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

● Defne compound constitutional republic. ● Identify and defne 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