Alabama Social Studies SS24.8.15b
The Standard
- SS24.8.15
- Analyze the development of parliamentary and constitutional government in England.
Summarize how major provisions in the Petition of Right and the English Bill of Rights influenced early forms of constitutional government.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify rules that stopped the king from taxing, jailing, or changing laws on his own. They explain how those limits gave Parliament more power and protected people from some abuses.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain why the earlier petition required Parliament's consent for taxes. They can explain why the later bill stopped the monarch from suspending laws without Parliament.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the documents ended the monarchy or gave every adult the vote. They may also think the king could no longer collect any taxes, rather than needing Parliament's approval.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Name one limit on the king from each document. For each limit, write who gained power or protection.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cards about forced billeting, imprisonment without cause, free parliamentary elections, and suspending laws. Have them sort the cards by document.
Ask students to write two sentences answering: Why would Parliament want to approve taxes before a king collected them?
Read a monarch's action aloud, such as jailing someone without charges. Teams name the document that challenged it and explain their choice.
Show a sample city council agenda proposing a local tax. Students compare its public vote with Parliament's approval of royal taxes.
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- SS24.8.15
Analyze the development of parliamentary and constitutional government in England.
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