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SS.PID.1 Foundations of the Constitution

• SS.PID.1.17.1 Evaluate the extent to which classical philosophy, natural rights philosophy, and English common law informed the thinking of the American Founders

  • Influences on U.S. government (CG-B.1)

• SS.PID.1.19.2 Analyze the problems and compromises that shaped the United States Constitution

  • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (CG-B.2)
  • The Articles of Confederation (CG-B.3)
  • The Constitutional Convention (CG-B.4)
  • Source analysis: the Federalist Papers (CG-B.5)

• SS.PID.1.11.3 Explain the perspective of both Hamilton and Jefferson on the optimal strength of the federal government and its role in the national economy

  • Interpreting the Constitution (CG-C.5)

SS.PID.2 Institutions of National Government

• SS.PID.2.6.1 Explain how the American Constitution embodies the principles of the rule of law, popular sovereignty, separation of powers, checks and balances, and limited government

  • Introduction to the Constitution (CG-C.1)
  • Federalism (CG-C.2)
  • Constitutional amendments (CG-C.3)
  • The Bill of Rights (CG-C.4)
  • Interpreting the Constitution (CG-C.5)
  • Introduction to state and local government (CG-E.1)
  • Identify levels and branches of government (CG-E.2)
  • State courts (CG-E.3)

• SS.PID.2.8.2 Analyze the role of the three branches of government in the lawmaking process

  • The legislative branch (CG-D.1)
  • How a bill becomes a law (CG-D.2)
  • The executive branch (CG-D.3)
  • Executive departments and independent agencies (CG-D.4)
  • The judicial branch (CG-D.5)
  • Checks and balances (CG-D.6)
  • Supreme Court cases on the balance of power (CG-D.7)

SS.PID.3 Civic Rights and Responsibilities

• SS.PID.3.17.1 Explain the significance and impact of landmark Supreme Court cases in American history

  • Interpreting the Constitution (CG-C.5)
  • Supreme Court cases on the balance of power (CG-D.7)
  • Supreme Court cases on the Bill of Rights (CG-F.2)
  • Supreme Court cases on the Fourteenth Amendment: incorporation (CG-F.3)

• SS.PID.3.7.2 Assess the importance of exercising the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy

  • What are civil liberties and civil rights? (CG-F.1)
  • Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (CG-G.1)
  • Immigration and naturalization (CG-G.2)
  • Political participation (CG-H.3)

SS.PID.4 Public Policy

• SS.PID.4.7.1 Draw conclusions about the role of policy makers, interest groups, and the media in shaping public policy

  • The legislative branch (CG-D.1)
  • Introduction to state and local government (CG-E.1)
  • Identify levels and branches of government (CG-E.2)
  • Role of the media (CG-I.1)

• SS.PID.4.10.2 Analyze how the government affects the economic well-being of its citizens

  • Economic systems (CG-J.1)
  • Free trade and protectionism (CG-J.2)
  • Government services and taxes (CG-J.3)

• SS.PID.4.16.3 Evaluate the degree to which the United States affects and is affected by geopolitics and international economics

  • Identify types of government (CG-A.2)
  • Government services and taxes (CG-J.3)

SS.PID.5 Civic Engagement

• SS.PID.5.7.1 Plan and demonstrate some ways in which an active citizen can effect change in the community, state, nation, or world

  • Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (CG-G.1)
  • The two-party system (CG-H.1)
  • Presidential elections (CG-H.2)
  • Political participation (CG-H.3)