Oklahoma Social Studies USG.C.6.4

USG.C.6.4 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• USG.C.6.4.A

  Explain how individual liberties are essential to the functioning of the United States of America constitutional republic society.

• USG.C.6.4.B

  Examine how liberty and private property have contributed to economic opportunity and prosperity in the United States of America.

• USG.C.6.4.C

  Identify basic rights, liberties, and protections of due process protected by the Bill of Rights and subsequent constitutional amendments.

• USG.C.6.4.D

  Explain how the Bill of Rights protects individuals from abuse by the national government and explain the extent that protections have been applied to the state...

01

What Students Need to Do

Students identify freedoms and legal protections, including due process. They explain how these rights let people take part in government and how property rights can support economic opportunity. They trace how many, but not all, protections came to apply to states through the Fourteenth Amendment.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can explain why a state ban on a peaceful protest raises a free speech concern. They can connect the right to a lawyer in a state criminal case to the Fourteenth Amendment. They can explain how secure property ownership helps someone open a business.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think the Bill of Rights originally restricted state governments, or that every protection now applies to states. Some think free speech requires private people to provide a platform. Others assume property rights let owners ignore zoning rules.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: State officials ban a rally because they dislike its message and deny an arrested organizer a lawyer. Name the two rights involved and explain how they apply to states.

1. 01

   Give pairs protest, arrest, and property seizure cards; have them match each to a rights card and label the government federal or state.

2. 02

   Ask students: Why does a voter need free speech to challenge a mayor, and when could a city limit a protest?

3. 03

   Sort speech, counsel, and grand jury indictment cards by whether they apply to states, using short case summaries to check answers.

4. 04

   Show a sample deed and a printed zoning rule; ask how ownership helps someone open a shop and why the rule limits its use.

• 5.C.6.2

  Summarize the rights and liberties protected by the Bill of Rights.

• 8.C.4.5.C

  Examine individual rights, liberties, and protections of due process guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.

• 8.C.4.5

  Analyze the rights and liberties guaranteed to all citizens in the Bill of Rights.