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NM.I:History: Students are able to identify important people and events in order to analyze significant patterns, relationships, themes, ideas, beliefs, and turning points in New Mexico, United States, and world history in order to understand the complexity of

History: Students are able to identify important people and events in order to analyze significant patterns, relationships, themes, ideas, beliefs, and turning points in New Mexico, United States, and world history in order to understand the complexity of
I-B: United States: Understand connections among historical events, people, and symbols significant to United States history and cultures.
I-B:1. Describe local events and their connections and relationships to national history.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide African American History
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Algonquians
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide American Symbols & Holidays
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonial Life
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Colonial Period
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Early Settlements
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide European/Native American Encounter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Famous Americans
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Famous Explorers
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Industrial Growth & Expansion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Industrialization/Economics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Iroquois
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Leading Up to the Revolution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Middle Western Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Northeastern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Notable People
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Notable People-Westward Expansion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Presidential History
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Southeastern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Southwestern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Tales of Long Ago
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Tall Tales
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Revolution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Time Lines
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Presidents
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Urbanization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Western Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Westward Expansion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Westward Expansion
 
I-C: World: Students will identify and describe similar historical characteristics of the United States and its neighboring countries.
I-C:1. Explain how historical events, people, and culture influence present day Canada, Mexico, and the United States (e.g., food, art, shelter, language).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide African American History
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Algonquians
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide American Symbols & Holidays
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonial Life
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Colonial Period
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Early Settlements
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide European/Native American Encounter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Famous Americans
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Famous Americans
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Famous Explorers
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Famous Explorers
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Industrial Growth & Expansion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Industrialization/Economics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Iroquois
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Leading Up to the Revolution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Middle Western Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Northeastern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Notable People
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Notable People-Westward Expansion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Other Cultures Contribute to U.S. Culture
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Presidential History
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Southeastern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Southwestern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Tales of Long Ago
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Tall Tales
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Revolution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Time Lines
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Court System
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Presidents
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Urbanization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Western Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Westward Expansion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Westward Expansion
 
I-D: Skills: Understand time passage and chronology.
I-D:1. Describe and explain how historians and archaeologists provide information about people in different time periods.
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NM.II:Geography: Students understand how physical, natural, and cultural processes influence where people live, the ways in which people live, and how societies interact with one another and their environments.

Geography: Students understand how physical, natural, and cultural processes influence where people live, the ways in which people live, and how societies interact with one another and their environments.
II-A: Understand the concept of location by using and constructing maps, globes, and other geographic tools to identify and derive information about people, places, and environments.
II-A:1. Apply geographic tools of title, grid system, legends, symbols, scale and compass rose to construct and interpret maps;
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Map & Compass Skills
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Map Skills
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Map Skills
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Social Studies Skills
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Timelines, Graphs, Charts
 
II-A:2. Translate geographic information into a variety of formats such as graphs, maps, diagrams and charts;
II-A:3. Draw conclusions and make generalizations from geographic information and inquiry;
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Map & Compass Skills
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Map Skills
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Map Skills
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Middle Western Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game New York Map - Physical
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game New York Map - Political
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Northeastern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Social Studies Skills
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Southeastern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Southwestern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide States & Capitals I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide States & Capitals II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Timelines, Graphs, Charts
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Western Region US
 
II-B: Distinguish between natural and human characteristics of places and use this knowledge to define regions, their relationships with other regions, and patterns of change.
II-B:1. Identify a region as an area with unifying characteristics (e.g., human, weather, agriculture, industry, natural characteristics).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Continents and Oceans
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Geographic Information
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Geographic Regions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Geography
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Landmarks
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Map & Compass Skills
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Middle Western Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game New York Map - Physical
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game New York Map - Political
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Northeastern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Southeastern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Southwestern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Timelines, Graphs, Charts
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Western Region US
 
II-B:2. Describe the regions of New Mexico, the United States, and the Western Hemisphere.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Continents and Oceans
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Geography
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game New York Map - Physical
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game New York Map - Political
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Northeastern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Southwestern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide States & Capitals I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide States & Capitals II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide States and Capitals
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II-C: Be familiar with aspects of human behavior and man-made and natural environments in order to recognize their impact on the past and present.
II-C:3. Understand how visual data (e.g., maps, graphs, diagrams, tables, charts) organizes and presents geographic information.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Map & Compass Skills
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Map Skills
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Map Skills
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Social Studies Skills
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide States & Capitals II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Timelines, Graphs, Charts
 
II-D: Understand how physical processes shape the Earth's surface patterns and biosystems.
II-D:1. Explain how the Earth-Sun relationships produce day and night, seasons, major climatic variations, and cause the need for time zones.
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II-D:2. Describe the four provinces (plains, mountains, plateau, and basin and range) that make up New Mexico's land surface (geographic conditions).
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II-E: Describe how economic, political, cultural, and social processes interact to shape patterns of human populations, and their interdependence, cooperation, and conflict.
II-E:1. Describe how cultures change.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Northeastern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Southeastern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Southwestern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Western Region US
 
II-E:2. Describe how geographic factors influence the location and distribution of economic activities.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Northeastern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Southeastern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Southwestern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Western Region US
 
II-E:4. Identify the causes of human migration.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Immigration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Other Cultures Contribute to U.S. Culture
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Roles of the Citizens
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Urbanization
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II-F: Describe how natural and man-made changes affect the meaning, use, distribution, and value of resources.
II-F:1. Identify the distributions of natural and man-made resources in New Mexico, the Southwest, and the United States.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Natural Resources
 

NM.III:Civics and Government: Students understand the ideals, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship and understand the content and history of the founding documents of the United States with particular emphasis on the United States and New Mexico constitut

Civics and Government: Students understand the ideals, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship and understand the content and history of the founding documents of the United States with particular emphasis on the United States and New Mexico constitut
III-A: Know the fundamental purposes, concepts, structures, and functions of local, state, tribal, and national governments.
III-A:1. Explain how the organization of New Mexico's government changed during its early history.
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III-A:2. Compare how the State of New Mexico serves national interests and the interests of New Mexicans.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Local & State Government
 
III-A:3. Explain the difference between making laws, carrying out the laws, and determining if the laws have been broken, and identify the government bodies that perform these functions at the local, state, tribal, and national levels.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Government and Political Systems
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Local & State Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Local Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide State Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Constitution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Court System
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Government
 
III-B: Identify and describe the symbols, icons, songs, traditions, and leaders of local, state, tribal, and national levels that exemplify ideals and provide continuity and a sense of community across time.
III-B:1. Describe various cultures and the communities they represent, and explain how they have evolved over time.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Colonial Period
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Exploration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Famous Explorers
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Famous Explorers
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Iroquois
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Native People of the U.S.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Other Cultures Contribute to U.S. Culture
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Tales of Long Ago
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Time Lines
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Timelines, Graphs, Charts
 
III-C: Become familiar with the basic purposes of government in New Mexico and the United States.
III-C:1. Compare and contrast how the various governments have applied rules/laws, majority rule, ''public good,'' and protections of the minority in different periods of New Mexico's history.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Local & State Government
 
III-D: Understand rights and responsibilities of ''good citizenship'' as members of a family, school and community.
III-D:1. Explain the difference between rights and responsibilities, why we have rules and laws, and the role of citizenship in promoting them.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Holidays, Landmarks, & Symbols
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Purposes of Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Roles of the Citizens
 

NM.IV:Economics: Students understand basic economic principles and use economic reasoning skills to analyze the impact of economic systems (including the market economy) on individuals, families, businesses, communities, and governments.

Economics: Students understand basic economic principles and use economic reasoning skills to analyze the impact of economic systems (including the market economy) on individuals, families, businesses, communities, and governments.
IV-A: Understand that individuals, households, businesses, governments, and societies make decisions that affect the distribution of resources and that these decisions are influenced by incentives (both economic and intrinsic).
IV-A:1. Understand when choices are made that those choices impose ''opportunity costs.''
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IV-A:2. Describe different economic, public, and/or community incentives (wages, business profits, amenities rights for property owners and renters).
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IV-A:3. Illustrate how resources can be used in alternative ways and, sometimes, allocated to different users.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Economics
 
IV-A:4. Explain why there may be unequal distribution of resources (e.g., among people, communities, states, nations).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Economics
 
IV-B: Understand that economic systems impact the way individuals, households, businesses, governments, and societies make decisions about goods and services.
IV-B:2. Explain that government raises money by taxing and borrowing to pay for the goods and services it provides.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Citizenship and Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Economics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Income and Earning
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Purposes of Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Constitution
 
IV-C: Understand the patterns and results of trade and exchange among individuals, households, businesses, governments, and societies, and their interdependent qualities.
IV-C:1. Identify patterns of work and economic activity in New Mexico and their sustainability over time (e.g., farming, ranching, mining, retail, transportation, manufacturing, tourism, high tech).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Notable People-Westward Expansion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Westward Expansion
 
IV-C:2. Explain how New Mexico, the United States, and other parts of the world are economically interdependent.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Economics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Interdependence of Goods and Services