SOCIAL STUDIES
HIGH SCHOOL – CIVICS
Contributions of
Minority Groups
Defining
Citizenship
Unit 1-Foundations
of Citizenship
Vocabulary
American Beliefs,
Values, and
Political Ideologies
Cultural Pluralism
Role of Immigrants
Essential Learning Concepts
•American citizens have rights, duties, and responsibilities
•The United States government has established qualifications and criteria for
determining citizenship
•The major social institutions of family, religion, education, the economy, and
government reflect individual, community, American and global beliefs/values.
•There are different types of government systems that meet the needs of their
citizens.
Diversity
Alien
Immigrants
Rights
Discrimination
Duties
Beliefs
Responsibilities
Values
Socialization
Equality
Social institutions
Freedom
Citizen
Justice
Naturalized
Rules
Jus Sanguin
Jus Solis
Sufferage