Using the State Curriculum: Social Studies, Grade 8

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Standard 1.0 Political Science

Topic A. The Foundations and Function of Government

Indicator 2. Analyze the impact of historic documents and practices that became the foundations of the American political system during the early national period

Objective b. Identify the principles in European historic documents and show their connections to the development of American political ideology such as Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights

Resource Links
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1689billofrights.html Full text of the English Bill of Rights, from The Internet Modern History Sourcebook, from Fordham University. Outstanding Web site for locating primary documents for various topics and time periods in modern world history http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/mcarta.html Text of the Magna Charta, from the Internet Medieval History sourcebook, from Fordham University. Companion site to Fordham’s Modern History Web page. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/magna_carta/legacy.html National Archives guide to the Magna Charta. Specifically discusses the document’s influence on American political thought. Also contains link to Archives’ “Featured Document” page on the Magna Charta http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/magna_carta/translation.html Magna Charta translation, from the National Archives http://www.icivics.org/curriculum/foundations-government Online curriculum unit on Foundations of Government, from iCivics.org
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Resource Links

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1689billofrights.html: Full text of the English Bill of Rights, from The Internet Modern History Sourcebook, from Fordham University. Outstanding Web site for locating primary documents for various topics and time periods in modern world history
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/mcarta.html: Text of the Magna Charta, from the Internet Medieval History sourcebook, from Fordham University. Companion site to Fordham’s Modern History Web page.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/magna_carta/legacy.html: National Archives guide to the Magna Charta. Specifically discusses the document’s influence on American political thought. Also contains link to Archives’ “Featured Document” page on the Magna Charta
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/magna_carta/translation.html: Magna Charta translation, from the National Archives
http://www.icivics.org/curriculum/foundations-government: Online curriculum unit on Foundations of Government, from iCivics.org

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