It is essential that these standards be addressed in contexts that promote Social Science Analysis, civic responsibility, understanding global relationships, enhanced communication, making connections between the past, present and future, and the ability to evaluate historical and contemporary issues.
Civics and Government—Eastern Hemisphere
7.1 Describe the role of citizens in governments.
7.2 Compare and contrast early forms of government via the study of early civilizations.
7.3 Investigate various current issues in the Eastern Hemisphere and how they relate to other countries throughout the world.
7.4 Analyze the origins, and influence of historical documents (including but not limited to, Ten Commandments, Magna Carta, Hammurabi’s Code, Confucianism, Vedic Law Code) on the development of modern governments.
7.5 Compare historical and contemporary means of changing societies and promoting the common good. Economics—Eastern Hemisphere
7.6 Explain the function of profit in the economy.
7.7 Analyze the roles of competition, supply, and demand in determining prices, wages, services, and labor.
7.8 Examine how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals, businesses, and society.
7.9 Compare and contrast the function of imports, exports, and barriers and the effects on various groups in regards to trade within a global economy
Multicultural Studies
7.3 Investigate various current issues in the Eastern Hemisphere and how they relate to other countries throughout the world. (Civics)
7.5 Compare historical and contemporary means of changing societies and promoting the common good. (Civics)
7.9 Compare and contrast the function of imports, exports, and barriers across cultural groups in regards trade within a global economy (Economics)
7.15 Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions connect to human identities and cultures in the Eastern Hemisphere. (Geography)
7.20 Determine and explain the historical context of key people, cultures, products, events, and ideas over time including the examination of different perspectives from indigenous people, ethnic and religious groups and other traditionally marginalized groups throughout the Eastern Hemisphere. (History)
7.25 Identify issues related to historical events to recognize power, authority, religion, and governance as it relates to systemic oppression and its impact on indigenous peoples and ethnic and religious groups, and other traditionally marginalized groups in the modern era (bias, injustice, anti-Semitism, discrimination, stereotypes) including individuals who are American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian or Americans of African, Asian, Pacific Island, Chicano, Latino, or Middle Eastern descent and traditionally marginalized groups (women, people with disabilities, immigrants, refugees, religious groups, and individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender). (History)
7.26 Analyze cause and effect relationships within the living histories of ethnic groups, religious groups and other traditionally marginalized groups in the Eastern Hemisphere. (History)
Financial Literacy
7.10 Compare the costs and benefits of buying on credit (e.g., investment, debt, foreclosure, interest).
7.11 Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of different types of monetary and financial systems (e.g., trade, bartering, modern types of payments, currency).
7.12 Define and explain the following: employment, income, and investing.
Geography—Eastern Hemisphere
7.13 Construct and use maps, graphs, charts, models, and databases to make analytical inferences and predictions regarding geographic distributions.
7.14 Interpret maps and other geographic tools to find patterns in human and physical systems.
7.15 Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions connect to human identities and cultures.
7.16 Explain how changes in transportation and communication technology affects the spatial connections among human settlements and the diffusion of ideas and cultural practices.
7.17 Describe the historical and current physical, cultural, and economic characteristics of ecoregions.
7.18 Explain how technological developments, societal decisions, and personal practices influence sustainability in the Eastern Hemisphere.
7.19 Determine and explain the interdependence of people around the world during significant eras or events.
History (Local, State, National, and World) [Eastern Hemisphere – World History]
Historical Knowledge
7.20 Determine and explain the historical context of key people, cultures, products, events, and ideas over time including the examination of different perspectives from indigenous people, ethnic and religious groups and other traditionally marginalized groups throughout the Eastern Hemisphere.
7.21 Describe and compare the beliefs, the spread, and the influence of religions (monotheism and polytheism).
7.22 Compare the political, technological, and cultural achievements of individuals and groups; and transformation of cultures and civilizations.
7.23 Examine the importance of trade routes and trace the rise of cultural centers.
Historical Thinking
7.24 Compare alternative ways that historical periods and eras are designated by identifying organizing principles in the Eastern Hemisphere (e.g. BC, BCE, AD, CE, decade, century, millennia).
7.25 Identify issues related to historical events to recognize power, authority, religion, and governance as it relates to systemic oppression and its impact on indigenous peoples and ethnic and religious groups, and other traditionally marginalized groups in the modern era (bias, injustice, anti-Semitism, discrimination, stereotypes) including individuals who are American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian or Americans of African, Asian, Pacific Island, Chicano, Latino, or Middle Eastern descent and traditionally marginalized groups (women, people with disabilities, immigrants, refugees, religious groups, and individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender).
7.26 Analyze cause and effect relationships within the living histories of ethnic groups, religious groups and other traditionally marginalized groups in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Social Science Analysis
7.27 Critique and analyze information for point of view, historical context, distortion, propaganda and relevance including sources with conflicting information.
7.28 Draw on multiple disciplinary lenses to analyze how a specific problem can manifest itself at local, regional, and global levels over time, identifying its characteristics and causes, and the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address the problem.
7.29 Assess individual and collective capacities to take informed action to address local, regional, and global problems, taking into account a range of possible levers of power, strategies and potential outcomes.
7.30 Construct arguments using claims and evidence from multiple sources and diverse media, while acknowledging the strengths and limitations of the arguments.
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