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Structure, Function, Powers, and Limits of Federal Government
- 9th - 12th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- Structure and Function of Governments in the United States of America
Identify and describe the purposes, organization, powers, processes, and election of the legislative branch as enumerated in Article I of the Constitution.
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Democratic Values and U.S. Constitutional Principles
- 9th - 12th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- Founding and Development of the Government of the United States of America
Use examples to investigate why people may agree on Democratic Values and Constitutional Principles in the abstract, yet disagree over their meaning when they …
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Democratic Values and U.S. Constitutional Principles
- 9th - 12th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- Founding and Development of the Government of the United States of America
Analyze how influential historical speeches, writings, cases, and laws express Democratic Values and influenced changes in American culture, law, and the Const…
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Democratic Values and U.S. Constitutional Principles
- 9th - 12th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- Founding and Development of the Government of the United States of America
Analyze relationships between Democratic Values and Constitutional Principles.
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Origins of the American Constitutional Government
- 9th - 12th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- Founding and Development of the Government of the United States of America
Explain the impact of the major debates and compromises underlying the drafting and ratification of the American Constitution including the Virginia and New Je…
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Origins of the American Constitutional Government
- 9th - 12th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- Founding and Development of the Government of the United States of America
Identify and analyze various Democratic Values of the United States as found in the Declaration of Independence.
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Origins of the American Constitutional Government
- 9th - 12th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- Founding and Development of the Government of the United States of America
Analyze the historical and philosophical origins of American Constitutional Democracy and analyze the influence of ideas found in the Magna Carta, Declaration …
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Philosophical Foundations of Civic Society and Government
- 9th - 12th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- Philosophical Foundations of Civic Society and Government
Compare and contrast federal, confederal, and unitary systems of government by analyzing similarities and differences in sovereignty and distribution of govern…
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Philosophical Foundations of Civic Society and Government
- 9th - 12th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- Philosophical Foundations of Civic Society and Government
Compare, contrast, and evaluate models of representation in democratic governments including presidential and parliamentary systems.
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Philosophical Foundations of Civic Society and Government
- 9th - 12th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- Philosophical Foundations of Civic Society and Government
Identify, provide examples of, and distinguish among different systems of government by analyzing similarities and differences in sovereignty, power, legitimac…
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Philosophical Foundations of Civic Society and Government
- 9th - 12th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- Philosophical Foundations of Civic Society and Government
Describe, compare, and contrast political philosophers views on purposes of government(s) including but not limited to Aristotle, Locke, Hobbes, Montesquieu, a…
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Policy Debates
- 9th - 12th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 9 - AMERICA IN A NEW GLOBAL AGE
Make a persuasive argument on a public policy issue, and justify the position with evidence from historical antecedents and precedents, and Democratic Values o…
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Changes in America's Role in the World
- 9th - 12th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 9 - AMERICA IN A NEW GLOBAL AGE
9/11 and Responses to Terrorism – analyze how the attacks on 9/11 and the response to terrorism have altered American domestic and international policies.
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Changes in America's Role in the World
- 9th - 12th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 9 - AMERICA IN A NEW GLOBAL AGE
United States in the Post-Cold War World – explain the role of the United States as a superpower in the post-Cold War world, including advantages, disadvantage…