Washington Library Media Association CBAs

Elementary - Civics Topics

• You Decide
• Classroom rules
• Playground rules
• Issues in the news
• Environment (salmon, reintroduction of wolves..)  WLMA
• Ballot referendums or initiatives
• Westward expansion WLMA
• “54/40 or fight”
• Civil rights WLMA
• Colonization
• Revolutionary war WLMA
• Founding of the nation
• Enslavement of African people WLMA
• Whose rules?
• Classroom rules (who created, who is involved and how effective is the rule?)
• Mandatory school attendance
• Civil Rights Act
• Endangered Species Act WLMA
• Clean Water Act WLMA
• NCLB Reauthorization of Elementary and Secondary Education Act
• IDEA Individuals with disabilities education act
• British governent rules for American colonies e.g. Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, etc.) WLMA
• Rules of indigenous cultures in North America
• Why was Bill of Rights written? WLMA
• Supreme Court Decisions
• Brown v Board of Education WLMA
• Tinker v Des Moines
• Plessy v Ferguson
• Marbury v Madison
• Cause of conflict
• Boston Tea party
• Revolutionary War WLMA
• Federalist/Anti-federalist debates
• War of 1812
• Nullification Crisis
• Black Hawk War WLMA
• Trail of Tears WLMA
• Mexican War
• Whitman Massacre WLMA  has one
• Indigenous and European perspectives

Middle School- Civics topics

• Checks and Balances
• Governor’s veto
• Washington state court cases that have checked the power of legislative or governor
• Andrew Jackson’s use of presidential veto
• Forced removal of the Cherokee WLMA
• Supreme Court cases reviewed by John Marshall, Supreme Court
• Impeachment of Andrew Johnson WLMA has one
• International relations
• Regulations/policies from WTO , NAFTA, etc
• Fair trade movement WLMA
• Trade regulations affecting apples, wine, steel, computer technology, etc.
• Intellectual property laws WLMA
• Constitutional issues
• Framing of the Declaration of Independence WLMA
• Framing of the Constitution ( Federalist v Anti-Federalists)
• Structure of government—individual rights, slavery, etc.
• Right to vote- restricting or expanding the right to vote WLMA
• Regulation of trade
• Removal of American Indians
• Slavery in the 19th century
• Industrialization
• Washington gaining statehood
• Washington’s role in Japanese internment WLMA
• Initiative process in Washington State
• Tribal sovereignty in Washington state WLMA
• Rule of law throughout civilizations
• Role of religion on government
• Social justice related to democratic ideals
• Gender equality related to democratic ideals

High School Topics- CivicsChecks and Balances

• Governor’s veto during important events in Washington
• Washington state supreme court cases
• Impeachment of President Clinton
• War Powers Act
• Publication of Pentagon Papers in the 1970s WLMA
• Resignation of President Nixon WLMA
• 2000 Presidential election
• War on Terrorism
• Detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba WLMA

U. S. Foreign Policy

• Strategic considerations with allies
• Trade’s role on foreign policy
• Emergence of America as World Power ( 1890-1918)
• Spanish-American War, Construction of Panama Canal, World War 1 WLMA
• Reform, Prosperity and the Great Depression ( 1900-1940)
• Good neighbor policy
• World War II, cold War and International Relations ( 1939-present)
• Lend lease, World War II, United nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) SEATO ( Southeast Asia Treaty organization, Marshall Plan Korean War, Vietnam War, World Trade Organization WLMA divided
• Indigenous tribes, native American removal, reservations, sovereign nations WLMA

Constitutional Issues

• Global expansion and encounter ( 1450-1770)

• Impact of European domination on various parts of the world
• Property and rights of indigenous peoples

• Age of Revolutions (1750-1914)

• French revolutions
• Transformation of Eurasian, African and Latin American societies

• Causes and consequences of World War I and World War II (1870-1989)

• Peace settlements and treaties
• International agreements and organizations in international relationships WLMA

• Emergence and Development of the New nations ( 1945-present)

• Nation-building
• Relationship among colonization, independence, and globalization WLMA
• Africa, Asia, Latin America’s economical, political and social transformations

• Challenges to democracy and human rights ( 1900-present)

• Factors for rise of democracy in 20th century
• Causes of people to hate and genocide
• Implications of different definitions of human rights and civil rights
• Globalization implications on people and society
• Impact of health improvements, population growth and scientific development WLMA
• Impact of property rights on democratic ideals and human and civil rights
• Impact of immigration to the United States
• Global warming and international agreements
• Various perspectives on Title IX
• Perspectives on welfare reform
• Perspectives on agricultural subsidies to farmers in the United States

CBA Assessment Explanation

•Takes the place of a Social Studies “WASL”
•Performance-based
•Process oriented - research and higher level thinking
•Scored by teachers; each CBA has a detailed rubric
•Reported to OSPI by districts

WLMA is also listed on the OSPI CBA Bridging Documents page