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Standards for History and Social Science Practice – Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12
Standards for History and Social Science Practice – Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12
1 Demonstrate civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions.
Civic knowledge includes the core knowledge in the Content Standards relating to civics and government, economics, geography, and history.
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4 Analyze the purpose and point of view of each source; distinguish opinion from fact. Students need to be exposed to readings that represent a variety of points of view in order to become discerning and critical readers. They need to be able to identify th
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Grades 6-8 Reading Standards for Literacy in the Content Areas: History/Social Science
Craft and Structure
4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
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5 Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally), including how written texts incorporate features such as headings.
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Grade 7 – World Geography and Ancient Civilizations II
Grade 7 – World Geography and Ancient Civilizations II
Topic 1. Central and South Asia
Physical and political geography of Central and South Asia
3 Explain how absolute and relative locations, major physical characteristics, climate and natural resources in this region have influenced settlement patterns, population size, and economies of the countries.
Early Indian and Central Asian civilizations, religions, and cultures – Supporting Question: What was the most significant contribution of early societies in India and Central Asia to mathematics, science, the arts, and technology in the modern world?
4 Explain the ways in which early Indian and Central Asian societies interacted with East African, Western Asian, and European societies (e.g., by conquest, trade, colonization, diffusion of religion, language, and culture).
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5 Describe important economic, political, and religious developments in Indian and Central Asian history and evaluate the ways in which they conform to or differ from developments in societies in other regions of the world:
e. the development of the caste system in India
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g. the role topography and geography played in making trade along the several routes of the Silk Road viable and lucrative; connections through trade routes to Africa, Europe, and China
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Topic 2. East Asia
Early East Asian societies, religions, and cultures - Ancient China, c. 1600 BCE-500 CE – Supporting Question: To what degree have Chinese societies over time been shaped by geography?
10 Describe important economic, political, and religious developments in early Chinese history and evaluate the ways in which they are similar to or different from the characteristics of societies in other regions of the world:
a. the continuity of rule and encouragement of learning in the Shang and Zhou dynasties (c. 1600-256 BCE);
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c. the First Emperor’s unification of China in the short Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE) by subduing warring factions, seizing land, centralizing government, imposing strict rules, and creating, with the use of slave labor, large state building projects for irriga
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d. the Chinese ideographic writing system (characters, which are symbols for concepts/ideas) and how it differs from an alphabetic writing system;
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e. important technologies of China such as bronze casting, silk and gunpowder manufacture;
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f. China’s role in trade across Asia and to and from Africa and Europe along the Silk Roads and the introduction of Buddhism in China starting c. 1st century CE.
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Early East Asian societies, religions, and cultures - Ancient Japan and Korea, c. 300 BCE-1300 CE – Supporting Question: How has Korea served as both a cultural bridge and a battleground between China and Japan?
11 Trace the spread of Buddhism from India in the 4th century BCE to China, Korea, and Japan, and its development in Japan from the 6th through the 13th century CE; explain significant cultural contributions of ancient Japan (e.g., Buddhist philosophy, art,
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12 Describe the impact of encounters, such as through trade, religion, and conquest, among the ancient civilizations of China, Japan, and Korea.
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Topic 4. Europe
Ancient and Classical Greece, c. 1200-300 BCE – Supporting Question: How does the democracy of Athens compare to the democracies of today?
21 On a historical map of the Mediterranean area, locate Greece and trace the extent of its influence from c. 1200 to 300 BCE.
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22 Explain how the geographical location of ancient Athens and other city-states such as Corinth and Sparta contributed to their role in maritime trade, colonies in the Mediterranean, and the expansion of their cultural influence.
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23 Explain the democratic political concepts developed in ancient Greece:
a. the “polis” or city-state
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b. civic participation and voting rights
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c. legislative bodies
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d. constitution writing
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e. rule of law
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24 Compare and contrast life in Athens and Sparta, including the status and role of women and enslaved people in the two city-states.
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25 Analyze the causes, and consequences of the Persian Wars between Greek city-states and the Persian Empire (490-480 BCE), the Peloponnesian Wars between Athens and Sparta (431-404 BCE), and the conquests of Alexander the Great in Asia (c.336-331BCE).
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27 Identify the major accomplishments of the ancient Greeks by researching and reporting on one of the following:
a. a scientist or mathematician (e.g., Thales, Pythagoras, Euclid, or Hippocrates)
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b. a philosopher(e.g., Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle), historian (e.g., Herodotus or Thucydides), poet or dramatist (e.g., Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Aristophanes, or Euripides)
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c. architecture (e.g., the Parthenon, the Acropolis, and the Temple of Apollo)
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d. writing (e.g., development of the first complete alphabet with symbols for consonants and vowels)
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e. art (e.g., the development of ideals of beauty and proportions in the human body in sculpture or the depiction of myths and heroes in vase painting)
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Ancient and Classical Rome, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire, c. 500 BCE-500 CE – Supporting Questions: What was the influence and legacy of the Roman Empire on the conquered peoples in the territory it controlled?
28 Locate Rome on a map, trace the expansion of the Roman Empire to 500 CE and explain how Rome’s location contributed to its political power in the Mediterranean and beyond.
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29 Describe the rise of the Roman Republic, its government, including separation of powers, rule of law, representative government, and the notion of civic duty.
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30 Describe the influence of Julius Caesar and Augustus in Rome’s transition from a republic to an empire and explain the reasons for the growth and long life of the Roman Empire:
a. Military organization, tactics, and conquests; and decentralized administration
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b. the purpose and functions of taxes
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c. the promotion of economic growth through the use of a standard currency, road construction, and the protection of trade routes and the benefits of a Pax Romana
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31 Describe the characteristics of the system of classes and slavery under the Romans.
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32 Explain how inner forces (e.g., the rise of autonomous military powers, political corruption, and economic and political instability) and external forces (shrinking trade, invasions from northern tribes) led to the disintegration of the Roman Empire.
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33 Describe the contribution of the Romans to architecture, engineering, and technology (e.g., roads, bridges, arenas, baths, aqueducts, central heating, plumbing, and sanitation).
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34 Explain the spread and influence of the Roman alphabet and the Latin language, and the role of Latin and Greek in scientific and academic vocabulary today.
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35 Describe how scientific, philosophical, and aesthetic ideas diffused throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa as a result of trade, migration, conquest, and colonization.
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