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St. Fabian Social Studies K-8
Social Studies - Grade 7

20th Century

World War I: Causes/Examine
The learner will be able to examine the causes of World War I.
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World War I
  
Russian Revolution: Causes/Name
The learner will be able to name the causes of the Russian Revolution of 1917.
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Russian Revolution
  
Russian Revolution: Government/Changes
The learner will be able to examine how the revolutionary government changed from moderate to radical.
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Russian Revolution
  
United Nations: Founding
The learner will be able to describe the founding of the United Nations.
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United Nations
  
United Nations: Purpose/Organization
The learner will be able to describe the purpose and organization of the United Nations.
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United Nations
  
Cold War: Define Term
The learner will be able to define the term "Cold War".
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Cold War
  
Cold War: McCarthyism/Define
The learner will be able to define McCarthyism during the Cold War era.
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Cold War
  
League of Nations: Founding/Describe
The learner will be able to describe how the League of Nations was founded.
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League of Nations
  
League of Nations: Purpose/Understand
The learner will be able to understand the purpose of the League of Nations.
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League of Nations
  
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Civics and Government

Government: Structure
The learner will be able to apply an understanding of the structure of the United States government.
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Government
  
Government: Comparisons
The learner will be able to compare national, state, and local governments.
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Government
  
Government: Division/Sharing of Power
The learner will be able to understand how the national, state, and local governments divide and share power.
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Government
  
Principles: Basic Principles/Meaning
The learner will be able to describe the meaning of basic principles of American democracy.
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Democratic Principles
  
Constitution: Key Ideas
The learner will be able to recognize how the key ideas of American constitutional government are reflected in the Constitution.
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Constitution
  
Constitution: Draw Conclusion
The learner will be able to draw conclusions about the United States Constitution.
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Constitution
  
Constitution: Amendments/Process
The learner will be able to understand the process for amending the United States Constitution.
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Constitution
  
Political Party System: Candidates
The learner will be able to compare the similarities of political candidates.
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Political Party System
  
Political Party System: Role/Explain
The learner will be able to explain the role of political parties.
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Political Party System
  
Political Party System: Comparisons
The learner will be able to compare and contrast the major political parties.
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Political Party System
  
Supreme Court: Development
The learner will be able to understand key events in the development of the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court
  
Supreme Court: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze a landmark Supreme Court case.
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Supreme Court
  
State: Representative
The learner will be able to understand the role of an elected representative.
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Government: State
  
State: Organization/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the organization of state government.
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Government: State
  
Federal: House of Representatives
The learner will be able to understand how members of the House of Representatives are selected.
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Government: Federal
  
Electoral Process: Voting Requirements
The learner will be able to identify voting requirements.
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Electoral Process
  
Electoral Process: Comparisons
The learner will be able to compare the electoral process at the national, state, and local levels.
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Electoral Process
  
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Cultural Perspective

Diversity: Immigration
The learner will be able to associate cultural diversity with immigration.
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Diversity
  
Diversity: Influences/Nationalism
The learner will be able to explain how different cultures have been influenced by nationalism.
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Diversity
  
Diversity: Influences/Racism
The learner will be able to explain how different cultures have been influenced by racism.
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Diversity
  
Art: American/Post WWI
The learner will be able to analyze the growth of American art from the Social Realists to the "Lost Generation".
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Fine Arts
  
Culture: History/Associate
The learner will be able to associate history with culture.
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Culture
  
Culture: American/International
The learner will be able to understands how American culture influences other countries.
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Culture
  
Culture: Passage/Inferences
The learner will be able to make inferences about the characteristics of a culture from a reading passage.
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Culture
  
Culture: Environment/Associate
The learner will be able to associate culture with environment.
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Culture
  
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Early Common Era (300 - 1450)

Roman Empire: Byzantine/Greek Learning
The learner will be able to assess the part the Byzantine Empire played in retaining and transferring ancient Greek learning.
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Roman Empire
  
Religion: Confucianism/Changes
The learner will be able to describe the changes in Confucianism between the 10th and 13th centuries.
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Religion
  
Religion: Confucianism/Changes/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze the changes in Confucianism between the 10th and 13th centuries.
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Religion
  
Religion: Buddhism/Growth
The learner will be able to comprehend the growth of Buddhism beyond its land of origin.
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Religion
  
Europe: Charlemagne
The learner will be able to identify Charlemagne as King who became the first Holy Roman Emperor.
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European Civilizations
  
Europe: Feudalism/Define
The learner will be able to define feudalism during the European middle ages.
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European Civilizations
  
Europe: Manorialism/Define
The learner will be able to define manorialism during the European middle ages.
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European Civilizations
  
Europe: Monarchy/Growth/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze the growth and restrictions of representative institutions in European monarchies.
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European Civilizations
  
Europe: Population/Agriculture
The learner will be able to determine the connection between agricultural production and population increase in Europe after 1000 CE.
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European Civilizations
  
Europe: Population/Technology
The learner will be able to determine the connection between technological development and population increase in Europe after 1000 CE.
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European Civilizations
  
England: William the Conqueror
The learner will be able to identify William the Conqueror as the first Norman king of England.
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European Civilizations: England
  
England: Hundred Years War/Causes
The learner will be able to examine what caused the Hundred Years War.
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European Civilizations: England
  
England: Hundred Years War/Results
The learner will be able to examine results of the Hundred Years War.
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European Civilizations: England
  
Mongol Empire: Chinggis Khan/Achievement
The learner will be able to evaluate the significant achievements of Chinggis Khan as a conqueror and military innovator.
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Mongol Empire
  
Mongol Empire: "Golden Horde"
The learner will be able to explain the emergence of Mongol rule under the "Golden Horde".
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Mongol Empire
  
Mongol Empire: China/Effects/People
The learner will be able to evaluate the effects of Mongol conquests on the people of China.
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Mongol Empire
  
Mongol Empire: Russia/Effects/People
The learner will be able to evaluate the effects of Mongol conquests on the people of Russia.
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Mongol Empire
  
Mongol Empire: Southeast Asia/People
The learner will be able to evaluate the effects of Mongol conquests on the people of Southeast Asia.
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Mongol Empire
  
Mongol Empire: Southwest Asia/People
The learner will be able to evaluate the effects of Mongol conquests on the people of Southwest Asia.
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Mongol Empire
  
Explorers: Columbus/Effect
The learner will be able to understand the effect of Christopher Columbus' voyages on the colonization of the Americas.
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Explorers
  
Americas: Anasazi/Characteristics
The learner will be able to describe key characteristics of the Anasazi people.
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The Americas
  
Americas: Pueblo/Characteristics
The learner will be able to describe key characteristics of the Pueblo people.
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The Americas
  
Americas: North American/Characteristics
The learner will be able to describe key characteristics of the North American mound-building peoples.
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The Americas
  
Americas: Toltecs/Characteristics
The learner will be able to describe key characteristics of the Toltec people.
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The Americas
  
China: Science/Impact
The learner will be able to examine the impact of scientific developments on Chinese civilization.
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Asian Civilizations: China
  
China: Technology/Impact
The learner will be able to examine the impact of technological developments on Chinese civilization.
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Asian Civilizations: China
  
China: Cultural Values/Women
The learner will be able to evaluate the role women of gentry families played in retaining and passing along Chinese cultural values.
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Asian Civilizations: China
  
Japan: Feudalism/Describe
The learner will be able to describe elements of feudalism in Japanese society.
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Asian Civilizations: Japan
  
Japan: Feudalism/Evaluate
The learner will be able to evaluate elements of feudalism in Japanese society.
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Asian Civilizations: Japan
  
Japan: Warrior Class/Examine
The learner will be able to examine the rise of the warrior class in Japanese society.
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Asian Civilizations: Japan
  
Japan: Type of Government
The learner will be able to discuss the type of government in Japan during the Kamakura and early Ashikaga periods.
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Asian Civilizations: Japan
  
Japan: Wars with Mongols/Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend how wars with the Mongols affected Japanese civilizations.
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Asian Civilizations: Japan
  
Japan: Influence/Chinese Culture
The learner will be able to evaluate the influence of Chinese culture on Japanese society from the 7th to 11th century.
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Asian Civilizations: Japan
  
Christian: Greek Orthodox/Eastern Europe
The learner will be able to examine the spread of Greek Orthodox Christianity into Eastern Europe between the 9th and 11th centuries.
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Religion: Christian
  
Christian: Latin Church
The learner will be able to evaluate the importance of the Latin Church in Christianizing western and central Europe.
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Religion: Christian
  
Christian: Muslim Powers/Removal
The learner will be able to determine Christian states' success at removing Muslim powers in central and southern Iberia.
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Religion: Christian
  
Christian: Catholic/Changes
The learner will be able to summarize changes in the political relationship between the Catholic Church and secular states during the European Middle Ages.
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Religion: Christian
  
Islam: Teachings/Practices
The learner will be able to discuss the basic teachings and/or practices of Islam.
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Religion: Islam
  
Islam: Muhammad
The learner will be able to explain the life of Muhammad.
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Religion: Islam
  
Islam: Muslim Government
The learner will be able to explain the various religious, cultural, and geographic factors that affected the ability of the Muslim government to rule.
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Religion: Islam
  
Islam: Spread/11th and 12th Century
The learner will be able to examine the spread of Islam during the 11th and 12th centuries when Turkic migration from Turkestan into Southwest Asia and India forced the retreat of Byzantium and Greek Christian civilization.
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Religion: Islam
  
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Economics

Goods/Services: Price
The learner will be able to analyze the function of price in economics.
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Goods/Services
  
US Economy: Taxes/Services
The learner will be able to understand the connection between taxes and government services.
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US Economy
  
World Economy: Exports/Define
The learner will be able to define exports.
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World Economy
  
World Economy: Imports/Define
The learner will be able to define imports.
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World Economy
  
World Economy: Trade/International
The learner will be able to define international trade.
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World Economy
  
Supply/Demand: Concept/Apply
The learner will be able to apply the concept of supply and demand.
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Supply/Demand
  
Supply/Demand: Market Prices
The learner will be able to explain how market prices are set by forces of supply and demand.
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Supply/Demand
  
Supply/Demand: Competition/Sellers
The learner will be able to examine how competition among sellers results in lower prices and profit margins.
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Supply/Demand
  
Supply/Demand: Competition/Buyers
The learner will be able to examine how competition among buyers results in higher product prices.
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Supply/Demand
  
Fiscal Policy: Balanced Budget
The learner will be able to explain the concept of balanced budget.
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US Economy: Fiscal Policy
  
Fiscal Policy: Budget Surplus
The learner will be able to explain the concept of budget surplus.
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US Economy: Fiscal Policy
  
Fiscal Policy: Budget Deficit
The learner will be able to explain the concept of budget deficit.
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US Economy: Fiscal Policy
  
Fiscal Policy: National Debt
The learner will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the national debt.
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US Economy: Fiscal Policy
  
Economics: Public and Private Property
The learner will be able to distinguish between the economic responsibilities for public and private properties.
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Economics
  
Economics: Terms
The learner will be able to define economic terms, such as deficit.
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Economics
  
Economics: Investments and Incentives
The learner will be able to understand the concept of investment and incentives.
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Economics
  
Economics: Change/Cause and Effect
The learner will be able to identify the cause and effect of economic change.
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Economics
  
Economics: Free Enterprise
The learner will be able to analyze free enterprise.
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Economics
  
Economics: Scarcity
The learner will be able to understand the problem of scarcity.
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Economics
  
Employment: Union/Labor/Growth
The learner will be able to understand reasons for the growth of the labor union.
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Employment
  
Employment: Opportunities/Regions
The learner will be able to associate a region with employment opportunities.
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Employment
  
Employment: Strike
The learner will be able to define the term "strike".
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Employment
  
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Era of Revolutions (1750 - 1914)

Industrial Revolution: Prior Economics
The learner will be able to understand the economic systems that existed prior to the Industrial Revolution.
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Industrial Revolution
  
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First Global Era (1450 - 1750)

Europe: Explorers
The learner will be able to associate European explorers with the regions they discovered.
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European Expansion
  
Europe: Indigenous People
The learner will be able to recognize how explorers, such as Captain James Cook, viewed the indigenous people of the land they colonized.
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European Expansion
  
Europe: Voyages/European
The learner will be able to describe attributes of the interregional trading system that connected Africa, Asia, and Europe prior to the European overseas voyages.
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European Expansion
  
Europe: Americas/Name
The learner will be able to name the four major types of European activity and control in the Americas.
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European Expansion
  
Europe: Americas/Compare
The learner will be able to compare the four major types of European activity and control in the Americas.
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European Expansion
  
Europe: England/Indian Ocean/Navy
The learner will be able to describe the naval influence of England in the Indian Ocean basin during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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European Expansion
  
Europe: England/Indian Ocean/Commerce
The learner will be able to examine the commercial influence of England in the Indian Ocean basin during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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European Expansion
  
Europe: France/Indian Ocean/Navy
The learner will be able to describe the naval influence of France in the Indian Ocean basin during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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European Expansion
  
Europe: France/Indian Ocean/Commerce
The learner will be able to examine the commercial influence of France in the Indian Ocean basin during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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European Expansion
  
Reformation: Catholic/Policies
The learner will be able to describe the policies of the Catholic Church during the Reformation.
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Reformation Era
  
Reformation: Catholic/Goals
The learner will be able to describe the goals of the Catholic Reformation.
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Reformation Era
  
Reformation: Catholic/Reform/Effect
The learner will be able to evaluate the effect of religious reforms on European values, families, communities, and/or education.
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Reformation Era
  
Reformation: Catholic/Division/Effect
The learner will be able to evaluate the effect of religious divisions on European values, families, communities, and/or education.
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Reformation Era
  
Slave Trade: Conditions/Sell
The learner will be able to examine the conditions under which African governments, elites, and/or merchants would sell slaves to Europeans.
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African Slave Trade
  
Slave Trade: Impact/Population
The learner will be able to examine the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on population in West and Central Africa.
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African Slave Trade
  
Slave Trade: Impact/Economy
The learner will be able to examine the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on the economy in West and Central Africa.
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African Slave Trade
  
Slave Trade: Compare Differences
The learner will be able to compare differences in treatment of slaves in the Islamic lands, Christian Europe, and West Africa.
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African Slave Trade
  
Japan: Tokugawa/Feudalism
The learner will be able to describe centralized feudalism in Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate.
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Asian Civilizations
  
Japan: Tokugawa/Dynamic Culture
The learner will be able to describe how the Tokugawa shogunate helped Japan achieve a dynamic culture.
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Asian Civilizations
  
Japan: Europe/Relationship
The learner will be able to examine the relationship between Japan and Europe throughout the 16th and 18th centuries.
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Asian Civilizations
  
Civil War: Understand Significance
The learner will be able to understand the significance of the English Civil War.
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English Wars/Revolutions
  
Civil War: Impact/Society
The learner will be able to describe the impact of the English Civil War on society.
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English Wars/Revolutions
  
Revolution of 1688: Significance
The learner will be able to understand the significance of the Revolution of 1688.
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English Wars/Revolutions
  
Revolution of 1688: Impact/Society
The learner will be able to describe the impact of the English Revolution of 1688 on society.
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English Wars/Revolutions
  
Seven Years War: American Colonists
The learner will be able to understand that the American colonists required less protection from Great Britain as a result of the Seven Years War.
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English Wars/Revolutions
  
Seven Years War: French Removal
The learner will be able to understand that the French were removed as a power in North America as a result of the Seven Years War.
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English Wars/Revolutions
  
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Geography

Concepts: Urban Growth
The learner will be able to associate geographical factors with urban growth.
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Geographical Concepts
  
Regions: Resources
The learner will be able to associate a region with its natural resources.
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Regions
  
Regions: Infer
The learner will be able to make inferences about geographic regions.
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Regions
  
Physical Resources: World Patterns
The learner will be able to demonstrate knowledge of world patterns of resource distribution.
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Physical Resources
  
Physical Resources: World Patterns/Uses
The learner will be able to demonstrate knowledge of world patterns of resource utilization.
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Physical Resources
  
Map: Latitude/Locations
The learner will be able to identify a location using the latitude lines on a map.
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Map/Globe Skills
  
World Geography: Hemisphere/Associate
The learner will be able to associate a country with a hemisphere.
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World Geography
  
US Geography: Resources
The learner will be able to identify natural resources found in the United States.
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US Geography
  
Populations: Water Source
The learner will be able to associate heavily populated areas with abundant water supply.
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Populations
  
Populations: Settlement/Various Patterns
The learner will be able to identify settlement patterns of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups.
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Populations
  
Populations: Demographics/Influence
The learner will be able to understand how demographics influence population characteristics of an area.
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Populations
  
Populations: Distribution/Reasons
The learner will be able to identify the reasons for the distribution of cities throughout a particular region.
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Populations
  
Populations: Trends/World
The learner will be able to describe world population trends.
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Populations
  
Human-Environment: 20th Century Efforts
The learner will be able to evaluate the efforts of governments and citizens' groups at protecting the world's natural environment.
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Human-Environment Interaction
  
Human-Environment: 20th Century Changes
The learner will be able to examine how population growth, urbanization, industrialization, warfare, and/or the global market economy have influenced environmental changes in the 20th century.
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Human-Environment Interaction
  
Human-Environment: Alter/Consequences
The learner will be able to analyze the environmental consequences of people altering the natural land.
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Human-Environment Interaction
  
Human-Environment: Technology
The learner will be able to recognize the consequences of human technological advancement on the environment.
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Human-Environment Interaction
  
Climate: Factors/Associate
The learner will be able to associate geographical factors with climate.
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Earth Attributes: Climate/Weather
  
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Historical Perspective

Analysis: World Leaders
The learner will be able to analyze a world leader's actions.
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Historical Analysis
  
Analysis: Actions
The learner will be able to analyze the various reasons for an action.
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Historical Analysis
  
Analysis: Political Balance
The learner will be able to analyze changes in political balance.
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Historical Analysis
  
Analysis: Political Actions/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the cause and effect of political actions.
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Historical Analysis
  
Time: Timeline/Sequence
The learner will be able to sequence events on a timeline.
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Time: Chronological Order
  
Data Interpretation: Predict
The learner will be able to make predictions based on information presented in a graph or chart.
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Data Interpretation
  
Data Interpretation: Line Graph
The learner will be able to interpret information presented in a line graph.
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Data Interpretation
  
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Technological Developments

Transportation: Automobiles/1920-1930
The learner will be able to identify the impact the automobile had on society in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Transportation
  
Inventions: US Economy
The learner will be able to analyze how American inventions affected the United States economy in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
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Inventions
  
Science: Einstein/Importance
The learner will be able to identify the importance of the work of 20th century scientists, such as Albert Einstein.
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Math/Science
  
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United States History

Revolutionary War: Contributing Factors
The learner will be able to explain the factors contributing to the onset of the American Revolution.
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Revolutionary War
  
Revolutionary War: Loyalists
The learner will be able to compare and contrast why many colonists, slaves, and Native Americans remained loyal to the British.
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Revolutionary War
  
Figures: Role in History
The learner will be able to analyze a person's role in history.
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Historical Figures
  
Documents: Emancipation Proclamation
The learner will be able to analyze the importance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Historical Documents
  
Colonial America: King James I
The learner will be able to understand the colonists' reasons for opposing King James I.
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Colonial America
  
Economics: Trade/Development
The learner will be able to understand the development of the trade system in colonial America.
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Colonial: Economic
  
Slavery: Cotton Gin
The learner will be able to demonstrate an understanding of how the cotton gin affected slavery in the early 19th century.
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Slavery
  
Territorial: Western/Events
The learner will be able to identify events leading up to U.S. territorial expansion in the Western Hemisphere.
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Expansion: Territorial
  
Territorial: Native American/Affect
The learner will be able to comprehend the effect of U.S. territorial expansion on Native Americans.
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Expansion: Territorial
  
Territorial: Manifest Destiny
The learner will be able to comprehend the extent of influence Manifest Destiny had on territorial expansion.
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Expansion: Territorial
  
Industrial Revolution: Rural/Urban
The learner will be able to describe the migration of people from farms to cities and how they adjusted to urban life.
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Industrial Revolution
  
Industrial Revolution: Factory/Workshop
The learner will be able to describe the change from workshops to factories.