---
title: "SSCG7: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSCG7
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSCG7
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
language: en
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source_last_changed: 2025-02-04
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---

# SSCG7: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Demonstrate knowledge of civil liberties and civil rights.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSCG7.a**: Define civil liberties as protections against government actions (e.g., First Amendment).
- **SSCG7.b**: Define civil rights as equal protections for all people (e.g., Civil Rights Act, Brown v. Board of Education, etc.)
- **SSCG7.c**: Analyze due process of law as expressed in the 5th and 14th amendments, as understood through the process of incorporation.
- **SSCG7.d**: Identify how amendments extend the right to vote.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.