AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

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american government

SCOPE & SEQUENCE

Unit 1:  America's Founding Documents

WEEK 1 Lesson 1 & Lesson 2 (Govt. History & Declaration of Independence)

WEEK 2 Lesson 3 & Lesson 4 (Art. of Confederation & US Const.-Article I)

WEEK 3 Lesson 5 & Lesson 6 (US Const.-Article II & US Const.-Article III)

WEEK 4 Lesson 7 & Lesson 8 (US Const.-Art. IV,V,VI,VII & Federalist Papers)

WEEK 5   Lesson 9 (US Constitution - 27 Amendments)

WEEK 6 Unit 1 Exam Review & Exam

Unit 2: Proving Ground of the US Constitution

WEEK 7 Lesson 1 & Lesson 2 (Judeo-Christian Foundation & Political Parties)

WEEK 8 Lesson 2 cont’d & Lesson 3 (Political Parties & 1st Amendment Debate)

WEEK 9 Lesson 4  (Abolitionist Movement & the Civil War)

WEEK 10 Lesson 5  (American Innovation, Arts & Technology)

WEEK 11 Unit 2 Exam Review & Exam

Unit 3: Comparative Studies in Government

WEEK 12. Lesson 1 & Lesson 2 (Comparative Theories of Government & Economics)

WEEK 13. Lesson 3  (Progressivism & The Administrative State)

WEEK 14 Lesson 4 & Lesson 5 (State/Local Govt & Globalism v. Amer. Sovereign)

WEEK 15 Unit 3 Exam Review & Exam

WEEK 16 Final Exam Review & Exam

American Government

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Week 1

READ: Book of James KJV

DISCUSSION: Can you provide some examples of how the Book of James presented the idea of naturally-occurring freedom?

WATCH: U1/L1 Lecture Video

TAKE: U1/L1 Quiz

READ: “Summary View of Rights of British America” -Thomas Jefferson

READ: Declaration of Independence (also found in the textbook Resource Library)

WATCH: U1/L2 Lecture Video

TAKE: U1/L2 Quiz

WEEK 2

READ: Articles of Confederation & Northwest Ordinances

DISCUSSION:  Search for a copy of the original wording of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.  What is significant to note about the text in Articles 3 & 6, especially regarding the document’s date and the institution of slavery?

WATCH: U1/L3 Lecture Video

TAKE: U1/L3 Quiz

READ: Article I - U.S. Constitution

WATCH: U1/L4 Lecture Video

TAKE: U1/L4 Quiz

WEEK 4

READ: Articles IV, V, VI, VII of the U.S. Constitution

DISCUSSION: Considering the options proposed in Article V, propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

WATCH: U1/L7 Lecture Video

TAKE: U1/L7 Quiz

READ: Federalist Paper: Federalist No. 85 and Anti-Federalist Centinel 1

WATCH: U1/L8 Lecture Video

CREATE: Write a summary of the arguments of the two opposing views expressed by Alexander Hamilton and Samuel Bryan on page 50 in the Workbook?

TAKE: U1/L8 Quiz

DISCUSSION: Is there any Amendment, or Article/Section, of the U.S Constitution that you would suggest be repealed?  (Example: 21st Amendment: the repeal of prohibition that made the manufacture and sale of alcohol illegal.)

WATCH: U1/L9 Lecture Video

WATCH: “Freedom” Video

WORKSHEET: Fill-out Expressed Powers Diagram at the end of Lesson 9 in the Workbook, page 60.

TAKE: U1/L9 Quiz

 WEEK 6

REVIEW: Prepare for the Unit 1 Exam by using the Exam Review printed in your Student Workbook at the end of Unit 1.

WEEK 7

WEBSITE: www.wallbuilders.com

DISCUSSION:  Identify and describe one scriptural Judeo-Christian law that can be definitively found in the U.S. Constitution.

WATCH: American Heritage Series video in full

WATCH: U2/L1 Lecture Video

TAKE: U2/L1 Quiz

WATCH: U2/L2 Lecture Video (first half: Start -36:30 timestamp)

TAKE: U2/L2-A Quiz

WEEK 8:

WATCH: U2/L2-B Lecture Video (second half: 36:30 - End timestamp)

WATCH: 2016 Trump Campaign Ad and 2016 Hillary Clinton Campaign Ad and 2016 Clinton Attack Ad on Trump

TAKE: U2/L2-B Quiz

DISCUSSION: What is the intended result of suppressing a citizen’s right to free speech?  What would be the intended gain?

READ: Letter from the Danbury Baptist & Jefferson’s Response

WATCH: U2/L3 Lecture Video

WEBSITE: Supreme Court Free Speech case of the Colorado Baker

TAKE: U2/L3 Quiz

DISCUSSION: For what legal reason did the majority of the Supreme Court rule that a man could be deemed the property of another man?

WEEK 11

REVIEW: Prepare for the Unit 2 Exam by using the Exam Review printed in your Student Workbook at the end of Unit 2.

WEEK 12

READ: The lifespan of the U.S. Constitution - U.S. Senate website

DISCUSSION: Compare the lifespan in years of the U.S. Constitution to the lifespan of other nations’ constitutions throughout history.  What is significant about the results found?

DISCUSSION:  Provide current-day examples where the “administrative state” has exerted overwhelming and excessive controls over the people.

DISCUSSION: In what role can you participate in state or local governing? As a citizen, you have a responsibility to ensure your city council, school board and district representatives are held accountable to the office they hold.

WEEK 15

REVIEW: Prepare for the Unit 3 Exam by using the Exam Review printed in your Student Workbook at the end of Unit 3.

WEEK 16

REVIEW: Prepare for the Final Exam by using the Final Exam Review printed in your Student Workbook.

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