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Standard 2: Civics and Government Students will explain the major principles, values and institutions of constitutional government and citizenship, which are based on the founding documents of the United States and how three branches of government share and check power within our federal system of government. Foundations of Government 8.2.1 View Resource(s) Identify and explain essential ideas of constitutional government, which are expressed in the founding documents of the United States, including the Virginia Declaration of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, the Northwest Ordinance, the 1787 U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers, Common Sense, Washington’s Farewell Address (1796) and Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address (1801). 8.2.2 View Resource(s) Identify and explain the relationship between rights and responsibilities of citizenship in the United States. 8.2.3 View Resource(s) Explain how and why legislative, executive and judicial powers are distributed, shared and limited in the constitutional government of the United States. 8.2.4 View Resource(s) Examine functions of the national government in the lives of people. Functions of Government 8.2.5 View Resource(s) Compare and contrast the powers reserved to the federal and state government under the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution. 8.2.6 View Resource(s) Distinguish among the different functions of national and state government within the federal system by analyzing the United States Constitution and the Indiana Constitution. Roles of Citizens 8.2.7 View Resource(s) Explain the importance in a democratic republic of responsible participation by citizens in voluntary civil associations/non-governmental organizations that comprise civil society. 8.2.8 View Resource(s) Explain ways that citizens can participate in political parties, campaigns and elections. 8.2.9 View Resource(s) Explain how citizens can monitor and influence the development and implementation of public policies at local, state and national levels of government. 8.2.10 View Resource(s) Research and defend positions on issues in which fundamental values and principles related to the United States Constitution are in conflict, using a variety of information resources.