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INDIVIDUAL & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT & RESPONSIBILITY
Essential Questions
- What responsibility do individuals have in a democratic society?
- What are the rights and responsibilities of a citizen?
- How are individual rights protected within the context of majority rule?
Content
- Vote
- Voting Rights and responsibilities of a citizen
- Democracy
- Role of individual in politics
- Fundamental ideas
- equality
- authority
- power
- freedom
- justice
- property
- responsibility
TIME, CONTINUITY & CHANGE
Essential Questions
- How have the existing political, economic, legal, and social systems developed?
- What is the difference between constitutionality based ideals and the reality of everyday government?
- What is the role of political parties in American government?
Content
- Origins of government
- Natural law
- Divine right
- Social Contract
- Articles of Confederation
- Declaration of Independence
- Bill of Rights
- Branches of government
- Political and social movements
- Federalism
- Political Parties
- Citizenship
- Republic
- Voting Trends
Resources
- The United States Constitution’s evolution through amendments and Supreme Court interpretation
- The legislative process in a two party system
- Magna Carta
- English Bill of Rights
- John Locke
- Federalists Papers
- Thomas Paine
- Common Sense
- Thomas Jefferson
- Ben Franklin
- Baron de Mogtesquieu
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
PEOPLE, PLACES & ENVIRONMENT
Essential Questions
- Does the environment shape the government?
- What is the impact of land and natural resources?
Content
- Federal lands
- Economic development
- Environmental protection
- Natural Resources
- Federalism
- Commerce
- Public Funding
- Government agencies
CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
Essential Questions
- How has culture shaped the evolution of government?
- How do belief systems influence other parts of the political culture?
Content
- Political ideas in defining culture
- Government’s role in shaping a nation’s culture
- Impact of Immigration
- Values and morals
- Laws
- Political Spectrum
Resources
- Alaska native communities
- ANCSA
- Bill of Rights
- Supreme Court Rulings
GLOBAL ECONOMICS
Essential Questions
- How are the world’s resources produced, distributed, and consumed?
- How do we balance national interests with global priorities and needs?
Content
- Political Systems
- Capitalism
- Socialism
- Communism
- Free market economy issues
- Mixed economy
- Trade
- Labor relations
- International law
- Economic institutions
- Global economics
- Partisan politics
- Dissent
- Minority rights
- Federalism
- American law
- Elections
- Governmental systems in today’s world
- Alaska Economic Issues
- Foreign Policy
- United Nations
- International conflict and cooperation
- Executive Branch
POWER, AUTHORITY, GOVERNANCE
Essential Questions
- What are the foundations and ideals of the American Democratic system?
- How do local, state, and federal governments interact?
- How are powers and responsibilities distributed, shared and limited in government?
Content
- The United States Constitution
- Federalism
- Checks and balances
- Judicial (Supreme Court)
- Supreme Court Decisions
- Federal Courts
- Legislative (Congress)
- Congressional Acts
- Executive (the President)
- Executive order
- Ordinance power
- The amendments
- Alaska State government
