South Carolina standards alignment

• USG.2.CC

  Covered

  Explain how governments in South Carolina are organized and how they function in the American constitutional government.

  Covered by

  • South Carolina Civics: How Your State Government Works
  • US, State & Local Government: Who Does What
  • State vs Federal Power: How American Government Is Divided

  • · South Carolina Civics, Lesson 1 · The 'legislative state': where the General Assembly long ruled
  • · South Carolina Civics, Lesson 2 · A large plural executive (a legacy of the weak governor)
  • · South Carolina Civics, Lesson 3 · How South Carolina picks its judges (the Legislature elects them)
  • · South Carolina Civics, Lesson 4 · How a bill becomes a South Carolina law
  • · South Carolina Civics, Lesson 5 · Local government and how to take part
  • · US, State & Local Government, Lesson 5 · What LOCAL government handles (and why it VARIES)
  • · US, State & Local Government, Lesson 7 · The governments you forget: special districts & boards
  • · State vs Federal Power, Lesson 1 · What is federalism, and why split power at all?

  Note: This is the flagship's primary home: South Carolina's own government — the legislative state and its Constitution of 1895, the large plural executive, the General Assembly electing the judges, how a bill becomes a South Carolina law with no citizen initiative, and its 46 counties under Home Rule — is taught in depth, and how those state and local governments sit inside the federal constitutional system is carried by the general civics catalog.

• USG.2.ER

  Covered

  Explain the authority, organization, purposes, and responsibilities of the three branches of government as enumerated in Articles I–III in the Constitution.

  Covered by

  • US Constitution 101: The Document That Builds the Government
  • US Civics 101: How American Government Works

  • · US Constitution 101, Lessons 3-6 · Articles I-III and checks & balances
  • · US Civics 101, Lesson 1 · Purpose of government and the three branches
  • · US Constitution 101, Lesson 6 · Separation of powers and checks & balances
  • · US Constitution 101, Lesson 7 · Federalism: state and federal power

  Note: Articles I-III, the three branches, their specific powers, and how they interact and check one another are taught end to end.

• USG.2.IN

  Covered

  Analyze how power and responsibility are distributed, shared, and limited in the American constitutional government.

  Covered by

  • US Constitution 101: The Document That Builds the Government
  • State vs Federal Power: How American Government Is Divided
  • The Bill of Rights: Know Your Rights

  • · US Constitution 101, Lesson 6 · Separation of powers and checks & balances
  • · US Constitution 101, Lesson 7 · Federalism: state and federal power
  • · State vs Federal Power, Lesson 1 · What is federalism, and why split power at all?
  • · State vs Federal Power, Lesson 2 · Three kinds of power: enumerated, implied, reserved
  • · State vs Federal Power, Lesson 3 · The enumerated powers: Article I, § 8 (the Necessary and Proper Clause)
  • · State vs Federal Power, Lesson 6 · Concurrent powers: what both levels share
  • · State vs Federal Power, Lesson 7 · McCulloch v. Maryland (1819): implied powers and supremacy
  • · The Bill of Rights: Know Your Rights, Lesson 1 · What is the Bill of Rights?

  Note: The distribution, sharing, and limiting of power — separation of powers and checks and balances, federalism and the enumerated/implied/reserved/concurrent powers taxonomy, and the Bill of Rights as a limit on government — is taught by name.

• USG.4.IP

  Covered

  Describe and evaluate the ways citizens can participate in the political process at the local, state, national, and global levels.

  Covered by

  • South Carolina Civics: How Your State Government Works
  • US, State & Local Government: Who Does What
  • How a Bill Becomes Law (Federal): From Idea to Public Law
  • Citizenship & Naturalization Basics
  • Jury Duty & the Courts (the citizen's side)

  • · South Carolina Civics, Lesson 5 · Local government and how to take part
  • · US, State & Local Government, Lesson 8 · Where to show up and be heard, at every level
  • · How a Bill Becomes Law, Lesson 8 · Tracking a bill and making your voice heard
  • · Citizenship & Naturalization Basics, Lesson 7 · Rights and responsibilities of citizenship
  • · Jury Duty & the Courts · the whole course (the citizen's side of the court system)

  Note: Participation is taught end to end and includes South Carolina's own levers: registering and voting with photo ID, showing up at county councils, city councils, and school boards, contacting the Columbia legislators, watching the General Assembly's judicial elections, jury service, and running for local office.

• USG.2.IP

  Partially covered

  Synthesize why the rule of law has a central place in American society and the impact it has on the American political system.

  Covered by

  • US Constitution 101: The Document That Builds the Government
  • US Civics 101: How American Government Works
  • The Bill of Rights: Know Your Rights

  • · US Constitution 101, Lesson 6 · Separation of powers and checks & balances
  • · US Constitution 101, Lesson 7 · Federalism: state and federal power
  • · US Civics 101, Lesson 4 · The courts and judicial review (Marbury v. Madison)
  • · Know Your Rights, Lesson 2 · Freedom of speech: what's protected, and what isn't
  • · Know Your Rights, Lesson 5 · Speech and religion at school, and online
  • · Know Your Rights, Lesson 7 · Police stops, reasonable suspicion, and your privacy

  What we do and don't cover: The rule of law is taught through its working parts — the Constitution as the supreme rule, judicial review through Marbury v. Madison, and the constitutional limits on what government may do to rights. The single synthesized argument the standard asks for ('why the rule of law has a central place') is assembled across courses rather than delivered as one graded synthesis, so this is partial.

• USG.1.IN

  Partially covered

  Interpret founding documents and principles that led to the creation of the American constitutional democracy.

  Covered by

  • US Constitution 101: The Document That Builds the Government

  • · US Constitution 101, Lessons 2-9 · the Constitution analyzed article by article
  • · US Constitution 101, Lesson 2 · The Preamble: who, and why
  • · US Constitution 101, Lesson 1 · Why a constitution? From the Articles of Confederation

  What we do and don't cover: The founding documents that framed the government — the Preamble and the Constitution article by article, and why the Articles of Confederation gave way to the 1787 Constitution — are interpreted directly. The Declaration of Independence and the Enlightenment principles behind them are touched more lightly, so this is partial.

• USG.1.IP

  Partially covered

  Investigate and communicate the importance of constitutional principles and fundamental values and apply them in abstract and real world situations.

  Covered by

  • US Constitution 101: The Document That Builds the Government

  • · US Constitution 101, Lessons 2-9 · the Constitution analyzed article by article
  • · US Constitution 101, Lesson 9 · Changing the Constitution: Article V and key later amendments

  What we do and don't cover: Constitutional principles and the Constitution as a living document capable of being altered over time (Article V) are taught. The standard's applied half — applying the principles to abstract and real-world situations as a student exercise — is prompted more than it is run as a graded task, so this is partial.

• USG.3.IP

  Partially covered

  Explain how the electoral process works in federal elections and the effects those elections have on U.S. government.

  Covered by

  • Voting & Elections 101

  • · Voting & Elections 101, Lessons 1-3 · registration, primaries and caucuses, how you vote
  • · Voting & Elections 101, Lesson 7 · Counting, canvassing, and certifying the vote
  • · Voting & Elections 101, Lesson 8 · Verify your own registration and rules
  • · Voting & Elections 101, Lesson 4 · The Electoral College: how it works
  • · Voting & Elections 101, Lesson 5 · Why the Electoral College exists
  • · Voting & Elections 101, Lesson 1 · Registering to vote

  What we do and don't cover: The electoral process is taught in working detail — registration, primaries, how you vote, counting and certifying, and the Electoral College's mechanics and purpose. The standard's historical half (the struggles over the extension of suffrage and federal campaign/electoral rules) is thinner, so this is partial.

• USG.3.ER

  Partially covered

  Describe the policy making process in the American constitutional government.

  Covered by

  • How a Bill Becomes Law (Federal): From Idea to Public Law
  • US Civics 101: How American Government Works

  • · How a Bill Becomes Law (Federal) · the whole course, introduction to public law
  • · US Civics 101, Lesson 3 · How a bill becomes a law
  • · How a Bill Becomes Law, Lesson 8 · Tracking a bill and making your voice heard

  What we do and don't cover: The core of policy making — how a bill becomes law, and tracking a live bill and being heard on it — is taught as practice. The standard's wider policy-network frame (interest groups, parties, and domestic/economic/foreign-policy networks) is not the course's focus, so this is partial.

• USG.4.ER

  Partially covered

  Describe the criteria and process for immigration to and citizenship in the U.S., and explain how the U.S. has expanded and limited the concept of citizenship over time.

  Covered by

  • Citizenship & Naturalization Basics

  • · Citizenship & Naturalization Basics, Lesson 1 · Who is a U.S. citizen? Birthright and the 14th Amendment
  • · Citizenship & Naturalization Basics, Lesson 3 · Becoming a citizen: naturalization eligibility
  • · Citizenship & Naturalization Basics, Lesson 7 · Rights and responsibilities of citizenship

  What we do and don't cover: The criteria and process for U.S. citizenship — birthright and the 14th Amendment, naturalization eligibility, and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship — are taught directly. The standard's historical half (how the U.S. has expanded and limited citizenship over time) is thinner, so this is partial.

• USG.4.IN

  Partially covered

  Distinguish between various economic, personal, and political rights of citizens in the U.S., and how these rights can sometimes conflict with each other.

  Covered by

  • The Bill of Rights: Know Your Rights

  • · Know Your Rights, Lessons 2-5 · speech, religion, press, assembly, including at school and online
  • · Know Your Rights, Lessons 6-8 · the 4th Amendment: searches, stops, and your digital life
  • · Know Your Rights, Lesson 2 · Freedom of speech: what's protected, and what isn't
  • · Know Your Rights, Lesson 5 · Speech and religion at school, and online
  • · Know Your Rights, Lesson 7 · Police stops, reasonable suspicion, and your privacy
  • · The Bill of Rights: Know Your Rights, Lesson 1 · What is the Bill of Rights?

  What we do and don't cover: The personal and political rights the Constitution protects, and how those rights are limited and can conflict, are taught as applicable rules (Tinker, Mapp, Terry, T.L.O., and the limits on speech). The 'economic rights' strand the standard also names is not a focus, so this is partial.

What we don't claim

A standards page is only worth reading if the omissions are honest too. We looked at these and left them out:

• Mathematics — nothing. This catalog does no mathematics instruction, so it meets no South Carolina College- and Career-Ready mathematics standard.
• English/Language Arts — South Carolina's OWN standards (after the Common Core exit): deferred. South Carolina withdrew from the Common Core in 2015 and adopted its own South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards for English Language Arts, under South Carolina-specific codes. The shared Common Core ELA mapping this catalog uses in Common Core states does NOT apply in South Carolina. The catalog's ELA-literacy strengths — evaluating an author's point of view and evidence, analyzing rhetoric, and sustained research with citation — would map to South Carolina's own reading and writing inquiry standards, but transcribing and verifying those verbatim is deferred this pass (verbatim-or-nothing) and published here rather than claimed unverified.
• Science — South Carolina's OWN standards (not the NGSS): deferred, not denied. South Carolina adopted its own South Carolina Academic Standards and Performance Indicators for Science (2021), NOT the Next Generation Science Standards, so the shared NGSS mapping this catalog uses in NGSS states does not apply in South Carolina. The catalog's climate/resource content would find an analog in South Carolina's Earth/environmental-science standards, but this pass mapped only the United States Government course; South Carolina's science standards are deferred (verbatim-or-nothing), not claimed unverified.
• South Carolina's own state structure is taught more fully than USG.2.CC captures. USG.2.CC ('how governments in South Carolina are organized and how they function') is the one indicator that names South Carolina's own government, and it is the flagship's home. But South Carolina's most distinctive facts — the General Assembly ELECTING the judges (shared only with Virginia), the 1895 weak-governor design, the unusually large plural executive of separately elected officials, the ABSENCE of a citizen initiative, and the distinctive re-ratification step for amendments — are all folded into that single indicator rather than each having a code of its own.
• The founding-philosophy and political-science Government indicators we checked and rejected. USG.1.ER (the philosophical influences on core political principles — Greek democracy, Roman republicanism, and the Enlightenment thinkers), USG.1.CC (the major debates and compromises underlying the formation and ratification of the Constitution — the Convention's bargains), USG.3.IN (how American political beliefs and ideological trends are formed by founding principles, core values, and changing demographics), USG.3.CC (the role of linkage institutions — media, interest groups, and political parties — in shaping the public agenda; our media literacy is consumer/source literacy, not political-media analysis), and USG.4.CC (contemporary equal-protection issues, social movements, and landmark civil-rights legislation) — the United States Government course and the general civics catalog do not genuinely teach these, or teach them too thinly to claim, so we do not claim them.
• South Carolina's other Social Studies courses — deferred. The grade-12 United States Government course is one of several in the 2019 Social Studies standards (which also include United States History, World History, Economics, and Geography courses). The catalog's commodity, colonial, labor, and civil-rights history and its commodity economics WOULD map to the US/World History and Economics courses, as they do in other states, but we mapped the United States Government course this pass and defer the rest rather than cite text we did not transcribe this pass.
• The United States Government 'Deconstructed Skills' (the ER/IN/CC/IP skill framework). Standard 1's 'Deconstructed Skills' table defines the four cross-cutting skills (Establish Relationships, Interpret, Communicate and Conclude, Informed Participation) that the numbered indicators exercise. The catalog's source-literacy method — analyzing primary and secondary sources, and detecting bias in media and political cartoons — aligns well with the Interpret and Communicate-and-Conclude skill descriptors, but those are the course's skill framework, not coded content standards, so we cite the content indicators (USG.n.x) rather than the skill descriptors.