Collierville Schools Standard U.S. Government & Civics Scope and Sequence Pacing Standards Learning Targets Supporting Text(s) Assessment Description(s) Weeks Define government and the trial Textbook Chapters 1, 2, 3 Students will take a unit 1 4.5 GC.1 Cite textual evidence and evaluate powers every government holds. test upon the – multiple points of view to analyze the The Declaration of standards listed. influence of ancient Greek, Roman, and Describe the four defining Independence leading European political thinkers such as characteristics of the state. John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, The U.S. Constitution Reading activities to Niccolò Machiavelli, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Identify the theories that attempt support learning will be and William Blackstone on the development to explain the origin of the state. The Federalist Papers assessed based upon of United States government. classroom discussion and Understand the purpose of Democracy in America completion of related GC.2 Determine the central ideas in passages government in the United States assignments. from Democracy in America to examine the and other countries. character of American society, including its religious, political, and economic character, as Classify governments according to articulated by Alexis de Tocqueville. three sets of characteristics. GC. 45 Compare and contrast the relationship Define systems of government of government and civil society in based on who can participate. constitutional democracies to the relationship of government and civil society in Identify different ways that power authoritarian and totalitarian regimes. can be distributed, geographically, within a state. GC.5 Summarize with supporting evidence Describe a government by how why the Founding Fathers established a power is distributed between the constitutional system that limited the power executive branch and legislative of government. branch. Understand the foundations of democracy.
Collierville Schools Standard U.S. Government & Civics Scope and Sequence Pacing Standards Learning Targets Supporting Text(s) Assessment Description(s) Weeks 1 – 4.5 GC.1 Cite textual evidence and evaluate multiple points of view to analyze the influence of ancient Greek, Roman, and leading European political thinkers such as John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, Niccolò Machiavelli, Jean Jacques Rousseau, and William Blackstone on the development of United States government. GC.2 Determine the central ideas in passages from Democracy in America to examine the character of American society, including its religious, political, and economic character, as articulated by Alexis de Tocqueville. GC. 45 Compare and contrast the relationship of government and civil society in constitutional democracies to the relationship of government and civil society in authoritarian and totalitarian regimes. GC.5 Summarize with supporting evidence why the Founding Fathers established a constitutional system that limited the power of government. Define government and the powers every government holds. Describe the four defining characteristics of the state. Identify the theories that attempt to explain the origin of the state. Understand the purpose of government in the United States and other countries. Classify governments according to three sets of characteristics. Define systems of government based on who can participate. Identify different ways that power can be distributed, geographically, within a state. Describe a government by how power is distributed between the executive branch and legislative branch. Understand the foundations of democracy. Textbook Chapters 1, 2, 3 The Declaration of Independence The U.S. Constitution The Federalist Papers Democracy in America Students will take a unit test upon the standards listed. Reading activities to support learning will be assessed based upon classroom discussion and completion of related assignments. trial
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