Publisher: Program Title: Components: Pearson Prentice Hall Prentice Hall Magruder's American Government 2005 Student Edition (SE): 0-13-166803-X Grade Level(s): Grades 9-12 Intended Audience: s Map - Basic Comprehensive Program Grade Twelve - History-Social Science Principles of American Democracy Students in grade twelve pursue a deeper understanding of the institutions of American government. They compare systems of government in the world today and analyze the history and changing interpretations of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the current state of the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches of government. An emphasis is placed on analyzing the relationship among federal, state, and local governments, with particular attention paid to important historical documents such as the Federalist Papers. These standards represent the culmination of civic literacy as students prepare to vote, participate in community activities, and assume the responsibilities of citizenship. PUBLISHER CITATIONS* Grade Text of Introduced Practiced Taught to Y N Local Education Agency PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 12 12.1 Students explain the fundamental principles and moral values of American democracy as expressed in the U.S. Constitution and other essential documents of American democracy. 12 (1) Analyze the influence of ancient Greek, Roman, English, and leading European political thinkers such as John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, Niccolò Machiavelli, and William Blackstone on the development of American government. 8, 11, 53 10, 61 10, 11 Education on 2-6-2002. 1
Grade Text of Introduced Practiced Taught to Y N Local Education Agency 39, 537 39, 53, 537 12 (2) Discuss the character of American democracy and its promise and perils as articulated by Alexis de Tocqueville. 34-39*, 52-53*, 537 12 (3) Explain how the U.S. Constitution reflects a 18-20, 48-22, 24, 54, balance between the classical republican concern with promotion of the public good and the classical liberal concern with 54, 76, 569-78, 574 574, 758-779 protecting individual rights; and discuss how the basic premises of liberal constitutionalism and democracy are joined in the Declaration of Independence as selfevident truths. 12 (4) Explain how the Founding Fathers realistic view of human nature led directly to the establishment of a constitutional system that limited the power of the governors and the governed as articulated in the Federalist Papers. 12 (5) Describe the systems of separated and shared powers, the role of organized interests (Federalist Paper Number 10), checks and balances (Federalist Paper Number 51 ), the importance of an independent judiciary (Federalist Paper Number 78 ), enumerated powers, rule of law, federalism, and civilian control of the military. 48-54, 56-55, 61, 70, 58, 67-70, 265 78, 262-263, 785-787 65-70, 262-263, 506-508 12 (6) Understand that the Bill of Rights limits the 74-78, 91-75, 77, 95, powers of the federal government and state 92, 537-544, 536, 568 governments. 532-536, 564-568 25, 54, 574 70, 265 70, 265, 511 70, 265, 511 95, 536, 568 *serves as a foundation for Alexis de Tocqueville's views Education on 2-6-2002. 2
Grade Text of Introduced Practiced Taught to Y N Local Education Agency 12 12.2 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on the scope and limits of rights and obligations as democratic citizens, the relationships among them, and how they are secured. 12 (1) Discuss the meaning and importance of 74-77, 89, each of the rights guaranteed under the Bill 532-534, of Rights and how each is secured (e.g., freedom of religion, speech, press, 565-566, 589 assembly, petition, privacy). 77, 536, 568, 589, 591 12 (2) Explain how economic rights are secured 20-21, 92-22, 95, 247, and their importance to the individual and to 93, 244-247, 515, 664 society (e.g., the right to acquire, use, transfer, and dispose of property; right to 302-303, 658-664 choose one s work; right to join or not join labor unions; copyright and patent). 285, 536, 568, 589, 591 22, 247, 515 12 (3) Discuss the individual s legal obligations to obey the law, serve as a juror, and pay taxes. 12 (4) Understand the obligations of civicmindedness, including voting, being informed on civic issues, volunteering and performing public service, and serving in the military or alternative service. 195, 446-453, 554, 704-706 63, 195, 207, 236-240, 717 452, 705 452, 453, 705, 706 194, 240, 436, 554 194, 195, 240 12 (5) Describe the reciprocity between rights and obligations; that is, why enjoyment of one s rights entails respect for the rights of others. 12 (6) Explain how one becomes a citizen of the United States, including the process of naturalization (e.g., literacy, language, and other requirements). 29, 39, 74-77, 536, 568 25, 536, 568 76, 532-536, 565-567 613-615 618, 621 618 Education on 2-6-2002. 3
Grade Text of Introduced Practiced Taught to Y N Local Education Agency 12 12.3 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on what the fundamental values and principles of civil society are (i.e., the autonomous sphere of voluntary personal, social, and economic relations that are not part of government), their interdependence, and the meaning and importance of those values and principles for a free society. 12 (1) Explain how civil society provides opportunities for individuals to associate for social, cultural, religious, economic, and political purposes. 126-131, 132-136, 242-248, 537-545, 555-559 12 (2) Explain how civil society makes it possible 236-240, for people, individually or in association with 242-248, others, to bring their influence to bear on government in ways other than voting and 249-254, 554, 558 elections. 12 (3) Discuss the historical role of religion and religious diversity. 12 (4) Compare the relationship of government and civil society in constitutional democracies to the relationship of government and civil society in authoritarian and totalitarian regimes. 12 12.4 Students analyze the unique roles and responsibilities of the three branches of government as established by the U.S. Constitution. 463, 537-544, 545, 806 2-5, 12-16, 18-22, 645-649, 650-652 135-136, 247-248, 257, 544-545, 558-559 240, 247-248, 254, 256, 558 463, 544, 545, 546-547 10, 16, 22, 24-25, 649 145, 257, 544, 558, 561 240, 247, 254, 257, 558 544, 545 16, 649, 652, 655 Education on 2-6-2002. 4
Grade Text of Introduced Practiced Taught to Y N Local Education Agency 12 (1) Discuss Article I of the Constitution as it relates to the legislative branch, including eligibility for office and lengths of terms of representatives and senators; election to office; the roles of the House and Senate in impeachment proceedings; the role of the vice president; the enumerated legislative powers; and the process by which a bill becomes a law. 260-265, 267-273, 275-278, 279-285 265, 273, 278, 284-285, 286-287 265, 273, 278, 284, 287 12 (2) Explain the process through which the Constitution can be amended. 12 (3) Identify their current representatives in the legislative branch of the national government. 12 (4) Discuss Article II of the Constitution as it relates to the executive branch, including eligibility for office and length of term, election to and removal from office, the oath of office, and the enumerated executive powers. 12 (5) Discuss Article III of the Constitution as it relates to judicial power, including the length of terms of judges and the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. 12 (6) Explain the processes of selection and confirmation of Supreme Court justices. 12 12.5 Students summarize landmark U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution and its amendments. 72-77, 79-82 263, 268, 279-284 352-358, 359-393, 365-367, 377-384 506-511, 512-515, 517-522, 524-526, 768-769 509-510, 516, 768 77, 82, 84-85 263, 268, 287 358, 363, 367, 384, 386-387 522, 528-529 77, 82 358, 363, 367, 384, 387 511, 515, 522, 529 287 511, 516 510 Education on 2-6-2002. 5
Grade Text of Introduced Practiced Taught to Y N Local Education Agency 12 (1) Understand the changing interpretations of the Bill of Rights over time, including interpretations of the basic freedoms (religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly) articulated in the First 74-77, 532-536, 537-538, 545, 559 Amendment and the due process and equalprotection-of-the-law clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. 12 (2) Analyze judicial activism and judicial 69-70, 161- restraint and the effects of each policy over 163, 510, the decades (e.g., the Warren and 521-522, Rehnquist courts). 601-606 12 (3) Evaluate the effects of the Court s interpretations of the Constitution in Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, and United States v. Nixon, with emphasis on the arguments espoused by each side in these cases. 69-70, 95, 306-308, 448, 806 12 (4) Explain the controversies that have resulted 582-583, over changing interpretations of civil rights, 602-606, including those in Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Miranda v. 610, 619, 803-804 Arizona, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena, and United States v. Virginia (VMI). 12 12.6 Students evaluate issues regarding campaigns for national, state, and local elective offices. 12 (1) Analyze the origin, development, and role of political parties, noting those occasional periods in which there was only one major party or were more than two major parties. 12 (2) Discuss the history of the nomination process for presidential candidates and the increasing importance of primaries in general elections. 116-118, 119-125, 126-131, 132-136, 137-142 137-142, 178-187, 368-375, 377-384 77, 536, 545, 559 77, 536, 544, 558 522 522 95, 104, 308-95, 308 309 606, 612, 619 118, 124, 131, 135-136, 144-145 142, 186-187, 375, 384, 386-387 583, 606, 612 131, 135, 145 186, 375 Education on 2-6-2002. 6
Grade Text of Introduced Practiced Taught to Y N Local Education Agency 12 (3) Evaluate the roles of polls, campaign advertising, and the controversies over campaign funding. 12 (4) Describe the means that citizens use to participate in the political process (e.g., voting, campaigning, lobbying, filing a legal challenge, demonstrating, petitioning, picketing, running for political office). 154-156, 203, 228-231, 250-254 164-172, 195, 249-254, 554, 738 157, 203, 230-232, 254 172, 254, 559 203, 231, 254 172, 559 12 (5) Discuss the features of direct democracy in numerous states (e.g., the process of referendums, recall elections). 12 (6) Analyze trends in voter turnout; the causes and effects of reapportionment and redistricting, with special attention to spatial districting and the rights of minorities; and the function of the Electoral College. 12-13, 693, 696, 721-722 164-172, 185, 365-367, 377-384 16, 693, 723 693, 723 172, 367, 384 172, 367, 384 12 12.7 Students analyze and compare the powers and procedures of the national, state, tribal, and local governments. 12 (1) Explain how conflicts between levels of government and branches of government are resolved. 12 (2) Identify the major responsibilities and sources of revenue for state and local governments. 12 (3) Discuss reserved powers and concurrent powers of state governments. 527, 684-686, 690-691, 713, 745 733-737, 739-744 527, 688, 691, 693, 713 527, 713, 745 737, 744 737, 744 88-89, 92-688, 700 693 93, 684-686, 697-699 12 (4) Discuss the Ninth and Tenth Amendments and interpretations of the extent of the federal government s power. 89-91, 527, 536, 773 95, 527 95, 527 Education on 2-6-2002. 7
Grade Text of Introduced Practiced Taught to Y N Local Education Agency 4, 13, 334-12 (5) Explain how public policy is formed, including the setting of the public agenda and implementation of it through regulations and executive orders. 12 (6) Compare the processes of lawmaking at each of the three levels of government, including the role of lobbying and the media. 12 (7) Identify the organization and jurisdiction of federal, state, and local (e.g., California) courts and the interrelationships among them. 340, 461, 744 223-230, 249-254, 334-340, 692-693 512-515, 517-522, 524-526, 702-705, 708-711 12 (8) Understand the scope of presidential power 301-302, and decision making through examination of case studies such as the Cuban Missile 399-403, 486, 489 Crisis, passage of Great Society legislation, War Powers Act, Gulf War, and Bosnia. 340, 462 340, 462, 745 230, 254, 340, 693 515, 526, 705, 712 304, 403, 489 230, 340, 693 515, 705, 712 403 12 12.8 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on the influence of the media on American political life. 12 (1) Discuss the meaning and importance of a free and responsible press. 12 (2) Describe the roles of broadcast, print, and electronic media, including the Internet, as means of communication in American politics. 12 (3) Explain how public officials use the media to communicate with the citizenry and to shape public opinion. 223-230, 231, 546-554, 803 211-212, 214, 223-231, 249-254, 550-553 211-212, 214, 215-216, 246-247, 249-254 230-231, 553, 560 213, 230-231, 254, 553 247, 254, 256-257 230-231 230-231 254, 257 Education on 2-6-2002. 8
Grade Text of Introduced Practiced Taught to Y N Local Education Agency 12 12.9 Students analyze the origins, characteristics, and development of different political systems across time, with emphasis on the quest for political democracy, its advances, and its obstacles. 12 (1) Explain how the different philosophies and structures of feudalism, mercantilism, socialism, fascism, communism, monarchies, parliamentary systems, and constitutional liberal democracies influence economic policies, social welfare policies, and human rights practices. 12-16, 28-32, 666-671, 672-676 16, 32, 670-671, 676, 678-679 16, 670, 676, 679 12 (2) Compare the various ways in which power is distributed, shared, and limited in systems of shared powers and in parliamentary systems, including the influence and role of parliamentary leaders (e.g., William Gladstone, Margaret Thatcher). 12 (3) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of federal, confederal, and unitary systems of government. 12 (4) Describe for at least two countries the consequences of conditions that gave rise to tyrannies during certain periods (e.g., Italy, Japan, Haiti, Nigeria, Cambodia). 12 (5) Identify the forms of illegitimate power that twentieth-century African, Asian, and Latin American dictators used to gain and hold office and the conditions and interests that supported them. 15-16, 49-50, 65-70, 626-632 14-15, 44-47, 88-96, 534-536, 626-632 634-638, 639-643, 644, 645-649, 650-652 13-14, 483-489 16, 70, 632, 654-655 47, 95-96, 536, 632 638, 643, 644, 649, 652-655 16, 70, 632 47, 95, 632 638, 643, 644, 649 16, 489 14 Education on 2-6-2002. 9
Grade Text of Introduced Practiced Taught to Y N Local Education Agency 12 (6) Identify the ideologies, causes, stages, and 639-643 643 643 outcomes of major Mexican, Central American, and South American revolutions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 12 (7) Describe the ideologies that give rise to Communism, methods of maintaining control, and the movements to overthrow such governments in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland, including the roles of individuals (e.g., Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Pope John Paul II, Lech Walesa, Vaclav Havel). 666-670, 672-676 12 (8) Identify the successes of relatively new democracies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the ideas, leaders, and general societal conditions that have launched and sustained, or failed to sustain, them. 12 12.10 Students formulate questions about and defend their analyses of tensions within our constitutional democracy and the importance of maintaining a balance between the following concepts: majority rule and individual rights; liberty and equality; state and national authority in a federal system; civil disobedience and the rule of law; freedom of the press and the right to a fair trial; the relationship of religion and government. 635-638, 646-649, 651-652 23, 109, 173, 499, 559 670, 676, 678-679 638, 649, 652 59, 143, 231, 527, 589 638, 649, 652 619, 653, 677, 713, 745 676 Education on 2-6-2002. 10
Grade Text of Introduced Practiced Taught to Y N Local Education Agency Historical and Social Sciences Analysis Skills The intellectual skills noted below are to be learned through, and applied to, the content standards for grades nine through twelve. They are to be assessed only in conjunction with the content standards in grades nine through twelve. In addition to the standards for grades nine through twelve, students demonstrate the following intellectual, reasoning, reflection, and research skills. CHRONOLOGICAL AND SPATIAL THINKING 12 1. Students compare the present with the past, evaluating the consequences of past events and decisions and determining the lessons that were learned. 74-75, 160-161, 306-307, 360-361 75, 161, 175, 307, 361, 605 145, 612 12 2. Students analyze how change happens at 74-77, 126- different rates at different times; understand 131, 134- that some aspects can change while others 135, 159- remain the same; and understand that change is complicated and affects not only 163, 306-308 technology and politics but also values and beliefs. 12 3. Students use a variety of maps and documents to interpret human movement, including major patterns of domestic and international migration, changing environmental preferences and settlement patterns, the frictions that develop between population groups, and the diffusion of ideas, technological innovations, and goods. 267-272, 594-595, 615-617 75, 77, 131, 135, 163, 307-308 273, 287, 595, 618 77, 145, 163 599 Education on 2-6-2002. 11
Grade Text of Introduced Practiced Taught to Y N Local Education Agency 12 4. Students relate current events to the physical and human characteristics of places and regions. HISTORICAL RESEARCH, EVIDENCE, AND POINT OF VIEW 12 1. Students distinguish valid arguments from fallacious arguments in historical interpretations. 12 2. Students identify bias and prejudice in historical interpretations. 12 3. Students evaluate major debates among historians concerning alternative interpretations of the past, including an analysis of authors use of evidence and the distinctions between sound generalizations and misleading oversimplifications. 183, 463, 493, 567, 589, 653 59, 83, 104, 341, 385 241, 366-367 126-131, 559, 589, 619, 653 463, 493, 529, 567, 589 32, 202, 308, 314, 387 157, 257, 367, 501, 715 61, 131, 145, 559, 561 456, 463, 589, 653 59, 83, 314 747 7, 131, 559, 561, 589, 619 12 4. Students construct and test hypotheses; collect, evaluate, and employ information from multiple primary and secondary sources; and apply it in oral and written presentations. 71, 95, 124, 131, 575 HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION 12 1. Students show the connections, causal and 160-163, otherwise, between particular historical events and larger social, economic, and political trends and developments. 556, 594-599, 601-607, 608-612 12 2. Students recognize the complexity of historical causes and effects, including the limitations on determining cause and effect. 10, 22, 54, 58 163, 558, 599, 606-607, 612 490 490, 501, 522, 732 7, 70, 71, 85, 575 606 732 12 3. Students interpret past events and issues within the context in which an event unfolded rather than solely in terms of present-day norms and values. 160-163, 556, 594-599, 601-607, 608-612 163, 558, 599, 606-607, 612 606 Education on 2-6-2002. 12
Grade Text of Introduced Practiced Taught to Y N Local Education Agency 12 4. Students understand the meaning, 34-38, 44-47, 163, implication, and impact of historical events 47, 159-163, 456, 489 and recognize that events could have taken 454-456, other directions. 481-489 47, 163, 456, 501 12 5. Students analyze human modifications of landscapes and examine the resulting environmental policy issues. 12 6. Students conduct cost-benefit analyses and apply basic economic indicators to analyze the aggregate economic behavior of the U.S. economy. 92, 413, 418, 460, 658 458-462, 545-547, 662-664 456-457, 462, 664 456, 462, 465, 664 Publisher Notes/Additional Comments (note to publishers: please include grade level/standard when listing comments): Education on 2-6-2002. 13