High School U.S. Government- Resources

USG.2 Examine the fundamental principles and
philosophies that shaped the government of the United States.

5. Evaluate the Articles of Confederation as a ruling document.

6. Analyze the natural rights philosophy expressed in the Declaration of
Independence.

9. Analyze how the United States Constitution balances classical republican
concern of promotion of the public good and the classical liberal concern of
protecting individual rights.

Declaration of Independence (BB) Assessment

The Constitution – Primary Source Set

USG.6 Differentiate civil rights from civil liberties and describe how each have been interpreted and amended throughout United States’ history.

2. Explain due process of law as expressed in the Fifth and Fourteenth
Amendments.

7. Investigate the controversies that have resulted over changing
interpretations of civil rights (e.g., Plessy vs Ferguson (1896), Brown vs
Board Education (1954), Miranda vs Arizona (1966), Regents of the
University of California vs Bakke (1978), Adrand Constructors Inc. vs
Pena (1995), United States vs Virginia (VMI) (1996), etc.).

Civil Rights Movement in Context (BB) Assessment

Washington, D.C., science class, 1942

USG.8 Describe and evaluate the role, rights,
and responsibility of a citizen in the American democracy.

2. Compare the ways that citizens participate in the political process (e.g.,
voting, campaigning, lobbying, filing a legal challenge, demonstrating,
petitioning, picketing, running for political office, etc.).

7. Identify the importance of economic rights and explain how they are secured.

Unions in Paterson, New Jersey (BB) Assessment

“The first vote,” November 16,1867.