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HSS-PoAD.12.7 Students analyze and compare the powers and procedures of the national, state, tribal, and local governments.

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Explain how public policy is formed, including the setting of the public agenda and implementation of it through regulations and executive orders.

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HSS-PoAD.12.7 Students analyze and compare the powers and procedures of the national, state, tribal, and local governments.

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Compare the processes of lawmaking at each of the three levels of government, including the role of lobbying and the media.

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HSS-PoAD.12.7 Students analyze and compare the powers and procedures of the national, state, tribal, and local governments.

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Identify the organization and jurisdiction of federal, state, and local (e.g., California) courts and the interrelationships among them.

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HSS-PoAD.12.7 Students analyze and compare the powers and procedures of the national, state, tribal, and local governments.

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Understand the scope of presidential power and decision making through examination of case studies such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, passage of Great Society legislation, War Powers Act, Gulf War, and Bosnia.

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Students evaluate and take and defend positions on the influence of the media on American political life.

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HSS-PoAD.12.8 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on the influence of the media on American political life.

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Discuss the meaning and importance of a free and responsible press.

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HSS-PoAD.12.8 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on the influence of the media on American political life.

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Describe the roles of broadcast, print, and electronic media, including the Internet, as means of communication in American politics.

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HSS-PoAD.12.8 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on the influence of the media on American political life.

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Explain how public officials use the media to communicate with the citizenry and to shape public opinion.

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Students analyze the origins, characteristics, and development of different political systems across time, with emphasis on the quest for political democracy, its advances, and its obstacles.

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HSS-PoAD.12.9 Students analyze the origins, characteristics, and development of different political systems across time, with emphasis on the quest for political democracy, its advances, and its obstacles.

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Explain how the different philosophies and structures of feudalism, mercantilism, socialism, fascism, communism, monarchies, parliamentary systems, and constitutional liberal democracies influence economic policies, social welfare policies, and human rights practices.