Civics: Government and Economics in Action,9780131816404

Civics: Government and Economics in Action

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Edition: Student
ISBN13: 9780131816404
ISBN10: 0131816403
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-01-01
Publisher(s): SCHOOL GROUP
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Table of Contents

Target Reading Skills xvii
Reading and Writing Handbook xviii
UNIT 1 Foundations of Citizenship
xxiv
A Portrait of Americans
2(26)
Who Americans Are
4(6)
Citizenship Skills: How to Volunteer
9(1)
America: A Cultural Mosaic
10(8)
The Values That Unite Us
18(10)
Review and Assessment
25(3)
American Society and Its Values
28(26)
Groups and Institutions
30(4)
Society's Training Grounds
34(7)
Debating the Issues: School Vouchers
40(1)
The Economy
41(4)
Government: Meeting Society's Needs
45(9)
Review and Assessment
51(3)
The Meaning of Citizenship
54(26)
What It Means to Be a Citizen
56(3)
Rights, Duties, and Responsibilities
59(10)
Citizenship Skills: How to Interview for a Job
68(1)
Citizenship and Our Other Roles in Society
69(11)
Review and Assessment
77(3)
UNIT 2 Creating a Lasting Government
80(128)
America's Political Heritage
82(28)
The Colonial Experience
84(7)
Roots of American Government
91(4)
Moving Toward Nationhood
95(15)
Debating the Issues: Nation Building
102(1)
Review and Assessment
103(3)
The Declaration of Independence
106(4)
Creating the Constitution
110(48)
The Constitutional Convention
112(8)
Citizenship Skills: How to Analyze Public Documents
119(1)
The Struggle for Ratification
120(4)
The Supreme Law of the Land
124(34)
Review and Assessment
133(3)
The Constitution of the United States
136(22)
The Bill of Rights
158(26)
Adding the Bill of Rights
160(3)
Protections in the Bill of Rights
163(9)
Interpreting the Bill of Rights
172(12)
Debating the Issues: Faith-Based Providers of Social Services
180(1)
Review and Assessment
181(3)
Our Enduring Constitution
184(24)
Changing the Law of the Land
186(10)
A Flexible Framework
196(12)
Debating the Issues: English as the Nation's Official Language
204(1)
Review and Assessment
205(3)
UNIT 3 The Federal Government
208(82)
The Legislative Branch
210(28)
The Members of Congress
212(6)
The Powers of Congress
218(5)
Debating the Issues: Government Regulation of the Internet
222(1)
How Congress Is Organized
223(6)
Following a Bill in Congress
229(9)
Review and Assessment
235(3)
The Executive Branch
238(26)
The Roles of the President
240(9)
Citizenship Skills: How to Conduct a Survey
248(1)
The Organization of the Executive Branch
249(6)
Presidents and Power
255(9)
Review and Assessment
261(3)
The Judicial Branch
264(26)
The Role of the Federal Courts
266(5)
The Organization of the Federal Courts
271(5)
The Supreme Court
276(14)
Debating the Issues: Term Limits for Justices
286(1)
Review and Assessment
287(3)
UNIT 4 State and Local Government
290(56)
State Government
292(26)
Federalism: One Nation and Fifty States
294(4)
State Legislatures
298(7)
Citizenship Skills: How to Write a Letter to the Editor
304(1)
The State Executive Branch
305(5)
State Courts
310(8)
Review and Assessment
315(3)
Local Government
318(28)
Types of Local Government
320(7)
Local Government Services and Revenue
327(9)
Debating the Issues: Social Services for Illegal Immigrants
335(1)
Conflict and Cooperation Between Governments
336(10)
Review and Assessment
343(3)
UNIT 5 Foundations of Economics
346(80)
What Is an Economy?
348(26)
Why Societies Have Economies
350(8)
Basic Economic Decisions
358(5)
Citizenship Skills: How to Analyze an Editorial
362(1)
Three Types of Economies
363(11)
Review and Assessment
371(3)
Basics of Our Economic System
374(26)
The Principles of Our Market Economy
376(6)
The Role of Business in the American Economy
382(6)
Debating the Issues: Genetically Modified Foods
387(1)
Labor in the American Economy
388(12)
Review and Assessment
397(3)
Our Economy and You
400(26)
Managing Your Money
402(7)
Citizenship Skills: How to Be a Wise Consumer
408(1)
Spending and Saving
409(7)
Careers: Planning for the Future
416(10)
Review and Assessment
423(3)
UNIT 6 Government and the Economy
426(82)
Government's Role in Our Economy
428(26)
Government Intervention in the Economy
430(6)
Debating the Issues: Stricter Regulations on U.S. Corporate Practices
435(1)
Government Efforts to Solve Economic Problems
436(7)
Managing the Economy
443(11)
Review and Assessment
451(3)
Money and Banking
454(26)
Money
456(4)
Our Banking System
460(9)
Citizenship Skills: How to Write a Letter to a Public Official
468(1)
The Federal Reserve System
469(11)
Review and Assessment
477(3)
Public Finance
480(28)
Government and Economic Goals
482(9)
Paying for Government
491(6)
Government Policy and Spending
497(11)
Debating the Issues: Tax Cuts
504(1)
Review and Assessment
505(3)
UNIT 7 The American Legal System
508(78)
Laws and Our Society
510(24)
Why We Have Laws
512(6)
Citizenship Skills: How to Analyze Television News Programs
517(1)
Where Our Laws Come From
518(6)
Kinds of Laws
524(10)
Review and Assessment
531(3)
Criminal and Juvenile Justice
534(26)
Crime in American Society
536(6)
The Criminal Justice System
542(10)
The Juvenile Justice System
552(8)
Debating the Issues: Trying Juveniles as Adults
556(1)
Review and Assessment
557(3)
Civil Justice
560(26)
The Role of Civil Law
562(7)
Citizenship Skills: How to Analyze a News Article
568(1)
Civil Procedure
569(5)
Choices in Civil Justice
574(12)
Review and Assessment
583(3)
UNIT 8 People Make a Difference
586(56)
Political Parties in Our Democracy
588(26)
The Role of Political Parties
590(5)
Our Two-Party System
595(10)
Debating the Issues: Campaign Contributions
604(1)
Choosing Candidates
605(9)
Review and Assessment
611(3)
Voting and Elections
614(28)
Being a Voter
616(6)
Influencing Your Vote
622(9)
Citizenship Skills: How to Conduct an Interview
630(1)
Campaigning for Office
631(11)
Review and Assessment
639(3)
UNIT 9 The United States and the World
642(54)
American Foreign Policy
644(26)
What Is Foreign Policy?
646(5)
Making Foreign Policy
651(6)
Debating the Issues: Promoting Democracy and Human Rights Overseas
656(1)
Foreign Policy in Action
657(13)
Review and Assessment
667(3)
One Nation Among Many
670(26)
The Nations of the World
672(7)
Citizenship Skills: How to Express Your Views
678(1)
Relations Among and Within Nations
679(7)
The Challenge of Interdependence
686(10)
Review and Assessment
693(3)
Reference Section 696

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