Civics
Subtitle: Participating in Government
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Published: January 2002
Place of publication: Needham, MA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 624
ISBN-13: 9780130628671
Subjects: Civics; Study and teaching (Secondary); United States; Social Science - Politics & Government; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)
Table of contents: title: Unit 1 : Foundations of citizenship.; title: A portrait of Americans; title: American society and its values; title: The meaning of citizenship; title: Unit 2 : Creating a lasting government.; title: America's political heritage; title: Creating the Constitution; title: The Bill of Rights; title: Our living Constitution; title: Unit 3 : The federal government.; title: The legislative branch; title: The executive branch; title: The judicial branch; title: Unit 4 : State and local government.; title: State government; title: Local government; title: Unit 5 : The American economic system.; title: What is an economy?; title: Basics of our economic system; title: Money and banking; title: Government's role in our economy; title: Our economy and you; title: Unit 6 : The American legal system.; title: Laws and our society; title: Criminal and juvenile justice; title: Civil justice; title: Unit 7 : People make a difference.; title: Political parties in our democracy; title: Voting and elections; title: Confronting society's problems; title: Unit 8 : The United States and the world.; title: One nation among many; title: American foreign policy; title: Making a difference in the world; title: Reference section.; title: Supreme Court cases; title: Presidents of the United States; title: United States political map; title: World map; title: Profile of the fifty states; title: Glossary