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Civics

Course Summary

Civics is a course that offers alignment to a variety of state and national standards sets for Civics and Government, as well as alignment to the USCIS Naturalization test. The course includes a variety of unit and lesson activities that examine the history, geography, culture, and economy of the state that encourage research and reflection. In these activities, you will examine founding documents and landmark Supreme Court cases in American political history, analyze changes in federal and executive power over time, explore the political election process and data related to recent voting trends, research and propose a public policy plan, as well as compare and contrast the functions of the national government with state and local governments. In addition, the course includes an entire unit with content to prepare for the USCIS Naturalization test.

COURSE COMPONENTS AND GRADING RUBRIC

UNIT 1: ESTABLISHING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT (DAYS 1 – 13)

UNIT 2: THE THREE BRANCHES OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT (DAYS 14 – 28)

UNIT 3: CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS (DAYS 29 – 40)

UNIT 4: THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM (DAYS 41 – 52)

UNIT 5: PUBLIC POLICY (DAYS 53 – 69)

UNIT 6: FEDERALISM (DAYS 70 – 80)

UNIT 7: CITIZENSHIP (DAYS 81 – 90)

Fee Details

Grade Level

Grade 9 / 10 / 11 / 12

Duration

10 Months

Credit Value

1 -credit course

Requirements

None

Prerequisites

Student must have completed grade