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Building a comprehensive school-based Social Studies program:
Civics and Economics
EVENTS
- exploration/colonization
- American Revolution
- Constitutional Convention
- Federal expansion
- Civil War
- Progressivism
- Great Depression/New Deal
- Civil Rights Movement
- Age of Terrorism
GOALS
Goal 1- (11.87%)
- colonial regional differences
- mercantilism
- Triangular Trade Route
- self-government: Mayflower Compact/House of Burgesses
- long term causes of American Revolution(taxation without representation,
- short term causes of American Revolution(1st and 2nd Continental Congress, British Repressive Acts: Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Intolerable Acts, Tea Act
- Republic/Representative Democracy
- Purpose of government
- Declaration of Independence
- social contract theory
- Constitutional Convention and Compromises(Structure of constitution)
- Articles of Confederation
- first political parties
Goal 2 (12.5%)
- Branches of Government(Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, Judicial Branch)
- Constitutional Clauses(Elastic Clause, Supremacy Clause)
- Federalism (enumerated, concurrent, reserved)/Levels of Government(National, State, Local)
- Popular sovereignty
- Limited government
- Separation of powers
- Checks and balances
- Bill of Rights
- Suffrage Amendments
- Brown v. Board of Ed.
- Judicial Review(Marbury v. Madison)- Other Landmark Supreme Court Cases
- impeachment
- Amendment process
Goal 3 (6.04%)
- Charter
- Types of local government
- Special State Elections(Referendum, initiative)
- Major State Court Cases(Leandro case, State v. Munn)
- Equal protection amendment- 14th amendment, Civil Rights
- State/local leaders(governor, council of state, mayor, general assembly, city council)
Goal 4 (8.13%)
- political parties
- election campaign process(primary, caucus, general elections)
- voting procedures and qualifications
- public opinion and media
- electoral college
- rights, duties, responsibilities(volunteerism)
- apathy
- resolving conflict(mediation, arbitration)
Goal 5 (11.88%)
- Jurisdiction (types of)
- Levels of courts(Supreme, Appelate, District)
- Committee system
- Public policy
- Jury system
- Due process of Judicial System-criminal v. civil
- Legislative Process(Bill à Law including vetos)
- Infrastructure
- Redistricting(apportionment, gerrymandering, annexation)
- Zoning
- Town meetings/Public Hearings
Goal 6 (12.08%)
- development of laws(code of Hammurabi, Roman law, Magna Carta)
- Types of laws(civil law, criminal law, administrative law, constitutional, international)
- lobbying
- common law(precedents)
- interest groups
- propaganda techniques
- law enforcement agencies
- criminal punishment(sentencing, reform v. rehabilitation)
- bureaucratic agencies
- deterrence and recividism
- methods of informing citizens
Goal 7 (10.83%)
- Factors of production
- Wants/needs
- Scarcity
- Trade offs
- Opportunity cost
- Specialization
- Decision making/cost-benefit analysis
- Productivity(methods of increasing)
- Resources
- Division of labor
- Laissez-Faire
Goal 8 (10.83%)
- economic systems(free market, mixed, communism(command), socialism, traditional)
- characteristics of market economy/capitalism(profit, competition)
- Basic Economic Questions
- currency
- demand/supply
- substitute and complementary goods
- price change(Surplus/shortage/equilibrium price)
- Money and banking system
- Types of Businesses
- limited liability
- circular flow diagram of economic activity
Goal 9 (10.00%)
- Global Interdependence
- Business cycle
- Government Regulation
- Economic Indicators
- Migration
- International Trade Organizations
- Free Trade(NAFTA) v. protectionism(tariffs)
- Taxation(regressive, progressive, proportional)
- Fiscal policy(Revenue/expenditures/budget)
- Monetary policy(Federal Reserve Board, tight/easy money policy)
Goal 10 (5.83%)
- Security v. Liberty
- How to be an effective, informed citizen
- Discrimination- “-isms”: racism, ageism, sexism
- Citizenship-(Immigration, naturalization, Melting Pot v. Tossed Salad Theory)
- public issues
- political activism
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