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HISTORY
By the end of Grade Seven each student will be able to:
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Trace
the historical origins of a contemporary problem in the
Eastern 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 Eastern Hemisphere.I.4.MS.3 |
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GEOGRAPHY
By the end of Grade Seven each student will be able to:
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Describe
and compare characteristics of Eastern 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 types of environments within the
Eastern Hemisphere.II.2.MS.5 |
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Locate
and describe major cultural, economic, political and
environmental regions of the Eastern Hemisphere.
II.4.MS.2 |
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Explain
why people live and work as they do in different regions
of the Eastern Hemisphere.II.1.MS.3 |
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Describe
the major economic and political connections between the
United States and countries in the Eastern Hemisphere
and explain their causes and consequences. II.3.MS.4
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CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT
By the end of Grade Seven 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 Eastern 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 Eastern Hemisphere.
III.5.MS.2 |
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ECONOMICS
By the end of Grade Seven each student will be able to:
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Describe
how economic systems in the Eastern 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 Eastern
Hemisphere.IV.4.MS.2 |
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Describe
the effects of current public policy on businesses in
the Eastern Hemisphere.IV.2.MS.3 |
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Identify
the current and potential contributions of regions in
the Eastern Hemisphere to world trade.
IV.5.MS.1 |
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INQUIRY AND DECISION MAKING
By the end of
Grade Seven each student will be able to:
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interpret social science information about the countries
of the Eastern Hemisphere from a variety of sources.V.1.MS.3
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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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