Lesson 4: Principles of American Government
Duration of Days: 2
Lesson Objective
Analyze the historical trends, ideas, and documents that influenced the American political system.
Explain the significance of landmark English documents.
What are Americans’ shared beliefs about how people should be governed?
What ideas a traditions influenced government in the English colonies?
Limited government
Representative government
magna carta
due process
petition of right
english bill of rights
charter
bicameral
unicameral
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
DOK 1-4
The Core Interactive Text provides reading at the appropriate level of text complexity for grades 10-11. These readings can be completed with or without scaffolding from Graphic Organizers and reading tools.
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