Sunshine State Standards -- Grade Level Expectations for Social Studies Grades 9-12

Time, Continuity, and Change [ History ]

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Standard 1 - The student understands historical chronology and the historical perspective. (SS.A.1.4)

1. understands how ideas and beliefs, decisions, and chance events have been used in the process of writing and interpreting history.
• Ancient Civilizations PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/index.asp
  
• Early Modern Europe PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/index.asp
  
• The Gilded Age to the Depression PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/index.asp
  
• From the Depression to the New Millennium PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/index.asp
  
• American Government PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/index.asp
  

2. identifies and understands themes in history that cross scientific, economic, and cultural boundaries.
• Ancient Civilizations PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/index.asp
  
• Early Modern Europe PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/index.asp
  
• The Gilded Age to the Depression PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/index.asp
  
• From the Depression to the New Millennium PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/index.asp
  
• American Government PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/index.asp
  

3. evaluates conflicting sources and materials in the interpretation of a historical event or episode.
• Ancient Civilizations PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/index.asp
  
• Early Modern Europe PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/index.asp
  
• The Gilded Age to the Depression PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/index.asp
  
• From the Depression to the New Millennium PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/index.asp
  
• American Government PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/index.asp
  

4. uses chronology, sequencing, patterns, and periodization to examine interpretations of an event.
• Ancient Civilizations PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/index.asp
  
• Early Modern Europe PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/index.asp
  
• The Gilded Age to the Depression PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/index.asp
  
• From the Depression to the New Millennium PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/index.asp
  
• American Government PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/index.asp
  

Standard 2: The student understands the world from its beginnings to the time of the Renaissance. (SS.A.2.4)

1. understands the early physical and cultural development of humans.
• Prehistoric Times AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/2.asp
  

2. understands the rise of early civilizations and the spread of agriculture in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley.
• Prehistoric Times
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/2.asp
  
• Ancient Egypt AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/3.asp
  
• The Early Middle East AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4.asp
  

3. understands the emergence of civilization in China, Southwest Asia, and the Mediterranean basin.
• The Early Middle East AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4.asp
  
• Ancient Greece AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/5.asp
  
• Ancient Rome AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/6.asp
  
• South Asia: India and Beyond AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8.asp
  
• China AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/9.asp
  

4. understands significant aspects of the economic, political, and social systems of ancient Greece and the cultural contributions of that civilization.
• Ancient Greece
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/5.asp
  

5. understands the significant features of the political, economic, and social systems of ancient Rome and the cultural legacy of that civilization.
• Ancient Rome
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/6.asp
  

6. understands features of the theological and cultural conflict between the Muslim world and Christendom and the resulting religious, political, and economic competition in the Mediterranean region.
• Hebrews and the Land of Milk and Honey
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4g.asp
  
• Birth of Christianity
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4h.asp
  

7. understands the development of the political, social, economic, and religious systems of European civilization during the Middle Ages.

8. understands cultural, religious, political, and technological developments of civilizations in Asia and Africa.

• Africa
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/7.asp
  
• South Asia: India and Beyond AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8.asp
  
• China AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/9.asp
  
• Japan: An Island Nation AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/10.asp
  

9. understands significant social, cultural, and religious features of India, and India's conflict with the Moslem Turks.
• South Asia: India and Beyond AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8.asp
  

10. understands significant cultural, religious, and economic features of civilizations in Mesoamerica and Andean South America.
• Central and South American Empires AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/11.asp
  

11. understands political and cultural features of the Mongol Empire and the Empire's impact on Eurasian peoples.

Standard 3: The student understands Western and Eastern civilization since the Renaissance. (SS.A.3.4)

1. understands the significant political and economic transformations and significant cultural and scientific events in Europe during the Renaissance.
• The Renaissance AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/1.asp
  
• Europeans Explore AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/2.asp
  
• Henry VIII and the Anglican Divorce
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/3c.asp
  
• The Wars of Religion AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/4.asp
  
• The Scientific Revolution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/9.asp
  

2. understand significant religious and societal issues from the Renaissance through the Reformation.
• The Renaissance AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/1.asp
  
• Europeans Explore AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/2.asp
  
• The Protestant Reformation AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/3.asp
  
• The Wars of Religion AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/4.asp
  

3. understands the significant economic, political, and cultural interactions among the peoples of Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas during the Age of Discovery and the European Expansion.
• Europeans Explore AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/2.asp
  
• Native American Society on the Eve of British Colonization AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/1.asp
  
• Britain in the New World AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2.asp
  
• The New England Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3.asp
  
• The Middle Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4.asp
  
• The Southern Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5.asp
  
• African Americans in the British New World AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/6.asp
  

4. knows the significant ideas and texts of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism, their spheres of influence in the age of expansion, and their reforms in the 19th century.
• Phoenicians: Sailing Away
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4f.asp
  
• Hebrews and the Land of Milk and Honey
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4g.asp
  
• Birth of Christianity
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4h.asp
  
• The Rise of Hinduism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8c.asp
  
• The Birth and Spread of Buddhism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8d.asp
  
• Early History and Culture
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/10b.asp
  

5. understands the significant scientific and social changes from the Age of Reason through the Age of Enlightenment.
• The Scientific Revolution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/9.asp
  
• The Age of Reason AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/10.asp
  

6. understands transformations in the political and social realms from the Age of Absolutism through the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution.
• Absolutism in the East AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/6.asp
  
• Constitutional Democracy Stirs AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/7.asp
  
• Life in Early Modern Europe AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/8.asp
  
• The Age of Reason AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/10.asp
  
• Revolution in France AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/11.asp
  

7. understands significant political developments in Europe in the 19th century.
• The Age of Napoleon AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/12.asp
  
• Conservatism and Liberalism After Napoleon AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/1.asp
  
• Nationalism and Unification AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/2.asp
  
• Industrialization and Industrial Society AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/3.asp
  
• The New Imperialism AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/4.asp
  
• British Suffragettes: Fighting for the Right to Vote
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/5e.asp
  

8. understands the effects of the Industrial Revolution.
• Industrialization and Industrial Society AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/3.asp
  

9. analyzes major historical events of the first half of the 20th century.
• British Suffragettes: Fighting for the Right to Vote
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/5e.asp
  
• The War to End All Wars AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/6.asp
  
• The Depression and the Rise of Totalitarianism AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/7.asp
  
• World War II AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8.asp
  
• The Great Depression AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1.asp
  
• The New Deal AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2.asp
  
• The Road to Pearl Harbor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3.asp
  
• America in the Second World War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4.asp
  

10. understands the political, military, and economic events since the 1950s that have had a significant impact on international relations.
• Europe Divided AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9.asp
  
• The Reconstruction of Western Europe AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/10.asp
  
• European Society During the Cold War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/11.asp
  
• Europe Reunited AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/12.asp
  
• British Suffragettes: Fighting for the Right to Vote
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/5e.asp
  
• Postwar Challenges AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5.asp
  
• McCarthyism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6a.asp
  
• The Cold War Continues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6e.asp
  
• The Vietnam War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/8.asp
  
• Kennedy's Global Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9c.asp
  
• 1968: Year of Unraveling
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9f.asp
  
• Triangular Diplomacy: U.S., USSR, and China
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9g.asp
  
• Foreign Woes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11c.asp
  
• Foreign and Domestic Entanglements
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12c.asp
  
• The End of the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12e.asp
  
• Operation Desert Storm
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13a.asp
  
• Foreign Policy: What Now?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/11a.asp
  

Standard 4: The student understands U.S. history to 1880. (SS.A.4.4)

1. understands the economic, social, and political interactions between Native American tribes and European settlers during the Age of Discovery.
• Native American Society on the Eve of British Colonization AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/1.asp
  
• Early Ventures Fail
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2a.asp
  
• Early Ventures Fail
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2a.asp
  
• William Bradford and the First Thanksgiving
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3b.asp
  
• Dissent in Massachusetts Bay
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3e.asp
  
• Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4b.asp
  

2. understands how religious, social, political, and economic developments shaped the settlement patterns of the North American colonies.
• Joint-Stock Companies
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2b.asp
  
• The New England Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3.asp
  
• The Middle Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4.asp
  
• The Southern Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5.asp
  

3. understands the significant military and political events that took place during the American Revolution.
• The Events Leading to Independence AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/9.asp
  
• E Pluribus Unum AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/10.asp
  
• The American Revolution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/11.asp
  

4. understands the political events that defined the Constitutional period.
• Making Rules AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/2.asp
  
• Drafting the Constitution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/3.asp
  
• Ratifying the Constitution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/4.asp
  
• Creating the Constitution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2c.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2d.asp
  
• Federalism AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/3.asp
  

5. understands the significant political events that took place during the early national period.
• George Washington AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/5.asp
  
• Unsettled Domestic Issues AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6.asp
  
• Politics in Transition: Public Conflict in the 1790s AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/7.asp
  

6. understands the military and economic events of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
• A House Divided AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10.asp
  
• The War Behind the Lines AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11.asp
  
• Reconstruction AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/12.asp
  

Standard 5: The student understands U.S. history from 1880 to the present. (SS.A.5.4)

1. knows the causes of the Industrial Revolution and its economic, political, and cultural effects on American society.
• Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10a.asp
  
• The Rise of American Industry AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2.asp
  
• The Gilded Age AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  
• Organized Labor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2.asp
  
• From the Countryside to the City AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  
• New Dimensions in Everyday Life AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4.asp
  

2. understands the social and cultural impact of immigrant groups and individuals on American society after 1880.
• The Rush of Immigrants
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3c.asp
  
• Intolerance
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12c.asp
  

3. understands significant events leading up to the United States involvement in World War I and the political, social, and economic results of that conflict in Europe and the United States.
• America in the First World War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10.asp
  
• The War to End All Wars AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/6.asp
  

4. understands social transformations that took place in the 1920s and 1930s, the principal political and economic factors that led to the Great Depression, and the legacy of the Depression in American Society.
• The Great Depression AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1.asp
  
• The New Deal AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2.asp
  

5. knows the origins and effects of the involvement of the United States in World War II.
• The Road to Pearl Harbor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3.asp
  
• America in the Second World War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4.asp
  
• Postwar Challenges AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5.asp
  
• The 1950s: Happy Days AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6.asp
  

6. understands the political events that shaped the development of United States foreign policy since World War II and knows the characteristics of that policy.
• Postwar Challenges AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5.asp
  
• The Cold War Continues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6e.asp
  
• Kennedy's Global Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9c.asp
  
• 1968: Year of Unraveling
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9f.asp
  
• Triangular Diplomacy: U.S., USSR, and China
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9g.asp
  
• Foreign Woes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11c.asp
  
• Foreign and Domestic Entanglements
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12c.asp
  
• The End of the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12e.asp
  
• Operation Desert Storm
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13a.asp
  
• Foreign Policy: What Now?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/11a.asp
  

7. understands the development of federal civil rights and voting rights since the 1950s and the social and political implications of these events.
• A New Civil Rights Movement AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7.asp
  
• Lyndon Johnson's 'Great Society'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9e.asp
  
• Shaping a New America AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10.asp
  
• Operation Desert Storm
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13a.asp
  

8. knows significant political events and issues that have shaped domestic policy decisions in contemporary America.
• Domestic Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5f.asp
  
• McCarthyism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6a.asp
  
• Voices against Conformity
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6f.asp
  
• A New Civil Rights Movement AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7.asp
  
• Kennedy's New Frontier
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9b.asp
  
• Lyndon Johnson's 'Great Society'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9e.asp
  
• Economic Policy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/11c.asp
  
• Social and Regulatory Policy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/11d.asp
  

People, Places, and Environments [Geography]

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Standard 1: The student understands the world in spatial terms. (SS.B.1.4)

1. uses a variety of maps, geographic technologies including geographic information systems (GIS) and satellite-produced imagery, and other advanced graphic representations to depict geographic problems.

Students can use the content from Beyond Books social studies programs to help achieve this standard.


2. understands the advantages and disadvantages of using maps from different sources and different points of view.

Students can use the content from Beyond Books social studies programs to help achieve this standard.


3. uses mental maps of physical and human features of the world to answer complex geographic questions.

Students can use the content from Beyond Books social studies programs to help achieve this standard.


4. understands how cultural and technological characteristics can link or divide regions.

Students can use the content from Beyond Books social studies programs to help achieve this standard.


5. understands how various factors affect people's mental maps.

Students can use the content from Beyond Books social studies programs to help achieve this standard.

Standard 2: The student understands the interactions of people and the physical environment. (SS.B.2.4)

1. understands how social, cultural, economic, and environmental factors contribute to the dynamic nature of regions.

Students can use the content from Beyond Books social studies programs to help achieve this standard.


2. understands past and present trends in human migration and cultural interaction and their impact on physical and human systems.

Students can use the content from Beyond Books social studies programs to help achieve this standard.


3. understands how the allocation of control of the Earth's surface affects interactions between people in different regions.

Students can use the content from Beyond Books social studies programs to help achieve this standard.


4. understands the global impacts of human changes in the physical environment.

Students can use the content from Beyond Books social studies programs to help achieve this standard.


5. knows how humans overcome "limits to growth" imposed by physical systems.

6. understands the relationships between resources and the exploration, colonization, and settlement of different regions of the world.

7. understands the concept of sustainable development.

Government and the Citizen [Civics and Government]

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Standard 1: The student understands the structure, functions, and purposes of government and how the principles and values of American democracy are reflected in American constitutional government. (SS.C.1.4)

1. understands the nature of political authority and the nature of the relationship between government and civil society in limited governments (e.g. constitutional democracies) and unlimited governments (e.g. totalitarian regimes).
• The Nature of Government AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1.asp
  
• How Do Citizens Connect With Their Government? AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/5.asp
  
• Comparing Governments
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/13a.asp
  

2. understands the ideas that led to the creation of limited government in the United States (e.g., ideas of natural rights philosophy, and the concept of popular sovereignty).
• Democratic Values -- Liberty, Equality, Justice
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1d.asp
  
• Foundations of American Government AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2.asp
  
• Federalism AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/3.asp
  

3. understands how the overall design and specific features of the Constitution prevent the abuse of power by aggregating power at the national, state, and local levels; dispersing power among different levels of government; and using a system of checks and balances (e.g., federalism).
• Creating the Constitution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2c.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2d.asp
  
• Federalism AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/3.asp
  
• Congress: The People's Branch? AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/6.asp
  
• The Presidency: The Leadership Branch? AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/7.asp
  
• The Judicial Branch AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/9.asp
  

4. understands the role of special interest groups, political parties, the media, public opinion, and majority/ minority conflicts on the development of public policy and the political process.
• How Do Citizens Connect With Their Government? AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/5.asp
  
• Congress: The People's Branch? AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/6.asp
  
• Policy Making: Political Interactions AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/11.asp
  

Standard 2: The student understands the role of the citizen in American democracy. (SS.C.2.4)

1. develops and defines his or her own political beliefs and tendencies.

2. assesses the role that his or her own political behavior plays in determining the flow of power through our political system and for resolving conflicts in a pluralistic society.

• American Political Attitudes and Participation AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/4.asp
  
• How Do Citizens Connect With Their Government? AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/5.asp
  

3. understands issues of personal concern: the rights and responsibilities of the individual under the U.S. Constitution; the importance of civil liberties; the role of conflict resolution and compromise; and issues involving ethical behavior in politics.
• Civil Liberties and Civil Rights AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/10.asp
  

4. understands the distinction between citizens and non-citizens (aliens) and the process by which aliens may become citizens.
• Citizenship Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/10d.asp
  

5. understands how personal, political, and economic rights are secured by constitutional government and by such means as the rule of law, checks and balances, an independent judiciary, and a vigilant citizenry.
• What Is a Democracy?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1c.asp
  
• Democratic Values -- Liberty, Equality, Justice
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1d.asp
  
• Participating in Government
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/4d.asp
  
• Voting: A Forgotten Privilege?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/4e.asp
  
• Civil Liberties and Civil Rights AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/10.asp
  

6. understands the argument that personal, political, and economic rights reinforce each other.
• What Is a Democracy?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1c.asp
  
• Democratic Values -- Liberty, Equality, Justice
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1d.asp
  
• Creating the Constitution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2c.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2d.asp
  

7. knows the points at which citizens can monitor or influence the process of public policy formation.
• Policy Making: Political Interactions AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/11.asp
  

Economics

RETURN TO TOP

Standard 1: The student understands how scarcity requires individuals and institutions to make choices about how to use resources. (SS.D.1.4)

1. understands how many financial and non-financial factors (e.g., cultural traditions, profit, and risk) motivate consumers, producers, workers, savers, and investors to allocate their scarce resources differently.

2. understands credit history and the positive and negative impacts that credit can have on an individual's financial life.

Standard 2: The student understands the characteristics of different economic systems and institutions. (SS.D.2.4)

1. understands how wages and prices are determined in market, command, tradition-based, and mixed economic systems and how economic systems can be evaluated by their ability to achieve broad social goals such as freedom, efficiency, equity, security, and growth.
• Comparing Economic Systems
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/13b.asp
  

2. understands how price and quantity demanded relate, how price and quantity supplied relate, and how price changes or controls affect distribution and allocation in the economy.

3. understands how government taxes, policies, and programs affect individuals, groups, businesses, and regions.

• Policy Making: Political Interactions AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/11.asp
  

4. understands how United States fiscal policies and monetary policies reinforce or offset each other and how they affect levels of economic activity, the money supply of the country, and the well-being of individuals, businesses, regions, and the nation.
• Economic Policy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/11c.asp
  

5. understands basic terms and indicators associated with levels of economic performance and the state of the economy.
• Economic Policy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/11c.asp
  

6. understands factors that have led to increased international interdependence and basic concepts associated with trade between nations.