks1 – 4.5 GC.1 Cite textual evidence and evaluate multiple

points of view to analyze the influence of ancient Greek, Roman, and leading European political thinkers such as John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, Niccolò Machiavelli, Jean Jacques Rousseau, and William Blackstone on the development of United States government.

GC.2 Determine the central ideas in passages from Democracy in America to examine the character of American society, including its religious, political, and economic character, as articulated by Alexis de Tocqueville.

GC. 45 Compare and contrast the relationship of government and civil society in constitutional democracies to the relationship of government and civil society in authoritarian and totalitarian regimes.

GC.5 Summarize with supporting evidence why the Founding Fathers established a constitutional system that limited the power of government.

GC.7 Analyze how the Bill of Rights limits the powers of the federal government and state governments.

GC.41 Summarize the central ideas of iconic primary documents to identify the fundamental values and

Define government and the basic powers every government holds.

Describe the four defining characteristics of the state.

Identify the theories that attempt to explain the origin of the state.

Understand the purpose of government in the United States and other countries.

Classify governments according to three sets of characteristics.

Define systems of government based on who can participate.

Identify different ways that power can be distributed, geographically, within a state.

Describe a government by how power is distributed between the executive branch and legislative branch.

Understand the foundations of

Textbook Chapters 1, 2, 3

The Declaration of Independence

The U.S. Constitution

The Federalist Papers

Democracy in America

Students will take a unit test based upon the standards listed.

Reading activities to support learning will be assessed based upon classroom discussion and completion of related assignments.

principles of a free society and evaluate their meaning and importance, including the writings and speeches of Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan.

GC.3 Describe the purposes and functions of government as outlined in the Preamble to the Constitution and demonstrate an understanding of current application of those purposes and functions by identifying current government actions related to each of the six purposes.

GC.4 Explain how the Constitution reflects a balance between the promotion of the public good and the protection of individual rights.

GC.6 Describe the systems of enumerated and shared powers, the role of organized interests (Federalist Number 10), checks and balances (Federalist Number 51), the importance of an independent judiciary (Federalist Number 78), implied powers, rule of law, federalism, popular sovereignty, and civilian control of the military.

GC.8 Assess the claims, reasoning, and evidence of various authors to analyze the tensions within our Republic and the importance of maintaining a balance between the following concepts:·Majority rule and individual rights·Liberty and equality·State and national authority in a federal system·Civil disobedience and the rule of law·Freedom of the press and censorship·Relationship of religion and government·Relationship of legislation and morality·Government regulation and free enterprise

democracy.

Analyze the connections between democracy and the free enterprise system.

Identify the role of the Internet in a democracy.

Identify the three basic concepts of government that influenced government in America.

Explain the significance of the following landmark documents: the Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, the English Bill of Rights.

Describe the three types of colonies that the English established in North America.

Explain how Britain’s colonial policies contributed to the growth of self-government in the colonies.

Identify some of the steps that led to growing feelings of colonial unity.

Compare the outcome of the First Continental Congress to that of the Second Continental Congress.

Analyze the ideas of the

GC.10 Describe in order the steps of the process through which the Constitution can be amended.

GC.37 Describe the individual’s legal obligations to obey the law, serve as a juror, and pay taxes.

Declaration of Independence.

Describe the drafting of first State constitutions and summarize the constitutions’ common features.

Describe the structure of the government set up under the Articles of Confederation.

Explain why the weaknesses of the Articles led to a critical period for the government in the 1780s.

Describe how the need for a stronger National Government led to plans for a Constitutional Convention.

Compare and contrast the Virginia plan and the New Jersey Plan for a new constitution.

Summarize the major compromises that the delegates agreed to make and the effects of those compromises.

Identify the opposing sides in the fight for ratification and describe the major arguments for and against the Constitution.

Outline the important elements of the Constitution.

List the six basic principles of the Constitution.

Identify the four different ways by which the Constitution may be formally changed.

Explain how the formal amendment process illustrates the principles of federalism and popular sovereignty.

Outline the 27 amendments that have been added to the Constitution.

Identify how basic legislation has changed the Constitution over time.

Describe the ways in which the Constitution has been altered by executive and judicial actions.

Analyze the role of party practices and custom in shaping the Constitution.

Weeks4.5 - 6 GC.17 Assess and cite textual evidence to evaluate

the effects of the United States Supreme Court’s interpretations of the Constitution in Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, and U.S. v. Nixon and the arguments espoused by each side in these cases.

Define federalism and explain why the Framers chose this system of government.

Identify which powers are delegated to and which are denied to the National Government.

Textbook Chapter 4



Reading activities to support learning will be assessed based upon

GC.20 Explain how conflicts between levels of government and branches of government are resolved (supremacy clause, checks and balances).

Describe which powers are delegated to and which are denied to the States.

Understand that the National Government holds both exclusive powers and concurrent powers with the States.

Explain the role of local governments in the federal system.

Summarize the nation’s obligations to the States.

Examine why States form interstate compacts.

Understand the purpose of the Full Faith and Credit Clause.

Discuss the purposes of the Privileges and Immunities Clause.

classroom discussion and completion of related assignments.

Weeks7 – 8 GC.25 Analyze the origin, development, and role of

political parties.

GC.43 Explain how civil society makes it possible for people, individually or in association with others, to bring their influence to bear on government in ways other than voting and elections.

GC.28 Describe the means that citizens use to participate in the political process (e.g., voting,

Define a political party.

Describe the major functions of political parties.

Identify the reasons why the United States has a two-party system.

Understand the origins of





campaigning, lobbying, filing a legal challenge, demonstrating, petitioning, picketing, and running for political office).

GC.29 Explain the features of direct democracy in numerous states (e.g., the process of initiatives, referendums, and recall elections).

GC.38 Connect insights gained from appropriate informational text to describe the obligations of civic-mindedness, including voting, being informed on civic issues, volunteering and performing public service, and serving in the military or alternative service.

GC.46 Describe the Civil Rights Movement and analyze resulting legislation and legal precedents.

GC.26 Explain the history of the nomination process for presidential candidates and the increasing importance of and difference between primaries, caucuses and general elections.

GC.27 Analyze appropriate textual evidence to evaluate the roles of polls and campaign advertising, and examine the controversies over campaign funding.

GC.30 Examine information in diverse formats and media to analyze trends in voter turnout and the causes and effects of reapportionment and redistricting.

political parties in the United States.

Identify the types of minor parties that have been active in American politics.

Understand why the major parties have a decentralized structure.

Summarize the history of voting rights in the United States.

Identify and explain constitutional restrictions on the States’ power to set voting qualifications.

Identify the universal requirements for voting in the United States.

Explain the other requirements that States have used or still use as voting qualifications.

Describe the 15th Amendment and the tactics used to circumvent it in an effort to deny African Americans the vote.

Explain the significance of the early civil rights legislation passed in 1957, 1960, and 1964.

Analyze the provisions and

effects of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Explain the problem of nonvoting in this country, and describe the size of the problem.

Understand the sociological and psychological factors that affect voting and how they work together to influence voter behavior.

Explain why the nominating process is a critical first step in the election process.

Discuss the direct primary as the principal nominating method used in the United States.

Analyze how the administration of elections in the United States helps make democracy work.

Describe the various ways in which voters can cast their ballots.

Explain the issues raised by campaign spending.

Describe the various sources of funding for campaign spending.

Examine federal laws that

regulate campaign finance.Weeks

9-11GC.9 Analyze Article I of the Constitution as it relates to the legislative branch, including eligibility for office and lengths of terms of representatives and senators; election to office; the roles of the House and Senate in impeachment proceedings; the role of the vice president; the enumerated legislative powers; and the process by which a bill becomes a law.

GC.24 Identify and explain powers that the Constitution gives to the President and Congress in the area of foreign affairs.

GC.36 Explain how economic rights are secured and their importance to the individual to society, including the right to acquire, use, transfer, and dispose of property; right to choose one’s work; the purpose of labor unions; copyrights and patents

GC.40 Explain how one becomes a citizen of the United States, including the process of naturalization.

GC.21 Analyze the processes of lawmaking, including the role of lobbying and the media.

GC.11 Identify current representatives from Tennessee in the legislative branch of the national government.

Explain why the Constitution provides for a bicameral Congress.

Describe a term of Congress.

Identify how sessions of Congress have changed over time.

Describe the size and terms of the House of Representatives.

Explain how House seats are reapportioned among the states after each census.

Describe a typical congressional election and congressional district.

Analyze the formal and informal qualifications for serving in the House.

Compare the size of the Senate to the size of the House of Representatives.

Describe how States have elected Senators in the past and present.

Explain how and why a senator’s term differs from a representative’s term.





Who’s Who assessment

Identify the qualifications for serving in the Senate.

Describe the duties performed by those who serve in Congress.

Describe the compensation and privileges of members of Congress.

Identify the three types of Congressional power.

Compare strict construction of the U.S. Constitution on the subject of Congressional power to liberal construction.

Summarize key points relating to Congress’s power to tax.

Describe how Congress uses its power to borrow money.

Analyze the importance of Congress’s commerce power.

Identify the key sources of Congress’s foreign relations powers.

Describe the power-sharing arrangement between Congress and the President on the issues of war and national defense.

List other key powers exercised

by Congress.

Explain how the Necessary and Proper Clause gives Congress flexibility in lawmaking.

Summarize the key developments in the battle over the implied powers of Congress.

Describe Congress’ role in amending the Constitution and in deciding elections.

Describe Congress’ power to impeach and summarize cases in which it has used that power.

Identify Congress’ executive powers.

Describe how and when Congress convenes.

Compare the roles of the presiding officers in the Senate and the House.

Explain how the standing committees function.

List the first steps in introducing a new bill to the House.

Describe what happens to a bill once it enters a committee.

Explain what happens to a bill

on the House Floor, and identify the final step in passing a bill in the House.

Explain how a bill is introduced in the Senate.

Compare the Senate’s rules for debate to the House rules.

Describe the role of conference committees in the legislative process.

Evaluate the actions the President can take after both houses have passed a bill.

Weeks12-13

GC.12 Analyze Article II of the Constitution as it relates to the executive branch, including eligibility for office and length of term, election to and removal from office, the oath of office, and the enumerated executive powers.

GC.24 Identify and explain powers that the Constitution gives to the President and Congress in the area of foreign affairs.

GC.31 Analyze the function of the Electoral College.

GC.34 Explain how public officials use the media to communicate with the citizenry and to shape public opinion.

GC.23 Evaluate various explanations for actions or events through textual evidence to analyze the scope of presidential power and decision-making related to significant examples, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, passage of Great Society legislation, War

Identify the President’s many roles.

Understand the formal qualifications necessary to become President.

Explain how the Constitution provides for presidential succession.

Describe the role of the Vice President.

Explain the Framers’ original provisions for choosing the President.

Outline how the rise of political parties changed the original process set out in the

Textbook Chapters 13, 14, 15, 16, 17




Powers Act, Gulf War, and intervention in Bosnia.

GC.49 Explain how the role of government in a mixed economy includes providing for national defense, addressing environmental concerns, defining and enforcing property rights, attempting to make markets more competitive, and protecting consumer rights.

GC.50 Explain the aims of government fiscal policies (taxation, borrowing, and spending) and their influence on production, employment, and price levels.

GC.51 Describe how the government responds to perceived social needs by providing public goods and services.

GC.52 Explain major revenue and expenditure categories and their respective proportions in the budgets of the federal government.

GC.53 Describe how federal tax and spending policies affect the national budget and the national debt.

Constitution.

Describe the role of conventions in the presidential nominating process.

Evaluate the importance of presidential primaries.

Understand the function of the electoral college today.

Describe the flaws in the electoral college system.

Summarize the content of Article II of the Constitution, and explain why it is controversial.

Identify the source of the President’s power to execute federal law.

Define ordinance power, and explain where it comes from.

Explain how the appointing power works.

Explain how treaties are made and approved.

Explain why and how executive agreements are made.

Describe the powers that the President has in the role of

commander in chief.

Describe the President’s two major legislative powers, and explain how these powers are an important part of the system of checks and balances.

Describe the President’s major judicial powers.

Identify the major elements of the federal bureaucracy.

Describe the most significant federal collected by the government today.

List the nontax sources of government revenues.

Describe how the Federal Government borrows money.

Analyze the causes and effects of the public debt.

Identify the key elements of federal spending.

Explain how the President and Congress work together to create the federal budget.

Explain the functions, components, and organization of the Department of State.

Summarize American foreign policy from independence through World War I.

Identify the two types of foreign aid and describe United States foreign aid policy.

Week14

GC.13 Analyze Article III of the Constitution as it relates to judicial power, including the length of terms of judges and the jurisdiction of the United States Supreme Court.

GC.14 Explain the processes of selection and confirmation of Supreme Court justices.

GC.16 Analyze judicial activism and judicial restraint and the effects of each policy over time (e.g., the Warren and Rehnquist courts).

GC.19 Write an opinion piece with supporting details that argues whether to interpret the U.S. Constitution as a “living document” or to determine the “original intent” of the Founding Fathers.

GC.22 Identify the organization and jurisdiction of federal, state, and local courts and the interrelationships among them.

Explain why the Constitution created a national judiciary, and describe its structure.

Identify the criteria that determine whether a case is within the jurisdiction of a federal court.

Outline the selection process for federal judges.

Outline the structure and jurisdiction of the federal district courts.

Describe the structure and jurisdiction of the federal courts of appeals.

Define the concept of judicial review.

Outline the scope of the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction.

Explain how cases reach the Supreme Court.

Textbook Ch. 18




Weeks15-16

GC.15 Evaluate various interpretations and determine which explanations best accord with textual evidence to understand the changing

Explain how Americans’ commitment to freedom led to the creation of the Bill of Rights.



interpretations of the Bill of Rights over time including interpretations of the basic freedoms (religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly) articulated in the First Amendment and the due process and equal-protection-of-the-law clauses of the 14th Amendment through examination of the following cases:· Mapp v. Ohio· Tinker v. Des Moines· Engel v. Vitale· Schenck v. United States· Gideon v. Wainwright· Brandenberg v. Ohio· Texas v. Johnson· Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union

GC.18 Explain the controversies that have resulted over evolving interpretations of civil rights, including those in: (H, P)· Plessy v. Ferguson· Brown v. Board of Education· Miranda v. Arizona· Regents of the University of California v. Bakke· United States v. Virginia (VMI)· New Jersey v. TLO· Roe v. Wade· Korematsu v. United States· Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

GC.32 Cite textual evidence to defend a point of view about the meaning and importance of a free and responsible press.

GC.33 Describe the roles of broadcast, print, and electronic media, including the Internet, as means of communication in American politics.

GC.35 Analyze the meaning and importance of each

Understand that the rights guaranteed by limited government are not absolute.

Show how federalism affects individual rights.

Describe how the 9th amendment helps guarantee individual rights.

Examine why a free society cannot exist without free expression.

Describe the “wall of separation” between church and state” set up by the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

Summarize the Supreme Court rulings on religion and education as well as other Establishment Clause cases.

Explain how the Supreme Court has interpreted and limited the Free Exercise Clause.

Explain the importance of the two basic purposes of the guarantees of free expression.

Summarize how the Supreme Court has limited seditious speech and obscenity.



of the rights guaranteed under the Bill of Rights and how each is secured (e.g., freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, petition, and privacy).

GC.39 Describe the reciprocity between rights and obligations, that is enjoying rights means fulfilling certain obligations and respecting the rights of others.

GC.42 Explain how civil society provides opportunities for individuals to associate for social, cultural, religious, economic, and political purposes.

GC.44 Examine the historical role of religion and religious diversity and their impact on society.

GC48 Identify legislation and legal precedents that established rights for the disabled, Hispanics, American Indians, Asians, and other minority groups, including the tensions between protected categories (e.g., race, women, veterans) and non-protected ones (United States v. Carolene Products, Adarand Constructors v. Pena).

Examine the issues of prior restraint and press confidentiality, and describe the limits the Court has placed on the media.

Define symbolic and commercial speech; describe the limits on their exercise.

Explain the Constitution’s guarantees of assembly and petition.

Summarize how the government can limit the time, place, and manner of assembly.

Compare and contrast the freedom-of-assembly issues that arise on public versus private property.

Explore how the Supreme Court has interpreted freedom of association.

Explain the meaning of due process of law as set out in the 5th and 14th amendments.

Define police power and understand its relationship to civil rights.

Describe the right of privacy and its origins in constitutional

law.

Outline Supreme Court decisions regarding slavery and involuntary servitude.

Explain the intent and application of the 2nd Amendment’s protection of the right to keep and bear arms.

Summarize the constitutional provisions designed to guarantee security of home and person.

Define the writ of habeas corpus, bills of attainder, and ex post facto laws.

Outline how the right to a grand jury and the guarantee against double jeopardy help ensure the rights of the accused.

Describe issues that arise from the guarantee of a speedy and public trial.

Determine what constitutes a fair trial by jury.

Explain the purpose of bail and preventative detention.

Outline the history of the Court’s decisions on capital punishment.

Summarize the history of race-based discrimination in the United States.

Explain the importance of the Equal Protection Clause.

Outline the history of civil rights legislation from Reconstruction to today.

Describe how people become American citizens by birth and by naturalization.

Weeks 17-18 GC.54 Identify and describe the provisions of the Tennessee Constitution that define and distribute powers and authority of the state government.

GC.55 Provide examples of the principles of federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, and popular sovereignty in the government of the state of Tennessee and the balance between the grand divisions within the state.

GC.56 Explain the hierarchy and functions of the Tennessee court system, including the distinction between Chancery and circuit courts and identify the current chief justice of the state Supreme Court.

GC.57 Summarize the functions of departments or agencies of the executive branch in the state of Tennessee.

GC.58 Compare and contrast the legal, fiscal, and operational relationship between state and local governments in Tennessee.

Examine the history, contents, and importance of Tennessee’s State Constitution.

List the basic principles and kinds of provisions found in TN’s constitution.

Understand the structure and size of the TN State legislature.

Describe the election process, terms, and compensation of TN State legislators.

Explain the powers and organization of the TN State legislature.

Summarize the legislative process at the State level.

Describe the office of TN

Textbook Chapters 24-25

TN State Constitution



GC.59 Explain the differences among the types of local governments in Tennessee, including county government, city government, and metro government.

GC.60 Describe how citizens can monitor and influence local and state government as individuals and members of interest groups.

GC.61 Write an opinion piece with supporting details regarding the specific ways individuals can best serve their communities and participate responsibly in civil society and the political process at local, state, and national levels of government.

GC.62 Identify current representatives (per the student’s respective district) in the Tennessee General Assembly and research their past and current proposed legislation that has significantly impacted the lives of Tennesseans.

GC.63 Identify the current governor of Tennessee and examine his/her platform for improving the quality of life in Tennessee.

GC.64 Working with other students, identify a significant public policy issue in your community, gather information about that issue, fairly evaluate the various points of view of competing interests, examine ways of participating in the decision making process about the issue, and write a position paper or make a presentation on how the issue should be resolved.

Governor.

Summarize the governor’s many roles, including the powers, duties, and limitations of the office.

Identify and define the kinds of law applied in TN state courts.

Compare and contrast civil law and criminal law.

Describe the jury system.

Explain how state courts are organized and describe the work of each kind of State court.

Describe ways in which citizens are active participants in local and state government.

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