including:
(i) the Declaration of Independence;
(ii) the United States Constitution;
(iii) the Federalist Papers including Essays 10 and 51;
(iv) excerpts from Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America;
(v) the transcript of the first Lincoln-Douglas debate; and
(vi) the writings of the founding fathers of the United States; and
(E) the history and importance of:
(i) the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. Section 2000a et seq.);
(ii) the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Nineteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution;
(iii) the complexity of the historic relationship between Texas and Mexico; and
(iv) the diversity of the Hispanic population in Texas;
(2) the ability to:
(A) analyze and determine the reliability of information sources;
(B) formulate and articulate reasoned positions;
(C) understand the manner in which local, state and federal government works and operates through the use of simulations and models of governmental and democratic processes;
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