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CIVICS / GOVERNMENT
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| 1. Structure & Purpose of Government: The student understands
the purposes, structure, and variety of governments with specific
emphasis on constitutional democracy. |
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| 2. Foundations of the American Political System: The student
understands the principles and ideas underlying the American political
system. |
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| 3. Civic Responsibility: The student understands the rights
and responsibilities of United States citizens and employs the civic
skills necessary for participatory citizenship. |
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| 4. International Diplomacy: The student understands the
relationship of United States politics and government to world affairs. |
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ECONOMICS
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| 1. Economic Decision Making: The student knows and is able
to use the economic way of thinking in making decisions, and can
evaluate alternative decision making systems that may be used by
a society. |
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| 2. Markets and Prices: The student knows how markets function
and is able to analyze the roles that prices play in a market-based
economy. |
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| 3. Role of Government: The student knows and is able to
evaluate the role of government in the United States economy. |
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| 4. Trade: The student knows and is able to evaluate the
costs and benefits of trade among individuals and organizations,
both within a nation and between different nations. |
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| 5. Income, Output, and Employment: The student knows how
income, output, and employment are determined in a market economy,
and is able to evaluate the impact of policy decisions on achieving
the goals of economic growth, full employment, and price stability. |
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GEOGRAPHY
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| 1. The World in Spatial Terms: The student observes and
understands the ordered patterns that blanket Earth's surface-where
things are, how they are arranged, why they are in such locations,
and how these various phenomena relate to each other. |
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| 2. Places and Regions: The student identifies and analyzes
the nature of places and the characteristics of regions-why things
are where they are, what physical and human components give them
definition. |
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| 3. Physical Systems: The student understands how physical
processes shape Earth's surface and its ecosystems. |
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| 4. Human Systems: The student understands the social, cultural,
and economic components of human activity which help shape Earth's
surface, human settlements, and structures. |
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| 5. Environment and Society: The student understands how
humans modify, use, adapt to, and interact with their environment. |
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| 6. The Uses of Geography: The student understands the role
of geography in human history and in the development of diverse
patterns of human settlement and activities. |
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HISTORY
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| 1. Chronological Thinking: The student uses chronology
as the basis for organizing historical thoughts. |
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| 2. Use of Historical Data: The student gathers, organizes
and examines historical data. |
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| 3. Analysis & Interpretation: The student evaluates
and interprets a variety of historical data including primary and
secondary sources. |
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| 4. Historical Knowledge: The student develops historical
knowledge of major events and phenomena throughout the development
of world and United States history while identifying major issues,
problems, and decision making in regards to these historical events. |
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