SOCIAL STUDIES HIGH SCHOOL

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SOCIAL STUDIESHIGH SCHOOL CIVICS
Defining Citizenship
Contributions of Minority Groups
Unit 1--Foundations of Citizenship
Vocabulary Diversity Alien Immigrants Rights Discr
imination Duties Beliefs Responsibilities Values S
ocialization Equality Social institutions Freedom
Citizen Justice Naturalized Rules Jus Sanguin Jus
Solis Sufferage
American Beliefs, Values, and Political Ideologies
Cultural Pluralism
Role of Immigrants

• Essential Learning Concepts
• American citizens have rights, duties, and
  responsibilities
• The United States government has established
  qualifications and criteria for determining
  citizenship
• The major social institutions of family,
  religion, education, the economy, and government
  reflect individual, community, American and
  global beliefs/values.
• There are different types of government systems
  that meet the needs of their citizens.