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Connection for PBS Vote 2008 Resources
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Social
Studies Standard Strand 3: Civics/Government
Concept
3: Functions of Government
Laws and policies are developed to
govern, protect, and promote the well-being
of the people. |
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• Grade
8: PO 1.
Compare the ways the federal and Arizona
governments operate: |
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a.
three branches
b. Constitution
c. election process (e.g., congressional
and legislative districts, propositions,
voter registration) |
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Concept 4: Rights, Responsibilities and Roles
of Citizenship
The rights, responsibilities, and practices of
United States citizenship are founded in the Constitution
and nation’s history. |
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• Grade
8: PO 3.
Describe the importance of citizens being
actively involved in the democratic process
(i.e., voting, student government, involvement
in political decision making, analyzing
issues, petitioning public officials). |
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• PO
4.
Explain the obligations and responsibilities
of citizenship: |
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a.
upholding the Constitution
b. obeying the law
c. paying taxes
d. registering for selective service
e. jury duty |
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High School: PO 1.
Analyze basic individual rights and freedoms
guaranteed by Amendments and laws: |
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freedom
of religion, speech, press, assembly,
and petition in the First Amendment |
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right
to bear arms in the Second Amendment |
| c. |
Ninth
Amendment and guarantee of people’s
unspecified rights |
| d. |
civil
rights in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth
Amendments |
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voting
rights in the Fifteenth, Nineteenth,
Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-sixth
Amendments; Native American citizenship
and voting rights (Arizona, 1948);
Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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conflicts
which occur between rights (e.g.,
the tensions between the right to
a fair trial and freedom of the press,
and between majority rule and individual
rights) |
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right
to work laws |
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•
PO
2.
Define citizenship according to the Fourteenth
Amendment. |
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PO
3.
Examine the basic political, social responsibilities
of citizenship: |
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| a. |
connections
between self-interest, the common
good, and the essential element of
civic virtue (e.g., George Washington’s
Farewell Speech), volunteerism |
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obligations
of upholding the Constitution |
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obeying
the law, serving on juries, paying
taxes, voting, and military service |
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analyzing
public issues, policy making, and
evaluating candidates |
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PO
4.
Demonstrate the skills and knowledge (e.g.,
group problem solving, public speaking,
petitioning and protesting) needed to accomplish
public purposes. |
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PO 5.
Describe the role and influence of political
parties, interest groups, and mass media: |
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political
perspectives (e.g., liberalism, conservatism,
progressivism, libertarianism) |
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influence
of interest groups, lobbyists, and
PAC’s on elections, the political
process and policy making |
| c. |
influence of the mass media on elections,
the political process and policy making |
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