​UNIT 0

Civics and Citizenship

1.  Defining Civics and Citizenship
2.  Government Systems

​UNIT 1

Legislative Branch

1.  Congress: House and Senate
2.  Structures, Powers, and Functions of Congress
3. Values and Ideologies
4. Political Parties
5. Voting, Elections and Turnout
6. Interest Groups Influencing Policy Making

UNIT 2

Executive Branch

1.  Roles and Powers of the President
2.  Checks on the Presidency
3.  The Bureaucracy: Rule-Making Authority
​4. Electing a President and Congress
5. Modern Campaigns & Campaign Finance

UNIT 3

Judicial Branch

1. The Federal Courts
2. The Court in Action
3. Life, Liberty, and Property
4. Types of Law
5. Civil and Criminal Law in the Courts

UNIT 4

Liberty and Justice for All

1.  The First Amendment
2.  The Second Amendment
3.  Rights of the Accused
4.  Suffrage: Voting Rights
5.  The 14th Amendment
6.  Government's Enforcement of Liberty (possible)

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UNIT 5

State and Local Government

1.  Development of Early North Carolina
2.  North Carolina Government
3.  Functions and Responsibilities of Local Governments
4.  Government Finance and Other Challenges 

UNIT 6

Seeds of Rebellion

1.  Sowing the Seeds
2.  No Taxation without Representation
3.  Harvesting Discontent

UNIT 7

The Young Republic

1.  The Dawn of a New Nation
2.  The Fight for Freedom
3.  America: Trial and Error
4.  The Constitution