Civics Today: Citizenship, the Economy, & You
Unit 1: Foundations of American Citizenship
Chapter 1: The American People
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8/26/11 Section 1: The Diversity of Americans (p.6-13) Objectives 1.04 - 10.02
8/29/11 Section 2: Who Are Americas Citizens (p.14-19) and Section 3: Government and the People (p.20-26) Objectives 1.08 4.06 4.08 - 10.04
Chapter 2: Roots of American Democracy
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8/30/11 Chapter 2 Section 1: Our English Heritage (p. 32-37) Objective 1.02
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8/31/11 Chapter 2 Section 2: The English Colonies (p.38-43) and Section 3: Colonial Society (p. 44-49) Objectives 1.01 1.04
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9/7/11 Chapter 2 Section 4: Birth of a Democratic Nation (p. 50-56) and The Declaration of Independence (p. 60-63) Objective 1.03
9/8/11 - Test on Chapter 1: The American People and Chapter 2: Roots of American Democracy."
Chapter 3: The Constitution
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9/9/11 Chapter 3 Section 1: The Nations First Governments (p. 66-70) and
Section 2: The Road to the Constitution (p. 71-78) Objectives 1.02 1.05 1.06
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9/12/11 Chapter 3 Section 3: The Structure of the Constitution (p. 79-84) Objectives 2.01 2.02 2.04
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9/13/11 - Chapter 3 Section 4: Principles Underlying the Constitution (p. 85-90) Objectives 2.01 2.03 3.07
9/14/11 - Review and test on Chapter 3 - The Constitution.
Chapter 4 The Bill of Rights
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9/15/11 Chapter 4 - Section 1: The First Amendment (p. 120-125) Objective 1.07
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9/16/11 Chapter 4 Section 2: The Bill of Rights (p. 126-132) Objectives 1.07 2.07 4.05 5.03
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9/19/11 Chapter 4 Section 3: Extending the Bill of Rights (p. 133-138) Objective 3.06
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9/20/11 - Chapter 4 - Section 4: The Civil Rights Struggle (p. 139-144) Objectives 2.05 3.06
9/21/11 Review and test on Chapter 4- The Bill of Rights
Chapter 5 Citizenship and Government in a Democracy
Reading assignment
9/22/11 Chapter 5 Section 1: Duties and Responsibilities (p. 150-155) Objectives 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04
9/23/11 Chapter 5 Section 2: Citizens and the Community (p. 156-162) Objectives 4.06 10.04
9/26/11 Review and test on Chapter 5: Citizenship and Government in a Democracy
Unit 2: The National Government
Chapter 6: The Legislative Branch
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9/27/11 Chapter 6 Section 1: How Congress Is Organized (p. 176-183) Objectives 2.02 5.04
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9/28/11 - Chapter 6 Section 2: Powers of Congress (p. 184-189) Objectives 2.01 2.02 2.03
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9/29/11 Chapter 6 Section 3: Representing the People (p. 190-196) Objectives 6.03 6.05
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9/30/11 Chapter 6 Section 4: How a Bill Becomes a Law (p. 197-202) Objectives 2.02 2.03 5.04
10/3/11 Review and test on Chapter 6: The Legislative Branch
Chapter 7: The Executive Branch
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10/4/11 Chapter 7 Section 1: The President and Vice-President (p. 208-213) and Section 2: The President's Job (p. 214- 218 ) Objectives 2.02 2.03 2.04
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10/5/11 Chapter 7 Section 3: Making Foreign Policy (p.219-223) Objectives 2.03 5.01
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10/6/11 Chapter 7 Section 4: Presidential Advisers and Executive Agencies (p. 224-230) Objective 2.09
10/7/11 Review and test on Chapter 7: The Executive Branch
Chapter 8: The Judicial Branch
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10/10/11 Chapter 8 Section 1: The Federal Court System (p. 238-242) and Section 2: How Federal Courts Are Organized (p. 243-247) Objectives 2.02 5.02
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10/11/11 Chapter 8 Section 3: The Supreme Court (p. 248-253) Objectives 2.02 2.05 5.02
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10/12/11 Chapter 8 Section 4: The Supreme Court at Work (p.254-260) Objectives 2.05 2.06
10/13/11 Review and test on Chapter 8: The Judicial Branch
Unit 3: Political Parties and Interest Groups
Chapter 9: Political Parties and Politics
Reading Assignment
10/14/10 Chapter 9 Section 1: Development of American Political Parties (p. 272-277)
10/19/10 - Chapter 9 - Section 2: Role of Political Parties Today (p. 278-286) Objectives 4.01 4.02
Chapter 10: Voting and Elections
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10/20/10 Chapter 10 Section 1: Who Can Vote? (p. 292-299) and Section 2: Election Campaigns (p. 300-304) Objectives 4.02 4.06 4.08
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10/21/10 Chapter 10 Section 3: Paying for Election Campaigns (p. 305-310) Objectives 2.07 4.02 4.07
Chapter 11: Influencing Government
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10/22/10 Chapter 11 Section 1: Forming Public Opinion (p. 318-325) Objectives 4.03
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10/25/10 Chapter 11 Section 2: The Mass Media (p. 326-331 and Section 3: Interest Groups (p. 332-337) Objectives 2.07 4.04 4.09 5.01 5.06 6.06
10/26/10 Review and test on Unit 3: Political Parties and Interest Groups Chapters 9-11
Unit 4: The "Tarheel State"
Chapter 12: Roots of Government in North Carolina
Reading assignment
10/27/10 Chapter 12 Section 1: First in Freedom (350-353) Objective 1.02
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10/28/10 Chapter 12 Section 2: The Constitution of North Carolina (p. 354-358) and Section 3: Rights of Citizens (p. 359-363) Objectives 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.06
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10/29/10 Chapter 12 Section 4: The Civil Rights Movement (p. 364-367) Objective 3.06
11/1/10 Review and test Chapter 12: Roots of Government in North Carolina
Chapter 13: North Carolina State Government
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11/2/10 Chapter 13 Section 1: The Legislative Branch (p. 376-381) Objectives 3.02 3.07 5.04 6.06
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11/3/10 Chapter 13 Section 2: The Executive Branch (p. 383-387) Objectives 3.02 3.03
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11/4/10 Chapter 13 - Section 3: The Judicial Branch (p. 388-394) Objectives 3.02 3.05 5.02
11/5/10 Review and test Chapter 13: North Carolina State Government
Chapter 14: Local Government and Finances
Reading assignment
11//10 Chapter 14 Section 1: Municipal Government in North Carolina (p. 402-405)
4/13/10 - Chapter 14 Section 2: County Government (p. 406-409) Objectives 3.02 3.04 3.07 3.09 5.05
4/14/10 Chapter 14 Section 3: Government Finances (p. 410-415) Objectives 2.09 3.08 3.09
4/15/10 Review and test Chapter 14: Local Government and Finances
Unit 5: The Individual, the Law, and the Internet
Chapter 15: Legal Rights and Responsibilities
Reading assignment
11/12/10 Chapter 15 Section 1: Sources of Our Laws (p. 426- 429) Objectives 6.01 6.04
11/15/10 Chapter 15 Section 2: Types of Laws (p. 430-434) and Section 3: The American Legal System (p. 435-440) Objectives 2.03 2.06 4.05 5.03 6.01 6.02 6.07
Chapter 16: Civil and Criminal Law
Reading assignment
11/16/10 Chapter 16 Section 1: Civil Cases (p. 449-451) Objectives 4.09 6.03
11/17/10 Chapter 16- Section 2: Criminal Cases (p. 452-459) Objectives 2.06 4.05 4.07 6.02 6.08
11/18/10 Chapter 16 Section 3: Young People and the Courts (p. 460-464) Objectives 4.05 6.07 6.08
Chapter 17: Citizenship and the Internet
Reading assignment
11/19/10 Chapter 17 Section 1: Civic Participation (p. 470-473) and Section 2: Challenges for Democracy (p. 474-479) Objectives 2.07 6.04 6.05 10.05 10.06
11/22/10 Chapter 17 Section 3: Regulating the Internet (p. 481 -486) Objectives 10.05 10.06
4/27/10 Test Unit 5: The Individual, the Law, and the Internet Chapters 15-17
Unit 6: The Economy and the Individual
Chapter 18: What is Economics?
Reading assignment
11/16/09 Chapter 18 Section 1: How Economic Systems Work (p. 498-502) Objective 7.01 7.02 7.03 8.03
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11/17/09 Chapter 18 Section 2: Making Economic Decisions (p. 503 -509) Objective 7.03
Chapter 19: The American Economy
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11/18/09 Chapter 19 Section 1: Economic Resources (p. 517-519) and Section 2: Economic Activity (p. 520-525) Objectives 7.01 7.04 7.05 8.02 8.03 8.06 9.01
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11/19/09 Chapter 19 - Section 3: Capitalism and Free Enterprise (p. 527-532) Objectives 7.06 8.02
Chapter 20: Personal Finances and Economics
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11/20/09 Chapter 20 Section 1: Managing Your Money (p. 538-543) and Section 2: Planning and Budgeting (p. 544-549) Objectives 7.02 7.03 8.07
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11/23/09 Chapter 20 Section 3: Saving and Investing (p. 552-558) and Section 4: Achieving Your Financial Goals (p. 559-562) 7.02 7.03 8.08
11/24/09 Review and test Unit 6: The Economy and the Individual (Chapter 18: What is Economics? and Chapter 19: The American Economy and Chapter 20: Personal Finances and Economics)
Chapter 21: Demand and Supply
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11/25/09 Chapter 21 Section 1: Demand (p. 568-572) and Section 2: Factors Affecting Demand (p. 573-578) Objectives 8.04 9.03
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11/30/09 Chapter 21 Section 3: Supply and the Supply Curve (p. 580-586) Objective 8.04
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12/01/09 Chapter 21 Section 4: Demand and Supply at Work (p. 587-592) Objectives 8.01 8.04 8.05
12/02/09 Review and test Chapter 21: Demand and Supply
Chapter 22: Business and Labor
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12/03/09 Chapter 22 Section 1: Types of Businesses (p.600-606) Objective 8.07
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12/04/09 Chapter 22 Section 2: The American Labor Force (p. 608-613) Objective 8.07
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12/07/09 Chapter 22 Section 3: Businesses in our Economy (p. 615-618) Objective 8.07
12/08/09 Review and test Chapter 22: Business and Labor
Unit 7: The Free Enterprise System
Chapter 23: Government and the Economy
Reading assignment
12/09/09 Chapter 23 Section 1: The Role of Government (p. 630-635) Objectives 9.02 9.04
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12/10/09 Chapter 23 Section 2: Measuring the Economy (p. 637 -644) and Section 3: Government, the Economy, and You (p. 646 - 649) Objectives 9.01 9.08 10.02 10.03 10.05
12/11/09 Review and test - Chapter 23: Government and the Economy
Chapter 24: Money and Banking
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12/14/09 Chapter 24 Section 1: What is Money? (p. 656-659) and Section 2: The Federal Reserve System (p. 660-665) Objectives 8.08 8.09 9.07
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12/15/09 Chapter 24 Section 3: How Banks Operate (p. 666-669) Objectives 8.08 8.09
12/16/09 Review and test - Chapter 24: Money and Banking
Chapter 25: Government Finances
Reading assignment
12/17/09 Chapter 25 Section 1: The Federal Government (p.676-680) Objectives 2.08 8.08 9.07
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12/18/09 Chapter 25 Section 2: State and Local Governments (p. 681-685) and Section 3: Managing the Economy (p. 687-692) Objectives 3.08 3.09 5.05 8.08
12/18/09 Review and test Chapter 25: Government Finances
Unit 8: The United States and the World
Chapter 26: Comparing Economic Systems
Reading assignment
1/04/10 - Chapter 26 Section 1: International Trade (p. 706-713) and Section 2: Economic Systems (p. 715-719) Objectives 7.06 8.01 9.05 9.06
1/05/10 - Chapter 26 - Section 3: Economies in Transition (p. 721-726) Objective 7.06
Chapter 27: An Interdependent World
Reading assignment
1/06/10 Chapter 27 Section 1: Global Developments (p. 734-738) and Section 2: The United Nations (p. 739-742) Objectives 9.02 9.05 9.06
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1/07/10 - Chapter 27 - Section 3: Human Rights (p. 743 - 748) Objectives 10.05 10.06
1/08/10 Review and test Unit 8: The United States and the World (Chapters 26: Comparing Economic Systems, Chapter 27: Comparing Systems of Government, and Chapter 28: An Interdependent World)
1/11/10 Review for North Carolina End of Course Civics and Economics Exams
1/12/10 1/15/10 - North Carolina End of Course Civics and Economics Exams