Last Civics Topics

Supreme Court background:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvms1J7tQFY

Oath of Allegiance:

https://www.uscis.gov/us-citizenship/naturalization-test/naturalization-oath-allegiance-united-states-america

Selective Services:

https://www.sss.gov/About/Agency-Mission

WWI video:

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history/videos/the-us-in-world-war-i

WWI fast facts: http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/09/world/world-war-i-fast-facts/

WWII fast facts: http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/09/world/world-war-ii-fast-facts/

Maps on WWI, WWII, Cold War, American Indian Tribes: Click here

Citizenship Test Webquest

Citizenship Test Homework 6 as Webquest

You have the power to discover the answers for yourself!

Follow the links to find the information. You are working on the skill of finding key details.

Watch the biography of Thomas Jefferson

1. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
2. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Look at a map of original colonies

3. There were 13 original states. Name three.

Read about the history of the American flag.

4. Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
5. Why does the flag have 50 stars?

Watch a video about the Constitutional Convention

6. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
7. When was the Constitution written?

Read this article about the Federalist Papers.

8. The Federalist Papers supported the passing of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

Watch this video.

9. Name one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

Read this to understand Presidential Succession

10. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
11. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

Review Presidential Powers

12. Who is the Commander and Chief of the military?
13. Who signs bills into laws?

Read about the role of the President’s cabinet

14. What does the President’s Cabinet do?
15. What are two Cabinet-level positions?