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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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Literacy Standards for History and Social Science
Literacy Standards for History and Social Science
Grades 9-10 Reading Standards for Literacy in the Content Areas: History/Social Science
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
10 Independently and proficiently read and comprehend history/social studies texts exhibiting complexity appropriate for the grade/course.
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Key Ideas and Details
3 Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
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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 describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social studies.
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5 Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or advance an explanation or analysis.
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High School – United States History I
High School – United States History I
Topic 1. Origins of the Revolution and the Constitution – Supporting Question: How did events of the Revolutionary period inform the ideas in the Constitution?
1 Analyze the economic, intellectual, and cultural forces that contributed to the American Revolution.
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2 Explain the reasons for the French and Indian War (1754-1763), the North American component of the global Seven Years’ War between Great Britain and France (1756-1763), and analyze how the war affected colonists and Native Peoples.
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Topic 2. Democratization and expansion – Supporting Question: How was the balance of Federal and state authority tested in the early Republic?
11 Analyze the causes and long and short term consequences of America’s westward expansion from 1800 to 1854 (e.g., the Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812, growing diplomatic assertiveness after the Monroe Doctrine of 1823; the concept of Manifest Destiny a
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Topic 3. Economic growth in the North, South, and West – Supporting Question: How were the North, South, and West interdependent in the antebellum period?
12 Explain the importance of the Transportation Revolution of the 19th century (e.g., the introduction of steamboats, canals, roads, bridges, turnpikes, and railroad networks; the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad and its stimulus to east/wes
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13 Analyze the effects of industrial growth throughout antebellum America, and in New England, the growth of the textile and machinery industries and maritime commerce:
a. the technological improvements and inventions that contributed to industrial growth and maritime commerce
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d. the rise of a business class of merchants and manufacturers
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e. the role of women as the primary workforce in New England textile factories and female workers’ activism in advocating for reform of working conditions
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Topic 5. The Civil War and Reconstruction: causes and consequences – Supporting Question: How did sectional differences over slavery in the North, South, Midwest, and West contribute to the Civil War?
19 Analyze critical policies and events leading to the Civil War and connections among them (e.g., 1820: the Missouri Compromise; 1831-2: the South Carolina Nullification Crisis 1840s: the Wilmot Proviso; the Mexican-American War; 1850s: the Compromise of 18
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23 Analyze the consequences of the Civil War and Reconstruction (e.g., the physical and economic destruction of the South and the loss of life of both Southern and Northern troops; the increased role of the federal government; the impeachment of President Jo
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24 Analyze the long term consequences of one aspect of the Jim Crow era (1870s-1960s) that limited educational and economic opportunities for African Americans (e.g., segregated public schools, white supremacist beliefs, the threat of violence from extra-leg
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Topic 6. Rebuilding the United States: industry and immigration – Supporting Question: Industrialists have been called “Captains of Industry” and “Robber Barons.” Which title is more appropriate for them and why?
26 Explain the various causes of the Industrial Revolution (e.g., the economic impetus provided by the Civil War; important technological and scientific advances, such as the expansion of the railroad system; the role of business leaders, entrepreneurs, and
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27 Make connections among the important consequences of the Industrial Revolution (e.g., economic growth and the rise of big business; environmental impact of industries; the expansion of cities; the emergence of labor unions such as the Knights of Labor and
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Topic 7. Progressivism and World War I
31 Explain what Progressivism meant in the early 20th century and analyze a text or images by a Progressive leader (e.g., Jane Addams, William Jennings Bryan, John Dewey, Robert La Follette, Theodore Roosevelt, Margaret Sanger, Upton Sinclair, Lewis Hine, Wi
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35 Analyze the causes and course of growing role of the United States in world affairs from the Civil War to World War I, researching and reporting on one of the following ideas, policies, or events, and, where appropriate, including maps, timelines, and oth
c. the Spanish-American War (1898) and resulting changes in sovereignty for Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines; the Philippine-American War (1899-1902)
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g. the role of the United States in the building of the Panama Canal (1904-1914)
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h. William Howard Taft’s foreign policy of Dollar Diplomacy
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i. United States involvement in the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920)
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j. American entry of the United States into World War I (1917)
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36 Explain the rationale and events leading to the entry of the U.S. into World War I (e.g., unrestricted submarine warfare, the sinking of the Lusitania, the Zimmerman telegram, the concept of “making the world safe for democracy.”
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37 Analyze the role played by the U.S. in support of the Allies and in the conduct of the war.
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38 Explain the course and significance of Woodrow Wilson’s wartime diplomacy, including his Fourteen Points, the League of Nations, and the failure of the Versailles Treaty.
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High School – United States History II
High School – United States History II
Topic 1. The role of economics in modern United States history
Financial Investing – Supporting Question: What are the benefits and drawbacks of investments?
4 Explain what a financial investment is (e.g., a bank deposit, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate); explain why the value of investments fluctuate, and track the gains or losses in value of a financial investment over time (e.g., stocks, bonds, or mu
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Scarcity and Economic Reasoning – Supporting Question: How do individuals and corporations make choices about saving or spending?
1 Describe how resources for the production of goods are limited, therefore people must make choices to gain some things and give up others.
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Money and the Role of Financial Institutions – Supporting Question: Why are banks and stock markets regulated by the government?
6 Explain the role of banks and other financial institutions in the market economy of the United States, and analyze the reasons for banking crises.
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Supply and Demand – Supporting Question: What factors affect the prices of goods and services?
3 Define supply and demand and explain the role that supply and demand, prices, and profits play in determining production and distribution in a market economy:
a. the function of profit in a market economy as an incentive for entrepreneurs to accept the risks of business failure
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b. factors that cause changes in market supply and demand and how these changes influence the price and quantity of goods and services
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c. how financial markets, such as the stock market, channel funds from savers to investors and the function of investment in the economy
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The Role of Government – Supporting Question: How large a role should government have in regulating the economy?
11 Analyze how the government uses taxing and spending decisions (fiscal policy) and monetary policy to promote price stability, full employment, and economic growth.
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Topic 2. Modernity in the United States: ideologies and economies – Supporting Question: How did the United States respond to new ideas about society?
13 Describe the multiple causes (e.g., fall in stock market and commodities prices, restrictive monetary and trade policies, post-war reparations and debt) and consequences of the global depression of the 1930s (e.g., widespread unemployment, decline of pers
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15 Using primary sources such as campaign literature, news articles/analyses, editorials, and radio/newsreel coverage, analyze the important policies, institutions, trends, and personalities of the Depression era (e.g., Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin
b. the Securities and Exchange Commission
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c. the Tennessee Valley Authority
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f. the Works Progress Administration
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g. the Fair Labor Standards Act
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h. the American Federation of Labor
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i. the Congress of Industrial Organizations
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16 Evaluate the effectiveness of the New Deal programs enacted during the 1930s and the societal responses to those programs.
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Topic 3. Defending Democracy: Responses to fascism and communism – Supporting Question: What kind of a role should the U.S. play in world affairs?
17 Develop an argument which analyzes the effectiveness of American isolationism and analyzes the impact of isolationism on U.S. foreign policy.
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19 Explain the reasons for American involvement in World War II and the key actions and events leading up to declarations of war against Japan and Germany.
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21 Using primary sources such as news articles/analyses, editorials, and radio/newsreel coverage, analyze one of the events that led to World War II, one of the major battles of the war and its consequences, or one of the conferences of Allied leaders follow
e. Pearl Harbor, Midway, D-Day, Okinawa, the Battle of the Bulge, Iwo Jima
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23 Explain the reasons the United States gave for the use of atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan; and use primary and secondary sources to analyze how arguments for and against the use of nuclear weapons developed from the late 1940s to the early
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25 Analyze the factors that contributed to the Cold War and describe the policy of containment as a response by the United States to Soviet expansionist policies, using evidence from primary sources to explain the differences between the Soviet and American
f. how the two world wars led to greater demands for civil rights for women and African Americans
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26 Explain what communism is as an economic system and analyze the sources of Cold War conflict; on a political map of the world, locate the areas of Cold War conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the 1950s to the 1980s.
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27 Analyze Dwight D. Eisenhower’s response to the Soviet Union’s launching of Sputnik (1957) and the nation’s increased commitment to space exploration and education in science.
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28 Summarize the diplomatic and military policies on the War in Vietnam of Presidents Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon and explain the intended and unintended consequences of the Vietnam War the Vietnamese and Americans.
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Topic 4. Defending Democracy: the Cold War and Civil Rights at Home – Supporting Question: How did the U.S. government respond to challenges to freedom at home during the Cold War?
32 Analyze the origins, evolution, and goals of the African American Civil Rights Movement, researching the work of people such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, John Lewis, Bayard Rustin, Robert F. Kennedy, and institutio
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33 Using primary sources such as news articles/analyses, editorials, and radio/television coverage, research and analyze resistance to integration in some white communities, protests to end segregation, and Supreme Court decisions on civil rights:
b. the 1955-1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott, the 1957-1958 Little Rock School Crisis and Eisenhower’s civil rights record
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c. King’s philosophy of non-violent civil disobedience, based on the ideas of Gandhi and the sit-ins and freedom rides of the early 1960s
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d. the 1963 civil rights protest in Birmingham and the March on Washington
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f. the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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34 Evaluate accomplishments of the Civil Rights movement (e.g., the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act) and how they served as a model for later feminist, disability, and gender rights movements of the 20th and 21st centuries; collect and a
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37 Research and analyze issues related to race relations in the United States since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, including: the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and its impact on neighborhood integration; policies, c
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Topic 5. United States and globalization – Supporting Questions: How does globalization affect the United States? How can Americans use the Constitution to unite the nation?
41 Analyze how the failure of communist economic policies and U.S.-sponsored resistance to Soviet military and diplomatic initiatives contributed to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the end of the Cold War.
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43 Evaluate the effectiveness of the federal government’s response to international terrorism in the 21st century, including the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon near Washington, D.C., the Homeland Security Ac
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High School – World History I
High School – World History I
Topic 1. Dynamic interactions among regions of the world – Supporting Question: What kinds of global connections existed among humans in the past?
1 Explain different ways in which societies interact across regions (e.g., trade; cultural, religious, linguistic, and technological exchange and diffusion; migration; exploration; diplomatic alliances; colonization and conquests).
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2 Give examples of exchanges of ideas and goods among ancient complex societies to c. 500 CE.
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Topic 2. Development and diffusion of religions and systems of belief c. 500 BCE-1200 CE – Supporting Question: How did the development of religions and belief systems influence the political and cultural structures of the regions where they were produced?
7 Describe the central tenets of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity, and Islam; create a timeline that shows when and where each religion or belief system began.
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8 Describe the historic commonalities among monotheistic religions (e.g., Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam) and how they differed from polytheistic religions (e.g., Greco-Roman religions, Hinduism).
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Topic 3. Interactions of kingdoms and empires c. 1000-1500 – Supporting Question: How did the interactions of kingdoms and empires in this time period influence political, economic, and social developments?
13 Describe the goods and commodities traded east, west, north and south along the Silk Roads connecting Europe, Africa and Asia, including horses, grain, wood, furs, timber, spices, silk, and other luxury goods.
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Topic 6. Philosophies of government and society – Supporting Question: How did philosophies of government shape the everyday lives of people?
35 Explain historical philosophies of government, giving examples from world history:
a. the Chinese doctrine of the Mandate of Heaven, in which a ruler must be worthy of the right to rule
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High School – World History II
High School – World History II
Topic 1. Absolute power, political revolutions, and the growth of nation states, c. 1700-1900 – Supporting Question: What are the similarities and differences of political revolutions in this period?
7 Identify the major political, social, and economic developments of Central and South American and Mexican history in the 19th century and analyze how these developments were similar to or different from those in Europe during the same time period:
e. the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 and Mexico’s resulting loss of half of its territory to the United States
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f. the growing power of the United States and its economic and political impact on Central America and the Caribbean, especially in the period before the Spanish-American War of 1898
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Topic 2. The Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions in Europe and social and political reactions in Europe – Supporting Question: In what ways did the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions bring improvements as well as new challenges in Europe and the United St
12 Explain how industrialization spread from Great Britain to continental Europe and the United States and how industrial development affected the political balance of power among nations.
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8 Analyze the economic, political, social, and technological factors that led to the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions:
c. the technological advancements of the textile, energy, and transportation industries in the 18th and 19th centuries
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Topic 3. The global effects of 19th century imperialism – Supporting Question: What factors led to European imperial ambitions?
15 Analyze the impact of Western imperialism in Asia, Africa, and Latin America:
Latin America
Topic 4. The Great Wars, 1914-1945 – Supporting Question: What were the causes and consequences of the 20th century’s two world wars?
17 Analyze the factors that led to the outbreak of World War I (e.g., the emergence of Germany as a great power, the rise of nationalism and weakening of multinational empires, industrial and colonial competition, militarism, and Europe’s complex alliance sy
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18 Evaluate the ways in which World War I was a total war and its impact on the warring countries and beyond:
b. the expansion of World War I beyond Europe into a global conflict (including the mobilization of Asian and African colonial subjects as troops to support military efforts and the reasoning for and impact of United States involvement; the impact on variou
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c. the impact of war on the home front in Europe, including the conscription, war propaganda, rationing, and government control of wartime industries
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19 Analyze the political, social, economic, and cultural developments following World War I:
a. the vast economic destruction resulting from the war
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c. the collapse of the Russian, Ottoman, and Austrian Empires
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g. the proceedings of the Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles
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20 Evaluate the negotiation of the Treaty of Versailles and how the treaty did or did not address the various issues caused by World War I.
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21 Analyze the various developments of early 20th century Russian history including the Russian Revolution within the context of World War I, the growing political and social unrest under Czar Nicholas II, the emergence of the Bolshevik movement, the politic
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22 Analyze later developments in Russian history, including the creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1922, the New Economic Plan (NEP) and the creation of a Soviet economy, artistic and cultural experimentation, the death of Lenin an
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23 Identify the various causes and consequences of the global economic collapse of the 1930s and evaluate how governments responded to the effects of the Great Depression:
a. restrictive monetary policies
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25 Evaluate the economic, social, and political conditions that allowed the rise of Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin in their respective countries, and how each dictator repressed dissention and persecuted minorities:
a. the lingering resentment over World War I and the Treaty of Versailles
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27 Analyze the effects of one of the battles of World War II on the outcome of the war and the countries involved:
1942: the Battles of Midway and, Corregidor
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1940: the Battles of Britain and Dunkirk
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1943: Stalingrad and the Allied invasion of Italy
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1944-1945: the invasion of Normandy, D-Day , the Battle of the Bulge, Battle of Berlin, Battle of Bataan and the subsequent Bataan Death March, the Battles of Iwo Jima , Okinawa, Manila and Corregidor
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28 Identify the goals, leadership, strategies, and post-war plans of the Allied leaders (i.e., Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin) and how wartime diplomacy affected the outcome of the war and the emergence of the Cold War.
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30 Analyze the decision of the United States to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in order to bring the war with Japan to a swift conclusion and its impact on relations with the Soviet Union.
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31 Evaluate the global political, economic, and social consequences of World War II:
a. the physical and economic destruction through the bombing of population centers
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b. enormous disruption of societies and the deaths of millions of soldiers, civilians, colonial subjects, political opponents, and ethnic minorities
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c. support in Europe for political reform and decolonization
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f. the establishment of the United Nations in 1945, the promulgation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the adoption of the Nuremberg Principles to guide the Nuremberg Tribunal of 1945 and the expansion of the Geneva Conventions in 1949
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Topic 5. The Cold War Era, 1945-1991 – Supporting Question: How did the Cold War manifest itself in conflicts and shifting alliances in the second half of the 20th century?
32 Identify the differences in worldview between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and analyze how tensions between the USSR and the West led to the division of Europe.
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33 Analyze the impact of transnational organizations and alliances such as the United Nations (UN), the European Economic Community (EEC), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, 1949), the Warsaw Pact (1955), and the non-alignment movement on the deve
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34 Evaluate the importance of key military and political developments on the outcome of the Cold War. Students may use one the following examples to address this standard:
a. The partition of Germany and the Berlin Crises of 1948 and 1961
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b. The Marshall Plan and the revival of Western Europe’s economy
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c. the policy of containment and its relation to the Korean War and the Vietnam War
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h. The Cuban Revolution and the Cuban Missile Crisis
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42 Evaluate how scientific developments of the 20th century altered understanding of the natural world, changed the lives of the general populace, and led to further scientific research. Students may use one of the following examples to address this standar
e. Wernher von Braun and space exploration
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Topic 6. The era of globalization 1991-present – Supporting Question: What are the factors that brought about globalization in the 21st century?
44 Analyze reasons for globalization – an international network of economic systems – and explain its consequences for workers in highly developed and less developed countries.
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45 Analyze the major forces in the Middle East since 1980, including the rise of Islamic fundamentalism; the bulge in the youth population, rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, struggle for autonomy by the Kurds, the political challenges of the oil-rich Pe
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48 Evaluate the impact of international efforts to address global issues:
a. environmental efforts to slow climate change, preserve wildlife habitat, and increase agricultural production
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Topic 7. The politics of difference among people: conflicts, genocide, and terrorism – Supporting Question: How and why do people use difference to foment conflict?
50 Analyze the events, people and conditions that have given rise to international terrorism including the emergence of the global terror network Al-Qaeda, the Taliban in Afghanistan, and ISIS, and evaluate responses by governments and societies to internati
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High School Elective – United States Government and Politics
High School Elective – United States Government and Politics
Building on knowledge from previous years, students should be able to:
describe and compare important facts, concepts, and theories pertaining to U.S. government, politics, and the role of the U.S. in world affairs
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Topic 1. Foundations of government in the United States – Supporting Question: How has the nation acted to narrow discrepancies between the founding ideals and reality?
1 Define the terms citizenship, politics, and government, and give examples of how political solutions to public policy problems are generated through interactions of citizens, civil associations, and government.
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Topic 4. Political parties, interest groups, media, and public policy – Supporting Question: What are the roles of political parties, interest groups, and media in influencing public policy?
25 Trace the evolution of political parties in the U.S. governmental system, analyze their organization, functions in elections and government at national and state levels, and evaluate examples of current methods used to promote candidates and issues.
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26 Research the platforms of political parties and candidates for state or national government and analyze data on campaign financing, advertising, and voter demographics, to draw conclusions about how citizens in the United States participate in public elec
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30 Compare the debate over a public policy issue from the past and a contemporary one and evaluate the role of political parties, interest groups and media in influencing public opinion. Historical and current examples may include:
a. Labor – reforms to improve workplace safety, workers’ hours, and limit child labor
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31 Use a variety of sources, including newspapers and digital sources, to identify a current local, state or national public policy issue and evaluate the influence on the legislative process of political parties, interest groups, grass roots organizations,
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Topic 5. The relationship of the United States to other nations in world affairs – Supporting Question: How does the U.S. exercise power in world affairs?
33 Give examples of the ways nation states interact, including trade, tourism, diplomacy, treaties and agreements, and military action.
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36 Describe the tools used to carry out United States foreign policy.
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39 Explain and evaluate participation by the United States government in international organizations such as the United Nations.
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High School Elective – Economics
High School Elective – Economics
Topic 1. Scarcity and economic reasoning – Supporting Question: How do individuals and corporations make choices about saving or spending?
1 Define each of the productive resources (natural, human, capital) and explain why they are necessary for the production of goods and services.
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2 Explain how consumers and producers confront the condition of scarcity, by making choices that involve opportunity costs and tradeoffs.
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4 Describe how people respond predictably to positive and negative incentives.
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7 Compare and contrast how the various economic systems (traditional, market, command, mixed) try to answer the questions: What to produce? How to produce it? And for whom to produce it?
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9 Use a production possibilities curve to explain the concepts of choice, scarcity, opportunity cost, tradeoffs, unemployment, productivity, and growth.
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Topic 2. Supply and Demand – Supporting Question: What factors affect the prices of goods and services?
13 Recognize that consumers ultimately determine what is produced in a market economy (consumer sovereignty).
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14 Explain the function of profit in a market economy as an incentive for entrepreneurs to accept the risks of business failure.
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15 Demonstrate how supply and demand determine equilibrium price and quantity in the product, resource, and financial markets.
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16 Identify factors that cause changes in market supply and demand.
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17 Demonstrate how changes in supply and demand influence equilibrium price and quantity in the product, resource, and financial markets.
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19 Use concepts of price elasticity of demand and supply to explain and predict changes in quantity as price changes.
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20 Explain how financial markets, such as the stock market, channel funds from savers to investors.
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Topic 3. Market structures – Supporting Question: What impact does competition have on businesses?
21 Compare and contrast the following forms of business organization: sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporation.
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23 Recognize the role of economic institutions, such as labor unions and nonprofit organizations in market economies.
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Topic 4. The role of government – Supporting Question: What is government’s responsibility in providing for social needs?
31 Describe major revenue and expenditure categories and their respective proportions of local, state, and federal budgets.
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34 Define progressive, proportional, and regressive taxation.
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36 Predict how changes in federal spending and taxation would affect budget deficits and surpluses and the national debt.
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38 Analyze how the government uses taxing and spending decisions (fiscal policy) to promote price stability, full employment, and economic growth.
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Topic 5. National economic performance – Supporting Question: What factors affect patterns of income distribution in the United States?
40 Define aggregate supply and demand, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), economic growth, unemployment, and inflation.
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45 Illustrate and explain how the relationship between aggregate supply and aggregate demand is an important determinant of the levels of unemployment and inflation in an economy.
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Topic 6. Money and the role of financial institutions – Supporting Question: Why are banks and stock markets regulated by the government?
46 Explain the basic functions of money (e.g., medium of exchange, store of value, unit of account).
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48 Explain the role of banks and other financial institutions in the economy of the United States.
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50 Compare and contrast credit, savings, and investment services available to the consumer from financial institutions.
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51 Research and monitor financial investments such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.
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High School Standards for Personal Financial Literacy
High School Standards for Personal Financial Literacy
Topic 1. Earning and spending income – Supporting Question: What is the most important thing to look for in a job?
5 Give examples of ways people can pay for goods, services, or charitable donations (e.g., cash, credit or debit card, check, mobile phone payment, layaway plan, rent-to-own) and analyze the costs and benefits of each method of payment.
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6 Explain the state and federal governments’ roles in consumer protection.
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Topic 2. Saving money – Supporting Question: What can banks do for consumers?
12 Formulate a savings or financial investment plan for a future goal (e.g., college or retirement).
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7 Recognize that banks and other financial institutions are businesses that loan funds received from depositors to borrowers.
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Topic 3. Using credit and making investments – Supporting Question: What are the benefits and risks of using credit and investing?
13 Recognize that a credit card purchase is a type of loan from the financial institution that issued the credit card, that financial institutions may charge a fee for credit card use, and that credit card interest rates tend to be higher than those for othe
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14 Explain why some banks offer credit at low introductory rates that increase when a consumer makes a late payment or misses a payment.
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18 Formulate a credit plan for purchasing a major item such as a car or home, comparing different interest rates.
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