7th grade map

Benchmarks

Every box is a civics benchmark. Hit 80% on its lesson and it counts as mastered. The copper one is what you are on now: the chief executive.

0 / 18 mastered

• CG.1.1Not yetIdeas behind American governmentNatural rights, social contract, Montesquieu, rule of law.
• CG.1.2Not yetEnglish and colonial rootsMagna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact.
• CG.1.3Not yetRoad to independenceCommon Sense and the Declaration of Independence.
• CG.1.4Not yetArticles of ConfederationWhy the first national government was too weak.
• CG.1.5Not yetConstitutional ConventionGreat Compromise, Three-Fifths, Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
• CG.1.6Not yetPreamble and the articlesSix goals and what Articles I–VII do.
• CG.1.7Not yetSeparation of powers and checksThree branches and how each one limits the others.
• CG.1.8Not yetFederalismEnumerated, reserved, and concurrent powers.
• CG.1.10Not yetSystems of governmentUnitary, confederal, and federal.
• CG.1.11Not yetBill of Rights and later amendments1st–10th plus 13, 14, 15, 19, 24, 26.
• CG.2.1Not yetCitizenshipBirth, naturalization, obligations, and responsibilities.
• CG.2.4Not yetParties, groups, and mediaHow people influence government, and how to spot bias.
• CG.3.3Not yetHow a bill becomes a lawCommittees, both chambers, veto, and pocket veto.
• CG.3.4 · this weekNot yetThe chief executivePresident’s roles, Cabinet, qualifications, and the governor.
• CG.3.5Not yetCourts and judicial reviewMarbury and what judges can strike down.
• CG.3.7Not yetState chief executiveThe governor enforces state law and can veto state bills.
• CG.3.12Not yetLandmark casesBrown, Gideon, Miranda, Tinker, Nixon.
• CG.4Not yetAmending the ConstitutionPropose by two-thirds. Ratify by three-fourths of the states.