School American Government and Politics - Hillsdale College

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High School American Government and Politics

The Hillsdale 1776 Curriculum

HIGH SCHOOL

American Government and Politics

9th?12th Grade

COURSE OVERVIEW

8 units | 45?50-minute classes

Unit 1 | The Principles of America

LESSON 1 Liberty, Equality, Rights, and Self-Government LESSON 2 The Necessities for Freedom and Self-Government LESSON 3 Public Policy and Partisanship

13?16 classes

Unit 2 | A Constitution of Principles

LESSON 1 The Case for the Constitution

LESSON 2 The Case for Union

LESSON 3 LESSON 4

Federalism Separation of Powers and Checks & Balances

12?16 classes

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Unit 3 | Governing in the Constitution

LESSON 1 The Congress in the Constitution

LESSON 2 The Presidency in the Constitution

LESSON 3 LESSON 4

The Judiciary in the Constitution The Bill of Rights

High School | American Government and Politics 12?16 classes

Unit 4 | Equality in America

LESSON 1 Self-Government vs. Slavery LESSON 2 Slavery and Moral Relativism LESSON 3 Lincoln's Statesmanship and the End of Slavery LESSON 4 Civil Rights and Reconstruction

16?20 classes

Unit 5 | Progressivism and the State

LESSON 1 Criticism of the Declaration of Independence LESSON 2 Politics, Leadership, and the Administrative State LESSON 3 The New Deal and the Great Society LESSON 4 Constitutionalist Responses to Progressivism

13?17 classes

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High School | American Government and Politics

Unit 6 | Institutions and Policy

LESSON 1 Congress

LESSON 2 The Presidency

LESSON 3 The Bureaucracy and the Administrative State

LESSON 4 LESSON 5 LESSON 6

Placeholder: State and Local Government Domestic Policy National Security and Foreign Policy

17?23 classes

Unit 7 | Politics in Practice

LESSON 1 Parties, Elections, and Campaigns LESSON 2 Civic Participation and Public Opinion LESSON 3 Civic Associations and Interest Groups LESSON 4 The First Amendment and the Media

Unit 8 | Late 20th Century Government and Politics

LESSON 1 LESSON 2

The Civil Rights Movement Recent Political Philosophy

LESSON 3 Major Supreme Court Decisions

14?18 classes 16?18 classes

Optional Civics Activities | Fostering Civic Responsibility

ACTIVITIES BY UNIT CIVICS CLUB IDEAS VOLUNTEERISM AND VIRTUE FORMATION IDEAS

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