Newnan High School
History and Social Studies Department

 

Civics Scope and Sequence

Newnan High School

Civics 2008 Pacing Guide

Unit I – Connecting Themes                                                            (3 Days)

  1. Beliefs and Ideals
  2. Conflict Resolution
  3. Distribution of Power
  4. Individuals, Groups and Institutions
  5. Rule of Law

 

Unit II – Immigration and Citizenship                                (3 Days)

  1. Immigration
  2. Emigration
  3. Push/Pull Factors
  4. Demographics of the United States
  5. Roles and Responsibilities of a Citizen
  6. Process to become a citizen
  7. Angel/Ellis Island
  8. Effects of immigration on the United States (Time period Examples)
  9. Effects of immigration from Europe on urban areas

 

Unit III – US and its role in the world                                 (3 Days)

  1. Status of US in world – Definition of Superpower
  2. Current Foreign policy
  3. Global Economy and its effect on the government
  4. United Nations
  5. US interests abroad
  6. Tools used to carry out foreign policy – diplomacy, aid of all forms, treaties, sanctions, military interventions

 

Unit IV – Voting and Elections                                            (10 Days)

  1. Political Parties – Description and Roles
  2. 2-Party System
  3. History and Organization of Parties
  4. Minor Parties
  5. Voting
  6. Campaigns and Elections
  7. Campaign Finance and Reform
  8. Conventions
  9. Effects of the Media
  10. Extension of Suffrage through Amendments
  11. Electoral College
  12. Voter Behavior
  13. Interests Groups
  14. PAC’s
  15. Public Opinion and effects on policy
  16. 2000 Election – Bush vs. Gore (role of electoral college), 1960 election Kennedy vs. Nixon (effect of TV)

Unit V – Law/Legal System/Judicial Branch                                 (10 Days)

  1. Supreme Court
  2. Landmark decisions of the court
    1. Brown v Board
    2. Marbury v Madison
    3. Plessy v Ferguson
    4. Miranda v Arizona
    5. Roe v Ward
    6. Bakke
  3. John Marshall and establishment of judicial review
  4. Warren Court and its effect on history
  5. Process for the Supreme Court deciding a case
  6. Definitions of judicial activism and judicial restraint
  7. Role of Federal Courts
  8. Appellate Courts
  9. Organization of Federal Court System
  10. Criminal Law
  11. Levels of Crimes
  12. Civil Law
  13. Court Procedure
  14. Punishments for crime

 

Unit VI – Legislative Branch                                                           (7 Days)

  1. Organization of Congress
  2. 2 House System
  3. Powers of Congress
  4. Legislative Process
  5. Leadership of the House and Senate
  6. Current issues in Congress
  7. Function of Lobbyists
  8. Special Interest Groups and their effect on Congress

 

Unit VII – Executive Branch                                                           (7 Days)

  1. President and Vice President
  2. Executive office of the President
  3. Roles of the President
  4. Written and Unwritten Qualifications of the President
  5. Presidential Powers
  6. Cabinet
  7. Executive Departments
  8. Independent Agencies
  9. Federal Bureaucracy
  10. Washington and precedent
  11. Jefferson – Louisiana Purchase
  12. Jacksonian Democracy
  13. Lincoln and Civil War – expansion of power, Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation
  14. Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
  15. Theodore Roosevelt and Panama Canal, Roosevelt Corollary, Monroe Doctrine
  16. Wilson – League of Nations and 14 Points
  17. FDR – TVA, New Deal, Court Packing
  18. Truman – Integration of US Military
  19. JFK – impact of death
  20. Lyndon Johnson – Great Society
  21. Nixon – Resignation, rise of conservatism, opening of China
  22. Carter – Role in the Middle East, Camp David Accords, Iran Hostage
  23. Reagan – Economic Situation, Reaganonimics, Collapse of Soviet Union
  24. Clinton – relationship with Congress, NAFTA, Impeachment
  25. GW Bush – Role after Sept. 11th, War on Terror (Iraq, Afghanistan)

 

Midterm Review                                                                    2 Days       

                                                     

45 Total Days

 

 

 

Unit VIII – Federalism                                                         (8 Days)

  1. Relationship between state and Local government with federal government
  2. State Government
  3. Governor/Lt. Governor – What is their duties and roles?
  4. Georgia Constitution
  5. Role and setup of the Georgia General Assembly
  6. Services provided by the state
  7. Local Government – structure
  8. Services provided by a town, county etc.

 

Unit IX – Ideas and Events Leading to Constitution                     (13 Days)

  1. Colonial America
  2. Magna Carta, Petition of Rights, English Bill of Rights
  3. Ben Franklin as a symbol of social mobility and individualism
  4. Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts
  5. Sons and Daughters of Liberty
  6. Committees of Correspondence
  7. John Locke – Social Contract (Second Treatise on Government)
  8. Thomas Paine – Common Sense
  9. Montesquieu – Separation of powers (Spirit of Laws)
  10. Hobbes - Leviathan
  11. Theorists that contributed to idea of independence
  12. Declaration of Independence
  13. Role of Thomas Jefferson in writing of Declaration
  14. Articles of Confederation – weakness was a reason for change
  15. Shays Rebellion
  16. Constitutional Convention

 

Unit X – Constitution                                                                        (13 Days)

  1. Structure of the Constitution
  2. Basic principles
  3. Federal System
  4. Checks and Balances
  5. Flexible Framework
  6. Great Compromise
  7. Separation of Powers
  8. Limited government
  9. Slavery issue
  10. Struggle for Ratification
  11. Federalist Papers – Arguments for or against: form of government, factions, checks and balances, power of the executive.
  12. Anti-Federalist Papers
  13. Role of Alexander Hamilton and James Madison

 

Unit XI – Bill of Rights and Amendments                          (9 Days)

  1. Bill of Rights – Emphasis on First Amendment Rights
  2. Amendment Process
  3. Selective Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
  4. How the Bill of Rights is a protector of individual and states rights
  5. 5th Amendment – Due Process
  6. Significance of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
  7. 17th Amendment
  8. 18th Amendment
  9. 19th Amendment
  10. How the government maintains a balance between individual liberties and public interest
  11. Equal Protection under the law

 

Final Exam Review                                                               2 Days                                          

 

                                                                              

45 Total Days

 

 

 

 Contact Information
Telephone
770.254.2880
FAX
770.254.2797
Postal address
190 Lagrange Street, Newnan, Georgia 30263
Electronic mail
Department Chair: stephen.quesinberry@cowetaschools.net




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