VA.SS.GOVT.10
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: Government
Standard: The student will apply social science skills to understand the federal judiciary.
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VA.SS.GOVT.1.a
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: Government
Standard: The student will plan inquiries by synthesizing information from diverse primary and secondary sources.
Experiences may include, but are not limited to:
Prepare a collection of primary and secondary sources that best relate to a unit of study. Examine the sources to:
Make and record observations about the sources and generate questions about each item.
Determine commonalities, patterns in themes, relationships and connections the sources have to the overarching topic of the lesson.
Determine its local implications, impacts, costs and benefits, and develop a position.
Degree of Alignment:
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VA.SS.GOVT.4.b
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: Government
Standard: The student will evaluate the purposes for government stated in the Preamble.
Essential Understanding:
The purposes for government are established in the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States.
Degree of Alignment:
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VA.SS.GOVT.4.d
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: Government
Standard: The student will define the structure of the national government as outlined in Article I, Article II, and Article III.
Essential Understanding:
Articles I, II, and III of the Constitution of the United States establish three branches of government.
Degree of Alignment:
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VA.SS.GOVT.5
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: Government
Standard: The student will apply social science skills to understand the federal system of government described in the Constitution of the United States of America.
Degree of Alignment:
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VA.SS.GOVT.5.c
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: Government
Standard: The student will identify the powers denied to the state and national governments.
Degree of Alignment:
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VA.SS.GOVT.7
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: Government
Standard: The student will apply social science skills to understand the organization and powers of the national government.
Degree of Alignment:
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VA.SS.GOVT.7.a
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: Government
Standard: The student will examine the organization, duties and powers of the legislative branch of the national government.
Essential Understandings:
The legislative branch of the national government is a bicameral body with committees playing a major role in the legislative process.
The Constitution of the United States of America grants both expressed and implied powers to the legislative branch.
The executive branch consists of the President, Vice President, and the federal bureaucracy.
The organization and powers of the judicial branch are derived from the Constitution of the United States of America and federal law.
Degree of Alignment:
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VA.SS.GOVT.7.b
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: Government
Standard: The student will examine the organization, duties and powers of the executive branch of the national government.
Essential Understandings:
A constitutional system of checks and balances gives each of the three branches of government ways to limit the powers of the other branches.
Degree of Alignment:
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VA.SS.GOVT.7.c
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: Government
Standard: The student will examine the organization, duties and powers of the United States judicial system.
Degree of Alignment:
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VA.SS.GOVT.7.d
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: Government
Standard: The student will analyze the relationship among the three branches in a system of checks and balances and separation of powers.
Essential Understanding:
A constitutional system of checks and balances and separation of powers gives each of the three branches of government ways to limit the powers of the other branches.
Degree of Alignment:
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