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Arizona History and Social Science Standards (6-8)
The Arizona History and Social Science Standards are premised upon a rigorous and relevant K-12 social studies program within each district and school in the state. Through the emphasis on content knowledge, disciplinary skills, and process and the integration of inquiry elements, the standards will prepare Arizona students to engage actively in civic life and meet the needs and challenges of the 21st century.
2018-11-03
2018
Arizona Department of Education
Sixth Grade - Global Studies: World Regions and Cultures Of The Eastern Hemisphere
Disciplinary Skills and Processes
SP1
Anchor Standard
Chronological reasoning requires understanding processes of change and continuity over time, which means assessing similarities and differences between historical periods and between the past and present.
6.SP1.1
Standard
Examine ways that historians and social scientist know about the past.
6.SP1.2
Standard
Analyze connections among events and developments in various geographic and cultural contexts.
6.SP1.3
Standard
Classify a series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity.
6.SP1.4
Standard
Evaluate the significance of past events and their effect on students' lives and society.
SP2
Anchor Standard
Thinking within the discipline involves the ability to identify, compare, and evaluate multiple perspectives about a given event to draw conclusions about that event since there are multiple points of view about events and issues.
6.SP2.1
Standard
Explain how and why perspectives of people have changed throughout different historical eras.
6.SP2.2
Standard
Analyze how people's perspective influenced what information is available in the historical sources they created.
SP3
Anchor Standard
Historians and Social Scientist gather, interpret, and use evidence to develop claims and answer historical, economic, geographical, and political questions and communicate their conclusions.
6.SP3.1
Standard
Define and frame compelling and supporting questions about issues and events in the time-period and region studied.
6.SP3.2
Standard
Use evidence to develop claims and counterclaims in response to compelling questions in the time period and region studied.
6.SP3.3
Standard
Classify the kinds of historical sources used in secondary interpretations.
6.SP3.4
Standard
Use information about a historical source including the author, date, place of origin, intended audience, and purpose to judge the extent to which the source is useful for studying a topic and evaluate the credibility of the source.
6.SP3.5
Standard
Use questions generated about multiple sources to identify further areas of inquiry and additional sources.
6.SP3.6
Standard
Construct and present arguments using claims and evidence from multiple sources.
6.SP3.7
Standard
Construct and present explanations using reasoning, correct sequence, examples and details with relevant information and data.
SP4
Anchor Standard
Thinking within the discipline involves the ability to analyze relationships among causes and effects and to create and support arguments using relevant evidence.
6.SP4.1
Standard
Explain the multiple causes and effects of events and developments in the past.
6.SP4.2
Standard
Organize applicable evidence into a coherent argument about the past.
Core Discipline
Civics
C2
Anchor Standard
Citizens have individual rights, roles, and responsibilities
6.C2.1
Standard
Analyze the beliefs, experiences, perspectives, and values that underlie points of view regarding civic issues in the time period and regions studied.
C4
Anchor Standard
Process, rules, and laws direct how individuals are governed and how society addresses problems.
6.C4.1
Standard
Explain challenges and opportunities people and groups face when solving local, regional, and/or global problems.
6.C4.2
Standard
Describe and apply civic virtues including deliberative processes that contribute to the common good and democratic principles in school, community, and government.<ul><li>Key concepts include but are not limited to civility, respect for the rights of others, individual responsibility, respect for law, open mindedness, critical examination of issues, negotiation and compromise, civic mindedness, compassion, patriotism, conciliation, and consensus building</li></ul>
Core Discipline
Economics
E1
Anchor Standard
A financially literate individual understands how to manage income, spending, and investment.
6.E1.1
Standard
Analyze the relationship between education, income, and job opportunities within the context of the time period and region studied.
6.E1.2
Standard
Give examples of financial risks that individuals and households face within the context of the time period and region studied.
E3
Anchor Standard
Individuals and institutions are interdependent within market systems.
6.E3.1
Standard
Describe the relationship between various costs and benefits of economic production.
6.E3.2
Standard
Explain the influence the factors of production have on the manufacture of goods and services within different cultures, regions, and communities.<ul><li>Key concepts include traditional economic systems, manorialism, guilds, taxation systems, and coerced labor</li></ul>
6.E3.3
Standard
Analyze the influence of specialization and trade within diverse cultures and communities in regions studied.
E5
Anchor Standard
The interconnected global economy impacts all individuals and groups in significant and varied ways.
6.E5.1
Standard
Describe the factors that influence trade between countries or cultures.
6.E5.2
Standard
Explain the effects of increasing economic interdependence within distinct groups.
Core Discipline
Geography
G1
Anchor Standard
The use of geographic representations and tools helps individuals understand their world.
6.G1.1
Standard
Use and construct maps, graphs, and other representations to explain relationships between locations of places and regions.<ul><li>Key concepts include major landforms and water bodies, countries, cities, ecosystems, climate, languages, religion, economic systems, governmental systems, population patterns, disease, trade routes, and settlement patterns</li></ul>
G2
Anchor Standard
Human-environment interactions are essential aspects of human life in all societies.
6.G2.1
Standard
Compare diverse ways people or groups of people have impacted, modified, or adapted to the environment of the Eastern Hemisphere.<ul><li>Key concepts include but are not limited to hunter-gatherer communities, human settlement, Neolithic Revolution, irrigation and farming, domestication of animals, and influence of climate and seasons</li></ul>
G3
Anchor Standard
Examining human population and movement helps individuals understand past, present, and future conditions on Earth's surface.
6.G3.1
Standard
Analyze how cultural and environmental characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas.<ul><li>Key concepts include but are not limited to language, land and sea transportation and trade routes</li></ul>
6.G3.2
Standard
Analyze the influence of location, use of natural resources, catastrophic environmental events, and technological developments on human settlement and migration.<ul><li>Key concepts include but are not limited to development of early river civilization, pastoral societies, rise of cities, innovations in transportation, and collapse of empires</li></ul>
G4
Anchor Standard
Global interconnections and spatial patterns are a necessary part of geographic reasoning.
6.G4.1
Standard
Explain why environmental characteristics vary among different world regions.<ul><li>Key concepts include but are not limited to latitude, elevation, landforms, location, and human factors</li></ul>
6.G4.2
Standard
Describe how natural and human-made catastrophic events and economic activities in one place affect people living in nearby and distant places.<ul><li>Key concepts include but are not limited to disease, war, items exchanged, ideas spread along trade routes, and natural disasters</li></ul>
Core Discipline
History
H1
Anchor Standard
The development of civilizations, societies, cultures, and innovations have influenced history and continue to impact the modern world.
6.H1.1
Standard
Compare the development and characteristics of historical cultures and civilizations from different global regions within designated time periods.
6.H1.2
Standard
Explain the causes and effects of interactions between cultures and civilizations.<ul><li>Key concepts include but are not limited to trade, competition, warfare, slavery, serfdom, innovations, and contributions.</li></ul>
H2
Anchor Standard
Cycles of conflict and cooperation have shaped relations among people, places, and environments.
6.H2.1
Standard
Evaluate the causes and effects of conflict and resolution among different societies and cultures.<ul><li>Key factors such as control and use of natural resources, political power, religious rivalry, acquisition of wealth, cultural diversity, and economic rivalry</li></ul>
H3
Anchor Standard
Economic, political, and religious ideas and institutions have influenced history and continue to shape the modern world.
6.H3.1
Standard
Analyze the impact of religious, government, and civic groups over time.
6.H3.2
Standard
Generate questions to examine the similarities and differences between major world religions and the role of religion in the formation of regions and their cultural, political, economic, and social identity.<ul><li>Key world religions such as Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shintoism, Sikhism, and Taoism</li></ul>
6.H3.3
Standard
Explain why communities, states, and nations have different motivations for their choices including individual rights, freedoms, and responsibilities.
H4
Anchor Standard
Patterns of social and political interactions have shaped people, places, and events throughout history and continue to shape the modern world.
6.H4.1
Standard
Describe how different group identities such as racial, ethnic, class, gender, regional, and immigrant/migration status emerged and contributed to societal and regional development, characteristics, and interactions over time.
Seventh Grade - Integrated Global Studies
Disciplinary Skills and Processes
SP1
Anchor Standard
Chronological reasoning requires understanding processes of change and continuity over time, which means assessing similarities and differences between historical periods and between the past and present.
7.SP1.1
Standard
Analyze connections among events and developments in broader historical contexts.
7.SP1.2
Standard
Classify a series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity.
7.SP1.3
Standard
Evaluate the significance of past events and their effect on students' lives and global society.
7.SP1.4
Standard
Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are historically significant.
SP2
Anchor Standard
Thinking within the discipline involves the ability to identify, compare, and evaluate multiple perspectives about a given event to draw conclusions about that event since there are multiple points of view about events and issues.
7.SP2.1
Standard
Analyze multiple factors that influence the perspectives of people during different historical eras.
7.SP2.2
Standard
Explain how and why perspectives of people have changed over time.
7.SP2.3
Standard
Analyze how people's perspectives influenced what information is available in the historical sources they created.
SP3
Anchor Standard
Historians and Social Scientist gather, interpret, and use evidence to develop claims and answer historical, economic, geographical, and political questions and communicate their conclusions.
7.SP3.1
Standard
Create compelling questions and supporting questions that reflect enduring issues about the world, past and present.
7.SP3.2
Standard
Use evidence drawn from multiple sources to develop and support claims and counterclaims in response to compelling questions.
7.SP3.3
Standard
Detect possible limitations in the historical record based on evidence collected from various kinds of historical sources.
7.SP3.4
Standard
Use questions generated about multiple sources, including international sources, to identify further areas of inquiry and additional sources.
7.SP3.5
Standard
Evaluate the relevance and utility of sources based on information such as author, date, origin, intended audience, and purpose.
7.SP3.6
Standard
Construct and present arguments based on claims and counterclaims while pointing out the strengths and limitations of those arguments.
7.SP3.7
Standard
Construct and present explanations using reasoning, correct sequence, examples and details, while acknowledging the strengths and weaknesses of the explanations.
SP4
Anchor Standard
Thinking within the discipline involves the ability to analyze relationships among causes and effects and to create and support arguments using relevant evidence.
7.SP4.1
Standard
Explain the multiple causes and effects of events and developments in the past and present.
7.SP4.2
Standard
Evaluate the influence of various causes of events and developments in the past and present.
7.SP4.3
Standard
Organize applicable evidence into a coherent argument.
7.SP4.4
Standard
Compare the central arguments in multiple secondary sources on a related topic using multiple types of sources.
Core Discipline
Civics
C2
Anchor Standard
Citizens have individual rights, roles, and responsibilities.
7.C2.1
Standard
Explain how revolutions and other changes in government impact citizens' rights.
C4
Anchor Standard
Process, rules, and laws direct how individuals are governed and how society addresses problems.
7.C4.1
Standard
Compare historical and contemporary means of changing societies to promote the common good.
7.C4.2
Standard
Assess specific rules and laws (both actual and proposed) as a means of addressing public problems.
7.C4.3
Standard
Analyze the purpose, process, implementation, and consequences of decision making and public policies in multiple settings.
7.C4.4
Standard
Explain challenges people face and opportunities they create in addressing local, regional, and global problems at various times and places.
7.C4.4.a
Standard
Apply a range of deliberative and democratic procedures to make decisions and act in local, regional, and global communities.
Core Discipline
Economics
E2
Anchor Standard
By applying economic reasoning, individuals seek to understand the decisions of people, groups, and societies.
7.E2.1
Standard
Explain how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals, businesses, and society.
7.E2.2
Standard
Evaluate current economic issues in terms of benefits and costs for distinct groups in society.
E3
Anchor Standard
Individuals and institutions are interdependent within market systems.
7.E3.1
Standard
Explain the roles of buyers, sellers, and profits in product, labor, and financial markets.
7.E3.2
Standard
Analyze the relationship between supply, demand, and competition with emphasis on how they influence prices, wages, and production.
7.E3.3
Standard
Analyze the influence of institutions such as corporations, non-profits, and labor unions on the economy in a market system.
7.E3.4
Standard
Explain ways in which money facilitates exchange.
E5
Anchor Standard
The interconnected global economy impacts all individuals and groups in significant and varied ways.
7.E5.1
Standard
Explain the interdependence of trade and how trade barriers influence trade among nations.
7.E5.2
Standard
Compare the various economic systems.
7.E5.3
Standard
Explain the benefits and the costs of trade policies to individuals, businesses, and society.
Core Discipline
Geography
G1
Anchor Standard
The use of geographic representations and tools helps individuals understand their world.
7.G1.1
Standard
Use and construct maps and other geographic representations to explain the spatial patterns of cultural and environmental characteristics.<ul><li>Key tools and representations such as maps, globes, aerial and other photos, remotely sensed images, tables, graphs, and geospatial technology</li></ul>
7.G1.2
Standard
Analyze various geographic representations and use geographic tools to explain relationships between the location of places and their environments.
G2
Anchor Standard
Human-environment interactions are essential aspects of human life in all societies.
7.G2.1
Standard
Explain how cultural demographic patterns, economic decisions, and human adaptations shape the identity of nearby and distant places.
7.G2.2
Standard
Analyze cultural and environmental characteristics that make places both similar and different.
G3
Anchor Standard
Examining human population and movement helps individuals understand past, present, and future conditions on Earth's surface.
7.G3.1
Standard
Explain how changes in transportation, communication, and technology influence the spatial connections among human settlements and affect the diffusion of ideas and cultural practices.
7.G3.2
Standard
Analyze how relationships between humans and environments extend or contract patterns of settlement and movement.
7.G3.3
Standard
Evaluate the influences of long-term, human-induced environmental change on spatial patterns and how it may cause conflict and promote cooperation.
7.G3.4
Standard
Evaluate human population and movement may cause conflict or promote cooperation.
G4
Anchor Standard
Global interconnections and spatial patterns are a necessary part of geographic reasoning.
7.G4.1
Standard
Analyze cultural and environmental characteristics among various places and regions of the world.
7.G4.2
Standard
Explain how the relationship between the human and physical characteristics of places and production of goods influences patterns of world trade.
7.G4.3
Standard
Analyze how changes in population distribution patterns affect changes in land use in places and regions
7.G4.4
Standard
Explain an issue in terms of its scale (local, regional, state, national, or global)
Core Discipline
History
H1
Anchor Standard
The development of civilizations, societies, cultures, and innovations have influenced history and continue to impact the modern world.
7.H1.1
Standard
Analyze the rise and decline, interactions between, and blending of cultures and societies.
7.H1.2
Standard
Trace the development and impact of scientific, technological, and educational innovations within historical time periods.
H2
Anchor Standard
Cycles of conflict and cooperation have shaped relations among people, places, and environments.
7.H2.1
Standard
Investigate how conflict can be both unifying and divisive throughout communities, societies, nations, and the world.
7.H2.2
Standard
Compare the multiple causes and effects of conflict and approaches to peacemaking.
H3
Anchor Standard
Economic, political, and religious ideas and institutions have influenced history and continue to shape the modern world.
7.H3.1
Standard
Compare the origins and spread of influential ideologies and both religious and non-religious worldviews.
7.H3.2
Standard
Analyze how economic and political motivations impact people and events.
7.H3.3
Standard
Trace how individual rights, freedoms, and responsibilities have evolved over time.
7.H3.4
Standard
Explain the influence of individuals, groups, and institutions on people and events in historical and contemporary settings.
7.H3.5
Standard
Investigate a significant historical topic from global history that has significance to an issue or topic today.
H4
Anchor Standard
Patterns of social and political interactions have shaped people, places, and events throughout history and continue to shape the modern world.
7.H4.1
Standard
Evaluate how the diversity of a society impacts its social and political norms.
7.H4.2
Standard
Evaluate the changing patterns of class, ethnic, racial, and gender structures and relations; consider immigration, migration, and social mobility.
Eighth Grade - Citizenship and Civic Engagement In Today's Society
Disciplinary Skills and Processes
SP1
Anchor Standard
Chronological reasoning requires understanding processes of change and continuity over time, which means assessing similarities and differences between historical periods and between the past and present.
8.SP1.1
Standard
Analyze connections among events and developments in broader historical contexts.
8.SP1.2
Standard
Classify a series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity.
8.SP1.3
Standard
Evaluate the significance of past events and their effect on students' lives and society.
8.SP1.4
Standard
Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are historically significant.
SP2
Anchor Standard
Thinking within the discipline involves the ability to identify, compare, and evaluate multiple perspectives about a given event to draw conclusions about that event since there are multiple points of view about events and issues.
8.SP2.1
Standard
Analyze multiple factors that influence the perspectives of people during different historical eras.
8.SP2.2
Standard
Explain how and why perspectives of people have changed over time.
8.SP2.3
Standard
Analyze how people's perspectives influenced what information is available in the historical sources they created.
SP3
Anchor Standard
Historians and Social Scientist gather, interpret, and use evidence to develop claims and answer historical, economic, geographical, and political questions and communicate their conclusions.
8.SP3.1
Standard
Create and answer compelling and supporting questions that reflect enduring issues in the field of history and social science.
8.SP3.2
Standard
Detect possible limitations in the historical record based on evidence collected from various kinds of historical sources.
8.SP3.3
Standard
Use questions generated about multiple historical sources to identify further areas of inquiry and additional sources.
8.SP3.4
Standard
Evaluate the relevance and utility of historical sources based on information such as author, date, origin, intended audience, and purpose.
8.SP3.5
Standard
Gather relevant information from multiple sources while using the origin, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the source to guide the selection to support claims and counterclaims.
8.SP4.6
Standard
Construct and present arguments based on claims and counterclaims while pointing out the strengths and limitations of the arguments.
8.SP4.7
Standard
Construct and present explanations using reasoning, correct sequence, examples, details with relevant information and data, while acknowledging the strengths and weaknesses of the explanations.
8.SP4.8
Standard
Present arguments and explanations on topics of interest to others to reach multiple audiences in and outside of the classroom print, oral, and digital technologies.
SP4
Anchor Standard
Thinking within the discipline involves the ability to analyze relationships among causes and effects and to create and support arguments using relevant evidence.
8.SP4.1
Standard
Explain the multiple causes and effects of events and developments in the past.
8.SP4.2
Standard
Evaluate the influence of various causes of events and developments in the past.
8.SP4.3
Standard
Organize applicable evidence into a coherent argument about the multiple causes and effects of events and issues.
8.SP4.4
Standard
Compare the credibility, and authenticity of central arguments in secondary works of history on related topics in multiple media.
Core Discipline
Civics
C1
Anchor Standard
Civic virtues and democratic principles are key components of the American political system
8.C1.1
Standard
Analyze ideas and principles contained in the founding documents of the United States, including the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, and explain how they influence society and political systems.<ul><li>Ideas and principles contained in founding documents include but are not limited to popular sovereignty, consent of the governed, the social contract, limited government, rule of law, separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism, and individual rights</li></ul>
8.C1.2
Standard
Demonstrate civic virtues that contribute to the common good and democratic principles within a variety of deliberative processes and settings.
8.C1.3
Standard
Analyze the influence of personal interests and perspectives when people address issues and problems in government and civil society.
8.C1.4
Standard
Engage in projects to help or inform others such as community service and service-learning projects.
C2
Anchor Standard
Citizens have individual rights, roles, and responsibilities
8.C2.1
Standard
Analyze the powers of citizens in a variety of governmental and non-governmental contexts.
8.C2.2
Standard
Explain specific roles, rights and responsibilities of people in a society.
8.C2.3
Standard
Analyze concepts and ideals such as majority and minority rights, civil dissent, and the rule of law.
8.C2.4
Standard
Explain how immigrants become naturalized citizens.
C3
Anchor Standard
An understanding of civic and political institutions in society and the principles these institutions are intended to reflect including knowledge about law, politics, and government is essential to effective citizenship.
8.C3.1
Standard
Describe the impact of political and civic institutions such as political parties, interest groups, elections, and the media in shaping policy.<ul><li>Key concepts include but are not limited to political party platforms, structure of parties on a national, state, and local level including precincts, primary and general elections, presidential nominating system including conventions, congressional elections including congressional districts, gerrymandering, and census, electoral college including how electors are chosen in Arizona, types of interest groups, and role of the media.</li></ul>
8.C3.2
Standard
Examine the origins and purpose of constitutions, laws, treaties, and international agreements.
8.C3.3
Standard
Compare the structures, powers, and limits of government at distinct levels in the United States.
C4
Anchor Standard
Process, rules, and laws direct how individuals are governed and how society addresses problems
8.C4.1
Standard
Compare historical and contemporary means of changing societies to promote the common good.
8.C4.2
Standard
Assess specific rules and laws (both actual and proposed) as means of addressing public problems.
8.C4.3
Standard
Analyze the purpose, process, implementation, and consequences of decision making and public policies in multiple settings and at different levels including the national, state, local (county, city, school board), and tribal.
8.C4.4
Standard
Identify, research, analyze, discuss, and defend a position on a national, state, or local public policy issue including an action plan to address or inform others about the issue.
8.C4.5
Standard
Analyze how a specific problem can manifest itself at the local, regional, and global levels, identifying its characteristics and causes, and the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address the problem. Apply a range of deliberative and democratic procedures to take action and solve the problem.
Core Discipline
Economics
E1
Anchor Standard
A financially literate individual understands how to manage income, spending, and investment.
8.E1.1
Standard
Analyze the relationship between education, income, and job opportunities.
8.E1.2
Standard
Analyze the relationship between interest rates, saving, and use of credit.
8.E1.3
Standard
Analyze the relationship between investment and return.
8.E1.4
Standard
Examine the factors that influence spending decisions.
8.E1.5
Standard
Create a budget and examine the benefits of budgeting
8.E1.6
Standard
Analyze the impact of debt on individuals.
8.E1.7
Standard
Understand several types of financial investments and calculate rates of return.
8.E1.8
Standard
Identify ways insurance may minimize personal financial risk.
E2
Anchor Standard
By applying economic reasoning, individuals seek to understand the decisions of people, groups, and societies.
8.E2.1
Standard
Explain how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals, businesses, and society.
8.E2.2
Standard
Evaluate current economic issues in terms of benefits and costs for distinct groups.
E3
Anchor Standard
Individuals and institutions are interdependent within market systems.
8.E3.1
Standard
Explain the roles of buyers, sellers, and profits in product, labor, and financial markets.
8.E3.2
Standard
Analyze the relationship between supply, demand, and competition and their influence on prices, wages, and production.
8.E3.3
Standard
Analyze the influence of institutions such as corporations, non-profits, and labor unions in a market economy.
E4
Anchor Standard
The domestic economy is shaped by interactions between government, institutions, and the private sector.
8.E4.1
Standard
Explain how inflation, deflation, and unemployment affect distinct groups.
8.E4.2
Standard
Explain the influence of changes in interest rates on borrowing and investing.
8.E4.3
Standard
Explain the effect of productivity on standard of living.
E5
Anchor Standard
The interconnected global economy impacts all individuals and groups in significant and varied ways.
8.E5.1
Standard
Explain the interdependence of trade and how trade barriers influence trade among nations.
8.E5.2
Standard
Compare various economic systems such as command, mixed, and free market.
8.E5.3
Standard
Explain the benefits and the costs of trade policies to individuals, businesses, and society.
Core Discipline
Geography
G1
Anchor Standard
The use of geographic representations and tools helps individuals understand their world.
8.G1.1
Standard
Use geographic tools and representations to analyze historical and modern political and economic issues and events.<ul><li>Key tools and representations such as maps, globes, aerial and other photos, remotely sensed images, tables, graphs, and geospatial technology</li></ul>
G2
Anchor Standard
Human-environment interactions are essential aspects of human life in all societies.
8.G2.1
Standard
Examine impact of and responses to environmental issues such as air, water, and land pollution, deforestation, urban sprawl, and changes to climate.
8.G2.2
Standard
Evaluate how political, social, and economic decisions throughout time have influenced cultural and environmental characteristics of various places and regions.
G3
Anchor Standard
Examining human population and movement helps individuals understand past, present, and future conditions on Earth's surface.
8.G3.1
Standard
Evaluate the impact of economic, political, and social decisions that have caused conflict or promoted cooperation throughout time.
G4
Anchor Standard
Global Interconnections and spatial patterns are a necessary part of geographic reasoning.
8.G4.1
Standard
Take an active stance on a geographic issue reflecting its scale (local, regional, state, national, or global)
Core Discipline
History
H2
Anchor Standard
Cycles of conflict and cooperation have shaped relations among people, places, and environments.
8.H2.1
Standard
Explain how different beliefs about the government's role in social and economic life have affected political debates and policies in the United States.
8.H2.2
Standard
Investigate how conflict can be both unifying and divisive both domestically and internationally.
8.H2.3
Standard
Explain how geographic and environmental factors shaped communities and how competition over resources have affected government policies.
H3
Anchor Standard
Economic, political, and religious ideas and institutions have influenced history and continue to shape the modern world.
8.H3.1
Standard
Explain how and why prevailing civil, social, religious, and political movements changed the United States during the 20th and 21st centuries.
8.H3.2
Standard
Explain how popular movements, reform efforts, and activist groups have sought to change American society and institutions.
8.H3.3
Standard
Compare how individual rights, freedoms, and responsibilities have evolved over time around the world.
8.H3.4
Standard
Investigate a significant historical topic from United States History that has significance to an issue or topic today.