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MN.6.12.Reading Benchmarks: Literacy in History/Social Studies 6-12
Reading Benchmarks: Literacy in History/Social Studies 6-12
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
6.12.10.10. By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideAncient China
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideAncient Rome
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideCanada
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideThe Vietnam War
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideWomen's Rights
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideWorld War I
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Key Ideas and Details
6.12.3.3. a text's description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered, how individuals become noteworthy, how ideas develop, how geography influences history).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideCentral America
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Craft and Structure
6.12.4.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideAncient China
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideAncient Greece
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideAncient Israel
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideAncient Rome
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8.2.3.4. Economic systems differ in the ways that they address the three basic economic issues of allocation, production and distribution to meet society’s broad economic goals.
8.2.3.4.2. Identify characteristics of command, mixed, and market-based (capitalist) economies; classify the economic systems of countries in a given region.
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8.3. Geography
8.3.1. Geospatial Skills
8.3.1.1. People use geographic representations and geospatial technologies to acquire, process and report information within a spatial context.
8.3.1.1.1. Obtain and analyze geographic information from a variety of print and electronic sources to investigate places or answer specific geographic questions; provide rationale for its use.
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8.3.1.1.2. Create and use various kinds of maps, including overlaying thematic maps, of places in the world; incorporate the “TODALSS” map basics, as well as points, lines and colored areas to display spatial information.
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8.3.1.2. Geographic inquiry is a process in which people ask geographic questions and gather, organize and analyze information to solve problems and plan for the future.
8.3.1.2.1. Formulate questions about topics in geography; pose possible answers; use geospatial technology to analyze problems and make decisions within a spatial context.
8.3.2.3. Places have physical characteristics (such as climate, topography and vegetation) and human characteristics (such as culture, population, political and economic systems).
8.3.2.3.1. Use appropriate geographic tools to analyze and explain the distribution of physical and human characteristics of places.
8.3.3.5. The characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations on the earth’s surface influence human systems (cultural, economic and political systems).
8.3.3.5.2. Describe the locations of human populations and the cultural characteristics of Latin America, including how the contemporary pattern of cities resulted from a combination of pre-European contact, colonial, and industrial urban societies.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideCentral America
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8.3.3.6. Geographic factors influence the distribution, functions, growth and patterns of cities and human settlements.
8.3.3.6.1. Describe how the physical and environmental features of the United States and Canada affect human activity and settlement.
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8.3.3.6.2. Describe how the physical and environmental features of Latin America affect human activity and settlement.
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8.4. History
8.4.3. World History
8.4.3.13. Post- World War II political reorganization produced the Cold War balance of power and new alliances that were based on competing economic and political doctrines. (The World After World War II: 1950-1989)
8.4.3.13.1. Analyze connections between revolutions, independence movements and social transformations during the Cold War era. (The World After World War II: 1950-1989)
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8.4.3.13.2. Explain the major differences in the political and economic ideologies and values of the Western democracies and the Soviet bloc. (The World After World War II: 1950-1989)
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideThe Cold War