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HSS-PoAD.12.1.1 (History–Social Science)


Standard Identifier: HSS-PoAD.12.1.1
Content Area: History–Social Science
Grade: 12
Course: Principles of American Democracy, Grade 12

Overarching Standard:
HSS-PoAD.12.1 Students explain the fundamental principles and moral values of American democracy as expressed in the U.S. Constitution and other essential documents of American democracy.

Standard:
Analyze the influence of ancient Greek, Roman, English, and leading European political thinkers such as John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, Niccolò Machiavelli, and William Blackstone on the development of American government.

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