Standards
Understand the rule of law in protecting property rights, individual rights and the common good.
Generate resourceDescribe the basic purposes of government in the classroom, school, community, state, and nation.
Generate resourceDescribe the principles and ideals shaping local state, and national government.<ul><li>Liberty/Freedom</li><li>Democracy</li><li>Justice</li><li>Equality</li></ul>
Generate resourceInterpret key ideas about government found in significant documents:<ul><li>Declaration of Independence</li><li>United States Constitution</li><li>Bill of Rights</li><li>Pennsylvania Constitution</li></ul>
Generate resourceIdentify the individual rights guaranteed by the PA Constitution and the U.S. Constitution.
Generate resourceExplain the significance of state symbols, national symbols, and national holidays.
Generate resourceIdentify individual rights and needs and the rights and needs of others in the classroom, school, community, state, and nation.
Generate resourceIdentify specific ways individuals participate in school and community activities.
Generate resourceDescribe the responsibilities and powers of the three branches of government.
Generate resourceDescribe how the elected representative bodies function in making local, state, and national laws.
Generate resourceDescribe the primary duties of elected local, state, and national positions.
Generate resourceExplain ways in which people meet their basic needs and wants. Demonstrate the use of human and capital resources in the production of a specific good.
Generate resourceExplain how advertising causes people to change their behavior in predictable ways.
Generate resourceDescribe the impact of businesses opening and closing on Pennsylvania economy.
Generate resourceDescribe various economic systems.<ul><li>Traditional</li><li>Market</li><li>Command</li></ul>
Generate resourceExplain why people specialize in the production of goods and services and divide labor.
Generate resourceIdentify various economic and non-economic organizations that contribute to interaction among individuals and nations.
Generate resourceDescribe how the availability of goods and services is made possible by the work of members of the society.
Generate resourceDescribe how common geographic tools are used to organize and interpret information about people, places, and environment.
Generate resourceDescribe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features.
Generate resourceIdentify the basic physical processes that affect the physical characteristics of places and regions.
Generate resourceIdentify the human characteristics of places and regions using the following criteria:<ul><li>Population</li><li>Culture</li><li>Settlement</li><li>Economic activities • Political activities</li></ul>
Generate resourceDescribe and explain the effects of the physical systems on people within regions.
Generate resourceIdentify and explain the influences of economic features on continuity and change over time.
Generate resourceClassify and analyze fact and opinion from multiple points of view, and secondary sources as related to historical events.
Generate resourceLocate primary and secondary sources for the research topic and summarize in writing the findings.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast common characteristics of the social, political, cultural, and economic groups from Pennsylvania.
Generate resourceIllustrate concepts and knowledge of historical documents, artifacts, and places critical to Pennsylvania history.
Generate resourceDifferentiate how continuity and change in Pennsylvania history are formed and operate.<ul><li>Belief systems and religions</li><li>Commerce and industry</li><li>Technology</li><li>Politics and government</li><li>Physical and human geography</li><li>Social organizations</li></ul>
Generate resourceExamine patterns of conflict and cooperation among groups and organizations that impacted the history and development of Pennsylvania for responding to individual and community needs.<ul><li>Ethnicity and race</li><li>Working conditions</li><li>Immigration</li><li>Military conflict</li><li>Economic stability</li></ul>
Generate resourceCompare and contrast common characteristics of the social, political, cultural and economic groups in United States history.
Generate resourceIllustrate concepts and knowledge of historical documents, artifacts, and places critical to United States history.
Generate resourceDifferentiate how continuity and change in U.S. history are formed and operate.<ul><li>Belief systems and religions</li><li>Commerce and industry</li><li>Technology</li><li>Politics and government</li><li>Physical and human geography</li><li>Social organizations</li></ul>
Generate resourceExamine patterns of conflict and cooperation among groups and organizations that impacted the history and development of the United States.<ul><li>Ethnicity and race </li><li>Working conditions</li><li>Immigration</li><li>Military conflict</li><li>Economic stability</li></ul>
Generate resourceCompare and contrast common characteristics of the social, political, cultural, and economic groups in world history.
Generate resourceIllustrate concepts and knowledge of historical documents, artifacts, and sites, which are critical to World history.
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