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Grade 12 Study Maps |
Unit One - Historic Foundations
Unit Two - Constitution
Unit Three - Political Process
Unit Four - Policy-Making
Institutions
Unit Five - Civil Rights and Civil
Liberties
Unit Six - Comparative
Government
Unit Seven - State and Local Government
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Unit One - Historic Foundations
GOVT.2a -Development of Athenian democracy and the
GOVT.2b -Magna Carta, English Petition of Rights and English Bill
of Rights
GOVT.2c - Writings of Hobbes, Locke and Montesquieu
GOVT.2d - Rights guaranteed Englishmen in the charters of the
Virginia Company of
GOVT.2e - Natural rights philosophies expressed in the Declaration
of Independence
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Unit Two - The Constitution
GOVT.3a-e-Fundamental political concepts
GOVT.4a - Ratification debates and The Federalist
GOVT.4b -Purposes for government stated in the Preamble
GOVT.4c - Rule of
law, consent of the governed, limited government, separation of powers and
federalism
GOVT.4d - Structure of the national government
GOVT.4e -Amendment process
GOVT.5a, b, c, d-1 - Powers of the national government
GOVT.5a, b, c, d -2 -Powers shared and denied to state and national
governments
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Unit Three The Political Process
GOVT.6a - Structure of political parties
GOVT.6b -Nomination and election process
GOVT.6c - Campaign funding and spending
GOVT.6d - The media and polls
GOVT.6e -Reapportionment and redistricting
GOVT.6f - Voting Amendments
GOVT.6g -Analyzing voter turnout
GOVT.9d - Influencing public policy
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Unit Four Policy Making Institution
GOVT.7a-1 - Legislative branch
GOVT.7a-2 - Executive branch
GOVT.7a-3 - United States court system
GOVT.7b-1 - Checks of the legislative branch
GOVT.7b-2 - Checks of the executive branch
GOVT.7b-3 - Checks of the judicial branch
GOVT.9a -
Perspectives on the role of government
GOVT.9b
- Formulating public policy
GOVT.9c
- Implementing public policy at each level of bureaucracy
GOVT.10a - Jurisdiction of
the federal courts
GOVT.10b - John Marshall and Marbury v.
GOVT.10c - Steps in deciding
cases before the Supreme Court
GOVT.10d - Judicial activism
and judicial restraint
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Unit Five Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
GOVT.11a-1 - Bill of Rights, Civil liberties, First Amendment Freedoms
GOVT.11a-2- Bill of Rights, Civil liberties, Rights of the Accused
GOVT.11b - Due Process of Law
GOVT.11c - Due Process enhances civil rights and limits states rights
GOVT.11d - Limitations on civil rights
GOVT.11e - Applications of the equal protection principle
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Unit Six Comparative Government
GOVT.12a-1 - The President and Foreign Policy
GOVT.12a-2- Foreign Policy
powers of other branches
GOVT.12a-3- Key agencies that deal with Foreign Policy
GOVT.12b - Foreign Policy goals
GOVT.12c - The economies of
GOVT.13a, b, c -1 - Federal and Unitary systems; The two most common ways to organize government
GOVT.13a, b, c -2 - Limited v. unlimited governments
GOVT.14a- Basic Economic Questions
GOVT.14b - Characteristics of the three types of economic systems
GOVT.14c - The impact of the governmentsÕ role on individual economic freedoms
GOVT.14d - The relationship between economic freedoms and political freedoms
GOVT.14e - Key Economic indicators (productivity and the standard of living)
GOVT.15a- The importance of entrepreneurship, the profit motive, and economic independence
GOVT.15b - Comparing the types of business organizations
GOVT.15c - Describing the factors of production
GOVT.15d-1 - Definition; Supply / Demand
GOVT.15d-2 - Laws of Supply and Demand
GOVT.15d-3 - Determinants of Supply and Demand
GOVT.15d-4 - Supply and Demand; Point of Equilibrium
GOVT.15e - Circular flow of economic activity
GOVT.15f - Analyzing global economic trends; Impact of technological innovations
GOVT.16a- Impact of fiscal and monetary policies on the economy
GOVT.16b - Creating public goods and services
GOVT.16c-1 - Environmental issues, property rights and consumer rights
GOVT.16c-2 - The role of government and its agencies in the marketplace
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Unit Seven State and Local Government
GOVT.8a-1