Washington State K–12 Learning Standards and Guidelines

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WA.2.1.CIVICS - The student understands and applies knowledge of government, law, politics, and the nation’s fundamental documents to make decisions about local, national, and international issues and to demonstrate thoughtful, participatory citizenship.

CIVICS - The student understands and applies knowledge of government, law, politics, and the nation’s fundamental documents to make decisions about local, national, and international issues and to demonstrate thoughtful, participatory citizenship.
2.1.1. Understands key ideals and principles of the United States, including those in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and other fundamental documents.
2.1.1.2. Applies the key ideal of the public or common good to uphold rights and responsibilities within the context of the community.
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2.1.2. Understands the purposes, organization, and function of governments, laws, and political systems.
2.1.2.2. Understands the basic function of government and laws in the community.
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2.1.4. Understands civic involvement.
2.1.4.1. Understands that citizenship and civic involvement in the neighborhood and community are the rights and responsibilities of individuals.
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WA.2.2.ECONOMICS - The student applies understanding of economic concepts and systems to analyze decision-making and the interactions between individuals, households, businesses, governments, and societies.

ECONOMICS - The student applies understanding of economic concepts and systems to analyze decision-making and the interactions between individuals, households, businesses, governments, and societies.
2.2.1. Understands that people have to make choices between wants and needs and evaluate the outcomes of those choices.
2.2.1.1. Understands that members of the community make choices among products and services that have costs and benefits.
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2.2.2. Understands how economic systems function.
2.2.2.1. Understands the basic elements of a community’s economic system, including producers, distributors, and consumers of goods and services.
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WA.2.3.GEOGRAPHY - The student uses a spatial perspective to make reasoned decisions by applying the concepts of location, region, and movement and demonstrating knowledge of how geographic features and human cultures impact environments.

GEOGRAPHY - The student uses a spatial perspective to make reasoned decisions by applying the concepts of location, region, and movement and demonstrating knowledge of how geographic features and human cultures impact environments.
2.3.2. Understands human interaction with the environment.
2.3.2.1. Understands that people in communities affect the environment as they meet their needs and wants.
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WA.2.5.SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS - The student understands and applies reasoning skills to conduct research, deliberate, and form and evaluate positions through the processes of reading, writing, and communicating.

SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS - The student understands and applies reasoning skills to conduct research, deliberate, and form and evaluate positions through the processes of reading, writing, and communicating.
2.5.1. Uses critical reasoning skills to analyze and evaluate positions.
2.5.1.1. Understands multiple points of view on issues in the community.
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