• Wappingers Central School District

    Social Studies Department

    Course Syllabus

     

    Course Name

    PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT

     

     

    Course Code

    D605

     

     

    Duration

    Half-Year

     

     

    Grade

    12

     

     

    Credit

    0.5

     

     

    Rank

    1.00

     

     

    Prerequisite

    Must have passed U.S. History and Government

     

     

    Assessment

    Students are required to complete ten hours of community service and attend one town/Board of Education meeting for this course.  In addition,  a teacher-created final exam or culminating project will be included and counted as 20% of the final course average.  Students must pass this course in order to graduate.

     

     

    Textbook

    Various readings and hand-outs

     

     

    Areas of Study

    ·         Governmental Systems & Structure

    o   Federal, State, Local  Response to Crises

    ·         Criminal & Civil Justice Systems

    o   Constitutional Principles

    o   Key Supreme Court Decisions

    ·         Political Parties & Public Policy

    o   Origins, Functions, Evolution of Parties

    o   Analysis of Public Policy Issues

    ·         Elections & Voter Behavior

    o   Forms, Function of Election Process

    ·         Participation in Politics

    o   Citizen’s role in Democratic Process

     

     

    For Information

    For a complete review of the NYS Social Studies Learning Standards, see

    http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/socst/pub/sslearn.pdf

    For the complete NYS core curriculum for Participation in Government, see

    http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/socst/partgov.pdf