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III. HOW DOES THE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED BY THE CONSTITUTION EMBODY THE PURPOSES, VALUES, AND PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY?
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| A. How are power and responsibility distributed, shared, and limited in the government established by the United States Constitution? |
- Distributing governmental power and preventing its abuse. Students should be able to explain how the United States Constitution grants and distributes power to national and state government and how it seeks to prevent the abuse of power.
- The American federal system. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues regarding the distribution of powers and responsibilities within the federal system.
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| B. How is the national government organized and what does it do? |
- The institutions of the national government. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues regarding the purposes, organization, and functions of the institutions of the national government.
- Major responsibilities of the national government in domestic and foreign policy. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues regarding the major responsibilities of the national government for domestic and foreign policy.
- Financing government through taxation. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues regarding how government should raise money to pay for its operations and services.
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IV. WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES TO OTHER NATIONS AND TO WORLD AFFAIRS? |
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A. How is the world organized politically? |
- Nation-states. Students should be able to explain how the world is organized politically.
- Interactions among nation-states. Students should be able to explain how nation-states
interact with each other.
- International organizations. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend
positions on the purposes and functions of international organizations in the world
today.
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B. How do the domestic politics and constitutional principles of the United States
affect its relations with the world?
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- The historical context of United States foreign policy. Students should be able
to explain the principal foreign policy positions of the United States and evaluate
their consequences.
- Making and implementing United States foreign policy. Students should be able to
evaluate, take, and defend positions about how United States foreign policy is made
and the means by which it is carried out.
- The ends and means of United States foreign policy. Students should be able to evaluate,
take, and defend positions on foreign policy issues in light of American national
interests, values, and principles.
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C. How has the United States influenced other nations, and how have other nations
influenced American politics and society?
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- Impact of the American concept of democracy and individual rights on the world.
Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions about the impact
of American political ideas on the world.
- Political developments. Students should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions
about the effects of significant international political developments on the United
States and other nations.
- Economic, technological, and cultural developments.Students should be able to evaluate,
take, and defend positions about the effects of significant economic, technological,
and cultural developments in the United States and other nations.
- Demographic and environmental developments. Students should be able to evaluate,
take, and defend positions about what the response of American governments at all
levels should be to world demographic and environmental developments.
- United States and international organizations.Students should be able to evaluate,
take, and defend positions about what the relationship of the United States should
be to international organizations.
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| Reprinted with permission. National Standards for Civics and Government. 1994. Center for Civic Education. Calabasas, California. |
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SELECTED STATE STANDARDS
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- Discuss Article I of the Constitution as it relates to the legislative branch, including eligibility for office and lengths of terms of representatives and senators; election to office; the roles of the House and Senate in impeachment proceedings; the role of the vice president; the enumerated legislative powers; and the process by which a bill becomes a law.
- Explain the process through which the Constitution can be amended.
- Identify their current representatives in the legislative branch of the national government.
- Discuss Article II of the Constitution as it relates to the executive branch, including eligibility for office and length of term, election to and removal from office, the oath of office, and the enumerated executive powers.
- Discuss Article III of the Constitution as it relates to judicial power, including the length of terms of judges and the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
- Explain the processes of selection and confirmation of Supreme Court justices.
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6) Analyze the effectiveness of our federal system of government in addressing domestic
and foreign problems.
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- Understand political, military, and economic events since the 1950s that have had
a significant impact on international relations.
- Understand the significant political events that took place during the early national
period.
- Understand significant events leading up to the US involvement in WWI and the political,
social and ecomonic results of that conflict in Europe and the US.
- Know the origins and effects of US invlovement in WWII.
- Understand the political events that shaped US policy since WWII.
- Understand the development of federal civil rights and voting rights since the 1950s
and their social and political implications.
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4) The student understands why certain places and regions are important to the United
States.
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- Analyze the political significance to the United States of the location and geographic
characteristics of selected places or regions such as Cuba and Taiwan.
- Analyze the economic significance to the United States of the location and geographic
characteristics of selected places and regions such as oil fields in the Middle
East.
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5) The student understands how government policies can affect the physical and human
characteristics of places and regions.
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- Analyze and evaluate the consequences of a government policy that affects the physical
characteristics of a place or region.
- Analyze and evaluate the consequences of a government policy that affects the human
characteristics of a place or region.
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7) Understands the relationship between U.S. government policies and international
trade. |
- Explain the effects of international trade on U.S. economic and political policies.
- Explain the government's role in setting international trade policies.
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