Understandings
Students will understand that...
Students will understand that...
- People establish governments to create order, provide security, and accomplish common goals.
- The value that a society places on individual rights is often reflected in that society’s government.
- People establish governments to create order, provide security, and accomplish common goals.
Unit Standards
SS.7.CG.3.9 Explain the structure, functions, and processes of the judicial branch of government.
SS.7.CG.3.10 Identify sources and types of law.
SS.7.CG.3.11 Analyze the effects of landmark Supreme Court decisions on law, liberty, and the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.
SS.7.CG.2.5 Describe the trial process and the role of juries in the administration of justice at the state and federal levels.
Students will...
• Students will examine the processes of the judicial branch (e.g., judicial review, court order, writ of certiorari, summary judgment).
• Students will distinguish between the structure, functions, and powers of courts at the state and federal levels.
• Students will recognize that the powers and jurisdiction of the state and federal courts are derived from their respective constitutions.
• Students will compare the trial and appellate processes.
• Students will explain how historical codes of law influenced the United States.
• Students will recognize natural, constitutional, statutory, case and common law as sources of law.
• Students will compare civil, criminal, constitutional and/or military types of law.
• Students will recognize landmark Supreme Court cases (e.g., Marbury v. Madison; Dred Scott v. Sandford; Plessy v. Ferguson; Brown v. Board of Education; Gideon v. Wainwright; Miranda v. Arizona; In re Gault; United States v. Nixon; Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier).
• Students will use primary sources to assess the significance of each U.S. Supreme Court case.
• Students will evaluate the impact of each case on society.
• Students will recognize constitutional principles and individual rights in relevant U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
• Students will examine the significance of juries in the American legal system.
• Students will explain types of jury trials, how juries are selected, and why jury trials are important.
SS.7.CG.3.9 Explain the structure, functions, and processes of the judicial branch of government.
SS.7.CG.3.10 Identify sources and types of law.
SS.7.CG.3.11 Analyze the effects of landmark Supreme Court decisions on law, liberty, and the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.
SS.7.CG.2.5 Describe the trial process and the role of juries in the administration of justice at the state and federal levels.
Students will...
• Students will examine the processes of the judicial branch (e.g., judicial review, court order, writ of certiorari, summary judgment).
• Students will distinguish between the structure, functions, and powers of courts at the state and federal levels.
• Students will recognize that the powers and jurisdiction of the state and federal courts are derived from their respective constitutions.
• Students will compare the trial and appellate processes.
• Students will explain how historical codes of law influenced the United States.
• Students will recognize natural, constitutional, statutory, case and common law as sources of law.
• Students will compare civil, criminal, constitutional and/or military types of law.
• Students will recognize landmark Supreme Court cases (e.g., Marbury v. Madison; Dred Scott v. Sandford; Plessy v. Ferguson; Brown v. Board of Education; Gideon v. Wainwright; Miranda v. Arizona; In re Gault; United States v. Nixon; Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier).
• Students will use primary sources to assess the significance of each U.S. Supreme Court case.
• Students will evaluate the impact of each case on society.
• Students will recognize constitutional principles and individual rights in relevant U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
• Students will examine the significance of juries in the American legal system.
• Students will explain types of jury trials, how juries are selected, and why jury trials are important.
Unit Vocabulary
criminal law, civil law, military law, constitutional law, defendant, prosecution, plaintiff, Writ of Certiorari, legal brief, Jim Crow laws, Marbury v. Madison, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Gideon v. Wainwright, Miranda v. Arizona, in re Gault, Tinker v. Des Moines, Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, United States v. Nixon, Bush v. Gore, District of Columbia Vs. Heller, Appeal, appellate court, circuit courts, district court of appeals, FL Supreme Court, judge, judicial review, jurisdiction, justice, US Court of Appeals, US District Courts, US Supreme Court, trial court, grand jury, due process, juvenile rights, rights of the accused, segregation, juvenile law
criminal law, civil law, military law, constitutional law, defendant, prosecution, plaintiff, Writ of Certiorari, legal brief, Jim Crow laws, Marbury v. Madison, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Gideon v. Wainwright, Miranda v. Arizona, in re Gault, Tinker v. Des Moines, Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, United States v. Nixon, Bush v. Gore, District of Columbia Vs. Heller, Appeal, appellate court, circuit courts, district court of appeals, FL Supreme Court, judge, judicial review, jurisdiction, justice, US Court of Appeals, US District Courts, US Supreme Court, trial court, grand jury, due process, juvenile rights, rights of the accused, segregation, juvenile law
Unit Essential Question(s)
- How can governments ensure citizens are treated fairly?
- Why do people create, structure, and change governments?
- How do laws protect individual rights?
- Why does conflict develop?
- How can governments ensure citizens are treated fairly?
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