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C3.D2. Applying Disciplinary Concepts & Tools Applying Disciplinary Concepts & Tools
GEOGRAPHY: Global Interconnections: Changing Spatial Patterns D2.Geo.11.K-2. Explain how the consumption of products connects people to distant places.
CIVICS: Participation and Deliberation: Applying Civic Virtues and Democratic Principles D2.Civ.8.K-2. Describe democratic principles such as equality, fairness, and respect for legitimate authority and rules.
GEOGRAPHY: Human-Environment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture D2.Geo.4.K-2. Explain how weather, climate, and other environmental characteristics affect people’s lives in a place or region.
D2.Geo.5.K-2. Describe how human activities affect the cultural and environmental characteristics of places or regions.
D2.Geo.6.K-2. Identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places.
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ECONOMICS: The Global Economy D2.Eco.14.K-2. Describe why people in one country trade goods and services with people in other countries.
D2.Eco.15.K-2. Describe products that are produced abroad and sold domestically and products that are produced domestically and sold abroad.
ECONOMICS: Exchange and Markets D2.Eco.3.K-2. Describe the skills and knowledge required to produce certain goods and services.
D2.Eco.4.K-2. Describe the goods and services that people in the local community produce and those that are produced in other communities.
D2.Eco.6.K-2. Explain how people earn income.
HISTORY: Change, Continuity, and Context D2.His.1.K-2. Create a chronological sequence of multiple events.
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D2.His.3.K-2. Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped a significant historical change.
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CIVICS: Processes, Rules, and Laws D2.Civ.14.K-2. Describe how people have tried to improve their communities over time.
GEOGRAPHY: Human Population: Spatial Patterns and Movements D2.Geo.7.K-2. Explain why and how people, goods, and ideas move from place to place.
D2.Geo.8.K-2. Compare how people in different types of communities use local and distant environments to meet their daily needs.
CIVICS: Civic and Political Institutions D2.Civ.5.K-2. Explain what governments are and some of their functions.
D2.Civ.6.K-2. Describe how communities work to accomplish common tasks, establish responsibilities, and fulfill roles of authority.
GEOGRAPHY: Geographic Representations: Spatial Views of the World D2.Geo.2.K-2. Use maps, graphs, photographs, and other representations to describe places and the relationships and interactions that shape them.
D2.Geo.3.K-2. Use maps, globes, and other simple geographic models to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of places.
ECONOMICS: The National Economy D2.Eco.10.K-2. Explain why people save.
HISTORY: Perspectives D2.His.6.K-2. Compare different accounts of the same historical event.
ECONOMICS: Economic Decision Making D2.Eco.2.K-2. Identify the benefits and costs of making various personal decisions.
C3.D3. Evaluating Sources & Using Evidence Evaluating Sources & Using Evidence
Gathering and Evaluating Sources D3.2.K-2. Evaluate a source by distinguishing between fact and opinion.
C3.D4. Communicating Conclusions & Taking Informed Action Communicating Conclusions & Taking Informed Action
Taking Informed Action D4.6.K-2. Identify and explain a range of local, regional, and global problems, and some ways in which people are trying to address these problems.
D4.7.K-2. Identify ways to take action to help address local, regional, and global problems.