Standards
Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry
with them years beyond the instruction received this year.
- The US Constitution and Bill of Rights
provide the basis for constitutional and criminal law.
- Laws change over time and both reflect
and respond to the times in which they are developed.
- Societies are diverse and change over
time.
- Local, state and national courts have
different and shared jurisdiction over types of court cases.
- Local, state and national laws are
developed through processes that have both similarities and differences.
- Causes of crime include
choice,
biology, and social/cultural conditions.
- Felony and misdemeanor crimes differ in complexity.
- Responses to crime include deterrence, retribution,
incapacitation, and rehabilitation.
Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions
students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.
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Why have laws?
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How do present laws differ from
those of the past? From those of other cultures?
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How are laws of the past reflected in current laws?
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Who makes laws? Who interprets
laws?
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What are the different types of laws?
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How
are laws made?
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How does the Constitution protect individual rights?
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What are the causes of crime?
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What are the types of crime?
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How
do the system/individuals respond to crime?
Standards and Benchmarks
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History 3:
Students understand that societies are diverse and change over time.
Benchmark A: Students know how various societies were affected by
contracts and exchanges among diverse peoples.
Benchmark B: Students understand the history of social organization in
various societies.
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Civics 2: Students know the structure and function of local, state
and national government and how citizen involvement shapes public
policy.
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Benchmark 2C:
Students know and understand the place of law in the Colorado and US
Constitutional systems.
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Benchmark 2D:
Students know how public policy is developed at the local, state, and
national levels.
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Civics 4: Students understand how citizens exercise the roles,
rights, and responsibilities of participation in civic life at all
levels.
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Benchmark 4B:
Students know how citizens can fulfill their responsibilities for
preserving the constitutional republic.
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Benchmark 4C:
Students know how citizens can exercise their rights.
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Benchmark 4D: Students know how citizens can participate in civic life.
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