South Carolina
Skills available for South Carolina high school social studies standards
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- South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards: United States Government South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards: United States Government
- South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards: United States History and the Constitution South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards: United States History and the Constitution
Actions
Foundations of Democracy
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USG.1.ER Analyze the philosophical influences on core political principles in the American constitutional democracy.
- Authoritarian and democratic governments (CG-A.1)
- Identify types of government (CG-A.2)
- Influences on U.S. government (CG-B.1)
- Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (CG-B.2)
- The Articles of Confederation (CG-B.3)
- The Constitutional Convention (CG-B.4)
- Introduction to the Constitution (CG-C.1)
- Federalism (CG-C.2)
- Constitutional amendments (CG-C.3)
- The Bill of Rights (CG-C.4)
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USG.1.IN Interpret founding documents and principles that led to the creation of the American constitutional democracy.
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USG.1.CC Analyze the major debates and compromises underlying the formation and ratification of the Constitution.
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USG.1.IP Investigate and communicate the importance of constitutional principles and fundamental values and apply them in abstract and real world situations.
Government Structure
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USG.2.ER Explain the authority, organization, purposes, and responsibilities of the three branches of government as enumerated in Articles I-III in the Constitution.
- Introduction to the Constitution (CG-C.1)
- 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)
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USG.2.IN Analyze how power and responsibility are distributed, shared, and limited in the American constitutional government.
- Federalism (CG-C.2)
- The legislative branch (CG-D.1)
- The executive branch (CG-D.3)
- The judicial branch (CG-D.5)
- Checks and balances (CG-D.6)
- Supreme Court cases on the balance of power (CG-D.7)
- Introduction to state and local government (CG-E.1)
- Identify levels and branches of government (CG-E.2)
- State courts (CG-E.3)
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USG.2.CC Explain how governments in South Carolina are organized and how they function in the American constitutional government.
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USG.2.IP Synthesize why the rule of law has a central place in American society and the impact it has on the American political system.
The Political Process
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USG.3.ER Describe the policy making process in the American constitutional government.
- Interpreting the Constitution (CG-C.5)
- 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)
- Introduction to state and local government (CG-E.1)
- Identify levels and branches of government (CG-E.2)
- State courts (CG-E.3)
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USG.3.IN Interpret how American political beliefs are shaped by the founding principles, core values, and changing demographics of America, and how those beliefs led to the creation of ideological trends which affect public policy over time.
- Identify types of government (CG-A.2)
- Influences on U.S. government (CG-B.1)
- 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)
- 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)
- Immigration and naturalization (CG-G.2)
- The two-party system (CG-H.1)
- Presidential elections (CG-H.2)
- Free trade and protectionism (CG-J.2)
- Government services and taxes (CG-J.3)
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USG.3.CC Investigate the role of linkage institutions (i.e. media, interest groups, political parties), and explain how they shape public agenda and opinion.
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USG.3.IP Explain how the electoral process works in federal elections and the effects those elections have on U.S. government.
Citizenship
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USG.4.ER Describe the criteria and process for immigration to and citizenship in the U.S., and explain how the U.S. has expanded and limited the concept of citizenship over time.
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USG.4.IN Distinguish between various economic, personal, and political rights of citizens in the U.S., and how these rights can sometimes conflict with each other.
- The Bill of Rights (CG-C.4)
- What are civil liberties and civil rights? (CG-F.1)
- Supreme Court cases on the Bill of Rights (CG-F.2)
- Supreme Court cases on the Fourteenth Amendment: incorporation (CG-F.3)
- Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (CG-G.1)
- Immigration and naturalization (CG-G.2)
- The U.S. naturalization test (CG-G.3)
- Economic systems (CG-J.1)
- Government services and taxes (CG-J.3)
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USG.4.CC Analyze contemporary issues and governmental responses at various levels in terms of how they have provided equal protection under the law and equal access to society's opportunities and public facilities.
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USG.4.IP Describe and evaluate the ways citizens can participate in the political process at the local, state, national, and global levels.