Civics Today: Citizenship, the Economy, & You

Unit 1: Foundations of American Citizenship

Chapter 1: The American People 

Reading assignment

1/26/11 – Section 1: The Diversity of Americans (p.6-13) Objectives 1.04 - 10.02

1/27/11 – Section 2: Who Are America’s Citizens? (p.14-19)

1/28/11 - Section 3: Government and the People (p.20-26) Objectives 1.08 – 4.06 – 4.08 - 10.04

1/31/11 – Test on Chapter 1: The American People

Chapter 2: Roots of American Democracy

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2/01/11 – Chapter 2 – Section 1: Our English Heritage (p. 32-37) Objective 1.02

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2/02/11 – 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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2/03/11 – Chapter 2 – Section 4: Birth of a Democratic Nation (p. 50-56) and The Declaration of Independence (p. 60-63) Objective 1.03

2/04/11 - Test on Chapter 2: Roots of American Democracy.

Chapter 3: The Constitution

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2/07/11 – Chapter 3 – Section 1: The Nation’s 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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2/08/11 – Chapter 3 – Section 3: The Structure of the Constitution (p. 79-84) Objectives 2.01 – 2.02 – 2.04

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2/09/11 - Chapter 3 – Section 4: Principles Underlying the Constitution (p. 85-90) Objectives 2.01 – 2.03 – 3.07

2/10/11 - Review and test on Chapter 3 - The Constitution.        

Chapter 4 – The Bill of Rights 

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2/11/11 – Chapter 4 - Section 1: The First Amendment (p. 120-125) Objective 1.07

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2/14/11 – Chapter 4 – Section 2: The Bill of Rights (p. 126-132) Objectives 1.07 – 2.07 – 4.05 – 5.03

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2/15/11 – Chapter 4 – Section 3: Extending the Bill of Rights (p. 133-138) Objective 3.06

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2/16/11 - Chapter 4 - Section 4: The Civil Rights Struggle (p. 139-144) Objectives 2.05 – 3.06

2/17/11 – Review and test on Chapter 4 - The Bill of Rights

Chapter 5 – Citizenship and Government in a Democracy

Reading assignment

2/18/11 – Chapter 5 – Section 1: Duties and Responsibilities (p. 150-155) Objectives 10.01 – 10.02 – 10.03 – 10.04

2/21/11 – Chapter 5 – Section 2: Citizens and the Community (p. 156-162) Objectives 4.06 – 10.04

2/22/11 – 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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2/23/11 – Chapter 6 – Section 1: How Congress Is Organized (p. 176-183) Objectives 2.02 – 5.04

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2/24/11 - Chapter 6 – Section 2: Powers of Congress (p. 184-189) Objectives 2.01 – 2.02 – 2.03

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2/25/11 – Chapter 6 – Section 3: Representing the People (p. 190-196) Objectives 6.03 – 6.05

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2/28/11 – Chapter 6 – Section 4: How a Bill Becomes a Law (p. 197-202) Objectives 2.02 – 2.03 – 5.04        

3/01/11 – Review and test on Chapter 6: The Legislative Branch

Chapter 7: The Executive Branch

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3/02/11 – 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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3/03/11 – Chapter 7 – Section 3: Making Foreign Policy (p.219-223) Objectives 2.03 – 5.01

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3/04/11 – Chapter 7 – Section 4: Presidential Advisers and Executive Agencies (p. 224-230) Objective 2.09

3/07/11 Review and test on Chapter 7: The Executive Branch  

Chapter 8: The Judicial Branch

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3/08/11 – 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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3/09/11 – Chapter 8 – Section 3: The Supreme Court (p. 248-253) Objectives 2.02 – 2.05 – 5.02

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3/10/11 – Chapter 8 – Section 4: The Supreme Court at Work (p.254-260) Objectives 2.05 – 2.06

3/11/11 – Review and test on Chapter 8: The Judicial Branch  

Unit 3: Political Parties and Interest Groups

Chapter 9: Political Parties and Politics

Reading Assignment

3/14/11 – Chapter 9 – Section 1: Development of American Political Parties (p. 272-277) and Section 2: Role of Political Parties Today (p. 278-286) Objectives 4.01 – 4.02

Chapter 10: Voting and Elections

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3/15/11 – 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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3/16/11 – 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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3/17/11 – Chapter 11 – Section 1: Forming Public Opinion (p. 318-325) Objectives 4.03

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3/18/11 – 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

3/21/11 – 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

3/22/11 – Chapter 12 – Section 1: First in Freedom (350-353) Objective 1.02

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3/23/11 – 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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3/24/11 – Chapter 12 – Section 4: The Civil Rights Movement (p. 364-367) Objective 3.06

3/25/11 – Review and test Chapter 12: Roots of Government in North Carolina

Chapter 13: North Carolina State Government

Reading assignment

3/28/11 – Chapter 13 – Section 1: The Legislative Branch (p. 376-381) Objectives 3.02 – 3.07 – 5.04 – 6.06

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3/29/11– Chapter 13 – Section 2: The Executive Branch (p. 383-387) Objectives 3.02 – 3.03

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3/30/11 – Chapter 13 - Section 3: The Judicial Branch (p. 388-394) Objectives 3.02 – 3.05 – 5.02

3/31/11 – Review and test Chapter 13: North Carolina State Government

Chapter 14: Local Government and Finances

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4/01/11 – Chapter 14 – Section 1: Municipal Government in North Carolina (p. 402-405) and Section 2: County Government (p. 406-409) Objectives 3.02 – 3.04 – 3.07 – 3.09 – 5.05

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4/04/11 – Chapter 14 – Section 3: Government Finances (p. 410-415) Objectives 2.09 – 3.08 – 3.09

4/05/11 – 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

4/06/11 – Chapter 15 – Section 1: Sources of Our Laws (p. 426-429) Objectives 6.01 – 6.04

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4/07/11 – 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

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4/08/11 – Chapter 16 – Section 1: Civil Cases (p. 449-451) Objectives 4.09 – 6.03

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4/11/11 – Chapter 16- Section 2: Criminal Cases (p. 452-459) Objectives 2.06 – 4.05 – 4.07 – 6.02 – 6.08 

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4/12/11 – 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

4/13/11 – 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

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4/14/11 – Chapter 17 – Section 3: Regulating the Internet (p. 481-486) Objectives 10.05 – 10.06

4/15/11 – 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

4/18/11 – Chapter 18 – Section 1: How Economic Systems Work (p. 498-502) Objective 7.01 – 7.02 – 7.03 – 8.03

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4/19/11 – Chapter 18 – Section 2: Making Economic Decisions (p. 503-509) Objective 7.03

Chapter 19: The American Economy

Reading assignment

4/20/11 – 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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4/21/11 – Chapter 19 - Section 3: Capitalism and Free Enterprise (p. 527-532) Objectives 7.06 – 8.02

4/22/11 – Review and test – Chapter 18: What is Economics? and Chapter 19: The American Economy

Chapter 20: Personal Finances and Economics

Reading assignment

5/02/11 – 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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5/03/11 – 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

5/04/11 – Review and test – Chapter 20: Personal Finances and Economics

Chapter 21: Demand and Supply

Reading assignment

5/05/11 – 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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5/06/11 – Chapter 21 – Section 3: Supply and the Supply Curve (p. 580-586) Objective 8.04

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5/09/11 – Chapter 21 – Section 4: Demand and Supply at Work (p. 587-592) Objectives 8.01 – 8.04 – 8.05

5/10/11 – Review and test – Chapter 21: Demand and Supply

Chapter 22: Business and Labor

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5/11/11 – Chapter 22 – Section 1: Types of Businesses (p.600-606) Objective 8.07

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5/12/11 – Chapter 22 – Section 2: The American Labor Force (p. 608-613) Objective 8.07

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5/13/11 – Chapter 22 – Section 3: Businesses in our Economy (p. 615-618) Objective 8.07

5/16/11 – Review and test – Chapter 22: Business and Labor

Unit 7: The Free Enterprise System

Chapter 23: Government and the Economy

Reading assignment

5/17/11 – Chapter 23 – Section 1: The Role of Government (p. 630-635) Objectives 9.02 – 9.04

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5/18/11 – 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

5/19/11 – Review and test - Chapter 23: Government and the Economy

Chapter 24: Money and Banking

Reading assignment

5/20/11 – 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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5/23/11 – Chapter 24 – Section 3: How Banks Operate (p. 666-669) Objectives 8.08 – 8.09

5/24/11 – Review and test - Chapter 24: Money and Banking

Chapter 25: Government Finances

Reading assignment

5/25/11 – Chapter 25 – Section 1: The Federal Government (p.676-680) Objectives 2.08 – 8.08 – 9.07  

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5/26/11 – 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

5/27/11 – Review and test – Chapter 25: Government Finances     

Unit 8: The United States and the World

Chapter 26: Comparing Economic Systems and Chapter 27: An Interdependent World

Reading assignment

5/31/11 - 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   

Reading assignment

6/01/11 - Chapter 26 - Section 3: Economies in Transition (p. 721-726) Objective 7.06 and 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

Reading assignment

6/02/11 - Chapter 27 - Section 2: The United Nations (p. 739-742) Objectives 9.02 – 9.05 – 9.06 and   Section 3: Human Rights (p. 743- 748) Objectives 10.05 – 10.06

6/03/11 – 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)  

6/06/11 – 6/09/11 Final Exams