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Standard 1.0 Political Science
Topic
A. The Foundations and Function of Government
Indicator
- 1. Examine the necessity and purpose of government in early world history
Objectives
- Identify and compare forms of government and various distributions of power, such as those found in ancient civilizations, dynastic China, absolute and constitutional monarchies
- Summarize the positions taken on government by political philosophers from early civilizations through the Middle Ages
Indicator
- 2. Analyze the historic events, documents, and practices in early world history that are the foundations of political systems
Objectives
- Examine and report on the roots of democratic principles in World History, such as Sumerian written law, Hammurabi's Code, Greek city-states, Roman Republicanism, and the British Constitution (Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights)
- Examine the decline of feudalism and the emergence of monarchies
Indicator
- 3. Analyze the roles of institutions and governments in early world history regarding public policy and issues
Objectives
- Describe the conflict between the church and the state in the formation and implementation of policy
- Analyze perspectives regarding issues in a feudal society, such as the church leaders v. lords of the manor, joining the Crusades, the growth of trade
Topic
B. Individual and Group Participation in the Political System
Indicator
- 1. Analyze the methods used by individuals and groups to shape governmental policy and actions in early world history
Objectives
- Compare methods used in early world history to change governments, such as coups, elections and revolts
- Examine the role of citizens in Greek city-states and the Roman Republic/Empire
- Examine how religion shaped and influenced government policy
Indicator
- 2. Analyze the importance of civic participation as a citizen of early world history
Objectives
- Analyze the usefulness of various sources of information used to make political decisions
- Explain why common people did not have a voice in ancient civilizations
Topic
C. Protecting Rights and Maintaining Order
Indicator
- 1. Analyze the individual rights and responsibilities in an ancient world civilization
Objectives
- Describe the importance of citizenship in ancient Rome and Greece
- Describe the significance of Hammurabi's Code and how it defined rights of citizens
Indicator
- 2. Evaluate how ancient governments around the world protected or failed to protect the rights of individuals and groups
Objectives
- Explain how the Roman Republic and the rule of the Senate affected individuals and groups
- Compare power and authority of rulers in Ancient Egypt, India, Persia and China v. the protection of citizens in Greek city-states
- Examine the balance between providing for the common good of the manor v. the rights of the individual serfs
Standard 2.0 Peoples of the Nation and World
Topic
A. Elements of Culture
Indicator
- 1. Describe characteristics that historians use to organize people into cultures
Objectives
- Describe how location and environment influenced early world cultures
- Describe and compare elements of culture such as art, music, religion, government, social structure, education, values, beliefs and customs, from civilizations in early world history
- Describe the social, political, and religious character of societies in early world history
Topic
B. Cultural Diffusion
Indicator
- 1. Explain how cultural diffusion influenced the development of cultures
Objectives
- Identify cultural groups within a region in early world history
- Describe interactions that promoted or failed to promote relationships between groups, civilizations, empires, and nations
Indicator
- 2. Analyze how increased diversity in early world history resulted from immigration, settlement patterns and economic development
Objectives
- Examine the practices and beliefs of world religions and philosophies including monotheism and polytheism
- Describe the impact of various religions on a civilization, such as its effect on political, economic and social systems
Topic
C. Conflict and Compromise
Indicator
- 1. Analyze factors that affected relationships in early world history
Standard 3.0 Geography
Topic
A. Using Geographic Tools
Indicator
- 1. Use geographic tools to locate places and describe the human and physical characteristics in early world history
Objectives
- Use maps to compare geographic locations of civilizations from world history to:
- Mesopotamia
- Africa including Egypt
- Nubia/Kush and Sub-Saharan Africa
- Indus River Valley
- Northern China
- Greeks and Romans
- Mesoamerican, such as the Incas, Mayans and Aztecs
- Use photographs and thematic maps, to identify and describe physical and human characteristics of early civilizations
Topic
B. Geographic Characteristics of Places and Regions
Indicator
- 1. Examine how physical and human characteristics shape the identity of places and regions and influence the development of civilizations in world history
Objectives
- Identify and describe physical characteristics that influenced human settlement
- Explain how physical characteristics of a place influenced human activities, such as agriculture, transportation, art and architecture and economic activity in the ancient world
- Explain how human perceptions of and interactions with the environment changed over time in due to technologies, such as road building, dam construction, and agricultural improvements
Indicator
- 1. Describe and analyze population growth, migration and settlement patterns in early world history
Objectives
- Identify reasons why people migrate, such as economic opportunity, climate, and political reasons
- Describe how economic systems and cultural diffusion help to shape patterns of human settlement and interaction
Topic
D. Modifying and Adapting to the Environment
Indicator
- 1. Analyze why and how people modify their natural environment and the impact of those modifications
Objectives
- Describe ways people modified their environment to meet their needs, such as cultivating lands, building roads, dams, and aqueducts
- Analyze how people in early world history perceived and reacted to environmental concerns, such as flooding, drought, and depletion of natural resources and evaluate the consequences of those actions
Standard 4.0 Economics
Topic
A. Scarcity and Economic Decision-making
Indicator
- 1. Explain that people made choices because resources relative to economic wants to goods and services in the context of early world history
Objectives
- Identify opportunity cost of economic decisions made by individuals and groups such as the decision to engage in trade
Indicator
- 2. Analyze how scarce economic resources were used to satisfy economic wants in early world history
Objectives
- Identify ways people have used resources to meet economic wants such as domesticating agriculture
- Describe how available resources affected specialization and trade
Indicator
- 3. Analyze how technological changes affected consumption and production in early world history
Objectives
- Give examples of how technology changed consumption and provided greater access to goods and services
- Examine why technology has changed production such as the development of the printing press
Indicator
- 4. Examine how specialization, interdependence and trade affected the production of goods and services in early world history
Objectives
- Analyze examples of regional specialization that resulted from economic resources, such as silk production, bronze casting and terraced farming
- Describe the effects of agricultural surplus and job specialization on the emergence of early towns and cities in various parts of the world
- Identify African and Eurasian trade routes to explain how surplus goods and regional specialization resulted in economic interdependence
Topic
B. Economic Systems and the Role of Government in the Economy
Indicator
- 1. Describe the types of economic systems in early world societies
Objectives
- Describe how various early world societies answer the basic question of what, how, and for whom to produce
- Describe examples of tradition in economies such as the economic roles of men and women in tribal societies
- Describe examples of command in economies, such as the feudal system
Indicator
- 2. Describe the transition from feudalism and the manor system to the development of early towns
Objectives
- Explain how the growth and management of towns, guilds, and the banking system were affected by technology and agriculture
- Analyze how the guild system addressed changes in the economy, such as dictating price and production
Indicator
- 3. Describe the importance of medium of exchange in early world history
Objectives
- Explain how societies used mediums of exchange to facilitate trade and help their economies grow
Standard 5.0 History
Topic
A. Individuals and Societies Change Over Time
Indicator
- 1. Analyze how the rise of the earliest communities led to the emergence of agricultural societies
Objectives
- Describe characteristics and innovations of hunting and gathering societies, such as nomadic lifestyles, inventors of tools, adaptation to animal migration and vegetation cycles and the shift from food gathering to food-producing activities
- Explain how and why towns and cities grew from early human settlements, including the need for security and government
Indicator
- 2. Examine the emergence, growth and decline of empires in the Americas
Objectives
- Describe and trace the development of political and social structures of the Incas, Mayans and Aztecs
Topic
B. Emergence, Expansion and Changes in Nations and Empires
Indicator
- 1. Analyze how civilizations emerged in the river valley areas
Objectives
- Describe the characteristics of a civilization, such as social hierarchy, government, writing system, specialization in an area of trade and the establishment of cities
- Compare major cultural, political and economic achievements of river valley civilizations, such as the Tigris and Euphrates River Valley, the Huang River Valley, the Indus River Valley and the Nile River Valley including Egypt, Nubia and Kush
Indicator
- 2. Analyze the emergence and enduring influence of Aegean civilizations
Objectives
- Describe the major cultural achievements of the Greek civilization, such as art, science, political systems, and philosophy across time
- Explain the emergence, rise and decline of the Greek city-states
Indicator
- 3. Analyze the emergence, expansion and decline of the Roman Empire
Objectives
- Describe the major achievements of the Roman Era, such as legal, artistic, architectural, technological, and literary
- Explain the transition from Roman Republic to Roman Empire including the social structure, significance of citizenship and the development of political institutions
- Summarize the factors that led to the decline of the Roman Empire
Indicator
- 4. Compare the dynasties and empires in ancient China
Objectives
- Describe the causes and consequences of the unification of China under early imperial dynasties, such as the Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang
- Explain the major traditions, customs and beliefs of Confucianism and Taoism in the context of early Chinese imperial dynasties
- Analyze China's cultural, political and economic influence on Japan, Korea, and countries in Southeast Asia
Indicator
- 5. Analyze the emergence, growth and decline of African Empires
Objectives
- Describe the contributions of major African monarchies, cities, and trade networks, such as Ghana, Mali and Songhai
- Analyze the cultural and economic impact of African regional and worldwide trade routes
- Summarize the factors that led to the decline of the African empires
Topic
C. Conflict between Ideas and Institutions
Indicator
- 1. Analyze the effect of interactions between civilizations in early world history
Objectives
- Describe how interactions promoted or failed to promote development, such as the Fertile Crescent Empire, Greek city-states, and Latin Empires
- Analyze the causes of the rise and fall, expansion and contraction of political entities and nation-states
Indicator
- 2. Analyze the major traditions, customs, and beliefs of Hinduism and Buddhism and their expansion throughout Asia
Objectives
- Describe the major traditions, customs and beliefs of Buddhism
- Explain the major traditions, customs and beliefs of Hinduism and its political and social impact on India
Indicator
- 3. Analyze the emergence and expansion of Islamic civilization
Objectives
- Analyze the major traditions, customs, and beliefs of Islam
- Describe causes and consequences of the expansion of Islam into other regions, such as Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, North Africa, Europe and India
Indicator
- 4. Analyze the changes in the European society during the Middle Ages
Objectives
- Analyze the major traditions, customs, and beliefs of Christianity
- Explain the origins and consequences of the Black Death during the 14th century, such as a population decrease, a decline in trade, the elimination of the social order and the decline of religious power
- Analyze the characteristics of the development and decline of feudalism and the emergence of monarchies
Standard 6.0 Social Studies Skills and Processes
Topic
A. Read to Learn and Construct Meaning about Social Studies
Indicator
- 1. Use appropriate strategies and opportunities to increase understandings of social studies vocabulary
Objectives
- Acquire and apply new vocabulary through investigating, listening, independent reading and discussing a variety of print and non-print sources
- Identify and use new vocabulary acquired through study of relationships to prior knowledge and experiences
- Use context clues to understand new social studies vocabulary
- Use new vocabulary in speaking and writing to gain and extend content knowledge and clarify expression
Indicator
- 2. Use strategies to prepare for reading (before reading)
Objectives
- Identify the characteristics of informational texts, such as print features, graphic aids, informational aids, organizational aids, and online features
- Preview the text by examining features, such as the title, pictures, maps, illustrations, photographs, charts, timelines, graphs, and icons
- Set a purpose for reading the text
- Ask questions and make predictions about the text
- Make connections to the text using prior knowledge and experiences
Indicator
- 3. Use strategies to monitor understanding and derive meaning from text and portions of text (during reading)
Objectives
- Identify and use knowledge of organizational structures, such as chronological order, cause/effect, main ideas and details, description, similarities/differences, and problem/solution to gain meaning
- Reread slowly and carefully, restate, or read on and revisit difficult parts
- Use a graphic organizer or another note-taking technique to record important ideas or information
- Look back through the text to search for connections between and among ideas
- Make, confirm, or adjust predictions about the text
- Periodically summarize or paraphrase important ideas while reading
- Visualize what was read for deeper meaning
- Explain personal connections to the ideas or information in the text
Indicator
- 4. Use strategies to demonstrate understanding of the text (after reading)
Objectives
- Identify and explain what is directly stated in the text
- Identify, paraphrase, or summarize the main idea of the text
- Determine and explain the author's purpose
- Distinguish between facts and opinions
- Explain whether or not the author's opinion is presented fairly
- Explain what is not directly stated in the text by drawing inferences
- Confirm or refute predictions made about the text to form new ideas
- Connect the text to prior knowledge or personal experiences
- Draw conclusions and make generalizations based on the text, multiple texts, and/or prior knowledge
Topic
B. Write to Learn and Communicate Social Studies Understandings
Indicator
- 1. Select and use informal writing strategies, such as short/response/essay answer/ brief constructed responses, journal writing, note taking, and graphic organizers, to clarify, organize, remember, and/or express new understandings
Objectives
- Identify key ideas
- Connect key ideas to prior knowledge (personal experience, text and world)
Indicator
- 2. Use formal writing, such as multi-paragraph essays, historical investigations, research reports, letters, summaries, to inform
Objectives
- Identify form, audience, topic, and purpose before writing
- Organize facts and/or data/statistics to support a topic
- Provide introduction, body, and conclusion
- Cite sources when paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting
- Enhance text with graphics, such as charts, maps, and diagrams
Indicator
- 3. Use formal writing, such as multi-paragraph essays, historical investigations, editorials, and letters to persuade
Objectives
- Identify form, audience, topic, and purpose
- State a clear opinion or position
- Modify or refute a position when appropriate
- Provide reasons and cite reliable supporting evidence
- Demonstrate understandings of social studies knowledge
Indicator
- 4. Use timed, on-demand writing to demonstrate understanding on assessments (Constructed Responses)
Objectives
- Address the topic
- Provide accurate information
- Support topic with appropriate details
- Integrate social studies concepts and skills
Topic
C. Ask Social Studies Questions
Indicator
- 1. Identify a topic that requires further study
Objectives
- Identify prior knowledge about the topic
- Pose questions the about the topic
- Formulate research questions
- Develop a plan for how to answer questions about the topic
Indicator
- 2. Identify a situation/issue that requires further study
Objectives
- Define the situation/issue
- Identify prior knowledge about the situation/issue
- Pose questions about the situation/issue from a variety of perspectives
- Pose questions that elicit higher order thinking responses
- Formulate research questions
- Develop a plan for how to answer questions about the situation/issue
Topic
D. Acquire Social Studies Information
Indicator
- 1. Identify primary and secondary sources of information that relate to the topic/situation/problem being studied
Objectives
- Gather and read appropriate print sources, such as journals, periodicals, government documents, timelines, databases, reference works, and web sites
- Read and obtain information from texts representing diversity in content, culture, authorship, and perspective
- Locate and gather data and information from appropriate non-print sources, such as music, artifacts, charts, maps, graphs, photographs, video clips, illustrations, paintings, political cartoons, multimedia, interviews, and oral histories
- Access and process information that is factual and reliable from readings, investigations, and/or oral communications
Indicator
- 2. Engage in field work that relates to the topic/ situation/ problem being studied
Objectives
- Gather data
- Make and record observations
- Design and conduct surveys and oral histories
Topic
E. Organize Social Studies Information
Indicator
- 1. Organize information from non-print sources
Objectives
- Prioritize information gathered according to importance and relevance
- Distinguish factual from fictional information
- Find relationships among gathered information
- Display information on various types of graphic organizers, maps, and charts
- Summarize information obtained from surveys and field work
Indicator
- 2. Organize information from print sources
Objectives
- Prioritize information gathered according to importance and relevance
- Determine the bias and reliability of a source
- Find relationships among gathered information
- Construct various types of graphic organizers, maps, and charts to display information
Topic
F. Analyze Social Studies Information
Indicator
- 1. Interpret information from primary and secondary sources
Objectives
- Interpret information in maps, charts and graphs
- Interpret information from field studies and surveys
- Analyze a document to determine point of view
- Analyze the perspective of the author to determine if the document or topic is historically significant
- Identify bias and prejudice
Indicator
- 2. Evaluate information from a variety of sources
Objectives
- Compare information from a variety of sources
- Compare information to prior knowledge
- Determine the reliability of the document
- Compare ideas, models, systems, and perspectives
Indicator
- 3. Synthesize information from a variety of sources
Objectives
- Recognize relationships in and among ideas or events, such as cause and effect, sequential order, main idea, and details
- Reconstruct the arguments of issues or events
- Assess the costs and benefits of alternatives
- Modify understandings of social studies concepts and trend
- Verify or change prior understandings based on new information
Topic
G. Answer Social Studies Questions
Indicator
- 1. Describe how the country has changed over time and how people have contributed to its change, drawing from maps, photographs, newspapers, and other sources
Objectives
- Present social studies information in a variety ways, such as mock trials, simulations, debates, and skits
- Engage in civic participation and public discourse
- Use effective speaking techniques to deliver narrative, persuasive, and research presentations
Indicator
- 2. Use historic contexts to answer questions
Objectives
- Use historically accurate resources to answer questions, make predictions, and support ideas
- Explain why historic interpretations vary and are subject to change
- Construct a sound historical interpretation
- Understand the meaning, implication and impact of historic events and recognize that events could have taken other directions
Indicator
- 3. Use current events/issues to answer questions
Objectives
- Summarize the main points of an issue explaining different viewpoints
- Make a decision based on the analysis of issues and evaluate the consequences of these decisions
- Identify and formulate a position on a course of action or an issue
- Propose and justify solutions to social studies problems
Date: 6/20/2006
