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OREGON SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS GRADE 8

OREGON SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS HIGH SCHOOL


Grade Eight

Civics and Government

CCG: Understand the origins, purposes, and functions of U.S. government, including the structure and meaning of the U.S. Constitution.

SS.08.CG.01 Understand the purposes of government as stated in the Constitution and the specific provisions that limit the power of government in order to protect the rights of individuals.
SS.08.CG.01.01 Distinguish the purposes of government as stated in the Preamble.

SS.08.CG.01.02 Understand how the power of government is limited in the United States.

SS.08.CG.01.03 Recognize the provisions of the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10) that protect individual rights.
CCG: Understand the organization, responsibilities, and interrelationships of local, state, and federal governments in the United States.

SS.08.CG.02 Identify and distinguish how powers and responsibilities are distributed and balanced among the federal, state, and local levels.
SS.08.CG.02.01 Identify the power or responsibility of each level of government.

SS.08.CG.02.02 Understand how laws are made and enforced at the federal, state, and local levels.
CCG: Understand the roles of the three branches of government and explain how their powers are distributed and shared.

SS.08.CG.03 Understand the powers of each branch of government as stated in the Constitution.
SS.08.CG.03.01 Understand the basic idea of checks and balances of each branch of the federal government.

SS.08.CG.03.02 Identify the legislative, executive, and judicial institutions at each level of government.

SS.08.CG.03.03 Understand the powers and responsibilities of the executive branch of government.

SS.08.CG.03.04 Understand how courts are organized by level and jurisdiction, and that law is divided into Constitutional Law, criminal law, and civil law.
CCG: Understand personal and political rights of citizens in the United States.

SS.08.CG.04 Understand citizens' rights and how the Constitution protects those rights.
SS.08.CG.04.01 Identify and understand the rights of citizens guaranteed under the Bill of Rights.
CCG: Understand participatory responsibilities of citizens in the community (voluntarism) and in the political process (becoming informed about public issues and candidates, joining political parties/interest groups/associations, communicating with public officials, voting, influencing lawmaking through such processes as petitions/initiatives).

SS.08.CG.05 Understand how citizens can make their voices heard in the political process.
SS.08.CG.05.01 Identify and give examples of ways that citizens can let their opinions be known in the political process.
CCG: Understand how government is influenced and changed by support and dissent of individuals, groups, and international organizations.

SS.08.CG.06 Identify and give examples of how groups and organizations can influence the actions of government.
SS.08.CG.06.01 Identify and give examples of how groups and organizations can influence government policy or decisions and describe how these actions can lead to such influence.
CCG: Understand how nations interact with each other, how events and issues in other countries can affect citizens in the United States, and how actions and concepts of democracy and individual rights of the United States can affect other peoples and nations.

SS.08.CG.07 Understand how actions of the U.S. government affect citizens of both the United States and other countries.
SS.08.CG.07.01 Know how the U.S. government affects citizens of other countries.

SS.08.CG.07.02 Know how U.S. government actions with other nations affect citizens of the United States.
CCG: Analyze major political systems of the world.

SS.08.CG.08 Understand various forms of government.
SS.08.CG.08.01 Compare and contrast various forms of government to the United States' government.
CCG: Analyze the concepts of political power, authority, conflict, and conflict management.

At this time there are no Standards associated with this CCG

High School

Civics and Government

CCG: Understand the origins, purposes, and functions of U.S. government, including the structure and meaning of the U.S. Constitution.

SS.CM.CG.01 Understand the purpose of laws and government, provisions to limit power, and the ability to meet changing needs as essential ideas of the Constitution.
SS.CM.CG.01.01 Understand the "supremacy clause" of the U.S. Constitution as a means of resolving conflicts between state and federal law.

SS.CM.CG.01.02 Understand the concept of judicial review as a means of resolving conflict over the interpretation of the Constitution and the actions of government.

SS.CM.CG.01.03 Understand how to amend the U.S. Constitution and the Oregon Constitution, including how amendments may be introduced, what is required for passage, and how the process accommodates changing needs and the preservation of values and principles.
CCG: Understand the organization, responsibilities, and interrelationships of local, state, and federal governments in the United States.

SS.CM.CG.02 Understand the interrelationship between local, state, and federal government.
SS.CM.CG.02.01 Understand the primary function of federal, state, and local levels of government and how the actions of one influence the workings of the others.

SS.CM.CG.02.02 Understand how federalism creates shared and reserved powers at each level of government.
CCG: Understand the roles of the three branches of government and explain how their powers are distributed and shared.

SS.CM.CG.03 Understand how the branches of government have powers and limitations.
SS.CM.CG.03.01 Understand how laws are developed and applied to provide order, set limits, protect basic rights, and promote the common good.

SS.CM.CG.03.02 Understand the process by which laws are developed at the federal level, and key differences between how laws are developed at the federal level and in Oregon.

SS.CM.CG.03.03 Identify and understand the powers and limits to power of the Presidency.
CCG: Understand personal and political rights of citizens in the United States.

SS.CM.CG.04 Understand the role of the courts and of the law in protecting the rights of U.S. citizens.
SS.CM.CG.04.01 Understand how the Bill of Rights offers protection of individual rights and how rights are limited for the benefit of the common good.

SS.CM.CG.04.02 Understand the role of due process in the protection of individuals.

SS.CM.CG.04.03 Understand how the rights of citizens have been augmented by case law decisions.
CCG: Understand participatory responsibilities of citizens in the community (voluntarism) and in the political process (becoming informed about public issues and candidates, joining political parties/interest groups/associations, communicating with public officials, voting, influencing lawmaking through such processes as petitions/initiatives).

SS.CM.CG.05 Understand the civic responsibilities of U.S. citizens and how they are met.
SS.CM.CG.05.01 Identify the responsibilities of citizens in the United States and understand what an individual can do to meet these responsibilities.
CCG: Understand how government is influenced and changed by support and dissent of individuals, groups, and international organizations.

SS.CM.CG.06 Understand how government policies and decisions have been influenced and changed by individuals, groups, and international organizations.
SS.CM.CG.06.01 Understand how U.S. political parties have influenced government policy and decisions.

SS.CM.CG.06.02 Understand the causes, course, and impact of the civil rights/equal rights movements.

SS.CM.CG.06.03 Understand the Constitutional changes that resulted from major events in the 20th century.
CCG: Understand how nations interact with each other, how events and issues in other countries can affect citizens in the United States, and how actions and concepts of democracy and individual rights of the United States can affect other peoples and nations.

SS.CM.CG.07 Understand the purposes and functions of major international organizations and the role of the United States in them.

SS.CM.CG.07.01 Understand and give examples of how international organizations influence policies or decisions.

SS.CM.CG.07.02 Understand the purposes and functions of the United Nations, and the role of the United States in the United Nations.

SS.CM.CG.07.03 Understand the purpose and function of international humanitarian agencies and special interest advocacy groups, and how the United States interacts with people in other nations through these organizations.
CCG: Analyze major political systems of the world.

SS.CM.CG.08 Understand how various forms of government function in different situations.

SS.CM.CG.08.01 Compare and contrast how various forms of government function in similar and different situations.
CCG: Analyze the concepts of political power, authority, conflict, and conflict management.

At this time there are no Standards associated with this CCG