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Describe different economic systems used to allocate scarce goods and services.

Describe different economic systems used to allocate scarce goods and services.

Describe different economic systems used to allocate scarce goods and services.

Describe the role of government in a market economy, including promoting and securing competition, protecting private property rights, promoting equity, providing public goods and services, resolving externalities and other market failures, and stabilizing growth in the economy.

Describe how specialization and voluntary exchange between buyers and sellers lead to mutually beneficial outcomes.

Describe how specialization and voluntary exchange between buyers and sellers lead to mutually beneficial outcomes.

Describe how specialization and voluntary exchange between buyers and sellers lead to mutually beneficial outcomes.

Describe how specialization and voluntary exchange between buyers and sellers lead to mutually beneficial outcomes.

Explain the impact of the labor market on the United States' economy.

Explain the impact of the labor market on the United States' economy.

Explain the impact of the labor market on the United States' economy.

Explain why individuals, businesses, and governments trade goods and services in the global economy.

Explain why individuals, businesses, and governments trade goods and services in the global economy.

Explain why individuals, businesses, and governments trade goods and services in the global economy.

Explain why individuals, businesses, and governments trade goods and services in the global economy.

Explain why individuals, businesses, and governments trade goods and services in the global economy.

Explain why individuals, businesses, and governments trade goods and services in the global economy.

Explain why individuals, businesses, and governments trade goods and services in the global economy.

Explain the role and consequences of domestic and foreign policy decisions, including scientific and technological advancements and humanitarian, cultural, economic, and political changes.

A student should understand the economies of the United States and the state and their relationships to the global economy.

A student should understand the economies of the United States and the state and their relationships to the global economy.

A student should understand the economies of the United States and the state and their relationships to the global economy.

A student should understand the economies of the United States and the state and their relationships to the global economy.

A student should understand the economies of the United States and the state and their relationships to the global economy.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Discern an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or aesthetic impact of the text.

Evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors’ claims, reasoning, and evidence.

Evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors’ claims, reasoning, and evidence.

Evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors’ claims, reasoning, and evidence.

Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.

Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation.

Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.

Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.

Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.

Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.

Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the effectiveness of the text.

Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in print in order to address a question or solve a problem.

Delineate and evaluate the rhetorical effectiveness of the authors' reasoning, premises, purpose, and argument in seminal U.S. and world texts.

Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media and formats in order to make informed decisions and propose solutions, while evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies.

Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation.

Engage in argument from evidence about the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, changes in climate, and human activity and how they influence each other.

Engage in argument from evidence about the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, changes in climate, and human activity and how they influence each other.

Engage in argument from evidence about the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, changes in climate, and human activity and how they influence each other.

Evaluate local, state, national, and international policies in terms of intended and unintended outcomes and related consequences.

Evaluate how numerous factors and conditions influence market prices.

Evaluate how numerous factors and conditions influence market prices.

Evaluate how numerous factors and conditions influence market prices.

Evaluate how numerous factors and conditions influence market prices.

Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of global trade.

Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of global trade.

Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of global trade.

Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of global trade.

Explain why nations chose to trade and how it is regulated.

Explain why nations chose to trade and how it is regulated.

Explain why nations chose to trade and how it is regulated.

Explain why nations chose to trade and how it is regulated.

Explain why nations chose to trade and how it is regulated.

Explain why nations chose to trade and how it is regulated.

Use geographic data to explain and analyze relationships between locations of place and regions.

Use geographic data to explain and analyze relationships between locations of place and regions.

Use geographic data to explain and analyze relationships between locations of place and regions.

Use geographic data to explain and analyze relationships between locations of place and regions.

Use geographic data to explain and analyze relationships between locations of place and regions.

Use geographic data to explain and analyze relationships between locations of place and regions.

Analyze interactions within and between human and physical systems.

Analyze interactions within and between human and physical systems.

Analyze interactions within and between human and physical systems.

Analyze interactions within and between human and physical systems.

Analyze interactions within and between human and physical systems.

Analyze interactions within and between human and physical systems.

Evaluate how political and economic decisions throughout time have influenced cultural and environmental characteristics of various places and regions.

Evaluate how political and economic decisions throughout time have influenced cultural and environmental characteristics of various places and regions.

Evaluate how political and economic decisions throughout time have influenced cultural and environmental characteristics of various places and regions.

Evaluate how political and economic decisions throughout time have influenced cultural and environmental characteristics of various places and regions.

Evaluate how political and economic decisions throughout time have influenced cultural and environmental characteristics of various places and regions.

Evaluate how political and economic decisions throughout time have influenced cultural and environmental characteristics of various places and regions.

Analyze the reciprocal nature of how historical events and the diffusion of ideas, technologies, and cultural practices have influenced migration patterns and the distribution of human population.

Analyze the reciprocal nature of how historical events and the diffusion of ideas, technologies, and cultural practices have influenced migration patterns and the distribution of human population.

Analyze the reciprocal nature of how historical events and the diffusion of ideas, technologies, and cultural practices have influenced migration patterns and the distribution of human population.

Analyze the reciprocal nature of how historical events and the diffusion of ideas, technologies, and cultural practices have influenced migration patterns and the distribution of human population.

Evaluate the influence of long-term climate variability on human migration and settlement patterns, resource use, and land uses at local-to-global scales.

Evaluate the influence of long-term climate variability on human migration and settlement patterns, resource use, and land uses at local-to-global scales.

Evaluate the influence of long-term climate variability on human migration and settlement patterns, resource use, and land uses at local-to-global scales.

Analyze patterns of global power and influence in respect to trade, demographics, politics, and resource availability and use.

Analyze patterns of global power and influence in respect to trade, demographics, politics, and resource availability and use.

Analyze patterns of global power and influence in respect to trade, demographics, politics, and resource availability and use.

Analyze patterns of global power and influence in respect to trade, demographics, politics, and resource availability and use.

Analyze patterns of global power and influence in respect to trade, demographics, politics, and resource availability and use.

Evaluate the consequences that resulted from civilizational and cultural interactions.

Evaluate the consequences that resulted from civilizational and cultural interactions.

Analyze how technological innovation and trade has affected economic development and transformed societies.

Compare the ways in which economic philosophies influenced political, economic, and social developments.

Compare the ways in which economic philosophies influenced political, economic, and social developments.

Compare the ways in which economic philosophies influenced political, economic, and social developments.

Explain how different labor systems developed and affected societies over time.

Examine how historically marginalized groups have affected change on political and social institutions.

Examine how access to information and technology has been used to influence society.

Examine how access to information and technology has been used to influence society.

Analyze the ways in which perspective shapes recorded history.

Analyze the ways in which perspective shapes recorded history.

Analyze the ways in which perspective shapes recorded history.

Analyze the relationship between primary sources and the secondary interpretations made from them including possible limitations in various kinds of evidence and differing secondary interpretations.

Analyze the relationship between primary sources and the secondary interpretations made from them including possible limitations in various kinds of evidence and differing secondary interpretations.

Analyze the relationship between primary sources and the secondary interpretations made from them including possible limitations in various kinds of evidence and differing secondary interpretations.

Construct and present arguments using precise and knowledgeable claims, with evidence from multiple sources, while acknowledging counterclaims and evidentiary weaknesses.

Construct an explanation, based on evidence, for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Construct an explanation, based on evidence, for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Construct an explanation, based on evidence, for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Describe how an author uses rhetoric to advance the purpose, point of view, or perspective of a text.

Compare accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized and/or omitted in each account.

Compare accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized and/or omitted in each account.

Compare accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized and/or omitted in each account.

Evaluate how content, style, and/or use of rhetorical devices contribute to the purpose, point of view, perspective, and overall effectiveness of a text.

Evaluate information presented in a variety of formats and from multiple sources, identifying the information that best answers a question or solves a problem.

Evaluate the premise, reasoning, and validity of an argument in texts, including works of public advocacy and U.S. seminal documents.

Compose an argument about a complex topic: develop defensible and significant claims; distinguish alternate or opposing claims, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of each in a manner that anticipates the audience's knowledge and values; maintain a cohesive argumentative structure throughout; provide relevant commentary to connect claims to the reasons and evidence.

Conduct short and sustained research, synthesizing information from multiple sources to answer a question or solve a problem, narrowing or broadening the inquiry when appropriate.

Assess the credibility and accuracy of sources, using scholarly databases when appropriate.

Identify intended and unintended consequences of public policies.

Evaluate intended and unintended consequences of government policies created to improve market outcomes (e.g., regulatory, participatory, supervisory, price floor, price ceiling, minimum wage).

Explain ways in which current trends in globalization affect economic growth, labor markets, rights of individuals, the environment, technological advancement, and resource and income distribution in different nations.

Explain ways in which current trends in globalization affect economic growth, labor markets, rights of individuals, the environment, technological advancement, and resource and income distribution in different nations.

Explain ways in which current trends in globalization affect economic growth, labor markets, rights of individuals, the environment, technological advancement, and resource and income distribution in different nations.

Explain ways in which current trends in globalization affect economic growth, labor markets, rights of individuals, the environment, technological advancement, and resource and income distribution in different nations.

Research the impact of international and national economic and political policies on global trade using a variety of sources from multiple perspectives (e.g., trade policies, tariffs, quotas, immigration laws, fiscal policy, regulations).

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Investigate political, cultural, and economic relationships between places and regions using geographic representations and geospatial technologies.

Investigate political, cultural, and economic relationships between places and regions using geographic representations and geospatial technologies.

Investigate political, cultural, and economic relationships between places and regions using geographic representations and geospatial technologies.

Investigate political, cultural, and economic relationships between places and regions using geographic representations and geospatial technologies.

Investigate political, cultural, and economic relationships between places and regions using geographic representations and geospatial technologies.

Investigate political, cultural, and economic relationships between places and regions using geographic representations and geospatial technologies.

Examine varying attitudes among different cultures toward the uses of natural and human resources.

Examine varying attitudes among different cultures toward the uses of natural and human resources.

Examine varying attitudes among different cultures toward the uses of natural and human resources.

Examine varying attitudes among different cultures toward the uses of natural and human resources.

Examine varying attitudes among different cultures toward the uses of natural and human resources.

Analyze changes in the environment and cultural characteristics of a place or region that influence spatial patterns of trade and land use over time.

Analyze changes in the environment and cultural characteristics of a place or region that influence spatial patterns of trade and land use over time.

Analyze changes in the environment and cultural characteristics of a place or region that influence spatial patterns of trade and land use over time.

Analyze changes in the environment and cultural characteristics of a place or region that influence spatial patterns of trade and land use over time.

Analyze changes in the environment and cultural characteristics of a place or region that influence spatial patterns of trade and land use over time.

Analyze changes in the environment and cultural characteristics of a place or region that influence spatial patterns of trade and land use over time.

Evaluate the benefits of various locations in terms of natural, human, and capital resources.

Evaluate the benefits of various locations in terms of natural, human, and capital resources.

Evaluate the benefits of various locations in terms of natural, human, and capital resources.

Evaluate the benefits of various locations in terms of natural, human, and capital resources.

Evaluate the benefits of various locations in terms of natural, human, and capital resources.

Evaluate the benefits of various locations in terms of natural, human, and capital resources.

Examine the diffusion of a phenomenon and its impact on various regions of contact (e.g., spread of infectious disease, invasive plants, invasive animals).

Examine the diffusion of a phenomenon and its impact on various regions of contact (e.g., spread of infectious disease, invasive plants, invasive animals).

Examine the diffusion of a phenomenon and its impact on various regions of contact (e.g., spread of infectious disease, invasive plants, invasive animals).

Examine the diffusion of a phenomenon and its impact on various regions of contact (e.g., spread of infectious disease, invasive plants, invasive animals).

Analyze causes and consequences of voluntary and forced mass migration, including the efforts to reform such practices. This may include cultural practices, resource availability, the plantation system, urbanization, industrialization, conflict migration, and transatlantic abolitionism.

Analyze causes and consequences of voluntary and forced mass migration, including the efforts to reform such practices. This may include cultural practices, resource availability, the plantation system, urbanization, industrialization, conflict migration, and transatlantic abolitionism.

Compare the social and economic impact of different labor systems in the Age of Revolutions.

Analyze the causes and effects of European imperialism and new patterns of colonization in Asia, Africa, and Latin America in the 19th century, including the impact of advancements in medicine, weaponry, and technology.

Analyze the causes and effects of European imperialism and new patterns of colonization in Asia, Africa, and Latin America in the 19th century, including the impact of advancements in medicine, weaponry, and technology.

Analyze the causes and effects of European imperialism and new patterns of colonization in Asia, Africa, and Latin America in the 19th century, including the impact of advancements in medicine, weaponry, and technology.

Trace the evolution of work and labor, including the demise of the slave trade and the effects of immigration, mining and manufacturing, division of labor, and the union movement.

Describe the rise of industrial economies and their link to imperialism and colonialism (e.g., the role played by national security and strategic advantage; moral issues raised by the search for national hegemony, Social Darwinism, and the missionary impulse; material issues such as land, resources, and technology).

Describe the rise of industrial economies and their link to imperialism and colonialism (e.g., the role played by national security and strategic advantage; moral issues raised by the search for national hegemony, Social Darwinism, and the missionary impulse; material issues such as land, resources, and technology).

Describe the rise of industrial economies and their link to imperialism and colonialism (e.g., the role played by national security and strategic advantage; moral issues raised by the search for national hegemony, Social Darwinism, and the missionary impulse; material issues such as land, resources, and technology).

Describe the rise of industrial economies and their link to imperialism and colonialism (e.g., the role played by national security and strategic advantage; moral issues raised by the search for national hegemony, Social Darwinism, and the missionary impulse; material issues such as land, resources, and technology).

Describe the rise of industrial economies and their link to imperialism and colonialism (e.g., the role played by national security and strategic advantage; moral issues raised by the search for national hegemony, Social Darwinism, and the missionary impulse; material issues such as land, resources, and technology).

Explain imperialism from the perspective of the colonizers and the colonized and the varied immediate and long-term responses by the people under colonial rule.

Explain imperialism from the perspective of the colonizers and the colonized and the varied immediate and long-term responses by the people under colonial rule.

Explain imperialism from the perspective of the colonizers and the colonized and the varied immediate and long-term responses by the people under colonial rule.

Explain imperialism from the perspective of the colonizers and the colonized and the varied immediate and long-term responses by the people under colonial rule.

Explain imperialism from the perspective of the colonizers and the colonized and the varied immediate and long-term responses by the people under colonial rule.

Discuss the effects of changes in supply and/or demand on the relative scarcity, price, and quantity of particular products.

Discuss the effects of changes in supply and/or demand on the relative scarcity, price, and quantity of particular products.

Identify the gains in consumption and production efficiency from trade, with emphasis on the main products and changing geographic patterns of twentieth-century trade among countries in the Western Hemisphere.

Identify the gains in consumption and production efficiency from trade, with emphasis on the main products and changing geographic patterns of twentieth-century trade among countries in the Western Hemisphere.

Identify the gains in consumption and production efficiency from trade, with emphasis on the main products and changing geographic patterns of twentieth-century trade among countries in the Western Hemisphere.

Identify the gains in consumption and production efficiency from trade, with emphasis on the main products and changing geographic patterns of twentieth-century trade among countries in the Western Hemisphere.

Identify the gains in consumption and production efficiency from trade, with emphasis on the main products and changing geographic patterns of twentieth-century trade among countries in the Western Hemisphere.

Identify the gains in consumption and production efficiency from trade, with emphasis on the main products and changing geographic patterns of twentieth-century trade among countries in the Western Hemisphere.

Compare the reasons for and the effects of trade restrictions during the Great Depression compared with present-day arguments among labor, business, and political leaders over the effects of free trade on the economic and social interests of various groups of Americans.

Evaluate authors' differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors' claims, reasoning, and evidence.

Evaluate authors' differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors' claims, reasoning, and evidence.

Evaluate authors' differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors' claims, reasoning, and evidence.

Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.

Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.

Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the specific task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Evaluate authors' differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors' claims, reasoning, and evidence.

Evaluate authors' differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors' claims, reasoning, and evidence.

Evaluate authors' differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors' claims, reasoning, and evidence.

Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.

Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.

Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the specific task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Evaluate authors' differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors' claims, reasoning, and evidence.

Evaluate authors' differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors' claims, reasoning, and evidence.

Evaluate authors' differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors' claims, reasoning, and evidence.

Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.

Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.

Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the specific task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation.

students will analyze and interpret the influence of the distribution of the world's resources, political stability, national efforts to encourage or discourage trade, and the flow of investment on patterns of international trade.

students will analyze and interpret the influence of the distribution of the world's resources, political stability, national efforts to encourage or discourage trade, and the flow of investment on patterns of international trade.

students will analyze and interpret the influence of the distribution of the world's resources, political stability, national efforts to encourage or discourage trade, and the flow of investment on patterns of international trade.

students will analyze and interpret the influence of the distribution of the world's resources, political stability, national efforts to encourage or discourage trade, and the flow of investment on patterns of international trade.

students will analyze and interpret the influence of the distribution of the world's resources, political stability, national efforts to encourage or discourage trade, and the flow of investment on patterns of international trade.

students will analyze and interpret the influence of the distribution of the world's resources, political stability, national efforts to encourage or discourage trade, and the flow of investment on patterns of international trade.

students will analyze and interpret the influence of the distribution of the world's resources, political stability, national efforts to encourage or discourage trade, and the flow of investment on patterns of international trade.

Students will demonstrate how individual economic choices are made within the context of a market economy in which markets influence the production and distribution of goods and services.

Students will demonstrate how individual economic choices are made within the context of a market economy in which markets influence the production and distribution of goods and services.

Students will demonstrate how individual economic choices are made within the context of a market economy in which markets influence the production and distribution of goods and services.

Students will demonstrate how individual economic choices are made within the context of a market economy in which markets influence the production and distribution of goods and services.

Students will analyze the wide range of opportunities and consequences resulting from the current transitions from command to market economies in many countries.

Students will analyze the wide range of opportunities and consequences resulting from the current transitions from command to market economies in many countries.

Students will analyze the wide range of opportunities and consequences resulting from the current transitions from command to market economies in many countries.

students will understand the processes which result in distinctive cultures, economic activity, and settlement formation in particular locations across the world.

students will understand the processes which result in distinctive cultures, economic activity, and settlement formation in particular locations across the world.

students will understand the processes which result in distinctive cultures, economic activity, and settlement formation in particular locations across the world.

students will understand the processes which result in distinctive cultures, economic activity, and settlement formation in particular locations across the world.

students will understand the processes which result in distinctive cultures, economic activity, and settlement formation in particular locations across the world.

students will understand the processes which result in distinctive cultures, economic activity, and settlement formation in particular locations across the world.

students will understand the processes which result in distinctive cultures, economic activity, and settlement formation in particular locations across the world.

students will understand the Earth's physical environment as a set of interconnected systems (ecosystems) and the ways humans have perceived, reacted to, and changed environments at local to global scales.

students will understand the Earth's physical environment as a set of interconnected systems (ecosystems) and the ways humans have perceived, reacted to, and changed environments at local to global scales.

students will understand the Earth's physical environment as a set of interconnected systems (ecosystems) and the ways humans have perceived, reacted to, and changed environments at local to global scales.

students will understand the Earth's physical environment as a set of interconnected systems (ecosystems) and the ways humans have perceived, reacted to, and changed environments at local to global scales.

students will understand the Earth's physical environment as a set of interconnected systems (ecosystems) and the ways humans have perceived, reacted to, and changed environments at local to global scales.

students will understand the Earth's physical environment as a set of interconnected systems (ecosystems) and the ways humans have perceived, reacted to, and changed environments at local to global scales.

students will analyze historical materials to trace the development of an idea or trend across space and over a prolonged period of time in order to explain patterns of historical continuity and change.

students will analyze historical materials to trace the development of an idea or trend across space and over a prolonged period of time in order to explain patterns of historical continuity and change.

students will analyze historical materials to trace the development of an idea or trend across space and over a prolonged period of time in order to explain patterns of historical continuity and change.

students will compare competing historical narratives, by contrasting different historians' choice of questions, use and choice of sources, perspectives, beliefs, and points of view, in order to demonstrate how these factors contribute to different interpretations.

students will compare competing historical narratives, by contrasting different historians' choice of questions, use and choice of sources, perspectives, beliefs, and points of view, in order to demonstrate how these factors contribute to different interpretations.

students will compare competing historical narratives, by contrasting different historians' choice of questions, use and choice of sources, perspectives, beliefs, and points of view, in order to demonstrate how these factors contribute to different interpretations.

students will examine and analyze primary and secondary sources in order to differentiate between historical facts and historical interpretations.

students will examine and analyze primary and secondary sources in order to differentiate between historical facts and historical interpretations.

students will examine and analyze primary and secondary sources in order to differentiate between historical facts and historical interpretations.

students will develop and implement effective research strategies for investigating a given historical topic.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Write to argue a position, supporting claims using logical reasoning and credible evidence from multiple sources, rebutting counterclaims with relevant evidence, using a logical organizational structure, elaboration, purposeful transitions, and maintaining a formal and objective tone.

Conduct research to answer a question, refining the scope of the question to align with findings and synthesizing information from multiple reliable and valid sources.

Analyze an author's choices in establishing and achieving purpose(s) in historical American speeches and essays.

Compare the development of two opposing arguments on the same topic, evaluating the effectiveness and validity of the claims, and analyzing the ways in which the authors use the same information to achieve different ends.

Compare the development of two opposing arguments on the same topic, evaluating the effectiveness and validity of the claims, and analyzing the ways in which the authors use the same information to achieve different ends.

Compare the development of two opposing arguments on the same topic, evaluating the effectiveness and validity of the claims, and analyzing the ways in which the authors use the same information to achieve different ends.

Analyze an author's use of rhetoric in a text.

Analyze the reciprocal roles of the Triangular Trade routes between Africa and the western hemisphere, Africa and Europe, and Europe and the western hemisphere.

Analyze the reciprocal roles of the Triangular Trade routes between Africa and the western hemisphere, Africa and Europe, and Europe and the western hemisphere.

Explain how the rise of cash crops accelerated the growth of the domestic slave trade in the United States.

Evaluate political communication for bias, factual accuracy, omission and emotional appeal.

Evaluate political communication for bias, factual accuracy, omission and emotional appeal.

Evaluate political communication for bias, factual accuracy, omission and emotional appeal.

Evaluate political communication for bias, factual accuracy, omission and emotional appeal.

Compare how the various economic systems (traditional, market, command, mixed) answer the questions: (1) What to produce?; (2) How to produce?; and (3) For whom to produce?

Compare how the various economic systems (traditional, market, command, mixed) answer the questions: (1) What to produce?; (2) How to produce?; and (3) For whom to produce?

Compare how the various economic systems (traditional, market, command, mixed) answer the questions: (1) What to produce?; (2) How to produce?; and (3) For whom to produce?

Define supply, demand, quantity supplied, and quantity demanded; graphically illustrate situations that would cause changes in each, and demonstrate how the equilibrium price of a product is determined by the interaction of supply and demand in the market place.

Define supply, demand, quantity supplied, and quantity demanded; graphically illustrate situations that would cause changes in each, and demonstrate how the equilibrium price of a product is determined by the interaction of supply and demand in the market place.

Discuss the effect of barriers to trade and why nations sometimes erect barriers to trade or establish free trade zones.

Discuss the effect of barriers to trade and why nations sometimes erect barriers to trade or establish free trade zones.

Discuss the effect of barriers to trade and why nations sometimes erect barriers to trade or establish free trade zones.

Discuss the effect of barriers to trade and why nations sometimes erect barriers to trade or establish free trade zones.

Discuss the effect of barriers to trade and why nations sometimes erect barriers to trade or establish free trade zones.

Use geographic terms and tools to explain how weather and climate influence the natural character of a place.

Use geographic terms and tools to explain how weather and climate influence the natural character of a place.

Use geographic terms and tools to explain how weather and climate influence the natural character of a place.

Use geographic terms and tools to explain how weather and climate influence the natural character of a place.

Use geographic terms and tools to explain how weather and climate influence the natural character of a place.

Use geographic terms and tools to explain how weather and climate influence the natural character of a place.

Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of issues in globalization.

Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of issues in globalization.

Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of issues in globalization.

Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of issues in globalization.

Evaluate the scope and impact of the Columbian Exchange on Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Evaluate the scope and impact of the Columbian Exchange on Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Evaluate the scope and impact of the Columbian Exchange on Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Evaluate the scope and impact of the Columbian Exchange on Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Explain the origins, developments, and impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade between West Africa and the Americas.

Explain the origins, developments, and impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade between West Africa and the Americas.

Explain the origins, developments, and impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade between West Africa and the Americas.

Explain the origins, developments, and impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade between West Africa and the Americas.

Explain the origins, developments, and impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade between West Africa and the Americas.

Analyze the causes and effects of imperialism.

Analyze the causes and effects of imperialism.

Analyze the causes and effects of imperialism.

Analyze the causes and effects of imperialism.

Analyze the causes and effects of imperialism.

Analyze the rise of regional trade blocs such as the European Union and NAFTA, and predict the impact of increased globalization in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Analyze the rise of regional trade blocs such as the European Union and NAFTA, and predict the impact of increased globalization in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Analyze the rise of regional trade blocs such as the European Union and NAFTA, and predict the impact of increased globalization in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Analyze the rise of regional trade blocs such as the European Union and NAFTA, and predict the impact of increased globalization in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Analyze the impact of purpose and audience on a wide variety of texts.

Analyze the impact of purpose and audience on a wide variety of texts.

Analyze the impact of purpose and audience on a wide variety of texts.

Analyze the impact of purpose and audience on a wide variety of texts.

Evaluate how authors' and/or speakers' perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation.

Evaluate how authors' and/or speakers' perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation.

Evaluate how authors' and/or speakers' perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation.

Conduct research, generating questions to guide investigations of complex topics of interest and using credible sources to support analyses.

Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics.

Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics.

Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics.

Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics.

Evaluate and apply argumentative techniques to enhance text's appeal to audiences or achieve specific purposes.

Analyze how economic systems influence the choices of individuals, businesses, and governments.

Analyze how economic systems influence the choices of individuals, businesses, and governments.

Analyze how economic systems influence the choices of individuals, businesses, and governments.

Explain the benefits of international trade and the role of trade barriers.

Explain the benefits of international trade and the role of trade barriers.

Explain the benefits of international trade and the role of trade barriers.

Explain the benefits of international trade and the role of trade barriers.

Explain the benefits of international trade and the role of trade barriers.

Explain the benefits of international trade and the role of trade barriers.

Explain the benefits of international trade and the role of trade barriers.

Explain how the law of demand, the law of supply, and prices work to determine production and distribution in a market economy.

Explain how the law of demand, the law of supply, and prices work to determine production and distribution in a market economy.

Explain why physical characteristics of place such as landforms, bodies of water, climate, and natural resources act as contributing factors to world settlement patterns.

Explain why physical characteristics of place such as landforms, bodies of water, climate, and natural resources act as contributing factors to world settlement patterns.

Explain why physical characteristics of place such as landforms, bodies of water, climate, and natural resources act as contributing factors to world settlement patterns.

Explain why physical characteristics of place such as landforms, bodies of water, climate, and natural resources act as contributing factors to world settlement patterns.

Explain why physical characteristics of place such as landforms, bodies of water, climate, and natural resources act as contributing factors to world settlement patterns.

Explain why physical characteristics of place such as landforms, bodies of water, climate, and natural resources act as contributing factors to world settlement patterns.

Evaluate how cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of the earth's surface.

Evaluate how cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of the earth's surface.

Evaluate how cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of the earth's surface.

Analyze human interactions with the world's environments.

Analyze human interactions with the world's environments.

Analyze human interactions with the world's environments.

Analyze human interactions with the world's environments.

Analyze human interactions with the world's environments.

Examine the spatial distribution of major economic systems and analyze the role geography plays in economic development.

Examine the spatial distribution of major economic systems and analyze the role geography plays in economic development.

Examine the spatial distribution of major economic systems and analyze the role geography plays in economic development.

Examine the spatial distribution of major economic systems and analyze the role geography plays in economic development.

Examine the spatial distribution of major economic systems and analyze the role geography plays in economic development.

Examine the spatial distribution of major economic systems and analyze the role geography plays in economic development.

Examine the spatial distribution of major economic systems and analyze the role geography plays in economic development.

Analyze the causes and effects of exploration and expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

Analyze the causes and effects of exploration and expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

Identify the causes and results of the revolutions in England (1689), United States (1776), France (1789), Haiti (1791), and Latin America (1808-1825).

Analyze the rise of nationalism and worldwide imperialism.

Analyze the rise of nationalism and worldwide imperialism.

Analyze the rise of nationalism and worldwide imperialism.

Analyze the rise of nationalism and worldwide imperialism.

Analyze the rise of nationalism and worldwide imperialism.

Analyze the rise of nationalism and worldwide imperialism.

Analyze the rise of nationalism and worldwide imperialism.

Analyze globalization in the contemporary world.

Analyze globalization in the contemporary world.

Analyze globalization in the contemporary world.

Analyze globalization in the contemporary world.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Evaluate the credibility of a source by examining its origin, author, context, content, and corroborative value

Evaluate the credibility of a source by examining its origin, author, context, content, and corroborative value

Gather relevant information from credible sources representing a wide range of views, and note any inconsistencies in the information

Gather relevant information from credible sources representing a wide range of views, and note any inconsistencies in the information

Gather relevant information from credible sources representing a wide range of views, and note any inconsistencies in the information

Gather relevant information from credible sources representing a wide range of views, and note any inconsistencies in the information

Develop claims and counterclaims using evidence that draws directly and substantively from multiple sources while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both

Evaluate the role of the media/social media as a means of communicating information/misinformation and how it influences the importance of issues and public opinion.

Evaluate the role of the media/social media as a means of communicating information/misinformation and how it influences the importance of issues and public opinion.

Evaluate the role of the media/social media as a means of communicating information/misinformation and how it influences the importance of issues and public opinion.

Evaluate the role of the media/social media as a means of communicating information/misinformation and how it influences the importance of issues and public opinion.

Analyze the influence of political parties, media coverage, campaign advertising, interest groups, public opinion polls, social media, and digital communications on elections.

Analyze the influence of political parties, media coverage, campaign advertising, interest groups, public opinion polls, social media, and digital communications on elections.

Analyze the influence of political parties, media coverage, campaign advertising, interest groups, public opinion polls, social media, and digital communications on elections.

Analyze the influence of political parties, media coverage, campaign advertising, interest groups, public opinion polls, social media, and digital communications on elections.

Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse digital media to make informed decisions and solve problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies among the data.

Evaluate various explanations of concepts and ideas and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, noting discrepancies among sources.

Evaluate various explanations of concepts and ideas and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, noting discrepancies among sources.

Evaluate various explanations of concepts and ideas and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, noting discrepancies among sources.

Evaluate the effectiveness of the structure(s) and rhetorical devices authors use in their exposition or argument, including whether the structure helps makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.

Evaluate the premises and purposes in works of public advocacy.

Evaluate the premises and purposes in works of public advocacy.

Evaluate the premises and purposes in works of public advocacy.

Evaluate the premises and purposes in works of public advocacy.

Draw and cite strong and thorough evidence from grade-level texts to support claims and inferences, attending to important distinctions authors make and how those are supported, as well as any gaps or inconsistencies in accounts offered.

Draw and cite strong and thorough evidence from grade-level texts to support claims and inferences, attending to important distinctions authors make and how those are supported, as well as any gaps or inconsistencies in accounts offered.

Draw and cite strong and thorough evidence from grade-level texts to support claims and inferences, attending to important distinctions authors make and how those are supported, as well as any gaps or inconsistencies in accounts offered.

Draw and cite strong and thorough evidence from grade-level texts to support claims and inferences, attending to important distinctions authors make and how those are supported, as well as any gaps or inconsistencies in accounts offered.

Conduct brief as well as multi-day research projects to take some action or share findings orally or in writing by formulating multiple interlocking research questions that span the field of inquiry in time and scope; gathering relevant information efficiently from a variety of authoritative sources, as well as from direct observation, interviews, and surveys; making distinctions about the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience, noting any discrepancies among the data; and following a standard approved format (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago) for citations and bibliographies.

Evaluate authors' differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors' claims, reasoning, and evidence.

Evaluate authors' differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors' claims, reasoning, and evidence.

Evaluate authors' differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors' claims, reasoning, and evidence.

Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.

Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.

Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the specific task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Analyze how scarcity and incentives influence choices to consume or produce for different individuals and groups.

Analyze how scarcity and incentives influence choices to consume or produce for different individuals and groups.

Analyze how scarcity and incentives influence choices to consume or produce for different individuals and groups.

Analyze how scarcity and incentives influence choices to consume or produce for different individuals and groups.

Analyze how scarcity and incentives influence choices to consume or produce for different individuals and groups.

Analyze the ways in which competition and government regulation influence what is produced and distributed in a market system.

Analyze the ways in which competition and government regulation influence what is produced and distributed in a market system.

Analyze the ways in which competition and government regulation influence what is produced and distributed in a market system.

Analyze the ways in which competition and government regulation influence what is produced and distributed in a market system.

Analyze the role of comparative advantage in global trade of goods and services.

Analyze the role of comparative advantage in global trade of goods and services.

Analyze the role of comparative advantage in global trade of goods and services.

Analyze the role of comparative advantage in global trade of goods and services.

Analyze the role of comparative advantage in global trade of goods and services.

Analyze the role of comparative advantage in global trade of goods and services.

Explain how globalization trends and policies affect social, political, and economic conditions in different nations.

Explain how globalization trends and policies affect social, political, and economic conditions in different nations.

Explain how globalization trends and policies affect social, political, and economic conditions in different nations.

Analyze how historical events and the diffusion of ideas, technologies, and cultural practices have influenced migration patterns and the distribution of human population.

Analyze how historical events and the diffusion of ideas, technologies, and cultural practices have influenced migration patterns and the distribution of human population.

Analyze how historical events and the diffusion of ideas, technologies, and cultural practices have influenced migration patterns and the distribution of human population.

Analyze how historical events and the diffusion of ideas, technologies, and cultural practices have influenced migration patterns and the distribution of human population.

Evaluate how short and long term climate variability impacts human migration and settlement patterns, resource use and land uses.

Evaluate how short and long term climate variability impacts human migration and settlement patterns, resource use and land uses.

Evaluate how short and long term climate variability impacts human migration and settlement patterns, resource use and land uses.

Evaluate how short and long term climate variability impacts human migration and settlement patterns, resource use and land uses.

Evaluate how short and long term climate variability impacts human migration and settlement patterns, resource use and land uses.

Evaluate how short and long term climate variability impacts human migration and settlement patterns, resource use and land uses.

Explain how globalization impacts the cultural, political, economic, and environmental characteristics of a place or region.

Explain how globalization impacts the cultural, political, economic, and environmental characteristics of a place or region.

Explain how globalization impacts the cultural, political, economic, and environmental characteristics of a place or region.

Explain how globalization impacts the cultural, political, economic, and environmental characteristics of a place or region.

Explain how globalization impacts the cultural, political, economic, and environmental characteristics of a place or region.

Evaluate how competition for scarce natural resources contributes to conflict and cooperation within and among countries.

Evaluate how competition for scarce natural resources contributes to conflict and cooperation within and among countries.

Evaluate how competition for scarce natural resources contributes to conflict and cooperation within and among countries.

Evaluate how competition for scarce natural resources contributes to conflict and cooperation within and among countries.

Evaluate how competition for scarce natural resources contributes to conflict and cooperation within and among countries.

Evaluate how historical developments were shaped by time and place as well as broader historical contexts.

Evaluate how historical developments were shaped by time and place as well as broader historical contexts.

Evaluate how historical developments were shaped by time and place as well as broader historical contexts.

Evaluate how historical developments were shaped by time and place as well as broader historical contexts.

Evaluate how historical developments were shaped by time and place as well as broader historical contexts.

Evaluate how historical developments were shaped by time and place as well as broader historical contexts.

Evaluate the methods utilized by people and institutions to promote change.

Identify the role of individuals, groups, and institutions in people’s struggle for safety, freedom, equality and justice.

Analyze key historical events and contributions of individuals through a variety of perspectives, including those of historically underrepresented groups.

Analyze key historical events and contributions of individuals through a variety of perspectives, including those of historically underrepresented groups.

Analyze key historical events and contributions of individuals through a variety of perspectives, including those of historically underrepresented groups.

Analyze the relationship between historical sources and the secondary interpretations made from them.

Analyze the relationship between historical sources and the secondary interpretations made from them.

Analyze the relationship between historical sources and the secondary interpretations made from them.

Analyze the relationship between historical sources and the secondary interpretations made from them.

Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources while considering the origin, credibility, point of view, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the sources.

Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources while considering the origin, credibility, point of view, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the sources.

Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources while considering the origin, credibility, point of view, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the sources.

Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources while considering the origin, credibility, point of view, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the sources.

Identify evidence that draws information from multiple sources to revise or strengthen claims.

Construct and evaluate explanations and arguments using multiple sources and relevant, verified information.

Construct and evaluate explanations and arguments using multiple sources and relevant, verified information.

Analyze multiple sources of information presented in diverse media and formats while evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.

Analyze bias in media through the inclusion or exclusion of information and reliability of the source from visual and verbal messages to achieve a desired result.

Analyze bias in media through the inclusion or exclusion of information and reliability of the source from visual and verbal messages to achieve a desired result.

Analyze bias in media through the inclusion or exclusion of information and reliability of the source from visual and verbal messages to achieve a desired result.

Analyze bias in media through the inclusion or exclusion of information and reliability of the source from visual and verbal messages to achieve a desired result.

Determine an author's perspective or purpose in a text, and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that perspective or purpose.

Analyze the impact of the media on the public, including identifying and analyzing rhetorical and logical fallacies.