How does the government established by the constitution embody the purposes, values, and principles of American democracy?
B. How is the national government organized and what does it do? The institutions of the national government. Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues regarding the purposes, organization, and functions of the institutions of the national government. To achieve this standard, students should be able to explain why certain provisions of the Constitution result in tensions among the three branches of government, e.g., the power of the purse, the power of impeachment, advice and consent, veto power, judicial review The National Standards for Civics and Government (http://www.civiced.org/912erica.htm) are published by the Center for Civic Education (http://www.civiced.org/index.html) U.S. History Era 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Standard 1: Recent developments in foreign policy and domestic politics 9-12 Evaluate the reformulation of foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. The National Standards for History (http://www.sscnet.ucla.e
