0 Production Possibilities

Compare choices for consumer vs. capital goods

5 Three Branches of Government

0 Basics of Conlaw

Students will evaluate the basic scope of conlaw.

0 Precedent

Students will explore factors that influence the decision making of jurists.

1 Defining Government

Students will define government.

2 Purpose of Government

Students will define government.

1 Power

Evaluate the basic dynamic of human power and how this is the basis of political power.

0 Ran Away

Examine slaves who escaped to freedom by examining runaway advertisements.

11 Principles of Government

Evaluate basic principles of government including definition of government, power, politics, government purposes, government types.

7 The Formation of Governments

Evaluate four theories regarding why governments developed.

7 Amending the Constitution

Evaluate the amendment process and the amendments that exist.

5 Bill of Rights

2 Checks and Balances

Evaluate how three branches of government provide for a balance of power and checks against abuses by any single branch.

0 Three Branches: Requirements

Evaluate Constitutional structure of government for memberships and term of office, and how this impacts the balance of power of government.

15 Congressional Apportionment

11 Executive Branch

Examine the Constitutional Roles and Powers of the Presidency.

9 The Electoral College

Evaluate the essential features of the Electoral College and how it works

0 Executive Branch Scavenger Hunt

Examine the electoral and popular votes for the 2016 election

1 Revolution

Evaluate the connection between the Revolutionary War and African American freedom

0 Mutual Aid Societies

Evaluate the Philadelphia Society as an example of an early, religious based society through a primary document.

0 The War of 1812

Evaluate the role that African Americans played in the War of 1812 and how that shaped the abolition movement.

1 Abolition and Amistad

Evaluate the Amistad case through text and video.

1 Henry Brown

Evaluate the Escape to Freedom of Henry Brown

0 Looking Over Jordan: African Americans in the Civil War

Students will evaluate the Civil War through documentary/video evidence.

3 Reconstruction (Part 1)

Evaluate Reconstruction through documentary video

0 Black Codes

Students will evaluate the Black Codes and connect them to segregation and racism.

3 Disenfranchisement

Evaluate methods by which African-Americans gained and lost political power in the South.

0 Rise, Fall, and Rise of the KKK

Evaluate the organization of violence and intimidation directed against African Americans

1 Civil War: African American Participation

Examine African American participation in the Civil War and how it impacted various groups in America.

17 African American Leaders Speak Out

Analyze African American Responses to Jim Crow

7 Tulsa Riots

Examine the Tulsa Race Riots of 1921 in terms of cause, effect, and current historiography?

3 Malcolm X

Evaluate documentary evidence of Malcolm X

0 Selma

Examine the Events in Selma through documentary devidence?

0 Election of 1860

0 Turn of the Century