Understands the structure and functions of the Judicial Branch.
GOV.8(C) analyze the structure and functions of the judicial branch of government, including the federal court system, types of jurisdiction, and judicial review
GOV.13(D) analyze U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution in selected cases, including Engel v. Vitale, Schenck v. United States, Texas v. Johnson, Miranda v. Arizona, Gideon v. Wainwright, Mapp v. Ohio, and Roe v. Wade
GOV.13(F) recall the conditions that produced the 14th Amendment and describe subsequent efforts to selectively extend some of the Bill of Rights to the states, including the Blaine Amendment and U.S. Supreme Court rulings, and analyze the impact on the scope of fundamental rights and federalism
GOV.17(A) evaluate a U.S. government policy or court decision that has affected a particular racial, ethnic, or religious group such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the U.S. Supreme Court cases of Hernandez v. Texas and Grutter v. Bollinger
GOV.20(A) analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions
GOV.20(B) create a product on a contemporary government issue or topic using critical methods of inquiry;
GOV.20(C) analyze and defend a point of view on a current political issue
GOV.20(D) analyze and evaluate the validity of information, arguments, and counterarguments from primary and secondary sources for bias, propaganda, point of view, and frame of reference
GOV.20(E) evaluate government data using charts, tables, graphs, and maps
GOV.20(F) use appropriate mathematical skills to interpret social studies information such as maps and graphs
GOV.21(A) use social studies terminology correctly
GOV.21(B) use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation
GOV.21(C) transfer information from one medium to another, including written to visual and statistical to written or visual, using computer software as appropriate
GOV.21(D) create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information
GOV.22(A) use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution
GOV.22(B) use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision
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