TEKS: Chapter 113. Social Studies See All Teacher Resources

113.44.c.13

(13) Citizenship. The student understands rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. The student is expected to:

• (A) understand the roles of limited government and the rule of law in the protection of individual rights;
• (B) identify and define the unalienable rights;
• (C) identify the freedoms and rights guaranteed by each amendment in the Bill of Rights;
• (D) analyze U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution in selected cases, including Engel v. Vitale, Schenck v. United States, Texas v. Johnson, Miranda v. Arizona, Gideon v. Wainwright, Mapp v. Ohio, and Roe v. Wade;
• (E) explain the importance of due process rights to the protection of individual rights and in limiting the powers of government; and
• (F) recall the conditions that produced the 14th Amendment and describe subsequent efforts to selectively extend some of the Bill of Rights to the states, including the Blaine Amendment and U.S. Supreme Court rulings, and analyze the impact on the scope of fundamental rights and federalism.