Political Cartoon Assignment (Honors Civics only)
1. Place in binder
2. Summarize each with the cartoon on a separate page
10 (original copies only***no internet) Newspaper or Magazines
10 internet
5 Hand drawn
_____________
Total 25
neatness counts, must be typed, correct interpretation (summary)
Textbooks are available via computer and Hard Copy
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Course Outline
After School Asst. / Tuesday
Law and Justice
Test Days / Wednesdays and Fridays
Fall Semester 2008
Chapter Topic North Carolina Standard
Course of Study Goal
** Introduction to law and the Legal System Goal 1
Chapter 1 What is Law?
Chapter 2 Lawmaking
Chapter 3 Citizen Advocacy
Chapter 4 Settling disputes
Chapter 5 The Court System
Chapter 6 Lawyers
** Criminal law and Juvenile Justice Goal 2, 4, 5
Chapter 7 Crime in America
Chapter 8 Introduction to Criminal Law
Chapter 9 Crimes Against the Person
Chapter 10 Crimes Against Property
Chapter 11 Defenses
Chapter 12 The Criminal Justice Process: The Investigation Phase
Chapter 13 The Criminal Justice Process: Proceedings before Trial
Chapter 14 Criminal Justice Process: The trial
Chapter 15 Criminal Justice Process: Sentencing and Corrections
Chapter 16 Juvenile Justice
** Torts Goal 1, 2
Chapter 17 Civil Wrong
Chapter 18 Intentional Torts
Chapter 19 Negligence
Chapter 20 Strict Liability
Chapter 21 Torts and Public Policy
Chapter 22 Contracts
Chapter 23 Warranties
Chapter 24 Credit
Chapter 25 Deceptive Sales Practices
Chapter 26 Becoming a Smart Consumer
Chapter 27 Cars and thee Consumer
Chapter 28 Housing and the Consumer
** Family Law Goal
1, 4
Chapter 29 Law and the American Family
Chapter 30 Marriage
Chapter 31 Legal Rights of Single People Who Live Together
Chapter 32 Parents and Children
Chapter 33 Foster Care and Adoption
Chapter 34 Separation, Divorce, and Custody
Chapter 35 Government Support for Families and Individuals
** Rights In the Community
Goal 1
Chapter 36 Introduction to Constitutional law
Chapter 37 Freedom of Speech
Chapter 38 Freedom of the Press
Chapter 39 Expression in Special Places
Chapter 40 Freedom Religion
Chapter 41 Due Process
Chapter 42 The Right to Privacy
Chapter 43 Discrimination
Chapter 44 Rights and Responsibilities in the Workplace
African American Studies
Chapter 1. Africa. Competency Goal 1
Section 1- Africa.
Section 2- West Africa.
Section 3- West African Society and Culture.
Chapter 2. Middle Passage. Competency Goal 1
Section 1- European Exploration and Colonization.
Section 2- From Capture to Destination.
Section 3- Landing and Sale in the West Indies.
Chapter 3. Black People in Colonial North America, 1526-1763 Competency Goal 2
Section 1- The Peoples of North America.
Section 2- Africans Arrive in the Chesapeake.
Section 3- Plantation Slavery, 1700-1750.
Section 4- The Origins of African-American Culture.
Section 5- Slavery in Colonial America.
Chapter 4. African Americans and the Struggle for Independence, 1763-1783 Competency Goal 2
Section 1- The Crisis of the British Empire.
Section 2- The Declaration of Independence and African Americans.
Section 3- Black Enlightenment
Section 4- African Americans in the War for Independence
Section 5- The Revolution and Emancipation
Chapter 5. African Americans and the Struggle for Independence, 1783-1820Competency Goal 2
Section 1- Forces for Freedom
Section 2- Forces for Slavery
Section 3- The Emergence of Free Black Communities
Section 4- Black Leaders and Choices
Section 5- War and Politics
Chapter 6. Life in the Cotton Kingdom Competency Goal 2,3
Section 1- The Expansion of Slavery
Section 2- Slave Labor in Agriculture
Section 3- Other Types of Slave Labor
Section 4- Slave Life
Section 5- The Socialization of Slaves
Chapter 7. Free Black People in Antebellum America, 1820-1861 Competency Goal 2,3
Section 1- Freedom
Section 2- Limits of Freedom
Section 3- Black Communities in the Urban North
Section 4- African-Americans Institutions
Section 5- Free African AMericans
Chapter 8. Opposition to Slavery, 1800-1833 Competency Goal 3
Section 1- A Country in Turmoil
Section 2- Abolitionism Begins in America
Section 3- Colonization
Section 4- Black Abolitionists
Chapter 9. Lett Your Motto Be Resistance, 1833-1850 Competency Goal 3
Section 1- A Rising Tide of Racism and Violence
Section 2- The Response of the Antislavery Movement
Section 3- Black Community Institutions
Section 4- The Changing Abolitionist Movement
Section 5- Resistance and Nationalism
Chapter 10. THe United States Disunites over Slavery, 1846-1861 Competency Goal 3
Section 1- The Lure of the West
Section 2- Fugitive Slaves
Section 3- The deepening Crisis over Slavery
Section 4- Abraham Lincoln and Black People
Section 5- The Election of Abraham Lincoln
Chapter 11. African Americans and the Civil War, 1861-1865 Competency Goal 4
Section 1- The Civil War Begins
Section 2- Lincoln and Emancipation
Section 3- Liberation
Section 4- Black Men Fight for the Union
Section 5- The Confederation Reaction to Black Soldiers
Section 6- Opposition to Black People
Chapter 12. The Promise of Reconstruction,1865-1868 Competency Goal 4
Section 1- The End Of Slavery
Section 2- Life After Slavery
Section 3- The Crusade for Political and Civil Rights
Section 4- The Radical Republicans
Chapter 13. The Failure od Reconstruction, 1868- 1877 Competency Goal 4
Section 1-Constitutional Conventions
Section 2- Black Politicians
Section 3- Pretecting Civil Rights
Section 4- The End of Reconstruction
Chapter 14. African Americans in the South in the Late Nineteenth Century Competency Goal 5
Section 1- Politics
Section 2- Disfranchisement
Section 3- Segregation
Section 4- violence
Section 5- Migration
Section 6- African Americans and Southern Courts
Chapter 15 Black Southerners Challenge White Supremacy Competency Goal 5
Section 1- Educating African americans
Section 2- Church and Religion
Section 3- Black Troops
Section 4- Business and the Professions
Section 5- Music and Sports
Chapter 16 African Americans in the Early Twentieth century Competency Goal 5
Section 1- Race and Social Change
Section 2- New Black Organizations
Section 3- Politics and the Military
Section 4- Racial Violence
Section 5 - The Great Migration
Chapter 17 African Americans and the 1920's Competency Goal 6
Section 1- Fighting Racism
Section 2- Black Organizations in the 1920's
Section 3 Uniting Black Workers
Section 4- The Harlem Renaissance
Section 5- Sports
Chapter 18 Black Protestt, the Great Depression, and the New Deal Competency Goal 7
Section 1- The Great Depression
Section 2- Black Protest During the Great Depression
Section 3- The New Deal
Section 4- the Communist Party and African Americans
Section 5- The Tuskegee Study
Chapter 19 Culture and Society in the 1930's and 1940's Competency Goal 7
Section 1- Black culture
Section 2- Popular Culture for the Masses
Section 3 The Black Chicago Renaissance
Section 4 Black Art and Literature
Section 5 African Americans in Sports
Section 6- Black Religious Culture
Chapter20 The World War II Era and the Seeds of the Revolution Competency Goal 7
Section 1- World War II
Section 2- Race and the U.S. Armed forces
Section 3 The Beginning of Military Desegration
Section 4- Black People on the Home Front
Section 5- The Transition to Peace
Chapter 21 The Freedom Movement Competency Goal 8
Section 1- The 1950's
Section 2- The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Section 3- No Easy Road to Freedom: 1957-1960
Section 4- The Movement at high Tide
Section 5- A Hard Victory
Chapter 22 The Struggle Continues Competency Goal 8
Section 1- Racial Integration
Section 2- The Great Society
Section 3- Martin Luther King
Section 4- The Arts and Education
Section 5- Politics
Section 6- The Rise of Black Elected Officials
Chapter 23 Black Politics Competency Goal 9
Section 1- The Conservative Reaction
Section 2- Civil Rights
Section 3- Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow Coalition
Section 4- Policing the Black community
Section 5- The Clinton Years
Section 6- The Bush Years
Chapter 24 African Americans in the new Millennium Competency Goal 9
Section 1- Progress and Poverty
Section 2 African americans at the Center of Art and Culture
Section 3- Religion
Section 4 Black Identity in the Twenty First Century