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HISTORY
By the end of Grade Six each student will be able to:
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Trace
the historical origins of a contemporary problem in the
Western Hemisphere I.1.MS.3 |
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Identify
the responses of individuals to historic violations of
human dignity involving discrimination, persecution or
crimes against humanity in the Western Hemisphere.
I.4.MS.3 |
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GEOGRAPHY
By the end of Grade Six each student will be able to:
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Describe
and compare characteristics of Western Hemisphere
cultures, including language, religion, belief systems,
and traditions.II.1.MS.2 |
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Describe
the consequences of human/environment interactions in
several different regional environments within the
Western Hemisphere.II.2.MS.5 |
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Locate
and describe major cultural, economic, political,
climatic and physical regions of the Western
Hemisphere.II.4.MS.2 |
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Explain
how humans modify the environment and describe some of
the possible consequences of these modifications on the
Western Hemisphere.II.2.MS.4 |
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Describe
the major economic and political connections between the
United States and other countries in the Western
Hemisphere and explain their causes and consequences.
II.3.MS.4 |
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CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT
By the end of Grade Six each student will be able to:
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compare
the representative democracy of the United States with
other forms of government in the Western Hemisphere.III.1.MS.2 |
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describe the purposes and
functions of major international organizations.
III.5.MS.1 |
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describe the means used by
the United States to resolve international conflicts in
the Western Hemisphere.
III.5.MS.2 |
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ECONOMICS
By the end of Grade Six each student will be able to:
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Describe
how economic systems in the Western Hemisphere address
the problem of scarcity.IV.1.MS.1 |
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Describe
the roles of various economic institutions such as
governments, business firms, labor unions, banks, and
households that make up economic systems in the Western
Hemisphere.IV.4.MS.2 |
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Describe
the effects of current public policy on businesses in
the Western Hemisphere.IV.2.MS.3 |
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Identify
the current and potential contributions of regions in
the Western Hemisphere to world trade .IV.5.MS.1 |
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INQUIRY AND DECISION MAKING
By the end of
Grade Six each student will be able to:
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Explain
how culture and experience shape positions that people
take on an issue. VI.1.MS.3 |
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Compose
persuasive essays expressing decisions on national and
international public policy issues. VI.3.MS.1
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Interpret
social science information about the countries of the
Western Hemisphere from a variety of
V.1.MS.3
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