Social Studies HS Guide

Students will describe the structure of the United States’ form of government as a compound constitutional republic, including the ideas of federalism; checks and balances; separation of powers; commerce, elastic, and supremacy clauses; popular sovereignty; and limited government. CONCEPTS (Nouns) SKILLS (Verbs) LANGUAGE SUPPORTS ●​ United States government ●​ Compound Constitutional Republic ●​ Federalism ●​ Describe ●​ Inform ●​ Best Practices for MLs in Secondary Content Area Classes

●​ Checks and balances ●​ Separation of powers ●​ Commerce ●​ Elastic ●​ Supremacy clauses ●​ Popular sovereignty ●​ Limited government

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS

●​ Define compound constitutional republic. ●​ Identify and define the following examples of a compound constitutional republic: ○​ federalism

○​ checks and balances ○​ separation of powers ○​ commerce clause ○​ elastic clause ○​ supremacy clause

○​ popular sovereignty ○​ limited government ●​ Analyze historical or current examples of a compound constitutional republic. ○​ Commerce clause - examples may include: Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) and Wickard v. Filburn (1942) ○​ Elastic clause - examples may include: Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Social Security Act of 1935 ○​ Supremacy clause - examples may include: Mc Culloch v Maryland (1819) and Cooper v Aaron (1958) ○​ Popular sovereignty - examples may include: elections and referendums and ballot initiatives ○​ Limited government - an example may be the Bill of Rights

VOCABULARY ●​ Compound Constitutional Republic ●​ Federalism ●​ Checks and balances