Important Dates
What We are Learning
The Foundations of American Government
Foundations of Government
Foundations of Government
- The purposes of government
- The principles that guide different types of government
- The role of government in different types of economic systems
- What factors influenced the development of our governmental institutions.
- Why and how the colonists declared independence.
- How the U.S. Constitution structures government and divide powers between national and state governments.
- Why and how the U.S. Constitution has been amended and interpreted throughout our history.
- How state constitutions and local charters structure government and protect individual rights.
- Why and how power is divided and shared among national, state, and local governments.
- How federalism promotes democracy and civic participation.
- Their actions and sacrifices in forming the United States
Lesson Plans
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