S1+Flanagan+Andrew

=Stage 1 Identify Desired Results= B: Civic and Government B1: Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns of Civics/Government Grade: 9-Diploma //A: Explain that the study of government includes the structures, functions, institutions, and forms of government and the relationship of government to citizens in the United States and in other regions of the world.// ||
 * **Establish Goals:** **(G)** ||
 * Maine Learning Results: Social Studies.
 * Students understand the ideals, purposes, principles, structures, and processes of constitutional government in the United States and in the American political system, as well as examples of other forms of government and political systems in the world.**

//What understandings are desired?//
have effects on a much larger scale. •local, state, and national government have effect on their everyday lives. •there are certain individual rights, that are unalienable living under the United States Constitution. ||
 * //Students will understand that:// **(U)** ||
 * •they each play a big role in their communities and their thoughts and actions

//What essential questions will be considered?//
•Why did the founding fathers picked our form of government in which to rule our country? •How does the American political system operate? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * •How can an individual within the American political system effect change?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
Bill of Rights, Constitution, Democracy, Republic, Senate, House of Representatives, Political Party, Judicial Review//
 * //Students will know:// **(K)** || //Students will be able to:// **(S)** ||
 * •**Vocabulary**: //Checks and Balances, Veto, Electoral College,

•**Important events and people**: //King George III, George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, First Congressional Congress, Treaty of Paris, Marbury v. Madison, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.//

•**Sequence and time lines**: //Revolutionary War (1775–1783), Ratification of the US Constitution (1788), Bill of Rights adopted (1789), Dred Scott Decision (1857), Emancipation Proclamation (1863), Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), Women's Right to Vote (1920), Brown V. Board of Education(1955), Civil Rights Movement (1960-1965), USA PATRIOT Act (2001)// || •describe the purpose, structure, and processes of the American political system

•evaluate important documents such as the United States Constitution, or The Bill of Rights

•exhibit how to effectively argue their position on presented topics

•compare the American political system with examples of political systems from other parts of the world

•role-play through in-class debates with assigned discussion topics

•recognize their role within the political system, and realize how they can effect change ||

2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe