Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Grade 12: Participation in Government and Civics
This course aims to provide students with opportunities to become engaged in the political process by acquiring the knowledge and practicing the skills necessary for active citizenship. Content specifications are not included, so that the course can adapt to present local, national, and global circumstances, allowing teachers to select flexibly from current events to illuminate key ideas and conceptual understandings. Participation in government and in our communities is fundamental to the success of American democracy.
12.G1 FOUNDATIONS of AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: The principles of American democracy are reflected in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and in the organization and actions of federal, state, and local government entities. The interpretation and application of American democratic principles continue to evolve and be debated.
12.G1a Enlightenment ideas such as natural rights, the social contract, popular sovereignty, and representative government greatly influenced the framers of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
FINISH: We will finish watching the video we started yestersay when I was out grading papers.
CONSIDER: What could be accomplished by governmental power if there was no concern for individual rights?
What protections exist for we Americans against the tyranny exemplified in the Chinese Engineering video? Where do we find these protections?
What causes people to consider revolt? What condition needs to exist for people to take the step from considering revolt, to actually doing it?
Why did we break from Great Britain? What document signifies that permanent break?
Vocabulary:
Impel
Endowed
Unalienable
"Consent of the Governed"
"light and transient"
Usurpation
This course aims to provide students with opportunities to become engaged in the political process by acquiring the knowledge and practicing the skills necessary for active citizenship. Content specifications are not included, so that the course can adapt to present local, national, and global circumstances, allowing teachers to select flexibly from current events to illuminate key ideas and conceptual understandings. Participation in government and in our communities is fundamental to the success of American democracy.
12.G1 FOUNDATIONS of AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: The principles of American democracy are reflected in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and in the organization and actions of federal, state, and local government entities. The interpretation and application of American democratic principles continue to evolve and be debated.
12.G1a Enlightenment ideas such as natural rights, the social contract, popular sovereignty, and representative government greatly influenced the framers of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
FINISH: We will finish watching the video we started yestersay when I was out grading papers.
CONSIDER: What could be accomplished by governmental power if there was no concern for individual rights?
What protections exist for we Americans against the tyranny exemplified in the Chinese Engineering video? Where do we find these protections?
What causes people to consider revolt? What condition needs to exist for people to take the step from considering revolt, to actually doing it?
Why did we break from Great Britain? What document signifies that permanent break?
Vocabulary:
Impel
Endowed
Unalienable
"Consent of the Governed"
"light and transient"
Usurpation
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