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Credits: 1
Prerequisite: World History, Early American History
Recommended: 11th or 12th
Test Prep: American Government; will need to do some additional study on the political parties, the Senate and House, and departments of the US government.
Course Description: The first half of the year is a study of American government with an emphasis on the Constitution, the ultimate law of the land. Students will use primary sources including speeches, photographs, laws, Supreme Court opinions, the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, and other documents to draw their own conclusions about rights and liberties. Students will be expected to reflect on how a government’s structure and decisions impact the country’s culture. The second half of the year we will be looking at different countries, including Russia, China, Great Britain, Nigeria, Iran, and Mexico, and their varying governments, including communism, socialism, and theocracy. A final project will look at the impact of government on culture. Throughout the course the students will also be learning political and physical world geography. Grading will be on quizzes, essays, a variety of assignments, as well as a midterm and final exam.
Note: This is our high school “Geography and Cultures” course. The first half of the year draws from Documents of Freedom. The second half of the year draws from Georgia Virtual Learning AP Comparative Government course. Because this is based on an AP course (exam), I think it could be listed as an honors course on a transcript.
Lesson 1 (*) (Note that an asterisk * indicates that there is a worksheet on this lesson)
Welcome to your first day of school! I wanted to give you one important reminder before you begin. Many of your lessons below have an internet link for you to click on. When you go to the different internet pages for your lessons, please DO NOT click on anything else on that page except what the directions tell you to. DO NOT click on any advertisements or games. DO NOT click on anything that takes you to a different website. Just stay focused on your lesson and then close that window and you should be right back here for the next lesson. Okay?
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- (*) Print out your first quarter grading sheet or use the Excel version.
- The first half of the year we’ll be learning about American government. It’s an example of a representative government, where the people vote on those who will represent them in government to make the decisions about the laws of the country.
- You’ve already studied American history, so you know America’s beginnings. We’re going to focus on the “Documents of Freedom” and learn about the structure of US government and how you can participate in the great American experiment.
- The Unique Idea of the American Constitution – Read this article as an introduction to the course. The second half of the year, we’ll be looking at other types of governments and how they affect the people living under them.
- Governments and cultures reflect each other. America’s culture is very individualistic. We believe individuals are important, individuals have a voice, individuals matter. We believe the people give the government power. We have the “American Dream” where you can work hard and build a successful life for yourself.
- Under governments such as communism, the individual loses value. The individual doesn’t have a similar dream. What they are working for is the good of the “state,” not for the good of themselves and their family.
- Americans are losing sight of how special America is. As Americans lose their belief in the one true God, they are losing their belief in our very foundation. What happens when a foundation isn’t secure? (Matthew 7:24-27)
- So here we go, America’s foundation…
- Read this introduction. Write down these words and your version of their definition.
- equality, republic, Constitution, Framers, Founders
- Record 13 points for completing today’s assignment, if you read everything and wrote out the words and definitions in your own words, not copied and pasted.
- This is the end of your work for this course for your first day. You are allowed to move at your own pace (this is homeschooling), but it’s intended you complete one lesson a day.
Lesson 2(*)
- (*) Answer the questions in this worksheet. Always answer questions in complete sentences.
- Read about Civic Virtue and Our Constitutional Government. Write definitions of virtue, character, and value. Define civic virtue.
- Record 7 points definitions.
- Write in the answers to this worksheet.
- Now read through this list of virtues. Choose three and write about a person who exemplifies that quality (from history, literature, or contemporary) and why/how they do.
- Read the introduction to primary and secondary sources. You don’t need to write any definitions.
Lesson 3
- Read this introduction to the foundations of American government.
- Write any new terms defined in the reading.
- You are going to have a midterm exam (Lesson 90) on the states, capitals, abbreviations, and landscapes of America. Every day, as much as you need to, use these links to learn and practice.
- Learn states and capitals.
- Learn states, capitals, cities, abbreviations.
- Race someone – capitals and abbreviations.
- Take the time to look at them all today, so you know what’s available. Some lessons will be shorter than others, and I’ll mention then that it’s a good time to work on it. Take advantage of them to practice these things. If you don’t really know them at all, then take a little time each day to work on learning them.
- If you aren’t in America, feel free to just learn the major cities using that second link. Learn your own country’s cities, mountains, lakes, regions, etc. Scroll down to look for “US major cities.”
- However, learning about America’s government is a useful thing. We will be learning about other governments this year as well, but you should make sure you know the structure of your country’s government and how laws and elections work there.
Lesson 4
- Read about the Declaration of Independence. You don’t need to write definitions.
- Answer these questions:
- According to the principles included in the Declaration of Independence, what is the main purpose of government?
- According to the principles included in the Declaration of Independence, how does government receive its just (or legitimate) powers?
- The Declaration of Independence states that governments are established by: ____
- The authors of the Declaration of Independence asserted that they were justified in breaking away from England because: ____________
- Check your answers. (Click and drag to highlight and reveal the answers.)
- To protect the natural rights of citizens.
- From the authority of the governed, who express their wishes through elected representatives
- “the consent of the governed”
- The British king had violated their natural rights.
- Record up to 4 points.
- Listen to the Declaration of Independence.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: through level 7, Seterra, race.
Lesson 5
- Write a short description for each thing on the list about how it is related to the Declaration of Independence. Use any resource and what you have read so far.
- Here’s the Declaration.
- Record up to 24 points for 24 answers.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, Seterra, race.
Lesson 6(*)
- Use the Declaration.
- (*)Write what you think are the key ideas of each section.
- Read the answer key.
- Record up to 14 points for 14 complete answers. (They don’t have to match, but they should hit on something similar.)
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, Seterra, race.
Lesson 7
- Follow the directions to choose the most important words and phrases and answer the questions at the bottom of the page (in complete sentences).
- Record up to 16 points for 8 answers in 8 complete sentences. The sentences should restate the question. You shouldn’t need to read the question in order to understand the answer.
- Read about the Founders and slavery and follow the directions to write a short paragraph.
- Record up to 5 points for a paragraph answering the question on the Founders’ beliefs on slavery.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, Seterra, race.
Lesson 8
- Read the essay on slavery.
- Write a paragraph, at least 12 sentences, on how America reflects the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. Read the directions here.
- Record your score for your paragraph out of 12, for up to 12 purposeful sentences.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, Seterra, race.
Lesson 9(*)
- Read “Justice for All.”
- Read excerpts from these famous documents and look for ways that they promote justice and protect people. (*)Print this page or create your own chart to compare the documents. For the last question, try to find four ideas.
- Check your answers. Answers won’t be exact but should hit on similar ideas. Record up to 20 points. (1 point for each square filled in and up to 4 for four ideas for the last answer)
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
- learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 10
- Read this excerpt from John Locke’s Second Treatise on Civil Government.
- Read this excerpt from Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws.
- (*)Print this page or just write your own lists of how they wanted to promote and protect liberty. Then write a paragraph comparing and contrasting their views.
- Check your answers. Answers will not be exact but should touch on the same ideas.
- Record up to 15 points. (up to 10 points for 10 points listed in the chart, up to 5 points for 5 sentences that include points that both compare and contrast the authors.)
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 11(*)
- Read this introduction to the Constitution.
- On Lesson 12 you will need to complete a summary overview of the Constitution.
- (*)You will be filling out this chart on its content and purpose. (Don’t worry about the directions on the page about finding your quotation.)
- Start reading the Constitution today so that you can take your time and work to understand it.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 12
Lesson 13
- Read about equal and inalienable rights.
- Answer these questions.
- Record your score out of 5.
- Today’s a good day to work on these things. Use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: through level 7, Seterra, race. Make sure you know the states’ names, locations, capitals, abbreviations, the main cities, and the info in the landscape section.
Lesson 14(*)
- Read these excerpts from Locke’s Treatise and Hobbe’s Leviathan.
- (*)Answer the questions on the page and fill in the chart. Answer the questions at the bottom of the page in complete sentences.
- Record up to 20 points. Score up to 2 points for each complete answer.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 15
- Read about Popular Sovereignty and the Consent of the People.
- Take the quiz.
- Record your score out of 4.
- Read the excerpts from Locke, Hobbes, and Rousseau.
- Compare and contrast them using the Venn Diagram. Answer the question at the bottom of the page.
- Check your answers.
- Record up to five points for having something accurate filled in for each space on the diagram and for answering the final question appropriately.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 16
Lesson 17(*)
- Read through the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments (additions) to the Constitution.
- (*) Put the amendments in your own words. Write complete sentences. 1-5 , 6-10
- Record up to 20 points for completing the assignment.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 18
- Play the Bill of Rights game.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 19
- Read the article on pages 4 and 5 about “Why a Bill of Rights?“
- Answer the 5 critical thinking questions at the end of the article. (There are five question marks.)
- Check your answers on page 17.
- Record up to 10 points for complete answers (though they don’t have to be exact).
- Choose a state and study its facts/stats. What stands out to you? What observations can you make?
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 20
- Read about this Supreme Court case.
- Read the majority opinion.
- Read the minority opinion.
- Follow the directions to give your legal opinion: write an essay, using examples, proving your point.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 21
- Use the Bill of Rights (on page 7 of the PDF) to answer the scenario questions on pages 8-11.
- After answering the questions, read the outcomes of each case on pages 12 – 15.
- On page 17, check your answers.
- Record up to 16 points for 16 correct answers. (Your grading sheet says 21 points, so add 5 points to your total.)
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 22
- Read about the purpose of government.
- Write a paragraph explaining what the purpose of government is and how you see it meeting and failing to meet its purpose, either in your own country or in another.
- Record up to 10 points: 1 intro, 1 conclusion, 2 points for purpose, 3 points for showing how it meets its purpose, 3 points for showing how its failed to meet its purpose.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 23 (*)
- Read about the role of government.
- Take the quiz.
- Record your score out of 3.
- Write at least three notes for each Article on how it limits government.
- Record up to 21 points for up to 3 notes on each of seven Articles.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 24
- Read about the balance of power and watch the video at the bottom of the page.
- Answer these questions:
- Which political thinkers contributed to the principle of separation of powers as described in the United States Constitution?
- The Madisonian Model combined the separation of powers with what system to prevent an accumulation of power in any one branch?
- According to the Madisonian Model, which branch of government was considered ‘predominant’?
- Check your answers: (Click and drag to highlight the answers below.)
- Aristotle, Montesquieu, Madison
- Checks and balances
- Legislative
- Record your score out of 3.
- Play Branches of Power.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 25
- Read about the republican government.
- Answer these questions:
- Aristotle advocated for a combination of aspects of which 3 types of government?
- What was the premise of John Locke’s concept of natural rights?
- Which form of government did the Framers of the United States Constitution believe would best provide for majority rule while protecting individual liberty?
- Check answers:
- monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy
- all men are created equal, born with rights bestowed by nature and God, not by a ruler
- Constitutional republic
- Record your score out of 3.
- Answer these questions in complete sentences.
- What is wrong with democracy?
- Why was it important to establish a representative government?
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 26
- Read about due process of the law.
- Name the 3 documents that were instrumental in the development of the principle of due process in the United State Constitution.
- Check answers:
- Magna Carta, Petition of Right, English Bill of Rights
- Record your score out of 3.
- Read this essay on the rights of the accused.
- Read the Amendments about their rights.
- You’ll be working on an assignment about these cases and rights on Lesson 27.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 27 (**)
- (*)Summarize each of these four cases.
- Record up to 8 points for four summaries.
- *Choose one of the cases to complete this report on.
- Record up to 10 points for the ten sections to complete.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 28(*)
- Read about the structure of government.
- Take the quiz.
- Record your score out of 4.
- (*) Describe the powers of the executive branch.
- Check your answers.
- Score up to 10 points for ten descriptions of power.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 29 (*)
- Read about civil liberties.
- Answer these questions:
- When was a military draft first instituted?
- During the Second World War, what was the Supreme Court’s position on the internment of Japanese Americans?
- Check your answers:
- Civil War
- “The Supreme Court agreed that the internment of Japanese Americans was a necessary wartime measure in Korematsu v. U.S. (1944)”
- Record your score out of 2.
- Read this essay on Lincoln and habeas corpus.
- (*) Answer these questions.
- Check your answers.
- Record your score out of 6 (with 2 points for each answer).
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 30 (*)
- Read the introduction to the case.
- (*) Then choose sides and use that sheet to decide how the Constitution supports or doesn’t support your case. Here’s a worksheet for this activity.
- Check your answers.
- Write your court opinion on the case. Who do you think is right and why?
- Record up to 10 points for an answer in a complete paragraph.
- Read the ruling on the case.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 31
- Read about state and local government.
- Answer these questions:
- Define federalism.
- How does the Tenth Amendment preserve state rights?
- How does the Electoral College protect state interests?
- Check your answers:
- Federalism is the sharing of powers between the states and the national government.
- The Tenth Amendment states that The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people”.
- The President is elected through an electoral college, so that states with small populations have more impact on the outcome than they would through a straight popular vote.
- Record your score out of 3.
- Use the essay to help you answer the questions at the end of it.
- Check your answers.
- Score up to 2 points for each answer. Number four is actually 5 questions, 10 points. The total is 16 points.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 32
- Read about communities.
- Explain the difference between public action and private action.
- Check your answer:
- Public action refers to functions carried out by elected bodies or government officials, such as city council members, governors, or local police departments. Private action refers to tasks people carry out without government involvement.
- Record your score out of 2.
- Write a paragraph about how the American system of government affects the culture in a community. How a government is set up determines what its citizens believe are their rights and responsibilities, which in turn affects how they think and act.
- Culture: the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge of a group, which constitute the shared bases of social action
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 33(*)
- Read about the responsibilities of citizenship.
- Answer the questions:
- What did the Founders believe citizens should do to fully participate in the republic?
- What else did the Founders believe would be necessary to perpetuate “good government from reflection and choice”?
- Check your answers:
- The Founders believed that citizens should educate themselves on important policy issues to be informed voters.
- The Founders knew that good judgment as well as good morals would be necessary in order to perpetuate “good government from reflection and choice.”
- Record your score out of 2.
- (*)Use this worksheet and try to come up with five ideas in each column.
- Record up to 15 points for 15 responses. This will be scored out of 10, so there is potential for extra credit.
- Here are answers for when you are finished.
- Take the unit test.
- Check your answers.
- Record your score out of 25.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 34
- Read the introduction to the tradition of rights.
- Define natural rights, inalienable rights, and the consent of the governed.
- Record up to 3 points for 3 definitions.
- Watch this video on civil rights and civil liberties.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 35
Lesson 36
- Read about the colonial experience with government and economics.
- Answer these questions:
- When Washington supported a Virginia law allowing people to choose which church tax money supported, which Founders opposed the law?
- Check your answers:
- Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
- Record your score out of 2.
- Read more about religious freedom.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 37 (*)
- Read this essay on the free exercise of religion.
- Answer the questions at the bottom of the page in complete sentences.
- This is worth 6 points.
- Write definitions of toleration and liberty.
- This is worth 4 points (that’s 2 points for each definition).
- Take each quote and decide if it is an example of religious toleration, religious liberty, or both.
- (*) You can use this worksheet if you like.
- This is worth 16 points.
- Check your answers.
- Record your score out of 26 points.
- If you are interested, here is a letter from Washington to a Hebrew congregation.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 38
- Write a paragraph on how a government’s policies on religious liberty and religious toleration would affect a country’s culture.
- Culture: the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge of a group, which constitute the shared bases of social action
- Today is a good day to use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 39
- Read about the ratification debate.
- Answer these questions:
- Which clause caused objections from the Anti-Federalists?
- How did James Madison defend the “necessary and proper” clause?
- Check your answers:
- One point of major concern was the “necessary and proper” clause.
- He defended it on the grounds that it was the best option available, and if lawmakers abused it, it was subject to the same safeguards built into the Constitution that checked Congress’s power.
- Record your score out of 2.
- What’s the big deal? Why is there debate over the Constitution? What’s the fear?
- Read these excerpts from Patrick Henry speeches. (He’s the one famous for his “Give me liberty, or give me death!” speech.)
- Read the first excerpt in front of an audience – with passion!
- Complete the critical thinking activity on the second page. For number 2, explain your answer.
- Record up to 2 points for each answer for a total of ten points.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 40
- Read about the Bill of Rights.
- Answer the questions:
- What was a main objection the Anti-Federalists had regarding the Constitution?
- At the Virginia ratifying convention, what was Madison assuring delegates?
- Check your answers:
- It did not include a Bill of Rights.
- Madison assured the delegates that the federal government’s powers “are enumerated and extend only to certain cases.”
- Record your score out of 2.
- Here’s a Crash Course video on the history of this period.
- How does federalist verses anti-federalist or strong vs. weak national government affect a person’s life at home? How would it affect your culture?
- Culture: the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge of a group, which constitute the shared bases of social action
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 41
- Read about early challenges to America’s government.
- Answer the questions:
- Explain the Alien and Sedition Acts.
- Explain The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions.
- In context of the Nullification Conflict, what did nullification mean?
- Check your answers:
- made it a crime to publish any “false, scandalous and malicious writing” against the president or Congress, intended to “excite against them … the hatred of the good people of the United States”
- Were critical of the Alien and Sedition Acts for being unconstitutional
- States could or should make federal laws have no legal effect.
- Record your score out of 3.
- What did Jackson think was the goal of Southern leaders? (last quote on the page)
- I hate being cynical, but you need to be aware when a leader is trying to rile people up over some issue. Is he or she just seeking power for themselves? Just trying to bring down a rival? What’s the real motivation?
- Read about the changes to the Constitution as slavery ended and reconstruction began.
- Take the quiz.
- Record your score out of 3.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 42*
- You are going to read the 10th, 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments and court cases related to them.
- *First, mark you opinions on “equal protection.”
- Read the Amendments and answer the questions.
- Check your answers.
- Record up to to 14 points (2 points for each answer).
- Read the court case summaries and answer the questions.
- Check your answers. Correction: the answer key shows that the state governments have “the power to correct state violations of life, liberty and property.” However, we believe that the opinion is saying that Congress holds the power to correct the states.
- Record up to 10 points (2 points each answer).
- Redo the opinion worksheet. Use a different color or underline the numbers instead of circling them this time. Have your opinions changed? Why? In what ways?
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 43
- Read about incorporation.
- Answer the questions on Madison and incorporation.
- No answers for this one. Score 2 points for each answer written in complete sentences.
- Record your score out of 14.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 44
- Read about the progressive era and the socialist party.
- Answer the questions.
- Who made the statement “Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals”?
- Summarize the difference between the Founders’ and progressive’s visions.
- What change was brought about by the Seventeenth Amendment?
- Check your answers.
- Woodrow Wilson
- “The Founders believed citizens could best pursue happiness if government was limited to protecting the life, liberty, and property of individuals.”
- This amendment provided for the direct election of U.S. Senators.
- Record your score out of 3.
- Read these quotes and decide if they represent the views of the Founders or the views of Progressives.
- Check your answers.
- Record your score out of 8. (potential for extra credit)
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape: learn, cities, rivers, race.
Lesson 45
- Read the Amendments by the Founders and the Progressives.
- Answer the critical thinking questions. You’ll receive up to four points for each numbered question.
- Check your answers.
- Record up to 24 points.
- Today’s a good day to practice for your midterm on Lesson 90.
- learn, rivers
- Learn cities, abbreviations.
- Race someone – capitals and abbreviations.
This is the end of the first quarter. Figure out your grade for the quarter. Your goal is an A. If you don’t have an A, look at where you are losing points and decide what you can do about it. Hold onto your paragraphs, essays, tests, and some of the written assignments. You’ll want to keep a record of this course.
Lesson 46(*)
- (*) Print out your new grading sheet for the second quarter or use the Excel version.
- Read about rights and the New Deal.
- Explain the difference between positive rights and negative rights.
- Check your answer:
- “NEGATIVE RIGHTS” – The natural and inalienable rights in the U.S. Bill of Rights are mostly negative. This means that they stop interference by others or by the government with the individual’s freedom to act (e.g. believe, worship, speak, and publish freely, defend oneself, remain silent, acquire property, etc.). “POSITIVE RIGHTS” – Rather than protecting the individual’s natural freedom, FDR’s list of rights was a set of things people were owed—entitlements and services the government would, in theory, provide to certain individuals at the expense of certain others.
- Record 3 points for a detailed explanation.
- Listen to FDR give his Second Bill of Rights.
- Here they are written.
- What do you think? Are these things that he lists rights? Should they be guaranteed by the government? Write a paragraph.
- Record up to 10 points. Score 2 points each for intro and conclusion sentences, and up to 6 points for three detail sentences giving your reasons and examples.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 47
- Read about Johnson’s “Great Society.”
- Listen to Johnson introduce his “Great Society.”
- Use the excerpts to answer the questions.
- Use the first page to check your answers.
- Record up to 12 points. Score 2 points for each appropriate answer in a complete sentence.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 48
- Read about the modern debate on rights.
- Do you understand why it’s so complicated deciding what’s a right and what’s not, where to draw the line?
- Answer the questions.
- Check your answers.
- Record up 9 points. Score up to 3 points for each answer.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 49
- Read about rights and responsibilities.
- Why is it important to distinguish between “entitlements” and rights?
- Check your answer:
- If entitlements are understood as rights, then government cannot unjustly deprive you of them. If you cannot be justly deprived of them, then they must be provided to you by government (whose job it is to protect rights). If they must be provided to you by government, then it must be at public expense, as government has no money except that which it takes from the people through taxes. If entitlements must be provided through taxation, then they must be provided to certain people at the expense of certain others.
- Record up to 2 points for a detailed explanation.
- Answer the questions about the Supreme Court case.
- Check your answers.
- Record up to 9 points. Score up to three points for each answer.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 50
- Take the test for this unit.
- Check your answers.
- Record your score out of 28.
- Write about rights and responsibilities. How does our government’s structure affect what we view as our rights and responsibilities, and how does that shape a people’s culture, how they think and act?
- Score up to 5 extra credit points for five reasoned sentences or a five-sentence paragraph with at least three reasons.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 51
- Read the short introduction to the new unit on liberty and equality.
- Read about diversity as an American value.
- Do you see diversity as being part of America’s culture? When does America’s culture embrace or not embrace diversity?
- Read about the Little Rock Crisis and answer the questions.
- Check your answers.
- Score up to 2 points for the first four and up to 4 points for question five.
- Record your score out of 12.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 52
- Here are several primary sources. That means first-hand information. It’s not being interpreted by anyone. Photographs, speeches, documents, autobiographies, and maps are some examples of primary sources. Look at them, answer the questions, decide how the Constitution applies to each, and think about the connection between them.
- photographs
- telegrams
- executive order (That’s a law the president passes without Congress.)
- Eisenhower speech excerpts (video of the whole thing)
- Write at least three sentences talking about connections and the Constitution.
- Check your answers.
- Record your score out of 25. Score up to 2 points for each of eleven answers and a point for each sentence.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 53
- Read about William Penn and the Founders’ views on respect for religious beliefs and answer the questions.
- Check your answers.
- Respond to these quotes.
- “We should begin by setting conscience free. When all men of all religions… shall enjoy equal liberty, property, and an equal chance for honors and power… we may expect that improvements will be made in the human character and the state of society.” (John Adams)
- “In republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.” (James Madison)
- Record your score out of 18, up to 2 points for each answer and for each quote response.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 54(*)
- Read about Native Americans.
- Answer the questions.
- What was the ruling in Worcester v. Georgia (1832)?
- Explain what happened from the Indian Appropriations Act.
- Check your answers.
- Marshall declared that Native tribes were foreign nations who were immune to state laws.
- The Indian Appropriations Act initiated the policy of establishing reservations, or land parcels set aside for Native tribes, as an attempt to balance the demand of Western settlers for land and to protect lands for Natives.
- Record your score out of 2.
- How do you think having this history affects the culture (the beliefs, ideas, values) of Native Americans today?
- (*)Here’s your assignment. It’s due at the end of Lesson 55. You will fill out this chart on the Constitutional principles surrounding some of America’s dealings with the Native Americans. Below are the primary source documents you’ll need.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 55
- You will finish filling out this chart on the Constitutional principals surrounding some of America’s dealings with the Native Americans. Below are the primary source documents you’ll need.
- Check your answers.
- Record your score out of 16.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 56
- Read about slavery and the Constitution.
- What were the 2 views of the Three-Fifths Clause?
- Check your answer:
- A) it encourage slavery by giving greater power to slave states OR B) it encouraged freedom by giving 2/5 more power to free states over slave states.
- Record up to 2 points for a detailed answer.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 57
- Read about the Constitution and the Civil War and Reconstruction.
- Answer these questions:
- What does the Thirteenth Amendment state?
- What does the Fourteenth Amendment state?
- What does the Fifteenth Amendment state?
- Check your answers:
- The Thirteenth Amendment states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction”
- It states that all people born or naturalized in the United States are citizens and ensures that “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
- It states that rights could not be restricted based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
- Record your score out of 3.
- Define federalism.
- Read Andrew_Johnson’s_First_Annual_Message and answer the question.
- Check your answer.
- Record up to 5 points: 2 for the definition and 3 for the critical thinking question.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 58
- Read about the Civil Rights Movement.
- Answer the questions:
- Which Act legally ended segregation in public facilities?
- What was the Supreme Court ruling in Regents of the University of California v Blake (1978)?
- Check your answers:
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964
- It upheld racial preferences, but not specific quotas.
- Record your score out of 2.
- Read about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Declaration and answer the critical thinking questions.
- No answers – score up to 2 points for each complete, thoughtful answers.
- Record your score out of 8.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 59(*)
- Go through these primary sources and answer the questions.
- Check your answers.
- Record up to 26 points: 16 points for what’s in the answer key and 10 points for each line on the documents table.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 60
- Assess the role played by the Supreme Court as the protector of individual rights against the tyranny of the majority in Brown v. Board of Education. (Assignment from Documents of Freedom)
- Write a paragraph, at least 12 sentences.
- Record up to 12 points. You must include specific details, not just your opinions.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 61
- Read about votes for women.
- Answer the question:What was the name of the document produced at an 1848 gathering of women in Seneca Falls, NY led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott? What document was it modeled after?
- Check your answer: Modeled on the Declaration of Independence and called a Declaration of Sentiments.
- Record your score out of 2.
- Paraphrase these Suffrage_Amendments. Make sure you are writing in complete sentences.
- Record up to 6 points, 2 points for each.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 62
- Read about women’s rights in the late 20th century.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 63
- Read about liberty and equality today.
- Write about how the idea of liberty and equality has changed since the Founding. Record a score 3 for a detailed discussion.
- Take the unit test.
- Check your answers.
- Record your score out of 15.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 64
- Go through these two court cases and answer the questions. Here’s the Constitution as a reference.
- Check your answers.
- Record your score out of 28, up to 2 points for each answer.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 65
- Read about citizens in communities.
- What does it mean to be a good citizen?
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 66
- Read about federalism.
- What are examples of federalism?
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 67
- Read about elections.
- What are negative effects of elections?
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 68
- Read about political parties and watch the video.
- Summarize the Founders’ ideas on citizens.
- Check your answer.
- Record your score out of 5.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 69
- Read about voting and watch the videos.
- Answer the questions about the political cartoon.
- Record your score out of 6, up to 2 points for each question.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 70
- Read about civil discourse and petitioning.
- Read about Edward_R._Murrow and answer the questions.
- Check your answers.
- Record your score out of 8, up to 2 points per answer.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 71
- Read about volunteerism.
- How does a culture of volunteerism affect a community?
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 72
- Read about the virtue required of citizens in a free society.
- How do you and your family live up to the “required virtue” of a citizen? Where could/should you be doing something differently? Do you think a country can survive if it has such a requirement of its citizens?
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 73
- Read the introduction to the new unit on economy.
- There are ten large quotes on the page. In your own words, write what each is saying.
- Record up to 10 points for 10 quotes.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 74
- Read about making economic decisions.
- Solve the economic_problem. 🙂 Answer the questions. These don’t have right answers. This is just for you to think, so think these through.
- Record up to 10 points for 5 complete answers.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 75
- Read about prices and values.
- This assignment is due on Lesson 76.
- What are the costs/value of doing this today or putting it off until tomorrow? 🙂
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 76
- Write or finish writing your essay.
- Here’s a rubric you can use for grading for a total possible of 20 points. Record your score.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 77
- Read about economics systems and watch the video.
- Read about free enterprise and prosperity.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 78
- Read about entrepreneurship.
- What freedoms and rights make successful entrepreneurship possible?
- What restrictions and unprotected rights would keep entrepreneurs from being successful?
- Record up to 4 points for two thoughtful answers.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 79
- Read about taxes and regulations.
- Go through this on analyzing taxes and regulations.
- Who benefits from tariffs?
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 80
- Read about philanthropy.
- What are some reasons the Founders thought individuals, and not governments, should take care of others in need?
- Record up to 2 points for up to two reasons.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 81
- Read about saving and investing.
- What are ways America’s economic policies affect American culture? For instance, in other countries people may not necessarily believe that if you work hard it will pay off, and you can be successful. In America we do believe hard work does pay off. We tend to believe you can be successful if you just work hard enough.
- Write a paragraph.
- Record up to 10 points. Score 2 points each for intro and conclusion sentences, and up to 6 points for three detail sentences giving your reasons and examples.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 82
- Read about international relations.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 83
- Read about war and the separation of powers.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 84
- Read about cases related to the War on Terror and answer the questions.
- Check your answers.
- Record up to 8 points. Score up to 2 points for each answer. The first question has three parts.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 85
- Read about the president as commander-in-chief.
- There are three questions at the end of the last paragraph. Answer them.
- Record up to 6 points for three thoughtful answers.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 86
- Read about international trade.
- Define free trade and protectionism.
- Record up to 4 points. Score up to 2 points for each definition.
- How do those things affect countries?
- Record up to 8 points. Score up to 2 points for each of two ways free trade affects countries and two ways protectionism affects countries.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 87
- Read about the United Nations.
- If you want more of an explanation to wrap your head around negative rights, watch the video.
- Look through this list of universal human rights. Answer the first and last questions at the top of the first page.
- Check your answers.
- Record up to 4 points, 2 points for each question.
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 88
- Read about the challenges of American citizenship.
- Do you think of being an American citizen as being a “challenge?”
- As needed, use these links to study America’s political and geographical landscape:
Lesson 89
- Write an essay on American culture and how it is influenced by its government. It must have at least five paragraphs.
- Here’s a rubric for grading this. You may complete it on Lesson 90. Lesson 90 is also your midterm. Be prepared to answer questions about those things you’ve been practicing.
- Record up to 30 points. There are 20 points on the rubric, plus up to 10 points for convincing your audience of the connection between government and culture.
Lesson 90
- Finish your essay on American culture and how it is influenced by its government if you haven’t already. It must have at least five paragraphs.
- Here’s a rubric for grading this. You may complete it on Lesson 90. Lesson 90 is also your midterm. Be prepared to answer questions about those things you’ve been practicing.
- Record up to 30 points. There are 20 points on the rubric, plus up to 10 points for convincing your audience of the connection between government and culture.
- Take your midterm. (If you aren’t in America and didn’t study the American geography links, complete this. Record your percentile score. You could have someone quiz you on your countries geography and cities and use that for half your score.)
- Complete this and write down your percentile score.
- Complete this and write down your percentile score.
- Complete this and write down your percentile score.
- Complete this and write down your percentile score.
- Complete this and write down your percentile scores.
- Divide each score by 5 and add them together.
- Complete this. If you got 100, add 10 points to your score. If you got 95-99%, add 5 points. If you got 90-94%, add 3 points to your score. If you got 85-89%, add 1 point to your score.
- Record your score out of 100. Potential for extra credit.
Lesson 91(*)
- (*)Print your third quarter grading sheet or use the Excel version.
- We’re now moving onto the rest of the world. We’ll look at some different countries, their governments, their cultures, and you’ll be learning geography at the same time.
- Read about nationalism.
- Write a definition of nationalism. Where can you see a nationalistic attitude today in America?
Lesson 92
- Read about ideology and how government and culture intersect.
- Complete the assignment. Take two pieces each of Chinese and Russian propaganda and explain the propaganda. What does it show? What is it saying? How is it trying to influence ideology and culture, the beliefs people hold?
- Record up to 8 points. Score up to 2 points for each one.
Lesson 93
- Do the matching activities to help yourself learn the terms on page one.
- Here are the key terms as well. Work on understanding these terms. Search online if you need help understanding a term.
- Explain legitimacy to someone.
Lesson 94
- Copy the sentences with the answers in the blanks.
- Also write the definitions of the five types of non-democratic rule: Monarchy, Theocracy, Military, One Party, illiberal regime. (Scroll down to see these.)
- Then list the five political ideologies with a short definition of each.
Lesson 95*
- Our first country is Russia.
- Read about Putin and Russia. How is it authoritarian government?
- *Draw Russia on the map and mark its capital. Write up the information asked for on the bottom of the page.
- Here are some links to look up countries.
Lesson 96
- Work on learning the terms.
- Here is a printable (PDF) list of terms.
- I’ve linked the key terms above as a PDF. I suggest printing out these terms and holding onto them. The key terms from every unit, when included as a PDF, will make up a portion of your final exam as a multiple choice test.
- You aren’t going to be responsible for everything here, but educate yourself.
Lesson 97
- Read an overview history of Russia.
- Complete this assignment on the former Soviet Union.
- Russia Then and Now Map Assignment
- Here’s a map to help you find the 15 former Soviet countries.
- Here’s a link to practice to learn them.
Lesson 98
- Read about Putin’s key institutions.
- Complete the Russian government essay.
- You can use these links and other research such as Wikipedia.
- This is due on Lesson 99.
Lesson 99
- Finish your essay and score it out of 40 points.
Lesson 100
- Do the Chechnya assignment.
- Write an essay that explains how the conflict in Chechnya began and why it has continued for more than 10 years. Through your research, do you find that Russia has a legitimate claim to Chechnya?
- You can use any working links on the page, and do your own research.
Lesson 101
- Finish your essay and score it out of 50 points.
Lesson 102
- Read these comparisons of economic systems.
- I’ve heard a lot of young people arguing for “democratic socialism” because they get free stuff and it feels like they keep control because it’s democratic, meaning they get a vote. So, I wanted to give my explanation of the difference between communism, socialism, and democratic socialism.
- Communism is government control by force.
- This is why people say communism is bad and that socialism isn’t like communism. The socialists aren’t torturing and killing people.
- Socialism is government control by design.
- One way this plays out is in high taxes. They control you by taking your money and then “giving” it to you. That way you have to rely on them.
- I knew a family that wanted to homeschool desperately. They lived near the Polish border and could have lived in Poland to homeschool while the husband worked in Germany. The problem was they couldn’t afford it. They gave half of their pay check to Germany, and need the payback from the government in order to live. They would have been free to live elsewhere and homeschool if it weren’t by design that they would “need” the government.
- They ended up moving to Ireland to be free to homeschool. We have an EP family in Ireland that helped them!
- Democratic socialism is government control by vote.
- It’s really kind of the ideal for leaders since people are willingly becoming their servants, but that also makes it the saddest of the three.
- They all have the same end, just different means. They all create a system of government control. Homeschooling is illegal in these places for the most part because they want to control the children’s education, what they are taught. In Germany children are to report to the teachers if their parents teach them about God at home. Does that feel like freedom of religion to you? Is it worth a month’s vacation each year?
- Communism is government control by force.
- Read this page on the comparison of communism and free market.
- Write a five-paragraph essay contrasting communism and free market economies. This is due on Lesson 103.
Lesson 103
- Finish your essay.
- Record your score out of 25 points. Score up to 5 points for each paragraph, scoring points for organization and content.
- Review the key terms.
- If you have time, work on learning European countries, capitals.
Lesson 104
- Go through the questions.
- Work on reviewing your key terms.
- Read a current events article on Russia.
Lesson 105
- Complete this chart for Russia. You don’t need to print and use the chart, but you do need to answer the questions. You can search for the answers.
- Record up to 11 points for 11 answers.
Lesson 106
- Draw Great Britain on the map and mark its capital. (You can use your same map page from Lesson 95.) Write up the information asked for on the bottom of the page.
- Here are some links to look up countries.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
Lesson 107
- Read through the timeline of Great Britain’s history. On each page you can click on “Back to Timeline Events” to choose the next date block.
- There’s lots to read. What big change happened to Great Britain since the second half of the 20th century?
Lesson 108
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Also go through cities, bodies of water, and rivers. Go through until you get them all, but you don’t have to memorize all these.
Lesson 109
- Complete this assignment on public (comprehensive schools) vs. private schools (public or independent schools). Be careful of the terminology. The British terms, and what you’ll see when you’re reading, are in the parentheses.
- Record up to 19 points.
- How would the school system affect government, society, culture?
Lesson 110
- Complete the assignment on the welfare state.
- Record up to 13 points for 13 answers.
Lesson 112
- Complete this chart for Great Britain. You don’t need to print and use the chart, but you do need to answer the questions. You can search for the answers.
- Record up to 11 points for 11 answers.
Lesson 113
- Work on learning the key terms for the next unit using the flashcards.
- Use this activity to work on the terms.
Lesson 114
- Read this page about the rule of law in the countries we’ll be learning about and complete the activities until they are all correct.
- Continue through to read about the party system and interest groups.
Lesson 115
- Review your key terms with this game.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
Lesson 116
Lesson 117
- Work on learning the key terms using these flashcards.
- You can also give another pass at learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
Lesson 118(*)
- (*) Work on filling in answers in the China Impact of the Past. Read this through first so you know what you are looking for.
- Read an overview of China’s history. Click on each of the main headlines.
- Use this page as well for some brief history overviews.
- Record up to 13 points, one half point for each answer filled in from what you found. Your score will be out of 10, so there is potential for extra credit.
Lesson 119
- Read this page about key institutions in China and the hierarchies in leadership.
- Look through the development of China’s laws.
- Take a brief look at this Who’s Who.
- Skim this overview of China’s government structure.
Lesson 120
- Read this article to get a sense of China’s “spy culture.”
- Here’s how capitalists are taking advantage of it.
- When my parents taught English in China around 2008, they were always watched. It was reported who they talked to, and then those people got visits asking them what my parents had said. The authorities knew when my parents got on a bus and where they went.
- How would government policies of reporting on others affect a culture? Write your response.
- Record up to 5 points for a thoughtful response written in complete sentences.
Lesson 121
- Read through this page on political culture.
- Read about internet censorship in China.
- Read a current article about it.
Lesson 122
- What is this cartoon showing/saying?
- Find six political cartoons and state what they show and what they say about China’s government and culture OR make your own political cartoon about China.
- Record up to 12 points. Score up to 2 points for telling both what they show and what they say.
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
Lesson 123
Lesson 124 (*)
Lesson 125
- Read this page about how Hong Kong and Taiwan connect to each other.
- Read about China’s economy.
- Read a current events article on China’s economy.
- Questions for thought from the page you read today.
- Is there a middle way between a capitalist and communist economy?
- How did Deng use capitalistic ideas to reform economic policies in China?
Lesson 126
- Review the key terms by doing the crossword puzzle.
- Do the review questions and keep track of how many you got right and wrong.
- Score up to half a point for each correct answer. Record your score out of 15.
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
Lesson 127
- Complete this chart for China. You don’t need to print and use the chart, but you do need to answer the questions. You can search for the answers.
- Record up to 11 points for 11 answers.
Lesson 128
Lesson 129
- Why are there protests? Go through this page.
- List major social movements or political violence in Russia, Great Britain, and China, and what the causes were.
- Record up to 12 points for 6 examples, each named with a reason given.
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
Lesson 130
- Go through this page. What is Civil Society? What causes it to function or not function? What in Russia, Great Britain, and China allows for it or doesn’t allow for it?
- Record up to 10 points for five thoughtful answers.
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
Lesson 131
Lesson 132
- Work on learning the key terms on the flashcards.
- Read through this page on the impact of the past with a basic timeline.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Start working on completing this worksheet. It’s due on Lesson 133. You can print an outline map of Mexico. You don’t need to do it with a Paint program.
Lesson 133
- Finish the worksheet.
- There are 46 blanks. Score a half a point for each blank filled in.
- Score up to 2 points for answering the final question.
- Score up to 5 points for five things labeled on a map.
- Record your score out of 30.
Lesson 134
- Read the page about the political parties of Mexico, including the questions and answers on the page.
- Read more about the parties.
- Write a short paragraph describing each party. Then write one more about why the 2000 election was significant. (Do a little Googling.)
- Five points for each paragraph. Each one should be five sentences long: intro/main idea, details/points, conclusion.
- Record your score out of 20.
Lesson 135
- Read this page about Mexican political culture.
- Read about the Mexican student movement.
- Answer the questions below.
- In what ways are Mexican voices heard politically?
- How does the patron-client system affect voter behavior in Mexico?
- In what ways has Mexican political participation been characterized by revolution and protest?
- How did this massacre change the political culture of Mexico?
- In what ways was this incident the beginning of the end for the PRI?
- Record up to 10 points for five thoughtful answers.
Lesson 136(*)
- (*)Print the fourth quarter grading sheet or use the Excel version.
- Go through this review.
- Review the key terms on the flashcards.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
Lesson 137
- Complete this chart for Mexico. You don’t need to print and use the chart, but you do need to answer the questions. You can search for the answers.
- Record up to 11 points for 11 answers.
Lesson 138
- Work on learning the key terms on key word flashcards.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
- Go through this page on democracy.
- What is a democracy?
- Record up to 5 points for five written points on democracy.
Lesson 139
- If they are available, watch these two differing points of view on free market economies.
- Go through the pages about market economy and ethnic and cultural politics.
- Also do this review.
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
Lesson 140
- Complete these questions on command vs. market economies.
- You will be answering the questions and completing the chart. You won’t be doing the groups and sharing directions; just complete the questions and chart. When it says paragraphs, they don’t have to be big.
- This is due on Lesson 141.
- Here are the worksheets to use. Look through them all before you begin.
Lesson 141
- Complete these questions on command vs. market economies.
- You will be answering the questions and completing the chart. You won’t be doing the groups and sharing directions; just complete the questions and chart. When it says paragraphs, they don’t have to be big, just a few sentences.
- Here are the worksheets to use.
- Check your answers.
- Record your score out of 26.
Lesson 142
- Complete the comparative project, writing an essay on the development of Russia and China. Read the directions carefully. You’ll score everything half of what is written.
- This is due on Lesson 144.
Lesson 143
- Complete the comparative project, writing an essay on the development of Russia and China. Read the directions carefully. You’ll score everything half of what is written.
- This is due on Lesson 144.
Lesson 144
- Finish and score your comparative project.
- Record your score out of 50.
Lesson 145
- Draw Nigeria on the map and mark its capital. (You can use the same map you’ve already printed.) Write up the information asked for on the bottom of the page.
- Here are some links to look up countries.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
Lesson 146
- Work on learning the key terms on these flashcards.
- You will be tested on these as part of your final.
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
Lesson 147
- You are going to write about a 500-word history of Nigeria.
- You don’t need to record an audio. You could, though. You could instead make it into a PowerPoint, website, video, or any other form you are comfortable with.
- Include a record of your sources.
- This is due on Lesson 149. The audio score will be your score for the quality of the visual/sound of your project.
Lesson 148
- Work on your project. Your goal is about 500 words and a well-done project of your choosing to present the information.
Lesson 149
- Finish your project and present it to an audience.
- Have them score your project according to the rubric.
- Divide your score in half and record it out of 50. Add two points if you included your sources. Subtract 2 points if you didn’t! Read and follow directions.
Lesson 150
Lesson 151
- Go through this page on ethnic groups and go through the quizzes to learn.
- You will be tested on these as part of your final.
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
Lesson 152
- Answer the questions on the worksheet about oil in Nigeria.
- Score up to 5 points for each answer.
- Record your score out of 10.
Lesson 153
- Read through the section about environmental issues in Nigeria and see if you can answer the questions on this page.
- Complete this chart for Nigeria. You don’t need to print and use the chart, but you do need to answer the questions. You can search for the answers.
- Record up to 11 points for 11 answers.
Lesson 154
- You will be tested on these as part of your final.
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
- Be prepared.
Lesson 155
- Work on learning the key terms by using these flashcards.
- Review your key terms from each unit (from Lesson 91 on). They will be on your final.
Lesson 156
- Go through the page on common policy issues.
- Write two paragraphs summarizing what each page shows about the comparison between countries: one on economic performance and one on social welfare.
- Record up to 10 points, 5 points for each paragraph, for including a clear comparison of what was shown on the page.
Lesson 157
- Go through this page on women’s issues.
- “Rank the six core countries on their ability to provide gender equality. Which countries get it right and which countries get it wrong? Defend your choices with policies implemented by each country. While defending your ranking, you should discuss policies that affect each country both domestically and internationally.”
- Here are links you can use: one, two, three, four.
Lesson 158
- Go through this page on the environment and review.
- Learn the countries described as the Middle East.
Lesson 159
- Draw Iran on the map and mark its capital. (You can use the same map you’ve already printed.) Write up the information asked for on the bottom of the page.
- Here are some links to look up countries.
- You will be tested on these as part of your final. When you are able, work on these.
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
Lesson 160
- Work on learning the key terms on the flashcards.
- All of the key terms are linked in the course as PDFs. Study them to prepare for your final.
Lesson 161
- Complete the history of Iran worksheet.
- Here are some links you can use.
- Score up to 1 point for each block in the chart, 5 points each for the questions, and 2 points each for the identifications.
- Record your score out of 28.
Lesson 162
Lesson 163
- Go through this page on ethnic groups in Iran.
- Write a short news story (who, what, where, when, why, how) on the Iran hostage crisis.
- Score up to 2 points for each point of the questions to answer (who, what…)
- Record up to 12 points for your news article.
Lesson 164
Lesson 165
Lesson 166
- Choose one of the countries that we’ve focused on besides America. You get 10 extra credit points for choosing Nigeria, Iran, or Mexico.
- Research culture in the country. How has the government shaped culture?
- Write a report to answer the question. This is due on Lesson 179. It should be at least 7 paragraphs, exploring different areas of culture.
- You’ll need to also be studying your key terms and your countries and capitals.
- Countries and capitals:
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
- Key Terms: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Lesson 167
- Continue your report and study.
- Choose one of the countries that we’ve focused on besides America. You get 10 extra credit points for choosing Nigeria, Iran, or Mexico.
- Research culture in the country. How has the government shaped culture?
- Write a report to answer the question. This is due on Lesson 179. Here’s how you’ll be scored. Make sure you have these things!
- You’ll need to also be studying your key terms and your countries and capitals.
- Countries and capitals:
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
- Key Terms: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Lesson 168
- Continue your report and study.
- Choose one of the countries that we’ve focused on besides America. You get 10 extra credit points for choosing Nigeria, Iran, or Mexico.
- Research culture in the country. How has the government shaped culture?
- Write a report to answer the question. This is due on Lesson 179. Here’s how you’ll be scored. Make sure you have these things!
- You’ll need to also be studying your key terms and your countries and capitals.
- Countries and capitals:
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
- Key Terms: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Lesson 169
- Continue your report and study.
- Choose one of the countries that we’ve focused on besides America. You get 10 extra credit points for choosing Nigeria, Iran, or Mexico.
- Research culture in the country. How has the government shaped culture?
- Write a report to answer the question. This is due on Lesson 179. Here’s how you’ll be scored. Make sure you have these things!
- You’ll need to also be studying your key terms and your countries and capitals.
- Countries and capitals:
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
- Key Terms: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Lesson 170
- Continue your report and study.
- Choose one of the countries that we’ve focused on besides America. You get 10 extra credit points for choosing Nigeria, Iran, or Mexico.
- Research culture in the country. How has the government shaped culture?
- Write a report to answer the question. This is due on Lesson 179. Here’s how you’ll be scored. Make sure you have these things!
- You’ll need to also be studying your key terms and your countries and capitals.
- Countries and capitals:
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
- Key Terms: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Lesson 171
- Continue your report and study.
- Choose one of the countries that we’ve focused on besides America. You get 10 extra credit points for choosing Nigeria, Iran, or Mexico.
- Research culture in the country. How has the government shaped culture?
- Write a report to answer the question. This is due on Lesson 179. Here’s how you’ll be scored. Make sure you have these things!
- You’ll need to also be studying your key terms and your countries and capitals.
- Countries and capitals:
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
- Key Terms: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Lesson 172
- Continue your report and study.
- Choose one of the countries that we’ve focused on besides America. You get 10 extra credit points for choosing Nigeria, Iran, or Mexico.
- Research culture in the country. How has the government shaped culture?
- Write a report to answer the question. This is due on Lesson 179. Here’s how you’ll be scored. Make sure you have these things!
- You’ll need to also be studying your key terms and your countries and capitals.
- Countries and capitals:
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
- Key Terms: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Lesson 173
- Continue your report and study.
- Choose one of the countries that we’ve focused on besides America. You get 10 extra credit points for choosing Nigeria, Iran, or Mexico.
- Research culture in the country. How has the government shaped culture?
- Write a report to answer the question. This is due on Lesson 179. Here’s how you’ll be scored. Make sure you have these things!
- You’ll need to also be studying your key terms and your countries and capitals.
- Countries and capitals:
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
- Key Terms: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Lesson 174
- Continue your report and study.
- Choose one of the countries that we’ve focused on besides America. You get 10 extra credit points for choosing Nigeria, Iran, or Mexico.
- Research culture in the country. How has the government shaped culture?
- Write a report to answer the question. This is due on Lesson 179. Here’s how you’ll be scored. Make sure you have these things!
- You’ll need to also be studying your key terms and your countries and capitals.
- Countries and capitals:
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
- Key Terms: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Lesson 175
- Continue your report and study.
- Choose one of the countries that we’ve focused on besides America. You get 10 extra credit points for choosing Nigeria, Iran, or Mexico.
- Research culture in the country. How has the government shaped culture?
- Write a report to answer the question. This is due on Lesson 179. Here’s how you’ll be scored. Make sure you have these things!
- You’ll need to also be studying your key terms and your countries and capitals.
- Countries and capitals:
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
- Key Terms: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Lesson 176
- Continue your report and study.
- Choose one of the countries that we’ve focused on besides America. You get 10 extra credit points for choosing Nigeria, Iran, or Mexico.
- Research culture in the country. How has the government shaped culture?
- Write a report to answer the question. This is due on Lesson 179. Here’s how you’ll be scored. Make sure you have these things!
- You’ll need to also be studying your key terms and your countries and capitals.
- Countries and capitals:
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
- Key Terms: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Lesson 177
- Continue your report and study.
- Choose one of the countries that we’ve focused on besides America. You get 10 extra credit points for choosing Nigeria, Iran, or Mexico.
- Research culture in the country. How has the government shaped culture?
- Write a report to answer the question. This is due on Lesson 179. Here’s how you’ll be scored. Make sure you have these things!
- You’ll need to also be studying your key terms and your countries and capitals.
- Countries and capitals:
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
- Key Terms: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Lesson 178
- Continue your report and study.
- Choose one of the countries that we’ve focused on besides America. You get 10 extra credit points for choosing Nigeria, Iran, or Mexico.
- Research culture in the country. How has the government shaped culture?
- Write a report to answer the question. This is due on Lesson 179. Here’s how you’ll be scored. Make sure you have these things!
- You’ll need to also be studying your key terms and your countries and capitals.
- Countries and capitals:
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
- Key Terms: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Lesson 179
- Finish your report and study.
- Score your report out of 30. Double it. Add 10 points if you chose Mexico, Iran, or Nigeria. Record your score out of 60. (Possible 70 points out of 60.)
- You’ll need to also be studying your key terms and your countries and capitals.
- Countries and capitals:
- Work on learning Asia’s countries and capitals.
- Work on learning European countries, capitals.
- Work on learning South American countries and capitals.
- Work on learning African countries and capitals.
- Key Terms: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Lesson 180
- Complete your final.
- Record your score out of 50 for the multiple choice part of the test. (I entered all of the key terms linked in the review into a testing program. It will randomly choose 50 of them to give you. If you happened to get a repeat word, it’s because it was on more than one list, though I tried to spot and remove repeats.)
- Complete these activities and record your percentage score for each.
- Asia’s countries and capitals.
- European countries, capitals.
- South American countries and capitals.
- African countries and capitals.
- Total these scores and divide the total by eight.
- Record your score out of 100.
- Take the polls.
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