Grades

Standard

  • Absolute and Comparative Advantage – use the concepts of absolute and comparative advantages to explain why goods and services are [...]

  • Domestic Activity and World Trade – assess the impact of trade policies, monetary policy, exchange rates, and interest rates on [...]

  • Exchange Rate and World Trade – analyze the effects on trade from a change in an exchange rate between two [...]

  • The Global Economy and the Marketplace – analyze and describe how the global economy has changed the interaction of buyers [...]

  • Earning Income - conduct research regarding potential income and employee benefit packages, non-income factors that may influence career choice, benefits [...]

  • Buying Goods And Services – describe the factors that consumers may consider when purchasing a good or service, including the [...]

  • Saving – identify the incentives people have to set aside income for future consumption, and evaluate the impact of time, [...]

  • Using Credit – evaluate the benefits, costs, and potential impacts of using credit to purchase goods and services.

  • Explain how the United States has limited and expanded citizenship over time.

  • Compare and contrast rights and representation among U.S. people and citizens living in states, territories, federal districts, and on tribally [...]

  • Using examples, explain the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens as well as people living in the United States.

  • Explain the personal dispositions that contribute to knowledgeable and engaged participation in civic communities.

  • Explain how informed members of society influence civic life.

  • Explain and evaluate how people, individually or collectively, seek to bring the United States closer to its Democratic Values.

  • Identify, discuss, and analyze methods individuals and/or groups have chosen to attempt social and legal change.  Assess the effects of [...]

  • Identify and describe a local, state, national, or international public policy issue; research and evaluate multiple solutions; analyze the consequences [...]

  • Equip students with the skills and knowledge to explore multiple pathways for knowledgeable, civic engagement through simulations and/or real-world opportunities [...]

  • Scarcity, Choice, Opportunity Costs, Incentives – using examples, explain how scarcity, choice, opportunity costs, and incentives affect decisions made by [...]

  • Entrepreneurship – analyze the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship and associate the functions of entrepreneurs with alleviating problems associated with [...]

  • Marginal Analysis – weigh marginal benefits and marginal costs in decision making.

  • Institutions – describe the roles of various economic institutions and purposes they serve in a market economy.

  • Market Structures – identify the characteristics of perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly market structures.

  • Supply And Demand – use the laws of supply and demand to explain household and business behavior.

  • Price, Equilibrium, Elasticity, and Incentives – analyze how prices change through the interaction of buyers and sellers in a market, [...]

  • Public Policy and the Market – analyze the impact of a change in public policy on consumers, producers, workers, savers, [...]

  • Government and Consumers – analyze the role of government in protecting consumers and enforcing contracts (including property rights), and explain [...]

  • Government Revenue and Services – analyze the ways in which local and state governments generate revenue and use that revenue [...]

  • Market Failure – explain the role for government in addressing both negative and positive externalities.

  • Explain the concept of public opinion, factors that shape it, and contrasting views on the role it should and does [...]

  • Explain the significance of campaigns and elections in American politics, currect criticisms of campaigns, and proposals for their reform.

  • Identify and discuss roles of non-governmental organizations in American civic society.

  • Explain functions and possible influence of various news and other media sources in political communication.

  • Analyze the credibility and validity of various forms of political communication.

  • Describe the five essential rights protected by the First Amendment.  Through the use of court cases and examples, explore and [...]

  • Using the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments, describe the rights of the accused; using court cases and examples, [...]

  • Explain how the Civil War led to the creation of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. [...]

  • Explain how significant historical events, including but not limited to the suffrage movements and the civil rights movements, resulted in [...]

  • Using the Fourteenth Amendment, describe the impact of the doctrine of incorporation, due process of law, and equal protection of [...]

  • Identify and explain personal rights, political rights, and economic rights as well as how these rights might conflict.

  • Describe considerations, criteria, and examples that have been used to deny, limit, or extend protection of individual rights.

  • Identify and describe ways in which foreign policy is made including Constitutional powers of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches [...]

  • Analyze past and present examples of U.S. foreign policy, its implementation, and its impact on American and international institutions and [...]

  • Describe ways in which groups and individuals influence foreign policy.

  • Analyze the influence and impact of U.S. political, economic, technological, and cultural developments on countries and people around the world.

  • Analyze how international political, economic, technological, and cultural developments impact U.S. institutions and individuals.

  • Identify and evaluate the roles and responsibilities of the United States in international governmental organizations including bilateral and multilateral agreements.

  • Identify and evaluate international non-governmental organizations.

  • Describe and evaluate the requirements and process for becoming a citizen of the United States.

  • Identify and analyze various Democratic Values of the United States as found in the Declaration of Independence.

  • Explain the impact of the major debates and compromises underlying the drafting and ratification of the American Constitution including the [...]

Grades

Standard

  • Absolute and Comparative Advantage – use the concepts of absolute and comparative advantages to explain why goods and services are [...]

  • Domestic Activity and World Trade – assess the impact of trade policies, monetary policy, exchange rates, and interest rates on [...]

  • Exchange Rate and World Trade – analyze the effects on trade from a change in an exchange rate between two [...]

  • The Global Economy and the Marketplace – analyze and describe how the global economy has changed the interaction of buyers [...]

  • Earning Income - conduct research regarding potential income and employee benefit packages, non-income factors that may influence career choice, benefits [...]

  • Buying Goods And Services – describe the factors that consumers may consider when purchasing a good or service, including the [...]

  • Saving – identify the incentives people have to set aside income for future consumption, and evaluate the impact of time, [...]

  • Using Credit – evaluate the benefits, costs, and potential impacts of using credit to purchase goods and services.

  • Explain how the United States has limited and expanded citizenship over time.

  • Compare and contrast rights and representation among U.S. people and citizens living in states, territories, federal districts, and on tribally [...]

  • Using examples, explain the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens as well as people living in the United States.

  • Explain the personal dispositions that contribute to knowledgeable and engaged participation in civic communities.

  • Explain how informed members of society influence civic life.

  • Explain and evaluate how people, individually or collectively, seek to bring the United States closer to its Democratic Values.

  • Identify, discuss, and analyze methods individuals and/or groups have chosen to attempt social and legal change.  Assess the effects of [...]

  • Identify and describe a local, state, national, or international public policy issue; research and evaluate multiple solutions; analyze the consequences [...]

  • Equip students with the skills and knowledge to explore multiple pathways for knowledgeable, civic engagement through simulations and/or real-world opportunities [...]

  • Scarcity, Choice, Opportunity Costs, Incentives – using examples, explain how scarcity, choice, opportunity costs, and incentives affect decisions made by [...]

  • Entrepreneurship – analyze the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship and associate the functions of entrepreneurs with alleviating problems associated with [...]

  • Marginal Analysis – weigh marginal benefits and marginal costs in decision making.

  • Institutions – describe the roles of various economic institutions and purposes they serve in a market economy.

  • Market Structures – identify the characteristics of perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly market structures.

  • Supply And Demand – use the laws of supply and demand to explain household and business behavior.

  • Price, Equilibrium, Elasticity, and Incentives – analyze how prices change through the interaction of buyers and sellers in a market, [...]

  • Public Policy and the Market – analyze the impact of a change in public policy on consumers, producers, workers, savers, [...]

  • Government and Consumers – analyze the role of government in protecting consumers and enforcing contracts (including property rights), and explain [...]

  • Government Revenue and Services – analyze the ways in which local and state governments generate revenue and use that revenue [...]

  • Market Failure – explain the role for government in addressing both negative and positive externalities.

  • Explain the concept of public opinion, factors that shape it, and contrasting views on the role it should and does [...]

  • Explain the significance of campaigns and elections in American politics, currect criticisms of campaigns, and proposals for their reform.

  • Identify and discuss roles of non-governmental organizations in American civic society.

  • Explain functions and possible influence of various news and other media sources in political communication.

  • Analyze the credibility and validity of various forms of political communication.

  • Describe the five essential rights protected by the First Amendment.  Through the use of court cases and examples, explore and [...]

  • Using the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments, describe the rights of the accused; using court cases and examples, [...]

  • Explain how the Civil War led to the creation of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. [...]

  • Explain how significant historical events, including but not limited to the suffrage movements and the civil rights movements, resulted in [...]

  • Using the Fourteenth Amendment, describe the impact of the doctrine of incorporation, due process of law, and equal protection of [...]

  • Identify and explain personal rights, political rights, and economic rights as well as how these rights might conflict.

  • Describe considerations, criteria, and examples that have been used to deny, limit, or extend protection of individual rights.

  • Identify and describe ways in which foreign policy is made including Constitutional powers of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches [...]

  • Analyze past and present examples of U.S. foreign policy, its implementation, and its impact on American and international institutions and [...]

  • Describe ways in which groups and individuals influence foreign policy.

  • Analyze the influence and impact of U.S. political, economic, technological, and cultural developments on countries and people around the world.

  • Analyze how international political, economic, technological, and cultural developments impact U.S. institutions and individuals.

  • Identify and evaluate the roles and responsibilities of the United States in international governmental organizations including bilateral and multilateral agreements.

  • Identify and evaluate international non-governmental organizations.

  • Describe and evaluate the requirements and process for becoming a citizen of the United States.

  • Identify and analyze various Democratic Values of the United States as found in the Declaration of Independence.

  • Explain the impact of the major debates and compromises underlying the drafting and ratification of the American Constitution including the [...]