*The student examines and understands major ideas, eras, themes, developments, turning points, chronology, and cause-and-effect relationships in U.S. History.
- understand historical time, chronology, and causation.
- analyze the historical development of events, people, places, and patterns of life in U.S. History.
- examine the influence of culture on U.S. History.
*The student applies the methods of social science investigation to compare and contrast interpetations of historical events.
- investigate and research.
- analyze historical information.
- synthesize information and reflect on findings.
*The student understands the origin and impact of ideas and technological developments on history and social change.
- explain the origin and impact of an idea on society.
- analyze how historical conditions shape the emergence od ideas and how they change over time.
- understand how ideas and technological developments influence people, resources, and culture.
*The student uses maps, charts, and other geographic tools to understand the spatial arrangement of people, places, resources, and environments on Earth's surface.
- use and construct maps, charts, and other resources to gather and interpret geographic info.
- recognize spatial patterns on Earth's surface and understand the processes that create these patterns.
*The student observes and analyzes the interaction between people, the environment and culture.
- identify and examine people's interaction with and impact on the environment.
- analyze how the environment and environmental changes affect people.
- examine cultural characteristics, transmission, diffusion, and interaction.
*The student understands and can explain the core values and principles of the U.S. democracy as set forth in foundational documents, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
- understand and interpret the major ideas of foundational documents.
- examine key ideals of U.S. democracy.
- examine representative government and citizen participation.
*The student analyzes the purposes and organizations of governments and laws.
- understand and explain the organization of U.S. government.
- understand the function and effect of law.
- compare and contrast democracies with other forms of government.
*The student understands the purposes and organization of international relationships and how U.S. foreign policy is made.
- understand how the world is organized politically and how nations interact.
- recognize factors and roles that affect the development of foreign policy.
*The student understands the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and the principles of democratic civic involvement.
- understand individual rights and their accompanying responsibilities.
- identify and demonstrate rights of U.S. citizenship.
- explain how citizen participation influences public policy.
