SOCIAL SCIENCES
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GEOGRAPHY-Understand and use geographic skills and concepts to interpret
contemporary and historical issues.
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Common Curriculum Goals
Compare and analyze physical (e.g., landforms, vegetation,
wildlife, climate, and natural hazards) and human (e.g., population, land
use, language, and religion) characteristics of places and regions.
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Content Standards
Identify and analyze physical and human characteristics of places and
regions, the processes that have shaped them, and their geographic significance.
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Benchmark 3
(Grade 8)
Identify and compare physical and human characteristics of major regions
and significant places in the world.
CIM/CAM (Grade 10)
Analyze changes in the physical and human characteristics of places
and regions, and the effects of technology, migration, and urbanization
on them.
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ANALYSIS: Design and implement strategies to analyze issues, explain
perspectives, and resolve issues using the social sciences.
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Common Curriculum Goals
Define and clarify an issue so that its dimensions are well understood.
Acquire and organize materials from primary and secondary sources.
Explain various perspectives on an event or issue and the reasoning
behind them.
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Content Standards
Identify, research, and clarify an event, issue, problem, or phenomenon
of significance to society.
Gather, use, and evaluate researched information to support analysis
and conclusions.
Understand an event, issue, problem, or phenomenon from multiple perspectives.
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Benchmark 3
(Grade 8)
Clarify key aspects of an event, issue, or problem through inquiry and
research.
Gather, interpret, use, and document information from multiple sources,
distinguishing facts from opinions and recognizing points of view.
Examine a controversial event, issue, or problem from more than one
perspective.
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THE ARTS
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HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES- Understand how works of art
relate to the time periods and cultures in which they are created and how
certain works of art from various time periods and cultures are related.
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Common Curriculum Goals
Identify both common and unique characteristics found in works of art
from various time periods and cultures.
Understand that the arts have a historical connection.
Explain how a work of art reflects the artist's personal experience
in a society or culture.
Understand how the arts serve a variety of personal, professional, practical
and cultural needs.
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Content Standards
Relate works of art from various time periods and cultures to each other.
Describe how historical and cultural contexts influence works of art.
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Benchmark 3 (Grade 8)
Describe and explain distinguishing features of works of art and their
historical and cultural contexts.
Discuss and compare works of art from different time periods and
cultures emphasizing their historical context.
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