9th grade Social Studies
8 units matched to the Oregon State Standards.
Focus areas
- Civics: how government works
- Rights and responsibilities of citizens
- Economics and personal finance
Units
Unit 1
Forms of Government
Comparing the US republic with direct democracy, theocracy, oligarchy, authoritarian rule and monarchy, and the older governments and documents that shaped the United States.
Learning standard: HS.C.PI.1; HS.C.PI.2 · early governments that influenced the US, and comparing a republic with other forms of government
Unit 2
The Three Branches
The structure, powers and checks of Congress, the presidency and the federal courts, Oregon's seats in Congress, and the branches that handle foreign policy.
Learning standard: HS.C.PI.3; HS.C.PI.5; HS.C.IR.11 · the institutions and processes of the federal government, debates over its size, and who makes foreign policy
Unit 3
Federal, State, Local & Tribal
Federalism and landmark cases about it, Oregon's state and local governments, and the government-to-government relationship between Oregon and its nine federally recognized Tribes.
Learning standard: HS.C.PI.4; HS.C.PI.6; HS.C.IR.8 · federalism and landmark federalism cases, Tribal governments, and the central ideas of US and Oregon government
Unit 4
Rights & the Courts
The amendments and landmark cases that expanded or limited rights, the civil rights movement, and how Oregon's constitution excluded people and was changed.
Learning standard: HS.C.PI.7; HS.C.DP.12; HS.C.DP.15; HS.C.CE.18 · documents protecting rights, efforts to close gaps between ideals and practice, Oregon's exclusionary constitution, and the fight for voting rights
Unit 5
Voting in Oregon
Who can vote in Oregon and how (vote by mail, Motor Voter, closed primaries), ballot measures, the Electoral College, parties, interest groups and the media, and checking sources.
Learning standard: HS.C.DP.16; HS.C.IR.9; HS.C.IR.10 · the requirements and process for voting, civic behaviours in a democracy, and how parties, groups and media influence people
Unit 6
How Laws Are Made
How a bill becomes law in Congress and in Oregon's Legislative Assembly, vetoes, initiatives and referrals, and how citizens and movements influence lawmaking.
Learning standard: HS.C.CE.17; HS.C.CE.19; HS.C.PI.3 · how citizens and movements affect lawmaking, comparing policy debates, and the processes of government
Unit 7
Markets, Banks & Money
Scarcity and trade-offs, banks and the Federal Reserve, inflation, GDP and unemployment, market structures, comparative advantage and the role of government in the economy.
Learning standard: HS.E.MI.4; HS.E.MI.5; HS.E.MI.6; HS.E.MI.7; HS.E.IC.8; HS.E.ST.11; HS.E.ST.12; HS.E.ST.15 · government's role in markets, banks and the Federal Reserve, economic indicators, scarcity, comparative advantage, market structures and slavery's role in the economy
Unit 8
Supply & Demand
How events shift supply or demand and change prices, finding the equilibrium price in a table, and what happens when a price is set too high or too low.
Learning standard: HS.E.MI.1; HS.E.MI.2; HS.E.MI.3 · supply and demand, economic models of a market, and shortages and surpluses
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