High School Standards
	12.1.4	Explain how the Founding Fathers' realistic view of human nature led directly to the establishment of a constitutional system that limited the power of the governors and the governed as articulated in the Federalist Papers.
	12.1.5	Describe the systems of separated and shared powers, the role of organized interests (Federalist Paper Number 10), checks and balances (Federalist Paper Number 51), the importance of an independent judiciary (Federalist Paper Number 78), enumerated powers, rule of law, federalism, and civilian control of the military.
	12.1.6	Understand that the Bill of Rights limits the powers of the federal government and state governments.
	12.4.2	Explain the process through which the Constitution can be amended.
	12.6.1	Analyze the origin, development, and role of political parties, noting those occasional periods in which there was only one major party or were more than two major parties.
	12.7.1	Explain how conflicts between levels of government and branches of government are resolved.
	12.10	Students formulate questions about and defend their analyses of tensions within our constitutional democracy and the importance of maintaining a balance between the following concepts: majority rule and individual rights; liberty and equality; state and national authority in a federal system; civil disobedience and the rule of law; freedom of the press and the right to a fair trial; the relationship of religion and government.

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