The benchmark(s) of focus is the primary focus for student learning and instruction to be taught or reinforced and provides an intentional opportunity for students to work with that concept or skill.
SS.912.CG.3.4
Analyze the structures, functions and processes of the executive branch as described in Article II of the U.S....
Clarifications:
Clarification 1: Students will explain the qualifications one must have to seek the office of president and the process of presidential elections.
Clarification 2: Students will explain different presidential responsibilities outlined in Article II (e.g., receiving foreign heads of state, delivering the State of the Union address, carrying out faithful execution of the law).
Clarification 3: Students will examine the role of the executive branch in terms of its relationship with the judicial and legislative branches of the government.
Clarification 4: Students will describe constitutional amendments (i.e., 12th, 20th, 22nd and 25th) that have changed the role of the executive branch from its original description in Article II.
Clarification 5: Students will describe the impeachment process.
Supporting benchmarks either make a connection or may help students achieve the focus benchmark(s) and increase students’ opportunities to make connections within the subject or to other subjects. The information included in this section is not a comprehensive list, and educators are encouraged to find other supporting benchmarks.
SS.912.W.8.6
Explain the 20th century background for the establishment of the modern state of Israel in 1948, including the...