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Students
should be able to:
History and Geography
1. Apply
the skills of prekindergarten through grade seven.
2.
Identify multiple ways to express time relationships and
dates (for example, 1066 AD is the same as 1066
CE, and both refer to a date in the eleventh or 11th
century, which is the same as the 1000s). Identify
countries that use a different calendar from the one used in
the U.S. and explain the basis for the difference. (H)
3.
Interpret and construct timelines that show how events and
eras in various parts of the world are related to one
another. (H)
4.
Interpret and construct charts and graphs that show
quantitative information. (H, C, G, E)
5.
Explain how a cause and effect relationship is different
from a sequence or correlation of events. (H, C, E)
6.
Distinguish between long-term and short-term cause and
effect relationships. (H, G, C, E)
7. Show connections, causal and otherwise, between
particular historical events and ideas and larger social,
economic, and political trends and developments. (H, G, C,
E)
8. Interpret the past within its own historical context
rather than in terms of present-day norms and values. (H, E,
C)
9. Distinguish intended from unintended consequences. (H, E,
C)
10.
Distinguish historical fact from opinion. (H, E, C)
11. Using
historical maps, locate the boundaries of the major empires
of world history at the height of their powers. (H, G)
Civics and Government
12. Define and use correctly
the following words and terms: Magna Carta, parliament,
habeas corpus, monarchy, and absolutism. (C)
General Economics Skills
13.
Define and use correctly mercantilism, feudalism,
economic growth, and entrepreneur. (E)
14.
Explain how people or communities examine and weigh the
benefits of each alternative when making a choice and that
opportunity costs are those benefits that are given up once
one alternative is chosen. (E)
15. Explain how financial markets, such as the stock market,
channel funds from savers to investors. (E)
16.
Define and use correctly gross domestic product, economic
growth, recession, depression, unemployment, inflation,
and deflation. (E)
17.
Explain how opportunity costs and tradeoffs can be evaluated
through an analysis of marginal costs and benefits. (E)
18.
Explain how competition among sellers lowers costs and
prices, and encourages producers to produce more. (E)
19.
Describe the role of buyers and sellers in determining the
equilibrium price, and use supply and demand to explain and
predict changes in quantity and price. (E)
201.
Describe how the earnings of workers are affected by the
market value of the product produced and worker skills. (E)
21.
Identify the causes of inflation and explain who benefits
from inflation and who suffers from inflation. (E)
22.
Define and distinguish between absolute and
comparative advantage, and explain how most trade occurs
because of comparative advantage in the production of a
particular good or service. (E)
23.
Explain how changes in exchange rates affect balance of
trade and the purchasing power of people in the United
States and other countries. (E)
24.
Differentiate between fiscal and monetary policy. (E)
U.S. Economics Skills
25.
Explain the basic economic functions of the government in
the economy of the United States. (E)
26.
Examine the development of the banking system in the United
States, and describe the organization and functions of the
Federal Reserve System. (E)
27.
Identify and describe laws and regulations adopted in the
United States to promote economic competition. (E, H)
28.
Analyze how federal tax and spending policies affect the
national budget and the national debt. (E)
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