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Grade level Expectations
Political Foundations and Development
- Explain how and why people have developed forms of self-government.
- Examine how suffrage expanded to various groups of citizens
- Explain how the foundations of American democracy are rooted in European, Native American and colonial traditions, experiences in institutions.
- Describe the role New Hampshire voters have played in our nation’s presidential primaries and elections.
- Examine how religion has influenced the political life of the nation.
- Analyze the tension between states’ rights and national authority.
The English democratic traditions and the evolutionary journey of these traditions to the new world. Magna Carta to the Constitution
Essential Questions
Is our English political heritage revolutionary or evolutionary?
Why did religion and political tolerance thrive in the colonies?
How did land availability shape the political, social, cultural landscape of America?
Choice, a learned or an inherited skill
Why is slavery the paradox of our poitical traditions?
Content
Chapters 1-7
Assessment
Concept Maps
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