
Course Overview
In this five-section course, high-school students will learn about the rights and responsibilities of being an American citizen. By studying different forms of government, students will investigate what motivated America’s founding fathers as they drafted the U.S. Constitution. Students will also learn about the branches of the U.S. government as laid out in the Constitution and about the structure of state and local governments. In each unit, students will complete an in-depth project related to that unit’s topic.
Through this course, students will do the following:
- Understand the definition of government and explain its role in the life of the citizen.
- Explore why politics takes place any time a group of individuals is gathered together.
- Understand the differences and relationships between civic life, political life, and private life.
- Analyze the influence of the federal government on the American economy.
- Analyze the elements of America’s market economy in a global setting.