Alabama 7th Grade Social Studies Standards

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Civics

• Political ideology and representative democracy
  • 1 Compare influences of ancient Greece, the Roman Republic, the Judeo-Christian tradition, the Magna Carta, federalism, the Mayflower Compact, the English Bill of Rights, the House of Burgesses, and the Petition of Rights on the government of the United States.
    • Describing the influence of John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Paine, Niccolò Machiavelli, Charles de Montesquieu, and François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) on the political system of the United States
  • 2 Explain essential characteristics of the political system of the United States, including the organization and function of political parties and the process of selecting political leaders.
  • 3 Compare the government of the United States with other governmental systems, including monarchy, limited monarchy, oligarchy, dictatorship, theocracy, and pure democracy.
    • Describing how local and state governments are funded
• State and local government
  • 4 Describe structures of state and local governments in the United States, including major Alabama offices and officeholders.
    • Locating political and geographic districts of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of Alabama’s local and state governments and of the national government
    • Describing the organization and jurisdiction of courts at the local, state, and national levels within the judicial system of the United States
  • 5 Compare duties and functions of members of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of Alabama’s local and state governments and of the national government.
    • Explaining rights of citizens as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights under the Constitution of the United States
    • Explaining what is meant by the term rule of law
    • Justifying consequences of committing a civil or criminal offense
    • Contrasting juvenile and adult laws at local, state, and federal levels
• The judicial system
  • 6 Explain the importance of juvenile, adult, civil, and criminal laws within the judicial system of the United States.
    • Using economic concepts to explain historical and current developments and issues in global, national, state, or local contexts
    • Analyzing agriculture, tourism, and urban growth in Alabama for their impact on economic development
• Economics and personal finance
  • 7 Determine how people organize economic systems to address basic economic questions regarding which goods and services will be produced, how they will be distributed, and who will consume them.
    • Describing effects of government policies on the free market
  • Identifying laws protecting rights of consumers and avenues of recourse when those rights are violated
  • Comparing economic systems, including market, command, and traditional
  • 8 Appraise the relationship between the consumer and the marketplace in the economy of the United States regarding scarcity, opportunity cost, trade-off decision making, and the stock market.
  • 9 Apply principles of money management to the preparation of a personal budget that addresses housing, transportation, food, clothing, medical expenses, insurance, checking and savings accounts, loans, investments, credit, and comparison shopping.
    • Differentiating rights, privileges, duties, and responsibilities between citizens and noncitizens
    • Explaining how United States’ citizenship is acquired by immigrants
    • Explaining character traits that are beneficial to individuals and society
• Civic responsibility
  • 10 Describe individual and civic responsibilities of citizens of the United States.
    • Determining benefits of Alabama’s role in world trade
    • Tracing the political and social impact of the modern Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to the present, including Alabama’s role
  • 11 Compare changes in social and economic conditions in the United States during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
    • Identifying options for civic and community action
    • Determining ways to participate in the political process
  • 12 Describe how the United States can be improved by individual and group participation in civic and community activities.
  • 13 Identify contemporary American issues since 2001, including the establishment of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the enactment of the Patriot Act of 2001, and the impact of media analysis.