Mr. Waddell
United States/Arizona Government
Welcome
The United States/Arizona Government course introduces students to the requirements and demands of democratic citizenship. This course will help develop informed, responsible participation in American political life by competent citizens committed to the fundamental values and principles of American Constitutional democracy.Study of the historical backgrounds, governing principles, and institutions of the United States. The course studies the nature and function of political relationships: citizen to citizen, citizen to local community, citizen to state, and citizen to the nation.
In short, United States/Arizona Government will act as a finishing course of the social studies, preparing students to take their rightful place as full, active, and responsible members of American society while simultaneously integrating in them an appreciation for the past as it relates to the present and preparing them for the possibilities of their future.