Interim Assessment: THURSDAY, November 13, 2014

On Thursday, November 12, 2015: you will be taking a Government Interim Assessment to gauge your proficiency of the following standards:

8.12a.1- Analyze the influence of Greek, Roman, English, and leading European political thinkers such as John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, Niccolo Machiavelli, and William Blackstone on the development of American government

8.12a.3- Analyze the political theories and arguments contained within the Declaration of Independence

9.12a.1- Identify the weaknesses of the Articles of the Confederation, which led to the Constitutional Convention and how the Constitution was intended to address those weaknesses

9.12a.2- Explain how the US Constitution reflects the balance between individual rights and the common good.  Discuss how the basic principles of democracy are expressed in the Declaration of Independence as “self-evident” truths

9.12a.3- Describe the six basic principles of the American Constitution: individual rights, popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism

9.12a.4- Discuss the meaning and importance of each of the rights guaranteed under the Bill of Rights and how they have been interpreted over time (e.g. Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, privacy)

9.12a.5- Explain how the Founding Fathers’ view of human nature led to the establishment of a constitutional system that limited the power of those that govern and the governed as articulated in the Federalist

9.12a.6- Analyze the systems of separated and shared powers, the role of factions (Federalist #10), checks and balances (Federalist #51), the importance of an independent judiciary (Federalist #78), enumerated powers, rule of law, federalism, and civilian control of the military

10.12a.1- Analyze Article I of the Constitution as it relates to the legislative branch, including eligibility for office and length of terms of representatives and senators; election to office, the roles of the House and Senate; impeachment proceedings; the role of the vice president; the enumerated legislative powers; and the process by which a bill becomes a law

10.12a.2- Explain the processes by which the Constitution can be amended

10.12a.3- Analyze Article II of the Constitution as it relates to the executive branch, including the eligibility for office and length of term, election to and removal from office, the oath of office, and the enumerated executive powers

10.12a.4- Analyze Article III of the Constitution as it relates to the judicial branch, including the length of terms of judges, the jurisdiction of the federal courts and the processes of selection and the confirmation of Supreme Court justices

11.12a.1- Analyze the changing interpretations of the Constitution over time, including interpretation of the basic freedoms (religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition) articulated in the First Amendment and the due process and equal protection of the law clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment

11.12a.2- Analyze judicial activism and judicial restraint and the effects of each policy over the decades (e.g. Warren and Rehnquist courts)

11.12a.3- Evaluate the effects of the Court’s interpretations of the Constitution in Marbury v Madison (judicial review), McCulloch v Maryland (federal supremacy), and the United States v Nixon (executive privilege) with emphasis on the arguments espoused in these cases

11.12a.4 -Analyze the shift in interpretations of civil rights and the controversies resulting from cases such as Plessey v. Ferguson, Brown v. Bd. of Education, Miranda v. Arizona, and Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

13.12a.2- Describe the opportunities that citizens have to participate in the political process (e.g. voting, campaigning, lobbying, demonstrating, petitioning, picketing, running for political office)

In class on Tuesday we will be reviewing the Legislative Branch and the Judicial Branch with 2 Activities:

1. How a Bill Becomes a Law
2. Judicial Court Case review

and on Wednesday we will have a competitive review game that is cumulative.

Terms to understand:

• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Gibbons v. Ogden
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Roe v. Wade
• Brown v. Brd. of Ed.
• Marbury v. Madison
• Federalism
• Judicial Review
• Concurrent Powers
• Impeachment Proceedings
• Checks and Balances
• Popular Sovereignty
• Separation of Powers
• Exclusionary Rule
• Writ of  Certiorari
• Elastic Clause
• Separate but Equal
• Due Process Clause
• Lobbying
• 19th Century Doctrine of Nullification
• Bill of Rights
• Articles of the Constitution
• Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
• Federalist, no. 10
• Anti-Federalists
• Declaration of Independence
• Social Contract Theory
• Sub-Committees
• Presidential Veto
• Judicial Restraint
• Judicial Activism
• Pyramid Structure
• Circular Structure
• Affirmative Action
• the Gender Gap