California Social Science Essential Questions:
California State Standards:
Before test day you should be able to speak to the following:
Vocabulary:
1. State of Nature
2. Social Contract
3. Liberty
4. Judicial Review
5. Articles of Confederation
6. Constitution
7. Federalists
8. Anti-Federalists
9. Separation of Powers
10. Checks and Balances
11. Federalism
12. Declaration of Independence
13. Bill of Rights
14. Supremacy Clause
15. Tenth Amendment
- Why do we need a government?
- How much power should government have over its citizens?
- Why are powers divided among different levels of government?
California State Standards:
- 12.1 Students explain the fundamental principles and moral values of American democracy as expressed in the U.S. Constitution and other essential documents of American democracy.
- 12.7 Students analyze and compare the powers and procedures of the national, state, and local governments.
Before test day you should be able to speak to the following:
- Why do we need a government and when can we revolt against it? (state of nature, Locke, Hobbes, social contract)
- What are the founding principles of American democracy?
- What are the main ideas found in the Constitution (including the preamble) and how does it structure governmental power?
- What is federalism and what are it positives and negatives? Also, who represents you at the various levels of government?
- What powers do state and local authorities have?
Vocabulary:
1. State of Nature
2. Social Contract
3. Liberty
4. Judicial Review
5. Articles of Confederation
6. Constitution
7. Federalists
8. Anti-Federalists
9. Separation of Powers
10. Checks and Balances
11. Federalism
12. Declaration of Independence
13. Bill of Rights
14. Supremacy Clause
15. Tenth Amendment