Civics
Grade level: 8
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Foundations of American Citizenship |
What is civics; roots of American democracy |
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Blueprint For a New Nation |
The Constitution, The Bill of Rights |
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Citizenship: Rights and Responsibilities |
The citizen and the community; parties and politics; voting and elections; public opinion and interest groups |
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The National Government |
The Congress, the Presidency, the Executive Branch; the Judicial Branch |
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State and Local Government |
State government; local government; community issues |
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The Law and the Individual |
Legal rights and responsibilities; civil and criminal law |
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The Free Enterprise System |
The American Economic System; government and the economy; financing our government; the economy and the individual |
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The United States and the World |
Comparative government; international relations; an interdependent world |