ROLES, RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENS
Resources
SS.7.C.2.1: Define the term "citizen," and identify legal means of becoming a United States citizen.
Videos/Discovery Learning
■Citizenship (total length 0:30) from the Almost Painless Guide: Election Process
■Immigrant (total length 2:24) from Social Studies Vocab: Primary: Volume 02
■Who is a Citizen? (total length 6:22, stop at 2:15) from the TLCElementary School: Understanding Goof Citizenship
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SS.7.C.2.2: Evaluate the obligations citizens have to obey laws, pay taxes, defend the nation, and serve on juries Pgs.: 65
SS.7.C.2.3: Experience the responsibilities of citizens at the local, state, or federal levels. Correlating to benchmark SS.7.C.2.2. Pgs.:80 Q 7-8
Videos/Discovery Learning
- The Common Good (total length 2:30,start at 1:28) from hand in Hand: Count on Me
- Review (total length 1:02) from This is Your Government: What Does It Mean to Be a Good Citizen?
- Trial Procedure & Jury Duty (total length 3:35) from This is Your Government: What Does It Mean to Be a Good Citizen?
Vocab Quiz
SS.7.C.2.14: Conduct a service project to further the public good.
Videos/Discovery Learning
■The Common Good (total length 2:30, start at 1:28) from hand in Hand: Count on Me
■Review (total length 1:02) from This is Your Government: What Does It Mean to Be a Good Citizen?
■Trial Procedure & Jury Duty (total length 3:35) from This is Your Government: What Does It Mean to Be a Good Citizen?
Vocab Quiz
SS.7.C.2.4: Evaluate rights contained in the Bill of Rights and other amendments to the Constitution. Pgs.: 192 Q 7-8, 422
Videos/Discovery Learning
■The Bill of Rights (total length 2:33) from Citizen's Rule: Our Founding Documents
■The Bill of Rights (total length 2:07) from Understanding the Constitution: Creating the Federal Government
■The Bill of Rights (total length 3:04) from The Almost Painless Guide: U.S. Constitution
■The Bill of Rights (total length 4:20) from TLCElementary School: We the People: A History
■Establishing the Bill of Rights (total length 3:50) from American History: Foundations of American Government
■Just the Facts: The Constitution: The Bill of Rights and Constitutional Amendments (recommended for classroom use)
■The First Amendment (total length 4:44)
■The Second Amendment (total length 2:42)
■The Third & Fourth Amendments (total length 3:17)
■The Fifth Amendment (total length 3:07)
■The Sixth & Seventh Amendments (total length 2:50)
■The Eighth Amendment (total length 3:33)
■The Ninth & Tenth Amendments (total length 2:05)
Vocab Quiz
SS.7.C.2.5: Distinguish how the Constitution safeguards and limits individual rights.
Videos/Discovery Learning
- The First Amendment (total length 4:44) from Just the Facts: The Constitution: The Bill of Rights and Constitutional Amendments (recommended for classroom use)
- The Powers of Government in a Federal System (total length 3:58,only watch 2:38-3:23) from Standard Deviants School American Government: Federalism
Vocab Quiz
SS.7.C.3.6: Evaluate Constitutional rights and their impact on individuals and society.
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SS.7.C.3.7: Analyze the impact of the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th amendments on participation of minority groups in the American political process. Pgs.: 186, 187, 188, 309, 324 Q 7-8
Videos/Discovery Learning
- 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments Establish Civil Rights for All (total length 2:24) from A History of Black Achievement in America: The Fight for Freedom
- Amending the Constitution (total length 1:21) from Our Constitution: The Document that Gave Birth to a Nation
- The Reconstruction Amendments (total length 5:14,start at 0:40) from Just the Facts: The Constitution: The Bill of Rights and Constitutional Amendments
- Turning Points: The Right to Vote (total length 2:51) from On Common Ground: A House Divided
- The Twenty-second, Twenty-third, and Twenty-fourth Amendments (total length 2:42,start 2:04) from Just the Facts: The Constitution: The Bill of Rights and Constitutional Amendments
- Voting Rights Act Passed (total length 0:46, stop at 0:30) from Free at Last
Vocab Quiz
SS.7.C.3.12: Analyze the significance and outcomes of landmark Supreme Court cases including, but not limited to, Marbury v. Madison, Plessy v. Ferguson, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Gideon v. Wainwright, Miranda v. Arizona, in re Gault, Tinker v. Des Moines, Hazelwood v. Kuhlmier, United States v. Nixon, and Bush v. Gore. Pgs.: 174, 277, 278, 282 Q 7-8, 426 Q 4, 428 Q 7-8
Videos/Discovery Learning
- 2000 Presidential Election (total length 1:30) from Federal Government: The Supreme Court
- Brown vs. Board of Education (total length 1:29) from Federal Government: The Supreme Court
- Fourteenth Amendment (total length 2:16) from Federal Government: The Supreme Court
- Juvenile Rights (total length 3:20) from Law and the Teenager
- Marbury v. Madison: The Supreme Court Establishes Its Power (total length 2:49) from Understanding the Constitution: The Judicial Branch
- Miranda vs. Arizona (total length 1:30,stop at 1:16) from Federal Government: The Supreme Court
- Plessy vs. Ferguson and Declaring "Separate but Equal" (total length 2:26,start at 0:45) from America in the 20th Century: The Civil Rights Movement
- The Principle of Judicial Review (total length 1:00) from Federal Government: The Supreme Court
- School Segregation: Brown v. Board of Education and the Little Rock Nine (total length 5:49,stop at 2:22) from Civil Rights: The Long Road to Equality
Vocab Quiz