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CIVICS STANDARDS

CIVICS STANDARD #1Social Studies Civics Standard 1

Students will understand that governments have the power to...make and enforce laws and regulationslevy taxesconduct foreign policymake war

 

CIVICS STANDARD #1EQ: Why does the government have

certain powers?Need for order and security- power to make

and enforce laws. Ex: Police . 55 mph speed limit

Need to promote national interest- power to conduct foreign policies. Ex: treaties

Need for security- power to make war. Ex: Iraq war

Need to pay for it all- power to levy taxes. Ex: roads, military, and services

CIVICS STANDARD #2Civics Standard 2 Students will understand

that...the principle of "due process" means that the government must follow its own rules when taking actions against a citizen.the concept of majority rules does not mean that the rights of minorities may be disregarded and will examine and apply the protections accorded those minorities in the American political system.

CIVICS STANDARD #2Why should a government obey the laws it

makes?How am I protected from those with

authority over me?Term to know: DUE PROCESS- protects

Americans citizens by requiring the government to pass and follow fair laws and treat people fairly.

Rule of Law- constrain how those with government authority treat citizens and these rules are derived from explicit rights

CIVICS #2DUE PROCESS- 5TH AMENDMENTMAJORITY RULE BUT RIGHTS OF

MINORITIES ARE PROTECTEDEXAMPLECIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT(Race)/CIVIL

RIGHTS ACT DISABILITY ACT (Handicapped)WOMEN VOTING ACT (Women)NOT EVEN THE GOVERNMENT(PRESIDENT,

CONGRESS) IS ABOVE THE LAW

CIVICS STANDARD #3EQ: Why are the rights in the Bill of Rights

important to American citizens?Civics Standard 3 Students will

Identify the fundamental rights of all American citizens as enumerated in the bill of rights. apply the protections guaranteed in the bill of rights to an analysis of everyday situations.understand that civil rights secure political freedom while rights secure economic freedom and that both are essential protections for United States citizens

CIVICS STANDARD #3BILL OF RIGHTS- 1ST TEN AMENDMENTS of constitutionITS YOUR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS PROTECTS YOU FROM GOVERNMENT

POWER1ST- AMENDMENT- FREEDOM OF SPEECH,

ASSEMBLY, RELIGION, PRESS, AND PETITION

2ND – RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS3RD- NO QUARTERING(HOUSING) TROOPS

BILL OF RIGHTS CONTINUED4TH AMENDMENT- NO ILLEGAL SEARCH AND SEIZURE

5TH AMENDMENT- Due process amendment- government can’t take your property

with fair compensation, no double jeopardy, right to remain silent, no self incrimination

6th AMENDMENT- Right to a attorney and fair trial 7th Amendment- anything over 20 dollars right to a

jury hear your case8th amendment- cruel and usual punishment and no

excessive bail9th- anything not written the constitution belong to

people10th- any power not written for the federal government

belongs to the states (federalism)

CIVICS STANDARD #4Civics Standard 4 Students will...

understand that in order to select effective leader, citizens have to become informed about candidates' qualifications and the issues of the day. follow the actions of elected officials and understand and employ the mechanism for communicating with them while in office. What is the best way to communicate with an official?How can you stay informed about issues of the day?

Communicate with officialsEQ: What is the best way to communicate

with public officials?EmailPhoneFace to face #1

Get to Know a public official EQ: What is the best way to get to know

public officials?Attend candidates eventsListen to them speak#1Pamphlets by the officialTheir personal websiteWatching debatesDo not use the internet(that is not the

candidates personal) , editorials, advertisements they tend to be distorted.

ECONOMICS

ECONOMICS STANDARD #1

Economics Standard 1 Students will understand that...prices in a given market economy are determined by the interaction of supply and demand with governments intervening to deal with market failures.consumers and producers make economic choices based on supply, demand, access to markets, and the actions of the government.

Supply and Demand

EQ: What makes prices change? Who decides?

Law of demand(consumer)- If price goes up demand goes down, If price goes down demand goes up

Law of Supply(Business)- You are in to make a profit!. The more profit you make! The more you make or vice versa.

Equilibrium- It is were supply and demand meet. Consumer and Business agree on price

ECONOMICS STANDARD #2

Economics Standard 2 Students will understand the role of banks and other financial institutes in the economy.

EQ: To what extent are banks necessary for an economy?

Banks

Consumers put money into to banks for security and for interest on their money

Banks loan out that money to businesses and consumers. They make money from interest charged on those loans.

The more the banks loan usually demonstrate:

Economy is growing, business will expand, and new businesses develop, people will spend on houses

ECONOMICS STANDARD #3

 Economics Standard 3 Students will

demonstrate the ways in which the means of production, distribution, and exchange indifferent economic systems have a relationship to cultural values, resources and technologies.

 EQ: How does the type of Economic system impact a society's standard of living?

Economic systems

Free Market/capitalism- consumers and business determine price

Communism- the government dictates what is produced, how much is produce, when it is produced

Mixed Market- the government controlled some parts of production

Most economies are Mixed.Free Market/capitalism- better living

conditionsCommunist- usually poor living condition

ECONOMICS STANDARD #4

 Economics Standard 4 Students will

demonstrate how international trade links countries around the world and can improve the economic welfare of a nation.

EQ: Why should a country specialize and trade?

EQ: Why might governments make rules for trade?

Trade

Trade- GoodCountries are interdependent on each other

for goods and servicesTrade increases standard of living in a society

and lower prices

Tariffs/Quotas(set amount) on Trade- BadDecreases standard of livingLess products on the market, leads to trade

wars.

GEOGRAPHY STANDARDS

 Geography Standard 1 Students will demonstrate mental maps of the world and its sub-regions, which include relative location and characteristics of major physical features,political division, and human settlements.

EQ: How do major landforms impact the world?

GEOGRAPHY STANDARD #1

Suez Canal- shortcut from Asia to Europe by waterway(man made)

Panama Canal- shortcut from South America to North America by waterway. (man made).

Andes Mountains- located in Chile, Argentina

Mississippi River- East U.S. Colorado River- located west of U.S. Rio Grande- separate Mexico and Texas.

Cultural Diffusion

Major Landforms/Man Made

GEOGRAPHY STANDARD #2

  Geography Standard 2 Students will apply a

knowledge ofThe major processes shaping natural environment and understand how different peoples have changed, and been affected by, physical environments in the world’s sub-regions.Topography, climate, soils, vegetation of Delaware and the UnitedStates to understand how human society alters, and is affected by, the physical environment.

 

Geography Standard #2

EQ:How do people alter the environment? Build canals Build irrigation systems Build dams

EQ: How do people negatively alter the environment?

EX: Pollution, Erosion, Deforestation, Desertification

Geography #2

EQ:How do people adapt to environment? California/West- sits on tectonic

plates/earthquakes- build stronger houses

Coast Lines- Subject to flooding build house on stilts

Midwest- Tornadoes- build underground cellars

North- Harsh Winters better heated houses

  Geography Standard 3 Students will...

understand the processes affecting the location of economic activities in different world regions. Explain how conflict and cooperation among people contribute the division of earths surfaceinto distinctive cultural and political territories.

GEOGRAPHY STANDARD # 3

When people move from one to another they bring their culture:

Religion Language Music Holidays Often called cultural diffusion or pattern

GEOGRAPHY STANDARD # 3

  Geography Standard 4 Students will ...

understand the processes affecting the location of economicactivities in different world regions.Explain how conflict and cooperation among people contributeto the division of the earth’s surface into distinctive cultural andpolitical territories.

GEOGRAPHY STANDARD #4

EQ: What can cause countries boundaries to change?

Purchase legally- Ex: Louisiana Purchase- The Louisiana Purchase extends the western boundary of the United States to the Rocky Mountains,

War- Israeli vs. Egypt: expanded Israeli territory in the middle east.

Treaties- Treaties with the United Kingdom establish the U.S. as an independent country and establish the boundary of the United States as being bound on the north by Canada, on the south by Spanish Florida

Geography Standard #4

HISTORY

HISTORY STANDARD #1

 History Standard 1 Students will examine

historical materials relating to aparticular region, society, or theme; analyze changeover time, and make logical inferences concerning cause and effect.

EQ: What is cause and effect? Cause: a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some

specific thing happens as a result

Effect: something that is produced by an agency or cause; result

HISTORY STANDARD #2

 History Standard 2 Students will ... identify artifacts and documents as either primaryor secondary sources of historical data fromwhich historical accounts are constructed

EQ: What is creditable source?EQ: What is primary and secondary source?

HISTORY STANDARD #2

Creditable ResourceThe resource to sited or listedIt is factual information

Primary Source Original, first-hand account of an event or time period

Usually written or made during or close to the event or time period

Original, creative writing or works of art Factual, not interpretive Diaries, journals, and letters Newspaper and magazine articles (factual accounts) Government records (census, marriage, military) Photographs, maps, postcards, posters Recorded or transcribed speeches Interviews with participants or witnesses (e.g., The Civil Right Movement) Interviews with people who lived during a particular time (e.g., genocide in

Rwanda) Songs, Plays, novels, stories Paintings, drawings, and sculpture

Secondary ResourcesAnalyzes and interprets primary sourcesSecond-hand account of an historical eventInterprets creative work

Textbooks, Editorials, wikipedi