Civics & Economics Core 100

Building a comprehensive school-based Social Studies program:

Civics and Economics

 

EVENTS


  1. exploration/colonization
  2. American Revolution
  3. Constitutional Convention
  4. Federal expansion
  5. Civil War
  6. Progressivism
  7. Great Depression/New Deal
  8. Civil Rights Movement
  9. Age of Terrorism

 

GOALS

 

Goal 1-   (11.87%)

  1. colonial regional differences
  2. mercantilism
  3. Triangular Trade Route
  4. self-government: Mayflower Compact/House of Burgesses
  5. long term causes of American Revolution(taxation without representation,
  6. short term causes of American Revolution(1st and 2nd Continental Congress, British Repressive Acts: Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Intolerable Acts, Tea Act
  7. Republic/Representative Democracy
  8. Purpose of government
  9. Declaration of Independence
  10. social contract theory
  11. Constitutional Convention and Compromises(Structure of constitution)
  12. Articles of Confederation
  13. first political parties

 

Goal 2 (12.5%)

  1. Branches of Government(Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, Judicial Branch)
  2. Constitutional Clauses(Elastic Clause, Supremacy Clause)
  3. Federalism (enumerated, concurrent, reserved)/Levels of Government(National, State, Local)
  4. Popular sovereignty
  5. Limited government
  6. Separation of powers
  7. Checks and balances
  8. Bill of Rights
  9. Suffrage Amendments
  10. Brown v. Board of Ed.
  11. Judicial Review(Marbury v. Madison)- Other Landmark Supreme Court Cases
  12. impeachment
  13. Amendment process

 

Goal 3 (6.04%)

 

  1. Charter
  2. Types of local government
  3. Special State Elections(Referendum, initiative)
  4. Major State Court Cases(Leandro case, State v. Munn)
  5. Equal protection amendment- 14th amendment,  Civil Rights
  6. State/local leaders(governor, council of state, mayor, general assembly, city council)

 

Goal 4 (8.13%)

 

  1. political parties
  2. election campaign process(primary, caucus, general elections)
  3. voting procedures and qualifications
  4. public opinion and media
  5. electoral college
  6. rights, duties, responsibilities(volunteerism)
  7. apathy
  8. resolving conflict(mediation, arbitration)

 

Goal 5 (11.88%)

 

  1. Jurisdiction (types of)
  2. Levels of courts(Supreme, Appelate, District)
  3. Committee system
  4. Public policy
  5. Jury system
  6. Due process of Judicial System-criminal v. civil
  7. Legislative Process(Bill à Law including vetos)
  8. Infrastructure
  9. Redistricting(apportionment, gerrymandering, annexation)
  10. Zoning
  11. Town meetings/Public Hearings  

 

Goal 6 (12.08%)

 

  1. development of laws(code of Hammurabi, Roman law, Magna Carta)
  2. Types of laws(civil law, criminal law, administrative law, constitutional, international)
  3. lobbying
  4. common law(precedents)
  5. interest groups
  6. propaganda techniques
  7. law enforcement agencies
  8. criminal punishment(sentencing, reform v. rehabilitation)
  9. bureaucratic agencies
  10. deterrence and recividism
  11. methods of informing citizens  

 

Goal 7 (10.83%)

 

  1. Factors of production
  2. Wants/needs
  3. Scarcity
  4. Trade offs
  5. Opportunity cost
  6. Specialization
  7. Decision making/cost-benefit analysis
  8. Productivity(methods of increasing)
  9. Resources
  10. Division of labor
  11. Laissez-Faire   

 

Goal 8 (10.83%)

 

  1. economic systems(free market, mixed, communism(command), socialism, traditional)
  2. characteristics of market economy/capitalism(profit, competition)
  3.  Basic Economic Questions
  4. currency
  5. demand/supply
  6.  substitute and complementary goods
  7. price change(Surplus/shortage/equilibrium price)
  8. Money and banking system
  9.  Types of Businesses
  10. limited liability
  11. circular flow diagram of economic activity

 

Goal 9 (10.00%)

 

  1. Global Interdependence
  2. Business cycle
  3. Government Regulation
  4. Economic Indicators
  5. Migration
  6. International Trade Organizations
  7. Free Trade(NAFTA) v. protectionism(tariffs)
  8. Taxation(regressive, progressive, proportional)
  9. Fiscal policy(Revenue/expenditures/budget)
  10. Monetary policy(Federal Reserve Board, tight/easy money policy)

 

Goal 10 (5.83%)

 

  1.  Security v. Liberty
  2.  How to be an effective, informed citizen
  3.  Discrimination- “-isms”: racism, ageism, sexism
  4.  Citizenship-(Immigration, naturalization, Melting Pot v. Tossed Salad Theory)
  5. public issues
  6. political activism

 

 

 

 
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