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Categories:: 5.1.6. Principles and Documents of Government
Statements:
A. Explain the purpose of government.
B. Explain the importance of the rule of law for the protection of individual rights and the common good in the community, state, nation and world.
E. Explain the basic principles and ideals within documents of United States government.
F. Explain the meaning of the Preamble to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and compare it to the Preamble of the Constitution of the United States.
H. Describe the roles played by the framers of the basic documents of governments of Pennsylvania and the United States.
I. Describe and compare the making of rules by direct democracy and by a republican form of government.
J. Describe how the government protects individual and property rights and promotes the common good.
K. Describe the purpose of symbols and holidays.
M. Explain the basic principles and ideals found in famous speeches and writings (e.g., "Governments, like clocks, go from the motion people give them," William Penn; "A date that will live in infamy," Franklin D. Roosevelt).
C. Describe the principles and ideals shaping government.
D. Explain the basic principles and ideals within documents of Pennsylvania government.
G. Describe the proper use, display and respect for the United States Flag and explain the significance of patriotic activities.
L. Explain the role of courts in resolving conflicts involving the principles and ideals of government.
D. Explain the basic principles and ideals within documents of Pennsylvania government.
G. Describe the proper use, display and respect for the United States Flag and explain the significance of patriotic activities.
L. Explain the role of courts in resolving conflicts involving the principles and ideals of government.