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NE.SS.12.High School (United States/World)

High School (United States/World)

SS 12.1. Civics: Students will develop and apply the skills of civic responsibility to make informed decisions based upon knowledge of government at local, state, national and international levels.

Forms and Functions of Government

SS 12.1.1. Students will analyze and evaluate the foundation, structures, and functions of the United States government as well as local, state, and international governments.

SS 12.1.1.c. Analyze and evaluate the functions of United States government (e.g., national security, legislative law-making, executive implementation, judicial interpretation, constitutionalism, taxation, naturalization of citizens)

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SS 12.1.1.f. Analyze and evaluate the foundation, structures, and functions of supranational organizations (e.g., United Nations, NATO, European Union, treaties, trade organizations)

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SS 12.1.1.g. Analyze and evaluate the roles that political parties have played in the United States

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SS 12.1.1.h. Analyze and evaluate United States foreign policy issues (e.g. methods, approaches, events)

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Civic Participation

SS 12.1.2. Students will address local, state, national or international issues and policies through meaningful civic participation.

SS 12.1.2.d. Analyze an issue and determine which level of government is most appropriate to utilize in addressing the issue

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SS 12.2. Economics: Students will utilize economic reasoning skills to make informed judgments and become effective participants in the economy at the local, state, national and international levels.

Financial Literacy

SS 12.2.10. Students will analyze the roles and responsibilities of government in various economic systems.

SS 12.2.10.a. Examine how governments utilize taxation to provide goods and services to society (e.g., disaster relief, flood control, police protection)

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SS 12.2.10.b. Investigate multiple roles of government in a market economy (e.g., forms of taxation, enforcing private property and zoning laws, collecting sales tax)

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SS 12.2.10.c. Explore various forms of taxation (earning, consumption, or wealth) and discuss outcomes of various tax philosophies as drivers of economic activity

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SS 12.2.10.d. Research the role of government in the development of economic systems (e.g., historic and current examples of command, market, traditional, mixed systems)

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SS 12.2.5. Students will recognize and predict the impact that various economic systems will have on people.

SS 12.2.5.a. Develop a logical argument debating the merits of various economic systems (e.g., traditional, command, market, mixed)

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SS 12.2.5.b. Evaluate the historical use of various economic systems

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SS 12.2.7. Students will apply effective money management concepts.

SS 12.2.7.a. Organize personal finances and use a budget to manage cash flow

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SS 12.2.7.b. Compare and contrast checking and savings accounts

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SS 12.2.8. Students will critique strategies used to establish, build, maintain, monitor, and control credit.

SS 12.2.8.a. Analyze factors that affect the choice of credit, the cost of credit, and the legal aspects of using credit

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SS 12.2.8.d. Students will identify situations when borrowing money and paying interest may be a wise or unwise decision

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SS 12.2.9. Students will evaluate savings, investment, and risk management strategies to achieve financial goals.

SS 12.2.9.a. Explain the importance of saving to ensure financial security

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SS 12.2.9.b. Implement an investment strategy that is compatible with personal goals (e.g., stocks, bonds, mutual funds, retirement plans)

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Markets

SS 12.2.1. Students will assess how market forces guide the owners of land, labor, and capital and determine the allocation of wealth in the economy.

SS 12.2.1.f. Explain the role and importance of profit and return on investments to producers. (e.g. increase in supply and expansion of industries)

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SS 12.2.2. Students will illustrate how markets determine prices and allocate goods and services.

SS 12.2.2.a. Understand demand, quantity demanded, and changes in demand

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SS 12.2.2.b. Understand supply, quantity supplied, and changes in supply

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SS 12.2.2.e. Hypothesize how producers and consumers affect market prices and quantities through the goods and services they produce and buy (e.g., shifts in supply and demand, price elasticity)

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Government

SS 12.2.11. Students will examine the government’s influence on economic systems through fiscal policy.

SS 12.2.11.a. Examine how governments can use taxing and spending policies to influence behavior (e.g., alcohol tax, home mortgage interest deduction)

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Institutions

SS 12.2.3. Students will analyze how economic institutions impact individuals and groups.

SS 12.2.3.a. Analyze how various economic institutions have played a role in United States economic policy and practice (e.g., corporations, labor unions, financial institutions, stock markets, cooperatives, and business partnerships)

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SS 12.2.3.c. Explain how banks and a sound monetary system are critical to a functioning economy

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SS 12.3. Geography: Students will develop and apply spatial perspective and geographic skills to make informed decisions regarding issues and current events at local, state, national and international levels.

Human/Environment Interaction

SS 12.3.5. Students will evaluate interrelationships between people and the environment.

SS 12.3.5.c. Evaluate successful solutions and problems related to the physical environment from a geographical perspective (e.g., the role of irrigation, contour farming and hybrid seeds in expansion of agriculture in the Midwest; the role of air conditioning in the

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Physical Systems

SS 12.3.3. Students will interpret how natural processes interact to create the natural environment

SS 12.3.3.c. Identify and explain world patterns of extreme events

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The World in Spatial Terms

SS 12.3.1. Students will analyze where (spatial) and why people, places, and environments are organized on the Earth’s surface.

SS 12.3.1.d. Apply spatial thinking to investigate issues and justify decisions. (e.g., consolidation of schools, closing of post offices)

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Human Systems

SS 12.3.4. Students will analyze and interpret patterns of culture around the world.

SS 12.3.4.g. Evaluate the benefits and challenges of globalization (e.g., regional specialization, trade, multinational businesses, pandemics, loss of local cultures)

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SS 12.3.4.h. Identify and analyze patterns of power and influence of sovereign nations and organized nation groups (e.g., NATO, United Nations, European Union)

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SS 12.3.4.i. Identify and explain the factors that contribute to cooperation and conflict within and between countries.

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Places and Regions

SS 12.3.2. Students will examine how regions form and change over time.

SS 12.3.2.a. Analyze physical and human processes that shape places and regions (e.g., erosion, international trade, weathering, climate, migration, international trade )

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SS 12.3.2.d. Analyze the interdependence of places and regions. (e.g., international trade, NAFTA, EU)

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SS 12.3.2.e. Analyze critical issues and problems of places and regions. (e.g., current events)

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SS 12.3.2.f. Apply regional analysis of geographic issues and questions. (e.g., discussing current events and issues of the day in a geographical context)

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NE.SS.12.(US)High School (United States: Progressive Era to Present)

High School (United States: Progressive Era to Present)

SS 12.4.(US) History: Students will develop and apply historical knowledge and skills to research, analyze, and understand key concepts of past, current, and potential issues and events at the local, state, national, and international levels.

Multiple Perspectives

SS 12.4.3.(US) Students will analyze and evaluate historical and current events from multiple perspectives.

SS 12.4.3.a.(US) Analyze and evaluate how multiple perspectives facilitate the understanding of the full story of US history (e.g., Immigration, early 20th Century African American leaders, World Wars, international trade agreements, women’s rights)

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Chronological Thinking

SS 12.4.1.(US) Students will analyze how major past and current US events are chronologically connected, and evaluate their impact(s) upon one another.

SS 12.4.1.a.(US) Describe concepts of time and chronology (e.g., Progressive Era, Expansion, World War I, The Depression, The New Deal, World War II, Cold War, Civil Rights Era, Space Exploration, Economic Boom and Recessions, Contemporary United States)

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Historical Analysis and Interpretation

SS 12.4.4.(US) Students will identify and evaluate the effects of past, current, and potential future events, issues, and problems.

SS 12.4.4.c (US) Evaluate how decisions affected events in the United States (e.g., Supreme Court Decisions, revolutions, alliances, treaties)

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SS 12.4.4.d.(US) Analyze and evaluate multiple causes and effects of key events in US history (e.g., World Wars I and II, Korean Conflict, Cuban Missile Crisis, assassination of political leaders, Vietnam Conflict, Middle East Peace Efforts, 9/11 and other acts of terrori

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Historical Comprehension

SS 12.4.2.(US) Students will analyze and evaluate the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon US history using multiple types of sources.

SS 12.4.2.a.(US) Analyze and evaluate the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols, including various cultures and ethnic groups, on history in the United States (e.g., unique nature of the creation and organization of the American Government, the United States as an