World History Studies-Citizenship

The student understands the significance of political choices and decisions made by individuals, groups, and nations throughout history. The student is expected to:

Describe how people have participated in supporting or changing their governments.

Describe the rights and responsibilities of citizens and noncitizens in civic participation throughout history.

Identify examples of key persons who were successful in shifting political thought, including William Wilberforce.

The student understands the historical development of significant legal and political concepts related to the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. The student is expected to:

Summarize the development of the rule of law from ancient to modern times.

Identify the influence of ideas regarding the right to a "trial by a jury of your peers" and the concepts of "innocent until proven guilty" and "equality before the law" that originated from the Judeo-Christian legal tradition and in Greece and Rome.

Identify examples of politically motivated mass murders in Cambodia, China, Latin America, the Soviet Union, and Armenia.

Identify examples of genocide, including the Holocaust and genocide in the Balkans, Rwanda, and Darfur.

Identify examples of individuals who led resistance to political oppression such as Nelson Mandela, Mohandas Gandhi, Oscar Romero, Natan Sharansky, Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, and Chinese student protestors in Tiananmen Square.

Assess the degree to which American ideals have advanced human rights and democratic ideas throughout the world.