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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 16:26:01+00:00

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Recognize how Enlightenment ideas including Montesquieu's view of separation of power and John Locke's theories related to natural law and how Locke's social contract influenced the Founding Fathers.
Trace the impact that the Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact, and Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense' had on colonists' views of government.
Interpret the intentions of the Preamble of the Constitution.
Define the rule of law and recognize its influence on the development of the American legal, political, and governmental systems.
Define the term 'citizen,' and identify legal means of becoming a United States citizen.
Simulate the trial process and the role of juries in the administration of justice.
Conduct a mock election to demonstrate the voting process and its impact on a school, community, or local level.
Identify sources and types (civil, criminal, constitutional, military) of law.
Analyze the significance and outcomes of landmark Supreme Court cases including, but not limited to, Marbury v. Madison, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Gideon v. Wainwright, Miranda v. Arizona, in re Gault, Tinker v. Des Moines, Hazelwood v. Kuhlmier, United States v. Nixon, and Bush v. Gore.
Differentiate between local, state, and federal governments' obligations and services.
Analyze the structure, functions, and processes of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
Illustrate the law making process at the local, state, and federal levels.
Differentiate concepts related to United States domestic and foreign policy.
Explain how the principles of a market and mixed economy helped to develop the United States into a democratic nation.
Discuss the importance of borrowing and lending in the United States, the government's role in controlling financial institutions, and list the advantages and disadvantages of using credit.
Review the concepts of supply and demand, choice, scarcity, and opportunity cost as they relate to the development of the mixed market economy in the United States.
Discuss the function of financial institutions in the development of a market economy.
Assess how profits, incentives, and competition motivate individuals, households, and businesses in a free market economy.
Compare the national budget process to the personal budget process.
Explain how federal, state, and local taxes support the economy as a function of the United States government.
Describe the banking system in the United States and its impact on the money supply.
Identify and describe United States laws and regulations adopted to promote economic competition.
Identify entrepreneurs from various gender, social, and ethnic backgrounds who started a business seeking to make a profit.
Explain how economic institutions impact the national economy.
Explain how international trade requires a system for exchanging currency between and among nations.
Assess how the changing value of currency affects trade of goods and services between nations.
Compare and contrast a single resource economy with a diversified economy.
Compare and contrast the standard of living in various countries today to that of the United States using gross domestic product (GDP) per capita as an indicator.
Locate the fifty states and their capital cities in addition to the nation's capital on a map.
Locate on a world map the territories and protectorates of the United States of America.
Interpret maps to identify geopolitical divisions and boundaries of places in North America.
Locate major physical landmarks that are emblematic of the United States.
Explain how major physical characteristics, natural resources, climate, and absolute and relative location have influenced settlement, economies, and inter-governmental relations in North America.
Describe current major cultural regions of North America.
Use maps to describe the location, abundance, and variety of natural resources in North America.
Use maps and other geographic tools to examine the importance of demographics within political divisions of the United States.
Use a choropleth or other map to geographically represent current information about issues of conservation or ecology in the local community.
Use Global Information Systems (GIS) or other technology to view maps of current information about the United States.

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