WHC07 1.2

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Contents 1 Civics Standard 1.2 7th Grade 2 Standard in Kid Friendly Language 3 Standard Unwrapped 4 Instructional Strategies 5 Assessment Strategies 6 Resources 7 Projects and Activities

Civics Standard 1.2 7th Grade

Students know the essential characteristics of limited* and unlimited government*.

Standard in Kid Friendly Language

• Students should know how government works and how it lasts.

Standard Unwrapped

KNOW

• limited government
• unlimited government
• anarchy
• oligarchy
• constitutional republic
• authoritarianism
• democratic
• totalitarian

ABLE TO DO

• compare limited* and unlimited government*;

• describe different types of government, limited*, unlimited* and absence of government (for example, anarchy, oligarchy, constitutional republic*, authoritarian*, democratic and totalitarian*;

• explain how rule of law* differs from arbitrary decisions of a leader.

Instructional Strategies

• lecture and notes
• comparative case studies
• video and study guide
• literature analysis

Assessment Strategies

• vocabulary test
• poster project rubric

Resources

CIA World Factbook

The Marshall Institute

U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Council on Foreign Relations

Projects and Activities

• Poster project
• Research in computer lab

--G.R. McConnell 08:43, 19 June 2008 (MDT)