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Time and Chronology 7.1 History. The 8.1 History. The WH.1 History. The US.2 History. The student understands student understands student understands student understands traditional historical traditional historical traditional historical traditional historical points of reference in points of reference in points of reference in points of reference in history. U.S. history through world history. U.S. history from 1877. 1877 to the present.

WH.1A US.2A identify major causes identify the major and describe the characteristics that major effects of the define an historical following events era from 8000 BC to 500 BC: the development of agriculture and the development of the river valley civilizations

WH.1B US.2B identify major causes identify the major and describe the eras in U.S. history major effects of the from 1877 to the following events from present and describe 500 BC to AD 600: the their defining develop-ment of the characteristics classical civiliza-tions of Greece, Rome, Persia, India (Maurya and Gupta), China (Zhou, Qin, and Han), and the develop-ment of major world religions 7.1B apply absolute and 8.1B WH.1C US.2C relative chronology apply absolute and identify major causes apply absolute and through the relative chronology and de-scribe the relative chronology sequencing of through the major effects of the through the significant sequencing of following impor-tant sequencing of individuals, events, significant turning points in significant and time periods individuals, events, world history from individuals, events, and time periods 600 to 1450: the and time periods spread of Christianity, the decline of Rome and the form-ation of medi-eval ; the development of Process Standard = Readiness Standard = Supporting Standard = 1 5-12 Social Studies TEKS Vertical Alignment History Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 World Geo World Hist US Gov Econ

Islamic caliphates and their impact on Asia, Africa, and Europe; the Mongol inva-sions and their impact on Europe, China, India, and Southwest Asia 7.1C explain the 8.1C WH.1D US.2D significance of the explain the identify major causes explain the following dates: significance of the and describe the significance of the 1519, mapping of the following dates: major effects of the following years as Texas coast and first 1607, founding of following important turning points: 1898 mainland Spanish Jamestown; 1620, turning points in (Spanish-American settlement; 1718, arrival of the Pilgrims world history from War), 1914-1918 founding of San and signing of the 1450 to 1750: the (World War I), 1929 Antonio; 1821, Mayflower Compact; rise of the Ottoman (the Great independence from 1776, of Empire, the influence Depression be-gins), ; 1836, Texas the Declaration of of the Ming dynasty 1939-1945 (World independence; 1845, Independence; 1787, on world trade, War II), 1957 annexation; 1861, writing of the U.S. European (Sputnik launch begins; Constitution; 1803, exploration and the ignites U.S.-Soviet 1876, adoption of Purchase; Columbian Exchange, space race), 1968- current state and 1861-1865, Civil European expansion, 1969 (Martin Luther constitution; and War and the Renaissance King Jr. assassination 1901, discovery of oil and the Reformation and U.S. lands on the at moon), 1991 (Cold War ends), 2001 WH.1E (terrorist at-tacks on identify major causes World Trade Center and de-scribe the and the Penta-gon), major effects of the and 2008 (election of following impor-tant first black president, turning points in Barack Obama). world history from 1750 to 1914: the Scientific , the and its impact on the develop-ment of modern eco-nomic systems, European , and the Enlight-enment's impact on political

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WH.1F identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following important turn-ing points in world history from 1914 to the present: the world wars and their impact on political, eco-nomic, and social systems; communist rev- olutions and their impact on the Cold War; independence movements; and globalization Individuals, Issues, and Events Shaping Communities 5.1 History. The 6.2 History. The 7.2 History. The 8.2 History. The WG.1 History. The WH.2 History. The US.3 History. The GOV.1 History. The student understands student understands student understands student understands student understands student understands student understands student understands the causes and the influences of how individuals, the causes of how geography and how early the political, how constitutional effects of European individuals and events, and issues exploration and processes of spatial civilizations economic, and social government, as colonization in the groups from various through the Mexican colonization eras. exchange (diffusion) developed from 8000 changes in the developed in cultures on various National Era shaped influenced events in BC to 500 BC. United States from America and beginning in 1565, historical and the . the past and helped 1877 to 1898. expressed in the the founding of St. contemporary to shape the present. Declaration of Augustine. societies. Independence, the 5.3 History. The 7.6 History. The WH.3 History. The US.5 History. The Articles of student understands student under-stands student understands student understands Confederation, and the events that led how individuals, the contributions the effects of reform the U.S. Constitution, from the Articles of events, and and influence of and third-party has been influenced Confederation to the issues shaped classical civilizations movements in the by ideas, people, and creation of the U.S. the history of Texas from 500 BC to AD early 20th century. historical documents. Constitution and the from Reconstruction 600 on subsequent government it through the beginning civilizations. established. of the 20th century. 5.5 History. The 7.7 History. The WG.2 History. The WH.4 History. The US.6 History. The GOV.2 History. The student understands student understands student understands student understands student understands student understands important issues, how individuals, how people, places, how, after the significant events, the roles played by events, and events, and issues and environments collapse of classical social issues, and individuals, political individuals in the shaped the history of have changed over empires, new individuals of the parties, interest United States during Texas during the time and the effects political, economic, 1920s. groups, and the the 20th and 21st 20th and early 21st of these changes. and social systems media in the U.S. centuries. centuries. evolved and political system, past expanded from 600 and present. to 1450.

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7.4 History. The 8.5 History. The st. WH.5 History. The US.9 History. The student understands u. the challenges student understands student understands how individ-uals, confronted by the the causes, the impact of the events, and issues govern-ment and its characteristics, and American civil rights sha-ped the history leaders in the early impact of the movement. of the Republic of years of the republic European Texas and early Texas and the Age of Renaissance and the statehood. Jackson. Refor-mation from 1450 to 1750. 8.6 History. The WH.6 History. The US.10 History. The student understands student understands student understands westward expansion the characteristics the impact of and its effects on the and impact of the political, economic, political, economic, Maya, Inca, and Aztec and social factors in and social civilizations. the U.S. role in the development of the world from the 1970s nation. through 1990. WH.7 History. The US.11 History. The student understands student understands the causes and the emerging impact of European political, economic, expansion from 1450 and social issues of to 1750. the United States WH.11 History. The from the 1990s into student understands the 21st century. the causes and impact of the global economic depression immediately following WW I. 6.2B 7.2A evaluate the social, compare the cultures 8.2A WH.2C explain political, economic, of American Indians identify reasons for how major river and cultural in Texas prior to European exploration valley civilizations contributions of European and colonization of influenced the individuals and colonization such as development of the groups from various Gulf, Plains, classical civilizations societies, past and Puebloan, and GOV.1B identify present Southeastern WG.1A WH.6A major intellectual, analyze the ef-fects compare the major philosophical, of physical and political, economic, political, and human geo-graphic social, and cultural religious traditions patterns and developments of the that informed the processes Maya, Inca, and American founding, on the past and Aztec civilizations including Judeo- describe their impact and explain how Christian (especially

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on the present, prior civilizations biblical law), English includ-ing significant influenced their common law and physical features and development constitutionalism, environmen-tal Enlightenment, and conditions that republicanism, as influenced migration they address issues pa-tterns and shaped of liberty, rights, and the distribution of responsibilities of culture groups today individuals 5.1A 7.2B GOV.1A explain when, where, identify important 8.2B compare WG.1B WH.6B explain major and why groups of individuals, events, political, economic, trace the spatial explain how the Inca political ideas in people explored, and issues related to religious, and social diffusion of and Aztec empires history, including the colonized, and European reasons for the phenomena such as were impacted by laws of nature and settled in the United exploration of Texas establishment of the the Columbian European nature's God, States, including the such as Alonso 13 English colonies Exchange or the exploration/ unalienable rights, search for religious Álvarez de Pineda, diffusion of American colonization divine right of kings, freedom and Álvar Núñez Cabeza popular culture and social contract economic gain de Vaca and his describe the effects theory, and the rights on regions of contact 5.3B writings, the search of resistance to identify the for gold, and the WH.7A illegitimate contributions of conflicting territorial analyze the causes of government individuals, including claims between European expansion James Madison, and and Spain from 1450 to 1750 others such as GOV.1C identify the GOV.1E WH.7B individuals whose examine debates and George Mason, explain the impact of Charles Pinckney, principles of laws and compromises that the Columbian government impacted the and Roger Sherman Exchange on the who helped create institutions informed creation of the Americas and Europe the U.S. Constitution the American founding documents founding documents, including those of Moses, William Blackstone, John Locke, and Charles de Montesquieu

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5.1B 7.2C GOV.1D GOV.1F describe the identify important 8.6A WH.5A identify the identify significant accomplishments of events and issues explain how the explain the political, contributions of the individuals in the significant individuals related to European Northwest Ordinance intellectual, artistic, political philosophies field of government during the colonial colonization of Texas, established principles economic, and of the Founding and politics, period, including including the and procedures for religious impact of Fathers, including including George William Bradford, establishment of orderly expansion of the Renaissance John Adams, Washington, Thomas Anne Hutchinson, Catholic missions, the United States Alexander Hamilton, Jefferson, John William Penn, John towns, and ranches, , Marshall, Andrew Smith, John Wise, and individuals such James Madison, John Jackson, Abraham and Roger Williams as Fray Damián Jay, George Mason, Lincoln, Theodore Massanet, José de Roger Sherman, and Roosevelt, Franklin Escandón, Antonio James Wilson, on the D. Roosevelt, and Margil de Jesús, and development of the . Francisco Hidalgo U.S. govt 5.4D 7.2D GOV.2A identify significant identify the 8.6B WH.5B give examples of the events and concepts individuals, issues, explain the political, explain the political, processes used by associated with U.S. and events related to economic, and social intellectual, artistic, individuals, political territorial expansion, becoming an roots of Manifest economic, and parties, interest including the independent nation Destiny religious impact of groups, or the media , and its impact on the Reformation to affect public policy the expedition of Texas, including Lewis and Clark, and Texas involvement in the fight for independence, José Gutiérrez de Lara, the , the Mexican federal Constitution of 1824, the merger of Texas and as a state, the State Colonization Law of 1825, and slavery 5.4C 7.2E GOV.2B identify reasons identify the 8.6C WH.3B analyze the impact of people moved west contributions of analyze the explain the impact of political changes significant relationship between the fall of Rome on brought about by individuals, including the concept of Europe individuals, political , Manifest Destiny and parties, interest Stephen F. Austin, the westward growth groups, or the media, Erasmo Seguín, of the nation past and present. , and Green DeWitt, during the Mexican settlement of Texas

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7.2F contrast Spanish, WH.3C Mexican, and Anglo compare the factors purposes for and that led to the methods of collapse of Rome and settlement in Texas Han China

WH.4C describe the major charac-teristics of and the factors con- tributing to the development of the political/ social system of and the economic system of manorialism 7.6A identify significant WH.4H individuals, events, summarize the major and issues from political, economic, Reconstruction and cultural through the be- developments in ginning of the 20th Tang and Song China century, including and their impact on the factors leading to Eastern Asia the expansion of the Texas frontier, the effects of westward expansion on 8.9D American Indians, identify the effects of the buffalo soldiers, legislative acts such and as the Homestead 7.6B Act, the Dawes Act, WH.4J identify significant and the Morrill Act individuals, events, and analyze how the Silk issues from Road and the African Reconstruction gold-salt trade through the be-ginning facilitated the spread of the 20th century, of ideas and trade including the development of the cattle industry from its Spanish begin- nings and the myths and realities of the way of life

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7.6C US.3D identify signify-cant WH.8B individuals, events, explain how the describe the and issues from Industrial Revolution optimism of the Reconstruction led to political, many immigrants through the be- economic, and social who sought a better life in America. ginning of the 20th changes in Europe century, including the effects of the growth of railroads and the contributions of James Hogg 5.4F 7.6D explain how industry explain the political, WH.8D US.3A and the economic, and social explain the major analyze political mechanization of impact of the characteristics and issues such as Indian agriculture changed agricultural industry impact of European policies, the growth the American way of and the development imperialism of political machines, life of civil service reform, resulting from the and the beginnings of close of the frontier Populism 5.4B 7.7A identify and explain explain the political, US.3B how changes economic, and social analyze economic resulting from the impact of the oil issues such as Industrial Revolution industry on the industrialization, the led to conflict among industrialization of growth of railroads, sections of the Texas the growth of labor United States unions, farm issues, the cattle industry boom, the rise of entrepreneurship, free enterprise, and the pros and cons of big business 7.7B define and US.6B trace the impact of "boom-and-bust" analyze the impact of cycles of leading significant individuals Texas industries such as Clarence throughout the 20th Darrow, William and early 21st Jennings Bryan, centuries such as Henry Ford, Glenn farming, oil and gas Curtiss, Marcus Garvey, and Charles production, cotton, ranching, real estate, A. Lindbergh. banking, and computer technology

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5.5C 7.7C identify the describe and US.5A accomplishments of compare the impact evaluate the impact individuals and of the Progressive of Progressive Era groups such as Jane and other reform reforms, including Addams, Susan B. movements in Texas initiative, Anthony, Dwight in the 19th and 20th referendum, recall, Eisenhower, Martin centuries such as the and the passage of Luther King, Jr., Rosa Populists, women's the 16th, 17th, 18th, Parks, Cesar Chavez, suffrage, agrarian and 19th Franklin D. groups, labor unions, amendments Roosevelt, Ronald and the evangelical US.5B Reagan, Colin Powell, movement of the evaluate the impact the Tuskegee late 20th century of muckrakers and Airmen, and the reform leaders such 442nd Regimental as Upton Sinclair, Combat Team who Susan B. Anthony, have made Ida B. Wells, and W. contributions to E. B. DuBois on society in the areas American society of civil rights, women's rights, US.6A military actions, and analyze causes and politics effects of events and social issues such as immigration, Social Darwinism, eugenics, race relations, nativism, the Red Scare, Prohibition, and the changing role of women 7.7D describe and US.9A compare the civil trace the historical rights and equal development of the rights movements of civil rights movement various groups in in the 19th, 20th, and Texas in the 20th 21st centuries, century and identify including the 13th, key leaders in these 14th, 15th, and 19th amendments

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movements, US.9B including James L. Farmer Jr., Hector P. describe the roles of Garcia, Oveta Culp political Hobby, Lyndon B. organizations that Johnson, the League promoted civil rights, including ones from of United Latin American Citizens African American, (LULAC), Jane Chicano, American McCallum, and Lulu Indian, women's, and Belle Madison White other civil rights movements

US.9C identify the roles of significant leaders who supported various rights movements, including Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks, Hector P. Garcia, and Betty Friedan US.9D compare and contrast the approach taken by some civil rights groups such as the Black Panthers with the nonviolent approach of Martin Luther King Jr.

US.9E discuss the impact of the writings of Martin Luther King Jr. such as his "I Have a Dream" speech and "Letter from Birmingham Jail" on the civil rights movement

US.9F describe presidential actions and Process Standard = Readiness Standard = Supporting Standard = 10 5-12 Social Studies TEKS Vertical Alignment History Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 World Geo World Hist US Gov Econ

congressional votes to address minority rights in the United States, including desegregation of the armed forces, the Civil Rights acts of 1957 and 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 US.9G describe the role of individuals such as governors George Wallace, Orval Faubus, and Lester Maddox and groups, including the Congressional bloc of southern Democrats, that sought to maintain the status quo 5.5A 7.7E analyze various analyze the political, WH.11A US.9H issues and events of economic, and social summarize the evaluate changes and the 20th century impact of major international, events in the United such as events, including political, and States that have industrialization, World War I, the economic causes of resulted from the urbanization, Great Depression, the global depression civil rights increased use of oil and World War II, on movement, including and gas, the Great the history of Texas increased Depression, the participation of world wars, the civil minorities in the rights movement, political process and military actions US.9I describe how litigation such as the landmark cases of Brown v. Board of Education, Mendez v. Westminster, Hernandez v. Texas, Delgado v. Bastrop I.S.D., Edgewood I.S.D. v. Kirby, and Sweatt v. Painter

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played a role in protecting the rights of the minority during the civil rights movement.

7.7F analyze the political, WH.11B US.10D economic, and social explain the describe U.S. impact of major responses of involvement in the events in the latter governments in the Middle East such as half of the 20th and United States, support for Israel, early 21st centuries , and the the Camp David such as major Soviet Union to the Accords, the Iran- conflicts, the global depression Contra Affair, emergence of a two- Marines in Lebanon, party system, and the Iran Hostage political and Crisis economic US.10E controversies, describe the causes immigration, and and key migration organizations and individuals of the conservative resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s, including Phyllis Schlafly, the Contract with America, the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority, and the National Rifle Association

US.10F describe significant societal issues of this time period.

US.11B identify significant social and political advocacy organizations, leaders, and issues across the political spectrum

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US.11F discuss the solvency of long-term entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare. People, Issues, and Events Before, During, and After Military and Diplomatic Conflicts 5.2 History. The 6.1 History. The 7.3 History. The 8.4 History. The WH.9 History. The US.4 History. The student understands student understands student understands student understands student understands student understands how conflict between that historical events how individuals, significant political the causes and the emergence of the the American influence events, and issues and economic issues effects of major United States as a colonies and Great contemporary related to the Texas of the political revolutions world power Britain led to events. Revolution shaped era. between 1750 and between 1898 and American the history of Texas. 1914. 1920. independence. 5.3 History. The student understands the events that led from the Articles of Confederation to the creation of the U.S. Constitution and the government it established. 5.4 History. The 7.5 History. The 8.7 History. The WH.10 History. The US.7 History. The student understands student understands student understands student understands student understands political, economic, how events and issues how political, the causes and the domestic and and social changes shaped economic, and social impact of World War international impact that occurred in the the history of Texas factors led to the I. of U.S. participation United States during during the Civil War growth of in World War II. the . and Reconstruction. sectionalism and the Civil War. 8.8 History. The WH.12 History. The US.8 History. The student understands student understands student understands individuals, issues, the causes and the impact of and events of the impact of World War significant national Civil War. II. and international decisions and conflicts in the Cold War on the United States. 5.5 History. The 8.9 History. The WH.13 History. The student understands student understands student understands important issues, the effects of the impact of major events, and Reconstruction on events associated individuals in the the political, with the Cold War United States during economic, and social and independence Process Standard = Readiness Standard = Supporting Standard = 13 5-12 Social Studies TEKS Vertical Alignment History Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 World Geo World Hist US Gov Econ

the 20th and 21st life of the nation. movements. centuries. WH.14 History. The student understands the development of radical Islamic fundamentalism and the subsequent use of by some of its adherents.

WH.4G US.4A explain how the explain why Crusades, the Black significant events, Death, the Hundred policies, and Years' War, and the individuals such as Great Schism the Spanish- contributed to the American War, U.S. end of medieval expansionism, Henry Europe Cabot Lodge, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Theodore Roosevelt, Sanford B. Dole, and missionaries moved the United States into the position of a world power

WH.4K US.4B summarize the evaluate American changes resulting expansionism, from the Mongol including acquisitions invasions of Russia, such as , China, and the Hawaii, the Islamic world Philippines, and Puerto Rico

WH.7D US.4C explain the impact of identify the causes of the Ottoman Empire World War I and on Eastern Europe reasons for U.S. entry and global trade US.4D

WH.7E explain understand the Ming China's impact contributions of the on global trade American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) led by General John J. Pershing

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5.2A 6.1A 7.3A identify and analyze trace characteristics trace the 8.4A WG.2B WH.9A US.4E the causes and of various development of analyze causes of the explain how changes compare the causes, analyze the impact of effects of events contemporary events that led to the , in societies have led characteristics, and significant prior to and during societies in regions , including the to diverse uses of consequences of the technological the American that resulted from including the Proclamation of physical features American and French innovations in World Revolution, including historical events or Fredonian , 1763, the Intolerable revolutions, War I such as the French and factors such as the Mier y Terán Acts, the Stamp Act, emphasizing the role machine guns, Indian War and the invasion, conquests, Report, the Law of mercantilism, lack of of the airplanes, tanks, Boston Tea Party colonization, April 6, 1830, the representation in Enlightenment, the poison gas, and immigration, and Turtle Bayou Parliament, and Glorious Revolution, trench warfare that trade Resolutions, and the British economic and religion resulted in the arrest of Stephen F. policies following the stalemate on the Austin French and Indian Western Front War 5.2B 6.1B 7.3B identify the Founding analyze the historical explain the roles 8.4B WG.2A WH.9B US.4F Fathers and Patriot background of played by significant explain the roles describe the human explain the impact of analyze major issues heroes, including various individuals during the played by significant and physical Bonaparte such as isolationism John Adams, Samuel contemporary Texas Revolution, individuals during the characteristics of the and the Napoleonic and neutrality raised Adams, Benjamin societies to evaluate including George American Revolution, same regions at Wars on Europe and by U.S. involvement Franklin, Nathan relationships Childress, Lorenzo de including Abigail different periods of in World War I, Hale, Thomas between past Zavala, , Adams, John Adams, time to evaluate Woodrow Wilson's Jefferson, the Sons of conflicts and current Sam , Wentworth Cheswell, relationships Fourteen Points, and Liberty, and George conditions Antonio López de Samuel Adams, between past events the Treaty of Washington, and Santa Anna, Juan N. Mercy Otis Warren, and current Versailles their motivations and Seguín, and William James Armistead, conditions contributions during B. Travis Benjamin Franklin, the revolutionary Bernardo de Gálvez, period Crispus Attucks, King George III, Haym Salomon, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Paine, and George Washington

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5.2C 7.3C summarize the explain the issues 8.4C WH.9C US.4G results of the surrounding explain the issues trace the influence of analyze significant American Revolution, significant events of surrounding the American and events such as the including the the Texas Revolution, important events of French revolutions Battle of Argonne establishment of the including the Battle the American on Latin America, Forest. United States and of Gonzales, William Revolution, including including the role of the development of B. Travis's letter "To declaring Simón Bolivar the U.S. military the People of Texas independence; and All in writing the Articles of the World," the siege Confederation; of the Alamo and all fighting the battles of the heroic defenders Lexington, Concord, who gave their lives Saratoga, and 5.3A there, the Yorktown; enduring identify the issues Constitutional the winter at Valley that led to the , Forge; and signing creation of the U.S. Fannin's surrender at the Treaty of Paris of Constitution, Goliad, and the 1783 including the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation 5.4A 7.3D describe the causes explain how the 8.5D WH.9D US.7A and effects of the establishment of the explain the causes, identify the influence identify reasons for War of 1812 important events, of ideas such as U.S. involve-ment in brought civil, and effects of the separation of World War II, includ- political, and War of 1812 powers, checks and ing Italian, German, religious freedom to balances, liberty, and Japanese dicta- Texas equality, democracy, torships and their popular sovereignty, aggression, especially human rights, the attack on Pearl constitutionalism, Harbor and nationalism on political revolutions. 7.4C identify individuals, events, 8.6D WH.10A and issues during explain the causes identify the early Texas state- and effects of the importance of hood, including the U.S.-Mexican War imperialism, U.S.-Mexican War, and their impact on nationalism, the Treaty of Guada- the United States militarism, and the lupe-Hidalgo, popula- alliance system in tion growth, and the causing World War I .

WH.10B US.7B

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identify major evaluate the characteristics of domestic and World War I, international including total war, leadership of Franklin trench warfare, D. Roosevelt and modern military Harry Truman during techno-logy, and World War II, includ- high casualty rates ing the U.S. relation- ship with its allies and domestic industry's rapid mobilization for the war effort 5.4E identify the causes of WH.10C US.7C the Civil War, explain the political analyze the function including impact of Woodrow of the U.S. Office of sectionalism, states’ Wilson's Fourteen War Information rights, and slavery, Points and the and the effects of the political and Civil War, including economic impact of Reconstruction and the Treaty of the 13th, 14th, and Versailles, including 15th amendments to changes in the U.S. Constitution boundaries and the mandate system

WH.10D US.7D identify the causes of analyze major issues the February (March) of World War II, and October including the revolutions of 1917 Holocaust; the in Russia, their internment of effects on the German, Italian, and outcome of World Japanese Americans War I, and the and Executive Order Bolshevik 9066; and the establishment of the development of Union of Soviet conventional and Socialist Republics. atomic weapons

8.7A WH.7C US.7E analyze the impact of explain the impact of analyze major tariff policies on the Atlantic slave military events of sections of the trade on West Africa World War II, United States before and the Americas including the Battle the Civil War of Midway, the U.S. military advance- ment through the

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Pacific Islands, the Bataan Death March, the invasion of Normandy, fighting the war on multiple fronts, and the liberation of concentration camps

8.7B US.7F compare the effects evaluate the military of political, contributions of economic, and social leaders during World factors on slaves and War II, including free blacks , Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, Chester A. Nimitz, George Marshall, and George Patton

8.7C WH.12A US.7G analyze the impact of describe the explain the home slavery on different emergence and front and how sections of the characteristics of American patriotism United States inspired exceptional actions by citizens and military personnel, including high levels of military enlistment; volunteerism; the purchase of war bonds; Victory Gardens; the bravery and contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen, the Flying Tigers, and the Code Talkers; and opportunities and obstacles for women and ethnic minorities

8.7D WH.12B identify the provisions explain the roles of and compare the various world effects of con- leaders, including

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gressional con-flicts Benito Mussolini, and com-promises Adolf Hitler, Hideki prior to the Civil War, Tojo, Joseph Stalin, including the roles of Franklin D. , Roosevelt, and John C. Calhoun, Winston Churchill, Henry Clay, and Daniel prior to and during Webster. World War II

8.8B explain the WH.12C US.8A causes of the Civil explain the major describe U.S. War, including causes and events of responses to Soviet sectionalism, states' World War II, aggression after rights, and slavery, including the German World War II, and significant invasions of Poland including the Truman events of the Civil and the Soviet Union, Doctrine, the War, including the the Holocaust, Marshall Plan, the firing on Fort Sumter; Japanese North Atlantic Treaty the battles of imperialism, the Organization, the Antietam, Gettys- attack on Pearl Berlin airlift, and burg, and Vicksburg; Harbor, the John F. Kennedy's the announcement Normandy landings, role in the Cuban of the Emancipation and the dropping of Missile Crisis Proclamation; Lee's the atomic bombs surrender at Appomattox Court House; and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln 7.5C identify signify-cant 8.8A explain the WH.13A US.8B individuals and roles played by summarize how the describe how Cold events concerning significant individuals outcome of World War tensions were Texas and the Civil during the Civil War, War II contributed to intensified by the War such as including Jefferson the development of arms race, the space John Bell Hood, John Davis, Ulysses S. the Cold War race, McCarthyism, Reagan, Francis Grant, Robert E. Lee, and the House Un- Lubbock, Thomas and Abraham American Activities Green, John Lincoln, and heroes Committee (HUAC), Magruder and the such as congressional the findings of which Battle of Galveston, Medal of Honor were confirmed by the Battle of Sabine recipients William the Venona Papers Pass, and the Battle Carney and Philip of Palmito Ranch. Bazaar

8.8C WH.13B US.8C analyze Abraham summarize the explain reasons and Lincoln's ideas about factors that outcomes for U.S. liberty, equality, contributed to involvement in the

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union, and in China, Korean War and its government as including Mao relationship to the contained in his first Zedong's role in its containment policy and second inaugural rise, and how it addresses and the differed from Soviet Gettysburg Address communism and contrast them with the ideas contained in Jefferson Davis's inaugural address 7.5B analyze the political, 8.9A WH.13C US.8D economic, and social evaluate legislative identify the following explain reasons and effects of the Civil reform programs of major events of the outcomes for U.S. War and the Radical Cold War, including involve-ment in Reconstruction in Reconstruction the Korean War, the foreign countries and Texas Congress and Vietnam War, and their relation-nship reconstructed state the arms race to the Domino governments Theory, including the Vietnam War

8.9B WH.13D US.8E evaluate the impact explain the roles of analyze the major of the election of modern world issues and events of Hiram Rhodes Revels leaders, including the Vietnam War Ronald Reagan, such as the Tet Mikhail Gorbachev, Offensive, the Lech Walesa, and escalation of forces, Pope John Paul II, in Vietnamization, and the collapse of the fall of Saigon communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union

8.9C WH.13E US.8F explain the summarize the rise describe the economic, political, of independence responses to the and social problems movements in Africa, Vietnam War such as during the Middle East, and the draft, the 26th Reconstruction and South Asia and Amendment, the role evaluate their impact reasons for ongoing of the media, the on different groups conflicts credibility gap, the silent majority, and the anti-war movement

WH.13F explain how Arab

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rejection of the State of Israel has led to ongoing conflict 5.5B analyze various WH.14A US.11A issues and events of summarize the describe U.S. the 21st century such development and involvement in world as the War on Terror impact of radical affairs, including the and the 2008 Islamic end of the Cold War, presidential election fundamentalism on the Persian Gulf War, events in the second the Balkans Crisis, half of the 20th 9/11, and the global century, including War on Terror Palestinian terrorism and the growth of al Qaeda

WH.14B explain the U.S. response to terrorism from September 11, 2001, to the present

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Geographic Tools and Processes 5.6 Geography. The 6.3 Geography. The 7.8 Geography. The 8.29 Social studies WG.21 Social WH.15 Geography. US.31 Social studies GOV.3 Geography. student uses student uses student uses skills. The student studies skills. The The student uses skills. The student The student geographic tools to geographic tools to geographic tools to applies critical- student applies geographic skills and uses geographic tools understands how collect, analyze, and answer geographic collect, analyze, and thinking skills to critical-thinking skills tools to collect, to collect, analyze, geography can interpret data. questions. interpret data. organize and use to organize and use analyze, and and interpret data. influence U.S. information acquired information acquired interpret data. political divisions and through established from a variety of policies. research valid sources, methodologies from a including electronic variety of valid technology. sources, including electronic technology.

5.7 Geography. The 6.4 Geography. The 7.9 Geography. The 8.10 Geography. The WG.5 Geography. WH.16 Geography. student understands student understands student understands student understands The student The student the concept of the factors that the location and the location and understands how understands the regions in the United influence the characteristics of characteristics of political, economic, impact of geographic States. locations and places and regions of places and regions of and social processes factors on major characteristics of Texas. the United States, shape cultural historic events and locations of various past and present. patterns and processes. contemporary characteristics in societies on maps various pla-ces and and globes and uses regions. latitude and longitude to 8.6 WG.13 Government. determine absolute History. The student The student locations. under-stands west- understands the ward expansion and spatial characteristics its effects on the of a variety of global political, economic, political units. and social develop- ment of the nation

6.3A 7.8B WG.5B 5.6A pose and answer analyze and interpret 8.29J interpret political, WH.16C US.31B apply geographic geographic geographic pose and answer economic, social, and interpret maps, pose and answer tools, including grid questions, including: distributions and questions about demographic charts, and graphs to questions about systems, legends, Where is it located? patterns in Texas geographic indicators (gross explain how geographic symbols, scales, and Why is it there? during the 19th, distributions and domestic product per geography has distributions and compass roses, to What is significant 20th, and 21st patterns shown on capita, life influenced people patterns shown on construct and about its location? centuries maps, graphs, charts, expectancy, literacy, and events in the maps, graphs, charts, interpret maps How is its location models, and and infant mortality) past and available related to the databases to determine the databases location of other level of development

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people, places, and and standard of living environments? in nations using the terms Human Development Index, less developed, newly industrialized, and more developed

6.3B 5.6B pose and answer translate geographic WG.13A WH.15B questions about data into a variety of interpret maps to analyze and compare geographic formats such as raw explain the division geographic distributions and data to graphs and of land, including distributions and patterns for various maps man-made and patterns in world world regions and natural borders, into history shown on countries shown on separate political maps, graphs, charts, maps, graphs, charts, units such as cities, and models models, and states, or countries databases 7.9A locate the Mountains and Basins, Great Plains, North Central 6.4A Plains, and Coastal 8.10A 5.7D locate various WG.13B WH.16A Plains regions and locate places and GOV.3B locate on a map contemporary compare maps of locate places and places of importance regions of examine political important physical societies on maps voting patterns or regions of historical in Texas during the importance in the boundaries to make features such as the and globes using political boundaries significance directly 19th, 20th, and 21st United States during inferences regarding , latitude and to make inferences related to major eras centuries such as the 17th, 18th, and the distribution of , and longitude to about the and turning points in major cities, rivers, 19th centuries political power Great Plains determine absolute distribution of world history natural and historic location political power landmarks, political and cultural regions, and local points of interest

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6.4F identify the location of major world countries such as 5.7C , Mexico, locate on a map France, Germany, the important political United Kingdom, GOV.3C features such as the Italy, Spain, Norway, 8.6E identify explain how political ten largest urban Sweden, Russia, WG.21B areas that were divisions are crafted areas in the United South Africa, Nigeria, locate places of acquired to form the and how they are States, the 50 states Iraq, Afghanistan, contemporary United States, affected by Supreme and their capitals, Israel, Iran, India, geopolitical including the Court decisions such and regions such as Pakistan, the significance on a map Louisiana Purchase as Baker v. Carr the Northeast, the People's Republic of Midwest, and the China, the Republic Southwest of China (Taiwan), Japan, North and South Korea, Indonesia, and Australia 6.3D create thematic maps, graphs, charts, models, and databases depicting aspects such as population, disease, and economic activ- ities of various world 7.8A regions and countries create and interpret WH.15A create and interpret 6.4E draw sketch thematic maps, 8.29I WG.21C thematic maps, maps that illustrate graphs, charts, create thematic create and interpret US.31A graphs, and charts to various places and models, and maps, graphs, charts, different types of create thematic demonstrate the regions databases models, and maps to answer maps, graphs, and relationship between representing various databases geographic charts representing geography and the aspects of Texas representing various questions, infer various aspects of historical during the 19th, aspects of the United relationships, and the United States development of a 20th, and 21st States analyze change centuries region or nation

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Geographic Regions and Patterns 5.7 Geography. The 6.3 Geography. The 7.9 Geography. The 8.10 Geography. The WG.9 Geography. WH.16 Geography. US.13 Geography. GOV.4 Geography. student understands student uses student understands student understands The student under- The student The student The student the concept of geographic tools to the location and the location and stands the con-cept understands the understands the understands why regions in the United answer geographic characteristics of characteristics of of region as an area impact of geographic causes and effects of certain places or States. questions. places and regions of places and regions of of Earth's surface factors on major migration and regions are Texas. the United States, with related historic events and immigration on important to the past and present. geographic processes American society. United States. characteristics. 5.8 Geography. The 6.4 7.11 Geography. The 8.11 WG.5 Geography. US.12 Geography. student understands Geography. The student understands Geography. The The student The student the location and student understands the characteristics, student understands understands how understands the patterns of the factors that distribution, and the physical political, economic, impact of geographic settlement and the influence the migration of characteristics of and social processes factors on major geographic factors locations and population in Texas North America and shape cultural events. that influence where characteristics of in the 19th, 20th, and how humans patterns and people live. locations of various 21st centuries. adapted to and characteristics in contemporary modified the various places and societies on maps environment through regions. and globes and uses the mid-19th WG.6 Geography. latitude and century. The student longitude to understands the determine absolute types, patterns, and locations. processes of settlement. 6.6 Geography. The WG.7 Geography. student understands The student that geographical understands the patterns result from growth, distribution, physical movement, and environmental characteristics of processes. world population. WG.3 Geography. The student understands how physical processes shape patterns in the physical environment.

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WG.4 Geography. The student understands the patterns and characteristics of major landforms, climates, and ecosystems of Earth and the interrelated processes that produce them. 6.3C compare various world regions and countries using data from geographic tools, including maps, graphs, charts, databases, and models

6.6A 5.7B describe and explain describe a variety of the effects of 7.9C regions in the United physical analyze the effects of States such as environmental physical and human landform, climate, processes such as factors such as and vegetation erosion, ocean climate, weather, regions that result currents, and landforms, irrigation, from physical earthquakes on transportation, and characteristics such Earth's surface communication on as the Great Plains, 6.6B major events in Rocky Mountains, identify the location Texas. and Coastal Plains of renewable and

nonrenewable natural resources such as fresh water, fossil fuels, fertile soils, and timber 6.6C analyze the effects of the interaction of physical processes and the environment on humans

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WG.9B 5.7A describe different describe a variety of 6.4D types of regions, regions in the United identify and locate 7.9B including formal, States such as major physical and compare places and 8.10B functional, and political, population, human geographic regions of Texas in compare places and perceptual regions and economic features such as terms of physical and regions of the United States in terms of regions that result landforms, water human WG.5A physical and human from patterns of bodies, and urban characteristics analyze how the characteristics human activity centers of various character of a place is places and regions related to its political, economic, social, and cultural elements

WH.16B US.12A 5.8B explain the analyze the influence of analyze the impact of 7.11D geographic factors human and physiccal physical and human 6.4B describe the 8.10C WG.6A that influence geographic factors on geographic factors on identify and explain structure of the analyze the effects of locate and describe patterns of major events in world the settlement of the the geographic population of Texas physical and human human and physical settlement and the history, including the Great Plains, the factors responsible using demographic geographic factors features that distribution of development of river Klondike , for patterns of concepts such as on major historical influence the size population in the valley civilizations, the Panama Canal, the population in places growth rate and age and contemporary and distribution of United States, past trade in , and the and regions distribution events in the United settlements and present the Indian Ocean, and levee failure in New States the opening of the Orleans after Panama and Suez Hurricane canals Katrina

US.13A WG.7A analyze the causes and construct and analyze effects of changing 5.8A population pyramids demographic patterns identify and describe and use other data, resulting from the types of graphics, and maps to migration within the settlement and describe the United States, patterns of land use population char- including western in the United States acteristics of different expansion, rural to societies and to predict urban, the Great future population Migration, and the trends Rust Belt to the

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5.8C analyze the reasons WG.7B US.13B for the location of 7.11A explain how political, analyze the causes cities in the United analyze why economic, social, and and effects of States, including immigrant groups environmental push changing capital cities, and came to Texas and and pull factors and demographic explain their where they settled physical geography patterns resulting distribution, past and affect the routes and from legal and illegal present flows of human immigration to the migration United States

7.11B 8.11C 6.4C analyze how describe how explain ways in which immigration and different immigrant WG.7C human migration migration to Texas in groups interacted describe trends in influences the the 19th, 20th, and with the world population character of places 21st centuries have environment in the growth and and regions influenced Texas United States during distribution

the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries

WG.9A identify physical and/or human factors such as climate, vegetation, language, trade networks, political units, river systems, and religion that constitute a region

WG.3A explain weather conditions and climate in relation to annual changes in Earth-Sun relationships

WG.3B describe the physical processes that affect the environments of regions, including weather, tectonic forces, erosion, and soil-building processes

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WG.3C examine the physical processes that affect the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere

WG.4A explain how elevation, latitude, wind systems, ocean currents, position on a continent, and mountain barriers influence temperature, precipitation, and distribution of climate regions

WG.4C explain the influence of climate on the distribution of biomes in different regions

WG.4B describe different landforms and the physical processes that cause their development 6.5 Geography. The 8.11 Geography. The US.14 Geography. GOV.3 Geography. student understands student understands The student The student how geographic the physical understands the understands how factors influence the characteristics of relationship between geography can economic North America and population growth influence U.S. development, how humans and modernization political divisions and political adapted to and on the physical policies. relationships, and modified the environment. GOV.4 Geography. policies of societies. environment through The student the mid-19th understands why century. certain places or regions are important to the United States.

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US.14B identify the roles of governmental 6.5A entities and private identify and explain citizens in managing GOV.3A the geographic the environ-ment understand how factors responsible such as the establish- population shifts for the location of ment of the National affect voting patterns economic activities in Park System, the places and regions Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Endangered Species Act

7.11C 8.11A analyze the effects of analyze how physical US.14C the changing characteristics of the WG.7D understand the 6.5C population environment examine benefits and effects of GOV.4B explain the impact of distribution and influenced challenges of governmental analyze how U.S. geographic factors on growth in Texas population globalization, actions on foreign policy affects economic during the 20th and distribution, including individuals, selected places and development and the 21st centuries and settlement patterns, connectivity, industries, and regions domestic and foreign the additional need and economic standard of living, communities, policies of societies for education, health activities in the pandemics, and loss including the impact care, and United States during of local culture on Fifth Amendment transportation the 17th, 18th, and property rights 19th centuries

WG.6B explain the processes that have caused changes in 6.5B identify settlement patterns, geographic factors including US.12B such as location, urbanization, identify and explain physical features, transportation, reasons for changes transportation access to and in political corridors and availability of boundaries such as barriers, and resources, and those resulting from distribution of economic activities statehood and natural resources international that influence a conflicts society's ability to control territory

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Adapting to and Modifying the Environment 8.11 Geography. The 6.7 Geography. The 7.10 Geography. The student understands US.14 Geography. student understands student understands the physical WG.8 Geography. 5.9 Geography. The The student the impact of the effects of the characteristics of The student student understands understands the interactions between interaction between North America and understands how how people adapt to relationship between people and the humans and the how humans people, places, and and modify their population growth physical environment environment in Texas adapted to and environments are environment. and modernization on the development during the 19th, modified the connected and on the physical and conditions of 20th, and 21st environment through interdependent. environment. places and regions. centuries. the mid-19th century. 5.9A 7.10A describe how and GOV.4A 6.7A identify ways in 8.11B WG.8A why people have identify the identify and analyze which Texans have describe the positive compare ways that adapted to and US.14A significance to the ways people have adapted to and and negative humans depend on, modified their identify the effects of United States of the adapted to the modified the consequences of adapt to, and modify environment in the population growth location and key physical environment and human modification the physical United States, past and distribution on natural resources of environment in analyze the positive of the physical environment, and present, such as the physical selected global various places and and negative environment of the including the the use of human environment places or regions regions consequences of the United States influences of culture resources to meet modifications and technology basic needs 7.10B explain ways in WG.8B which geograph-ic describe the 6.7B factors such as the interaction be-tween identify and analyze Galveston Hurricane humans and the ways people have of 1900, the Dust physical environment modified the physical Bowl, limited water and analyze the environment such as resources, and consequences of mining, irrigation, alternative energy extreme weather and and transportation sources have other natural infrastructure affected the political, disasters such as El economic, and social Niño, floods, development of tsunamis, and Texas volcanoes

6.7C WG.8C 5.9B describe ways in evaluate the analyze the positive which technology economic and and negative influences human political relationships consequences of interactions with the between settlements human modification environment such as and the of the environment humans building environment, in the United States, dams for flood including sustainable past and present control development and

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Scarcity 5.10 Economics. The 6.8 Economics. The 8.12 Economics. The WG.11 Economics. WH.17 Economics. US.15 Economics. ECON.1 Economics. student understands student understands student understands The student The student The student The student the basic economic the factors of why various sections understands how understands the understands understands the patterns of early production in a of the United States geography influences impact of the domestic and foreign concepts of scarcity societies in the society's economy. developed different economic activities. Neolithic and issues related to U.S. and opportunity United States. patterns of economic Industrial revolutions economic growth costs. activity. and globalization on from the 1870s to humanity. 1920. WG.12 Economics. WH.8 History. The US.16 Economics. The student student understands The student understands the the causes and the understands economic global impact of the significant economic importance of, and Industrial Revolution developments issues related to, the and European between WWI and location and imperialism from WW II. management of 1750 to 1914. US.18 Economics. resources. The student under- stands the eco-nomic effects of increased worldwide interdependence as the United States enters the 21st c.

WG.11C assess how changes WH.7F in climate, resources, explain new ECON.1A 5.10A 8.12A and infrastructure economic factors and explain why scarcity explain the economic identify economic (technology, principles that and choice are basic patterns of early differences among transportation, and contributed to the economic problems European colonists different regions of communication) success of Europe's faced by every the United States affect the location Commercial society and patterns of Revolution. economic activities.

WG.12B WH.17B 8.12D analyze evaluate the summarize the role the causes and geographic and ECON.1B 5.10B of economics in effects of economic economic impact of describe how identify major driving political differences among policies related to societies answer the industries of colonial changes as related to different regions of the development, basic economic America. the Neolithic the United States at use, and scarcity of Revolution and the questions selected times in U.S. natural resources Industrial Revolution history. such as regulations of water.

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5.13A WH.17A compare how people identify important in different parts of changes in human the United States life caused by the earn a living, past Neolithic Revolution 6.8A US.15A and present WG.11B and the Industrial describe ways in describe how the 8.12B identify the factors Revolution which the factors of economic impact of explain reasons for affecting the location production (natural WH.2A the Transcontinental the development of of different types of ECON.1C resources, labor, summarize the Railroad and the the plantation economic activities, describe the capital, and impact of the Homestead Act system, the including subsistence economic factors of 5.13D entrepreneurs) development of contributed to the transatlantic slave and commercial production describe the impact influence the farming (Neolithic close of the frontier trade, and the spread agriculture, of mass production, economies of various Revolution) on the in the late 19th of slavery manufacturing, and specialization, and contemporary creation of river century service industries division of labor on societies valley civilizations the economic growth of the United States WH.4I explain the development of the slave trade

5.13B WG.12A identify and explain 6.8B analyze how the ECON.1D how geographic identify problems creation, WH.8C interpret a factors have and issues that may distribution, and identify the major production- influenced the arise when one or management of key political, economic, possibilities curve location of economic more of the factors natural resources and social and explain the activities in the of production is in affects the location motivations that US.17B concepts of United States; relatively short and patterns of influenced European identify the causes of opportunity costs supply movement of imperialism prosperity in the and scarcity. products, money, 1950s, including the and people Baby Boom and the impact of the GI Bill (Servicemen's WG.10C Readjustment Act of compare the ways 1944), and the 5.13C people satisfy their effects of prosperity analyze the effects of basic needs through in the 1950s such as immigration, the production of increased migration, and goods and services consumption and the limited resources on such as subsistence growth of agriculture the economic agriculture versus and business development and commercial growth of the United agriculture or States cottage industries versus commercial industries

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Supply and Demand 5.12 Economics. The GOV.5 Economics. ECON.2 Economics. student understands The student The student the impact of supply understands the understands the and demand on roles played by local, interaction of supply, consumers and state, and national demand, and price. producers in a free governments in both enterprise system. the public and private sectors of the U.S. free enterprise system. 5.12A GOV.5C ECON.2A explain how supply compare the role of understand the and demand affects government in the effect of changes in consumers in the U.S. free enterprise price on the quantity United States system and other demanded and economic systems quantity supplied 5.12B ECON.2B evaluate the effects identify the non- of supply and price determinants demand on business, that create changes industry, and in supply and agriculture, including demand, which the plantation result in a new system, in the United equilibrium price States. ECON.2C interpret a supply- and-demand graph using supply-and- demand schedules. ECON.3 Economics. The student understands the reasons for international trade and its importance to the United States and the global economy. ECON.3A explain the concepts of absolute and comparative advantages

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6.8C 7.13C ECON.3B explain the impact of analyze the impact of WH.17C US.18B apply the concept of relative scarcity of significant industries summarize the identify the impact of comparative resources on in Texas such as oil economic and social international events, advantage to explain international trade and gas, aerospace, impact of 20th multinational why and how and economic medical, and century globalization. corporations, countries trade interdependence computer government policies, and individuals on ECON.3C among and within technologies on analyze the impact of societies. local, national, and the 21st century economy U.S. imports and international exports on the markets. United States and its trading partners. Government and the Economy 7.13 Economics. The GOV.6 Economics. ECON.4 Economics. student understands The student The student the interdependence understands the understands the of the Texas relationship between issues of free trade economy with the U.S. government and the effects of United States and policies and the trade barriers. the world. economy. GOV.6B ECON.4A US.15D understand the roles compare the effects describe the of the executive and of free trade and economic effects of legislative branches trade barriers on international military in setting economic activities conflicts, including international trade the Spanish- and fiscal policies. American War and World War I, on the United States GOV.6A ECON.4B WG.10D US.17E examine how the evaluate the benefits compare global trade describe the dynamic U.S. government and costs of patterns over time relationship between uses economic participation in and examine the U.S. international resources in foreign international free- implications of trade policies and the policy trade agreements globalization, U.S. free enterprise including outsourcing system such as the and free trade zones. Organization of Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil embargo, the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade ECON.4C (GATT, and the North analyze the effects of American Free Trade changes in exchange Agreement (NAFTA). rates on imports and exports.

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Economic Systems 5.11 Economics. The 6.9 Economics. The 8.14 Economics. The WG.10 Economics. WH.18 Economics. US.17 Economics. ECON.5 Economics. student understands student understands student understands The student The student The student The student the development, the various ways in the origins and understands the understands the understands the understands free characteristics, and which people development of the distribution, historical origins of economic effects of enterprise, socialist, benefits of the free organize economic free enterprise characteristics, and contemporary World War II and the and communist enterprise system in systems. system in the United interactions of the economic systems Cold War. economic systems. the United States. States. economic systems in and the benefits of the world. free enterprise in world history. ECON.6 Economics. The student understands the basic characteristics and benefits of a free enterprise system. ECON.7 Economics. The student understands the right to own, use, and dispose of private property. 5.11B 6.9A 7.13A ECON.5A describe how the compare ways in analyze the impact of WG.10A US.17D describe the basic free enterprise which various national and describe the forces identify actions of characteristics of system works in the societies organize the international markets that determine the govt and the private economic systems, United States production and and events on the distribution of goods sector such as the including property distribution of goods production of goods and services in free Great Society, rights, incentives, and services and services in Texas enterprise, socialist, affirmative action, economic freedom, such as agriculture, and communist and Title IX to create competition, and the oil and gas, and economic systems economic role of government computer technology opportunities for citizens and analyze the unintended consequences of each 6.9B ECON.5B compare and WG.10B WH.18B compare the free contrast free classify where identify the historical enterprise system, enterprise, socialist, specific countries fall origins and , and and communist along the economic characteristics of communism using economies in various spectrum between communism, the basic contemporary free enterprise and including the characteristics of societies, including communism influences of Karl economic systems the benefits of the Marx U.S. free enterprise system

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ECON.5C WH.18C examine current identify the historical examples of free origins and enterprise, socialist, characteristics of and communist socialism economic systems WH.18D identify the historical origins and characteristics of 6.9C ECON.5E understand the WH.18A analyze the importance of identify the historical importance of morality and ethics in origins and various economic maintaining a characteristics of the philosophers, functional free free enterprise including Friedrich enterprise system system, including the Hayek, Milton contributions of Friedman, John Adam Smith, Maynard Keynes, especially the and Adam Smith, and influence of his ideas their impact on the found in The Wealth U.S. free enterprise of Nations system. 5.11A 7.13B WH.18F ECON.6A describe the analyze the impact of 8.14A formulate US.16C explain the basic development of the economic concepts explain why a free generalizations on analyze the effects of characteristics of the free enterprise within the free enterprise system of how economic the Great Depression U.S. free enterprise system in colonial enterprise system economics freedom improved on the U.S. economy system, including America and the such as supply and developed in the new the human condition, and society such as private property, United States; demand, profit, nation, including based on students' widespread incentives, economic government minimal government knowledge of the and freedom, regulation, and world intrusion, taxation, benefits of free deportation and competition, and the competition on the and property rights enterprise in repatriation of limited role of Europe's Commercial people of European government Revolution, the and Mexican Industrial Revolution, heritage and others and 20th-century free market ECON.5D economies, understand that the compared to terms free communist enterprise, free command market, and communities. are synony-mous terms to describe the U.S. economic system

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Benefits of the Free Enterprise System 5.11C 6.9D ECON.6B give examples of the examine the record 8.14B WH.18E US.17A explain the benefits benefits of the free of collective, non- describe the explain why describe the of the U.S. free enterprise system in free market characteristics and communist economic effects of enterprise system, the United States. economic systems in the benefits of the command economies World War II on the including individual contemporary world U.S. free enterprise collapsed in home front such as freedom of societies. system during the competition with the end of the Great consumers and 18th and 19th free market Depression, producers, variety of centuries. economies at the rationing, and goods, responsive end of the 20th increased prices, investment century opportunity for opportunities, and women and minority the creation of employment wealth 7.12C ECON.6C explain the changes 8.12C WH.8E analyze recent in the types of jobs explain the reasons explain the effects of changes in the basic and occupations that for the increase in free enterprise in the characteristics of the have resulted from factories and Industrial Revolution. U.S. economy the urbanization of urbanization Texas. 5.13E ECON.6D explain the impact of US.15C analyze the costs and American ideas explain how foreign benefits of U.S. about progress and policies affected economic policies equality of economic issues such related to the opportunity on the as the Chinese economic goals of economic Exclusion Act of economic growth, development and 1882, the Open Door stability, full growth of the United Policy, Dollar employment, States. Diplomacy, and freedom, security, immigration quotas equity (equal opportunity versus equal outcome), and efficiency. ECON.7A analyze the costs and benefits of the purchase, use, or disposal of personal and business property GOV.5D ECON.7B understand how identify and evaluate government taxation examples of and regulation can restrictions that the serve as restrictions govt places on the to private enterprise. use of business and individual property.

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Markets 5.13 Economics. The 6.10 Economics. The 7.12 Economics. The 8.13 Economics. The ECON.8 Economics. student understands student understands student understands student understands The student patterns of work and categories of the factors that how various understands the economic activities in economic activities caused Texas to economic forces circular-flow model the United States. and the data used to change from an resulted in the of the economy. measure a society's agrarian to an urban Industrial Revolution ECON.9 Economics. economic level. society. in the 19th century. The student understands types of market structures. ECON.10 Economics. The student understands key economic measurements. ECON.11 Economics. The student understands key components of economic growth. 6.10A 7.12A ECON.8A define and give explain economic 8.13B interpret the roles of examples of factors that led to identify the resource owners and agricultural, the urbanization of economic factors firms in a circular- wholesale, retail, Texas that brought about flow model of the manufacturing rapid economy and (goods), and service industrialization and provide real-world industries; urbanization. examples to illustrate elements of the model 6.10C ECON.8B identify and describe US.17C explain how the effects of describe the government actions government economic impact of affect the circular- regulation and defense spending on flow model taxation on economic the business cycle development and and education business planning. priorities from 1945 to the 1990s 7.12B ECON.8C trace the 8.13A explain how the development of analyze the War of circular-flow model major industries that 1812 as a cause of is affected by the contributed to the economic changes in rest of the world. urbanization of Texas the nation such as transportation, oil and gas, and manufacturing

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ECON.9A describe characteristics and give examples of pure competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly ECON.9B identify and evaluate ordinances and regulations that apply to the establishment and operation of various types of businesses. Economic Indicators of Development 6.10B ECON.10A describe levels of WG.11A interpret economic data, including economic understand the unemployment rate, gross domestic product, development of connections between gross domestic product per capita as a various societies levels of measure of national wealth, and rate of using indicators such development and inflation as life expectancy, economic activities gross domestic (primary, secondary, product (GDP), GDP tertiary, and per capita, and quaternary) literacy ECON.10B analyze business cycles using key economic indicators. ECON.11A analyze how productivity relates to growth ECON.11C analyze how trade relates to growth. ECON.12 Economics. The student understands the role of money in an economy. ECON.12A describe the functions of money ECON.12B describe the characteristics of money, including commodity money, fiat money, and representative money ECON.12C examine the positive and negative aspects of barter, currency, credit cards, and debit cards.

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Government and the Economy ECON.13 Economics. The student understands the role of the Federal Reserve System in establishing monetary policy. ECON.14 Economics. The student understands the role that the government plays in the U.S. free enterprise system. ECON.13A US.16A explain the structure analyze causes of of the Federal economic growth Reserve System and prosperity in the 1920s, including Warren Harding's Return to Normalcy, reduced taxes, and increased production efficiencies GOV.5A ECON.13B US.16B explain how analyze the three identify the causes of government fiscal, basic tools used to the Great monetary, and implement U.S. Depression, including regulatory policies monetary policy, the impact of tariffs influence the including reserve on world trade, stock economy at the local, requirements, the market speculation, state, and national discount rate and the bank failures, and the levels; federal funds rate monetary policy of target, and open- the Federal Reserve market operations System ECON.13C US.16E explain how the describe how various actions of the agencies Federal Reserve and programs, System affect the including the Federal nation's money Deposit Insurance supply Corporation, the

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Securities and ECON.14A Exchange identify economic Commission, and the concepts in the U.S. Social Security Constitution, Administration, including property continue to affect rights and taxation the lives of U.S. citizens.

ECON.13D US.15E analyze the decline describe the in value of the U.S. emergence of dollar, including the monetary policy in abandonment of the the United States, gold standard. including the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 and the shifting trend from a gold standard to fiat money. GOV.5B ECON.14B US.16D identify the sources describe the role of compare the New of revenue and government in the Deal policies and its expenditures of the U.S. free enterprise opponents' U. S. government and system and the approaches to analyze their impact changes in that role resolving the on the U.S. economy over time economic effects of the Great Depression ECON.14C US.15B evaluate government describe the rules and regulations changing relationship in the U.S. free between the federal enterprise system. government and private business, including the costs and benefits of laissez-faire, anti- trust acts, the Interstate Commerce Act, and the Pure Food and Drug Act

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Personal Financial Literacy ECON.16 Personal financial literacy. The student understands types of business ownership. ECON.16A explain the characteristics of sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations ECON.16B analyze the advantages and disadvantages of sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations ECON.16C US.18A analyze the economic rights and discuss the role of American entrepreneurs responsibilities of businesses, including those such as Bill Gates, Sam Walton, Estée Lauder, involved in starting a small business Robert Johnson, Lionel Sosa, and millions of small business entrepreneurs who achieved the American dream ECON.16D explain how corporations raise money through stocks and bonds. ECON.17 Personal financial literacy. The student understands the role of financial markets/institutions in saving, borrowing, and capital formation. ECON.17A explain the functions of financial institutions and how they affect households and businesses ECON.17B explain how the amount of savings in an economy is the basis of capital formation ECON.17C analyze the role of interest and risk in allocating savings to its most productive use ECON.17D examine the types of accounts available to consumers from financial institutions and the risks, monetary costs, and benefits of maintaining these accounts.

ECON.18 Personal financial literacy. The student understands the role of individuals in financial markets. ECON.18A assess ways to be a wise investor in the stock market and in other personal investment options

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ECON.18B explain how to begin a savings program ECON.18C examine investment options available in a personal retirement plan

ECON.18D demonstrate how to maintain a checking account, including reconciling a bank statement ECON.18E identify the types of loans available to consumers ECON.18F explain the responsibilities and obligations of borrowing money ECON.18G develop strategies to become a low-risk borrower by improving one's personal credit score. ECON.19 Personal financial literacy. The student applies critical-thinking skills to analyze the costs and benefits of personal financial decisions. ECON.19A examine ways to avoid and eliminate credit card debt ECON.19B evaluate the costs and benefits of declaring personal bankruptcy ECON.19C evaluate the costs and benefits of buying insurance ECON.19D evaluate the costs and benefits of charitable giving. ECON.20 Personal financial literacy. The student understands how to provide for basic needs while living within a budget. ECON.20A evaluate the costs and benefits of renting a home ECON.20B evaluate the costs and benefits of buying a home ECON.20C assess the financial aspects of making the transition from renting to home ownership

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Purposes of Government 5.15 Government. 6.11 Government. 7.14 Government. 8.15 Government. WH.20 Government. US.1 History. The GOV.7 Government. The student The student The student The student The student student understands The student understands understands the understands the understands the understands how the principles understands the important ideas in concepts of limited basic principles American beliefs and contemporary included in the American beliefs and the Declaration of and unlimited reflected in the Texas principles reflected in political systems Celebrate Freedom principles reflected in Independence, the governments. Constitution. the Declaration of have developed from Week program. the U.S. Constitution U.S. Constitution, Independence, the earlier systems of and why these are and the Bill of Rights. U.S. Constitution, government. significant. and other important historic documents. 5.16 Government. 8.16 Government. US.21 Government. The student The student The student understands the understands the understands the framework of process of changing impact of government created the U.S. Constitution constitutional issues by the U.S. and the impact of on American society. Constitution of 1787. amendments on American society.

US.1A 7.14A 8.15A WH.20A analyze and evaluate identify how the identify the influence explain the the text, intent, Texas Constitution of ideas from historic development of meaning, and reflects the principles documents, including democratic- importance of the of limited 6.11C the Magna Carta, the republican Declaration of GOV.7A government, identify reasons for English Bill of Rights, government from its Independence and explain the republicanism, limiting the power of the Mayflower beginnings in the the U.S. Constitution, importance of a checks and balances, 5.15B government Compact, the Judeo-Christian legal including the Bill of written constitution explain the purposes federalism, Federalist Papers, tradition and classical Rights, and identify of the U.S. separation of and selected Anti- Greece and Rome the full text of the Constitution as powers, popular Federalist writings, through the English first three identified in the sovereignty, and on the U.S. system of Civil War and the paragraphs of the Preamble individual rights government Enlightenment Declaration of Independence GOV.7B 6.12C US.1B evaluate how the identify historical analyze and evaluate 8.4E federal government origins of democratic the application of analyze the serves the purposes forms of government these founding arguments for and set forth in the such as Ancient principles to against ratification. Preamble to the U.S. Greece. historical events in Constitution U.S. history 6.11A GOV.7C 5.16B identify the identify and describe 8.17A WH.20C US.1C analyze how the reasons for and examples of limited analyze the explain the political explain the Federalist Papers describe the system and unlimited arguments of the philosophies of contributions of the such as Number 10, of checks and governments such as Federalists and Anti- individuals such as Founding Fathers Number 39, and balances outlined in constitutional Federalists, including John Locke, Thomas such as Benjamin Number 51 explain the U.S. Constitution (limited) and those of Alexander Hobbes, Voltaire, Rush, John Hancock, the principles of the Process Standard = Readiness Standard = Supporting Standard = 45 Government Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 World Geo World Hist US Gov Econ

totalitarian Hamilton, Patrick Charles de John Jay, John American (unlimited) Henry, James Montesquieu, Jean Witherspoon, John constitutional system Madison, and George Jacques Rousseau, Peter Muhlenberg, of government Mason Thomas Aquinas, Charles Carroll, and John Calvin, Thomas Jonathan Trumbull GOV.7D Jefferson, and Sr. 8.15D evaluate William Blackstone analyze how the U.S. constitutional Constitution reflects provisions for limiting the role of 6.11B the principles of government, compare the limited government, including characteristics of republicanism, republicanism, limited and unlimited checks and balances, checks and balances, governments federalism, separation of federalism, powers, popular separation of sovereignty, and powers, popular individual rights. sovereignty, and individual rights

8.16A US.21B summarize the discuss historical GOV.7E purposes for and reasons why the describe the process of amending constitution has been constitutionally the U.S. Constitution amended prescribed procedures by which the U.S. Constitution 8.16B US.21C describe the impact evaluate can be changed and of 19th-century constitutional change analyze the role of amendments, in terms of strict the amendment including the 13th, construction versus process in a 14th, and 15th judicial constitutional amendments, on life interpretation. government in the United States. 5.15A 7.14B GOV.7F identify the key compare the 8.15C WH.20B identify how the elements and the principles and identify colonial identify the impact of American beliefs and purposes and explain concepts of the Texas grievances listed in political and legal principles reflected the importance of Constitution to the the Declaration of ideas contained in in the Declaration of the Declaration of U.S. Constitution, Independence and the following Independence and Independence including the Texas explain how those documents: the U.S. Constitution Hammurabi's Code, 5.15C and U.S. Bill of grievances were contribute to both a the Jewish Ten explain the reasons Rights. addressed in the U.S. national identity and Commandments, for the creation of Constitution and the federal identity and Justinian's Code of the Bill of Rights and Bill of Rights are embodied in the Laws, Magna Carta, its importance. United States today the English Bill of GOV.7G Rights, the examine the reasons Declaration of the Founding Fathers Independence, the protected religious

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U.S. Constitution, freedom in America and the Declaration and guaranteed its of the Rights of Man free exercise by and of the Citizen saying that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," and compare and contrast this to the phrase, "separation of church and state." Structure and Functions of Government 5.16 Government. 7.15 Government. 8.3 History. The WG.14 Government. WH.19 Government. US.19 Government. GOV.8 Government. ECON.15 The student The student student understands The student The student The student The student Economics. The understands the understands the the foundations of understands the understands the understands changes understands the student understands framework of structure and representative processes that characteristics of over time in the role structure and the economic impact government created functions of government in the influence political major political of government. functions of the of fiscal policy by the U.S. government created United States. divisions, systems throughout government created decisions at the local, Constitution of 1787. by the Texas relationships, and history. by the U.S. state, and national Constitution. policies. Constitution. levels. GOV.9 Government. The student understands the concept of federalism. 5.14 Government. 6.12 Government. 8.17 Government. US.20 Government. GOV.10 The student The student The student The student Government. The understands the understands various understands the understands the student understands organization of ways in which people dynamic nature of changing the processes for governments in organize the powers of the relationships among filling public offices in colonial America. governments. national government the three branches of the U.S. system of and state the federal government. governments in a government. GOV.11 federal system. Government. The student understands the role of political parties in the U.S. system of government. 8.18 Government. GOV.12 The student Government. The understands the student understands impact of landmark the similarities and Supreme Court differences that exist cases. among the U.S. system of

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government and other political systems.

US.19D discuss the role of GOV.8A contemp-orary analyze the structure 7.4A govern-ment legis- and functions of the identify individuals, lation in the private legislative branch of events, and issues WG.14C and public sectors government, during the analyze the human such as the including the administrations of and physical factors Community 8.5A bicameral structure Republic of Texas that influence the Reinvestment Act of describe major of Congress, the role Presidents Houston, power to control 1977, USA PATRIOT domestic problems of committees, and Lamar, and Jones, territory and Act of 2001, and the faced by the leaders the procedure for including the Texas resources, create American Recovery of the new republic WH.20D enacting laws 5.16A Navy, the Texas conflict/war, and and Reinvestment such as maintaining explain the identify and explain Rangers, Edwin W. impact international Act of 2009 national security, significance of the the basic functions of Moore, Jack Coffee political relations of GOV.8B building a military, League of Nations the three branches of Hays, Chief Bowles, sovereign nations analyze the structure creating a stable and the United government William Goyens, such as China, the and functions of the economic system, Nations. US.19B Mary Maverick, José United States, Japan, executive branch of setting up the court explain constitutional Antonio Navarro, the and Russia and government, system, and defining issues raised by Córdova Rebellion, organized nation including the the authority of the federal government the Council House groups such as the constitutional Fight, the Santa Fe central government policy changes during United Nations (UN) times of significant powers of the Expedition, public and the European president, the debt, and the roles of events, including Union (EU). World War I, the growth of racial and ethnic presidential power, groups Great Depression, World War II, the and the role of the 1960s, and 9/11 Cabinet and executive departments

US.21A analyze the effects of landmark U.S. Supreme Court 8.18A decisions, including identify the origin of Brown v. Board of GOV.8C judicial review and Education, and other analyze the structure and functions of the analyze examples of U.S. Supreme Court judicial branch of government, including the congressional and decisions such as federal court system, types of jurisdiction, and presidential Plessy v. Ferguson, judicial review responses Hernandez v. Texas, Tinker v. Des Moines, Wisconsin v. Yoder, and White v. Regester

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US.20B evaluate the impact of relationships 8.18B GOV.8D among the summarize the identify the purpose of selected independent legislative, executive, issues, decisions, and executive agencies, including the National and judicial branches significance of Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), of government, landmark Supreme and regulatory commissions, including the including Franklin D. Court cases, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, Roosevelt's attempt including Marbury v. Occupational Safety and Health to increase the Madison, McCulloch Administration (OSHA), Food and Drug number of U.S. v. , and Administration (FDA), and Federal Supreme Court Gibbons v. Ogden Communications Commission (FCC) justices and the presidential election of 2000.

US.20A describe the impact of events such as the GOV.8E Gulf of Tonkin explain how certain Resolution and the provisions of the U.S. War Powers Act on Constitution provide 8.18C the relationship evaluate the impact for checks and between the balances among the of selected landmark legislative and Supreme Court three branches of executive branches government decisions, including of government Dred Scott v. Sandford, on life in 7.15A the United States. describe the US.11C GOV.8F structure and evaluate efforts by analyze selected functions of global organizations issues raised by government at to undermine U.S. judicial activism and municipal, county, sovereignty through judicial restraint and state levels the use of treaties

8.5G US.19E GOV.8G analyze the reasons evaluate the pros explain the major for the removal and and cons of U.S. responsibilities of the resettlement of participation in federal government Indians international for domestic and during the Jacksonian organizations and foreign policy such as era, including the treaties. national defense Indian Removal Act, Worcester v. Georgia, and the Trail WG.14A GOV.8H of Tears. analyze current compare the events to infer the structures, functions, Process Standard = Readiness Standard = Supporting Standard = 49 Government Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 World Geo World Hist US Gov Econ

physical and human and processes of processes that lead national, state, and to the formation of local governments in boundaries and other the U.S. federal political divisions system.

Federalism: Powers of the State and National Governments 7.15C GOV.9A describe the explain why the Founding Fathers created a structure, funding, 8.4D distinctly new form of federalism and adopted and governance of analyze the issues of a federal system of government instead of a Texas public the Constitutional unitary system education, including Convention of 1787, local property taxes, 5.16C including the Great bond issues, and US.19A GOV.9B distinguish between Compromise and the state and federal evaluate the impact categorize government powers as national, national and state Three-Fifths funding supported by of New Deal state, or shared; governments and Compromise state and federal legislation on the compare their taxpayers. historical roles of responsibilities in the state and federal GOV.9C U.S. federal system. 8.17B explain government analyze historical and contemporary conflicts 7.4B constitutional issues over the respective roles of national and state analyze the causes of arising over the issue governments and events leading to of states' rights, GOV.9D including the understand the limits on the national and Nullification Crisis state governments in the U.S. federal system and the Civil War. of government. Participating in Government GOV.10A US.19C compare different methods of filling public describe the effects offices, including elected and appointed of poli-tical scandals, offices at the local, state, and national levels; including Tea-pot 8.5C GOV.10B explain the origin Dome, Watergate, explain the process of electing the president and 's and development of of the United States and analyze the Electoral impeachment, on the American political College parties views of U.S. citizens concerning trust in GOV.10C the federal govt and analyze the impact of the passage of the 17th its leaders Amendment.

8.5E US.5C identify the foreign evaluate the impact policies of presidents of third parties, GOV.11A Washington through including the Populist analyze the functions of political parties and Monroe and explain and Progressive their role in the electoral process at local, the impact of parties. state, and national levels Washington's Farewell Address and

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the Monroe Doctrine GOV.11B 8.5F US.11D explain the two-party system and evaluate analyze the impact of explain the impact of the role of third parties in the United States the election of third parties on Andrew Jack-son, presidential elections including expanded suffrage GOV.11C US.11E identify opportunities for citizens to discuss the historical participate in political party activities at local, significance of the state, and national levels. 2008 presidential election Comparing Systems of Governments 6.12A identify and give examples of 5.14A governments with identify and compare 8.3A GOV.12A rule by one, few, or WH.19A the systems of explain the reasons compare the U.S. constitutional republic to many for the growth of identify the government of early characteristics of historical and contemporary forms of European colonists, 6.11D representative government such as , a classical review the record of government and and including theocracies as forms republic, authoritarian, socialist, direct representative human rights abuses institutions during democracy, theocracy, tribal, and other of limited or the colonial period of government in government and early civilizations republics monarchy unlimited governments such as the oppression of Christians in Sudan. WG.14B compare how 6.2A 8.3B democracy, identify and describe analyze the , the influence of importance of the monarchy, republic, individual or group Mayflower Compact, theocracy, and achievements on the Fundamental totalitarian systems 5.14B various historical or Orders of operate in specific WH.19B GOV.12B identify examples of contemporary Connecticut, and the countries identify the analyze advantages and disadvantages of representative societies such as the Virginia House of characteristics of the federal, confederate, and unitary systems of government in the classical Greeks on Burgesses to the following political government American colonies, government and the growth of systems: theocracy, including the American Revolution representative absolute monarchy, Mayflower Compact on government democracy, republic, and the Virginia the French oligarchy, limited House of Burgesses. Revolution monarchy, and totalitarianism.

6.12B compare ways 8.3C GOV.12C in which various describe how religion analyze advantages and disadvantages of societies such as and virtue presidential and parliamentary systems of China, Germany, contributed to the government. Process Standard = Readiness Standard = Supporting Standard = 51 Government Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 World Geo World Hist US Gov Econ

India, and Russia growth of organize government representative and how they government in the function American colonies. 8.15B summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation Financing the Government 7.15B identify major ECON.15A sources of revenue 8.5B summarize identify types of taxes at the local, state, and for state and local arguments regarding national levels and the economic importance governments such as protective tariffs, of each taxation, and the property tax, sales ECON.15B banking system tax, and fees analyze the categories of revenues and expenditures in the U.S. federal budget

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Rights 5.18 Citizenship. The 6.14 Citizenship. The 7.16 Citizenship. The 8.19 Citizenship. The WH.22 Citizenship. US.23 Citizenship. GOV.13 Citizenship. student understands student understands student understands student understands The student The student The student the importance of the relationship the rights and the rights and understands the understands efforts understands rights individual among individual responsibilities of responsibilities of historical to expand the guaranteed by the participation in the rights, Texas citizens in a citizens of the United development of democratic process. U.S. Constitution. democratic process responsibilities, democratic society. States. significant legal and at the local, state, duties, and freedoms political concepts and national levels. in societies with related to the rights 5.20 Citizenship. The representative and responsibilities GOV.14 Citizenship. student understands governments. of citizenship. The student the fundamental understands the rights of American difference between citizens guaranteed personal and civic in the Bill of Rights responsibilities. and other amendments to the 6.13 Citizenship. The GOV.15 Citizenship. U.S. Constitution. student understands The student that the nature of understands the citizenship varies importance of among societies. voluntary individual participation in the U.S. constitutional republic.

5.20A WH.21B describe the rights describe the 8.19A GOV.13B and responsibilities fundamental rights define and give identify and define of citizens and US.23A guaran-teed by each examples of the unalienable amendment in the Bill noncitizens in civic identify and analyze rights 6.14B unalienable rights of Rights, including participation methods of explain relationships free-dom of religion, 7.16A throughout history expanding the right among rights, speech, and press; the identify rights of to participate in the responsibilities, and right Texas citizens democratic process, duties in societies including lobbying, GOV.13A to assemble and 8.19F with representative WH.22A non-violent understand the roles petition the explain how the governments summarize the protesting, litigation, of limited government; rights and development of the and amendments to government and the the right to keep and responsibilities of rule of law from the U.S. Constitution rule of law in the bear arms; the right to U.S. citizens reflect ancient to modern protection of trial by jury; and the our national identity right to an attorney times individual rights

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GOV.13C identify the freedoms and rights guaran- teed by each amendment in the Bill of Rights

GOV.13D analyze U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution in selected cases, including Engel v. Vitale, Schenck v. WH.22B United States, Texas v. identify the influence Johnson, Miranda v. US.23B of ideas regarding Arizona, Gideon v. evaluate various the right to a "trial by Wainwright, Mapp v. 5.20B means of achieving 8.19B a jury of your peers" Ohio, and Roe v. describe various equality of political summarize rights and the concepts of Wade amendments to the rights, including the guaranteed in the Bill "innocent until GOV.13E U.S. Constitution 19th, 24th, and 26th of Rights proven guilty" and explain the such as those that amendments and "equality before the importance of due extended voting congressional acts law" that originated process rights to the rights of U.S. citizens. such as the American from the Judeo- protection of Indian Citizenship Act Christian legal individual rights and of 1924 tradition and in in limiting the Greece and Rome powers of government GOV.13F recall the conditions that produced the 14th Amend-ment and describe subsequent efforts to selectively extend some of the Bill of Rights to the states, including the Blaine Amend-ment and U.S. Supreme Court rulings, and analyze the impact on the scope of funda- mental rights and federalism

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6.14A identify and explain GOV.14A the duty of civic explain the participation in difference between societies with personal and civic representative responsibilities governments

GOV.14C understand the 8.19D responsibilities, 5.18A identify examples of duties, and responsible explain the duty obligations of individuals have to citizenship, including citizenship such as obeying rules and participate in civic US.23C being well informed laws, staying affairs at the local, 6.13A explain how about civic affairs, informed on public state, and national describe roles and participation in the serving in the 7.16B issues, voting, and WH.22F levels responsibilities of democratic process military, voting, explain and analyze serving on juries assess the degree to citizens in various reflects our national serving on a jury, civic responsibilities which American contemporary of Texas citizens and ideals have advanced ethos, patriotism, observing the laws, societies, including the importance of human rights and and civic paying taxes, and the United States civic participation. democratic ideas responsibility as well serving the public throughout the world as our progress to good build a "more perfect union" GOV.14D understand the voter registration process and the criteria for voting in elections 6.13C 8.19C GOV.14B compare the role of explain the 5.18B evaluate whether citizens in the United importance of explain how to and/or when the States with the role personal contact elected and obligation of of citizens from responsibilities, appointed leaders in citizenship requires various including accepting local, state, and that personal desires contemporary responsibility for national and interests be societies with one's behavior and governments subordinated to the representative and supporting one's public good nonrepre-sentative family

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6.13B GOV.15A explain how 8.19E analyze the opportunities for summarize the effectiveness of citizens to participate criteria and explain various methods of in and influence the the process for participation in the political process vary becoming a political process at among various naturalized citizen of local, state, and contemporary the United States national levels societies Effective Leadership 5.19 Citizenship. The 7.18 Citizenship. The 8.20 Citizenship. The US.24 Citizenship. student understands student understands student understands The student the importance of the importance of the importance of understands the effective leadership effective leadership voluntary individual importance of in a constitutional in a democratic participation in the effective leadership republic. society. democratic process. in a constitutional 8.22 Citizenship. The republic. student understands the importance of effective leadership in a constitutional republic.

8.20A US.24B 7.18A explain the role of evaluate the 5.19A identify the significant individuals contributions of GOV.15B explain the leadership qualities such as Thomas WH.22E significant politi-cal analyze historical and contributions of the of elected and Hooker, Charles de identify examples of and social leaders in contemporary Founding Fathers to appointed leaders of examples of citizen . Montesquieu, John individuals who led the United States such the development of Texas, past and Locke, William resistance to political as Andrew Carnegie, movements to bring the national present, including Blackstone, and oppression such as Thurgood Marshall, about political government Texans who have William Penn in the Nelson Mandela, Billy Graham, Barry change or to been president of the development of self- Mohandas Gandhi, Goldwater, Sandra Day maintain continuity United States government in Oscar Romero, Natan O'Connor, and Hillary colonial America Sharansky, Las Clinton Madres de la Plaza 5.19B 7.18B de Mayo, and US.10A identify past and identify the 8.20B Chinese student describe Richard M. present leaders in contributions of evaluate the protestors in Nixon's leadership in the national Texas leaders, contributions of the Tiananmen Square the normalization of government, including Lawrence Founding Fathers as relations with China including the Sullivan "Sul" Ross, models of civic virtue and the policy of president and various détente

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members of ("Cactus Jack"), Congress, and their James A. Baker III, 8.20C political parties Henry B. González, analyze reasons for Kay Bailey Hutchison, and the im-pact of Barbara Jordan, selected examples of Raymond L. Telles, civil disobed-ience in Sam Rayburn, and U.S. history such as Raul A. Gonzalez Jr. the Boston Tea Party and Henry David Thoreau's refusal to pay a tax

8.22B describe the contributions of US.10B significant political, describe Ronald social, and military Reagan's leadership leaders of the United in domestic and States such as international policies, Frederick Douglass, including John Paul Jones, Reaganomics and James Monroe, Peace Through Stonewall Jackson, Strength Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

8.22A analyze the leadership qualities of elected and appointed leaders of the United States such as George Washington, John 5.19C Marshall, and identify and compare Abraham Lincoln US.24A leadership qualities describe qualities of of national leaders, effective leadership past and present

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Importance of Different Points of View 7.17 Citizenship. The 8.21 Citizenship. The WG.15 Citizenship. WH.21 Citizenship. US.22 Citizenship. GOV.16 Citizenship. student understands student understands The student The student The student The student the importance of the importance of understands how understands the understands the understands the the expression of the expression of different points of significance of concept of American importance of the different points of different points of view influence the political choices and exceptionalism. expression of view in a democratic view in a development of decisions made by different points of society. constitutional public policies and individuals, groups, view in a republic. decision-making and nations constitutional processes on local, throughout history. republic. state, national, and international levels. GOV.16A examine different points of view of WG.15A US.22A political parties and identify and give discuss Alexis de interest groups such 7.17A 8.21A examples of different Tocqueville's five as the League of identify different identify different WH.21A points of view that values crucial to United Latin American points of view of points of view of describe how people influence the America's success as Citizens (LULAC), the political parties and political parties and have participated in development of a constitutional National Rifle interest groups on interest groups on supporting or public policies and republic: liberty, Association (NRA), and important Texas important historical changing their decision-making egalitarianism, the National Associ- issues, past and and contemporary governments processes on local, individualism, ation for the present issues state, national, and populism, and Advancement of international levels laissez-faire Colored People (NAACP) on im- portant contem- porary issues GOV.16B WG.15B US.22B analyze the 8.21B explain how describe how the importance of the 7.17B describe the citizenship practices, American values First Amend-ment describe the importance of free public policies, and identified by Alexis rights of petition, importance of free speech and press in a decision making may de Tocqueville are assem-bly, speech, speech and press in a constitutional be influenced by different and unique and press and the democratic society republic cultural beliefs, from those of other Second Amend-ment including nationalism nations right to keep and bear and patriotism arms US.22C WH.21C describe U.S. citizens 7.17C 8.21C GOV.15C identify examples of as people from express and defend a summarize a understand the key persons who numerous places point of view on an historical event in factors that influence were successful in through-out the issue of historical or which compromise an individual's shifting political world who hold a contemporary resulted in a peaceful political attitudes thought, including common bond in interest in Texas resolution and actions William Wilberforce standing for certain self-evident truths

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Cultural Characteristics and Expression 5.22 Culture. The 6.15 Culture. The 7.19 Culture. The 8.25 Culture. The WG.16 Culture. The WH.2 student understands student understands student understands student understands student understands History. The student the contributions of the similarities and the concept of the impact of religion how the components under-stands how people of various differences within diversity within unity on the American way of culture affect the early civiliza-tions racial, ethnic, and and among cultures in Texas. of life. way people live and developed from 8000 religious groups to in various world shape the BC to 500 BC. the United States. societies. characteristics of WH.4 regions. History. The student understands how, after the collapse of classical empires, new political, economic, and social systems evolved and expanded from 600 to 1450. 6.16 Culture. The WH.23 Culture. The student understands student understands that all societies have the history and basic institu-tions in relevance of major common even though religious and the characteristics of philosoph-ical these institu-tions traditions. may differ.

6.19 Culture. The WH.25 Culture. The student understands student understands the relationships how the devel- among religion, opment of ideas has philosophy, and influenced institutions culture. and societies.

WG.16A WH.2B describe distinc-tive identify the 5.22A characteristics of 6.15A cultural patterns and identify the landscapes associated civilization define culture and 8.25A similarities and with different places in the common traits trace the WH.4A differences within Texas, the United that unify a culture development of explain the and among various States, and other region religious freedom in development of racial, ethnic, and regions of the world the United States Christianity as a religious groups in and how these unifying social and the United States patterns influenced the political factor in processes of medieval Europe and innovation and the Byzantine Empire

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diffusion WH.25C explain the relationship among Christianity, individualism, and growing secular-ism 6.19A 8.25C that began with the explain the analyze the impact of Renaissance and how relationship among the First Amendment the relationship religious ideas, guarantees of influenced philosophical ideas, religious freedom on subsequent political and cultures the American way of developments life WH.25D explain how Islam influences law and government in the Muslim world

WH.23A describe the historical origins, central ideas, and spread of major WG.16B religious and describe elements of philosophical culture, including traditions, including language, religion, Buddhism, beliefs and customs, Christianity, institutions, and 6.15B Confucianism, technologies identify and describe Hinduism, Islam, common traits that Judaism, Sikhism, and define cultures the development of monotheism

WG.16C explain ways various groups of people perceive the characteristics of their own and other cultures, places, and regions differently

6.15E WG.16D analyze the compare life in a similarities and variety of urban and

differences among rural areas in the various world world to evaluate societies political, economic, social, and Process Standard = Readiness Standard = Supporting Standard = 60 Culture Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 World Geo World Hist US Gov Econ

environmental changes 6.16A identify institutions basic to all societies, including

government, economic, educational, and religious institutions

WH.25B summarize the fundamental ideas and institutions of 6.16B Western civilizations compare that originated in characteristics of Greece and Rome institutions in various WG.17 Culture. The contemporary student understands societies the distribution, patterns, and characteristics of different cultures.

WG.17A describe and compare patterns of WH.4D culture such as explain the political, 6.19B language, religion, economic, and social explain the land use, education, impact of Islam on significance of and customs that Europe, Asia, and religious holidays and 7.19A make specific regions Africa 5.22B observances such as explain how the of the world describe customs and Christmas, Easter, diversity of Texas is distinctive traditions of various Ramadan, the annual reflected in a variety racial, ethnic, and hajj, Yom Kippur, of cultural activities, religious groups in Rosh Hashanah, celebrations, and WG.17B the United States describe major world Diwali, and Vaisakhi performances WH.4B religions, including in various explain the animism, Buddhism, contemporary characteristics of Christianity, societies Roman Catholicism Hinduism, Islam, and Eastern Judaism, and Orthodoxy Sikhism, and their spatial distribution

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5.21 Culture. The 6.18 Culture. The 8.26 Culture. The WH.26 Culture. The US.25 Culture. The student understands student understands student understands student understands student understands the relationship the relationship that the relationship the relationship the relationship between the arts and exists between the between the arts and between the arts and between the arts and the times during arts and the societies the times during the times during the times during which they were in which they are which they were which they were which they were created. produced. created. created. created. US.26 Culture. The student understands how people from various groups contribute to our national identity.

5.22C US.26C summarize the explain how the contributions of contributions of people of various people of various racial, ethnic, and 8.26A racial, ethnic, gender, religious groups to describe and religious groups shape American our national identity 7.19D developments in art, culture identify contributions music, and literature that are unique to to the arts by Texans WH.26A 6.18A American culture US.25B such as Roy identify significant explain the such as the Hudson describe both the Bedichek, Diane examples of art and relationships that River School artists, positive and negative Gonzales Bertrand, J. architecture that 5.21A exist between John James impacts of significant Frank Dobie, Scott demonstrate an identify significant societies and their Audubon, "Battle examples of cultural Joplin, Elisabet Ney, artistic ideal or visual examples of art, architecture, art, Hymn of the movements in art, Amado Peña Jr., principle from music, and literature music, and literature Republic," music, and literature Walter Prescott selected cultures from various periods transcendentalism, such as Tin Pan Alley, in U.S. history such as Webb, and Horton Foote and other cultural the Harlem the painting activities in the Renaissance, the American Progress, history of the United Beat Generation, "Yankee Doodle," States rock and roll, the and "Paul Revere's Chicano Mural Ride" Movement, and country and western music on American society 6.18B 5.21B relate ways in which WH.26B US.25A explain how 8.26B contemporary analyze examples of describe how the examples of art, identify examples of expressions of how art, characteristics and music, and literature American art, music, culture have been architecture, issues in U.S. history reflect the times and literature that influenced by the literature, music, and have been reflected during which they reflect society in past drama reflect the in various genres of were created different eras history of the art, music, film, and

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cultures in which literature 6.18C 8.26C they are produced describe ways in analyze the which contemporary relationship between issues influence fine arts and creative expressions continuity and the past change in the American way of life 6.18D identify examples of WH.26C art, music, and identify examples of literature that have art, music, and transcend-ed the literature that boundar-ies of transcend the societies and convey cultures in which universal themes such they were created as religion, justice, and convey universal and the passage of themes time National/State Identity 5.17 Citizenship. The US.26 Culture. The student understands student understands important symbols, how people from customs, various groups celebrations, and contribute to our landmarks that national identity. represent American beliefs and principles and contribute to our national identity.

5.17A explain various US.26F patriotic symbols, discuss the including Uncle Sam, importance of and political symbols congressional Medal such as the donkey of Honor recipients, and elephant including individuals 5.17E 6.16C of all races and explain the analyze the efforts genders such as significance of and activities Vernon J. Baker, important landmarks, institutions use to Alvin York, and Roy including the White sustain themselves Benavidez House, the Statue of over time such as the

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Liberty, and Mount development of an Rushmore informed citizenry through education and the use of monumental architecture by religious institutions

5.17C recite and explain the meaning of the

Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag

US.26E 5.17B discuss the meaning sing or recite "The and historical Star-Spangled significance of the Banner" and explain mottos "E Pluribus its history Unum" and "In God We Trust" 5.17D describe the origins and significance of national celebrations such as Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Constitution Day, Columbus Day, and Veterans Day

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Cultural Interactions 5.4 History. The 6.17 Culture. The 8.23 Culture. The WG.18 Culture. The WH.3 US.3 GOV.17 Culture. The student understands student understands student understands student understands History. The student History. The student student understands political, economic, relationships that the relationships the ways in which understands the understands the the relationship and social changes exist among world between and among cultures change and contributions and political, economic, between government that occurred in the cultures. people from various maintain continuity. influence of classical and social changes in policies and the United States during groups, including civilizations from 500 the United States culture of the United the 19th century. racial, ethnic, and BC to AD 600 on from 1877 to 1898. States. religious groups, subsequent during the 17th, civilizations. 18th, and 19th WH.22 U.S.5 centuries. Citizenship. The History. The student student understands understands the the historical effects of reform and development of third-party significant legal and movements in the political concepts early 20th century. related to the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. 8.24 Culture. The WH.24 Culture. The US.17 student understands student understands Economics. The the major reform the roles of women, student understands movements of the children, and families the economic effects 19th century. in different historical of World War II and cultures. the Cold War.

6.17A WG.18D WH.3A identify and describe evaluate the spread describe the major how culture traits of cultural traits to political, such as trade, travel, find examples of religious/philosophic and war spread cultural convergence al, and cultural and divergence such influences of Persia, as the spread of India, China, Israel, 6.17C democratic ideas, Greece, and Rome, evaluate the impact U.S.-based fast-food including the of improved franchises, the develop-pment of communication English language, monotheism, technology among technology, or global Judaism, and cultures sports Christianity

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WH.4E describe the interactions among Muslim, Christian, and Jewish societies in Europe, Asia, and North Africa

WH.4F describe the interactions between Muslim and Hindu societies in South Asia

US.6A 6.17B analyze causes and 8.23A GOV.17B identify and describe effects of events and identify selected explain changes in factors that influence social issues such as racial, ethnic, and American culture cultural change such immigration, Social religious groups that brought about by as improved Darwinism, eugenics, settled in the United government policies communication, race relations, States and explain WG.16D such as voting rights, transportation, and nativism, the Red their reasons for compare life in a the Servicemen's economic Scare, Prohibition, immigration variety of urban and Readjustment Act of development and the changing rural areas in the 1944 (GI Bill of role of women world to evaluate Rights), the political, economic, Immigration and 8.25B social, and Nationality Act of describe religious environmental 1965, the motivation for changes Immigration Reform immigration and and Control Act of influence on social 1986, affirmative movements, action, and racial including the impact integration of the first and second Great Awakenings

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7.19B 5.4G US.26B describe how people identify the 6.17D WG.18C discuss the from various racial, challenges, identify and define identify examples of Americanization ethnic, and religious opportunities, and the impact of cultural cultures that movement to groups attempt to contributions of diffusion on maintain traditional assimilate maintain their people from various individuals and world ways, including immigrants and cultural heritage American Indian and societies traditional American Indians while adapting to the immigrant groups economies into American larger Texas culture culture

US.25D analyze the global 7.19C diffusion of American identify examples of WG.18A WH.23B culture through the 6.17E Spanish influence analyze cultural identify examples of entertainment identify examples of and the influence of changes in specific religious influence on industry via various positive and negative other cultures on regions caused by various events media effects of cultural Texas such as place migration, war, referenced in the diffusion names, vocabulary, trade, innovations, major eras of world US.25C religion, architecture, and diffusion history identify the impact of food, and the arts popular American culture on the rest of the world over time

WG.17C US.3C compare economic, WH.24A analyze social issues political, or describe the affecting women, social opportunities in changing roles of minorities, children, different cultures for women, children, immigrants, women, ethnic and and families during urbanization, the religious minorities, major eras of world Social Gospel, and and other under- history philanthropy of represented industrialists populations

6.15C 8.23D WG.17D WH.24B US.26D define a multicultural analyze the evaluate the describe the major identify the political, society and consider contributions of experiences and influences of women social, and economic

both the positive and people of various contributions of such as Elizabeth I, contributions of negative qualities of racial, ethnic, and diverse groups to Queen Victoria, women such as multiculturalism religious groups to multicultural Mother Teresa, Frances Willard, Jane our national identity societies. Indira Gandhi, Addams, Eleanor

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6.15D Margaret Thatcher, Roosevelt, Dolores analyze the 8.23E and Golda Meir Huerta, Sonia experiences and identify the political, during major eras of Sotomayor, and evaluate the social, and economic world history Oprah Winfrey to contributions of contributions of American society diverse groups to women to American multicultural society societies

WH.22C identify examples of politically motivated WG.18B mass murders in 8.23B assess causes, Cambodia, China, explain the effects, and Latin America, the relationship between perceptions of Soviet Union, and urbanization and conflicts be-tween Armenia conflicts resulting groups of people, from differences in WH.22D including modern religion, social class, identify exam genocides and -ples of genocide, and political beliefs terrorism including the Holocaust and genocide in the Balkans, Rwanda, and Darfur

8.23C 6.15F identify ways identify and explain conflicts between examples of conflict people from various and cooperation racial, ethnic, and between and among religious groups were cultures resolved

US.26A explain actions taken GOV.17A by people to expand evaluate a U.S. 8.24A economic government policy or describe the opportunities and court decision that historical political rights, has affected a development of the including those for particular racial, abolitionist racial, ethnic, and ethnic, or religious movement religious minor-ities as group such as the well as women, in Civil Rights Act of American society 1964 and the U.S. US.17D Supreme Court cases 8.24B of Hernandez v. evaluate the impact of identify actions of government and the Texas and Grutter v. reform movements, Bollinger in-cluding educa- private sector such as tional reform, the Great Society, Process Standard = Readiness Standard = Supporting Standard = 68 Culture Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 World Geo World Hist US Gov Econ

temperance, the affirm-ative action, women's rights and Title IX to create movement, prison eco-nomic oppor- reform, abolition, the tunities for citizens labor reform and analyze the movement, and care unintended of the disabled consequences of each

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The Impact of Innovation on Everyday Life 5.23 Science, 6.20 Science, 7.20 Science, 8.27 Science, WG.19 Science, WH.27 Science, US.27 Science, GOV.18 Science, technology, and technology, and technology, and technology, and technology, and technology, and technology, and technology, and society. The student society. The student society. The student society. The student society. The student society. The student society. The student society. The student understands the understands the understands the understands the understands the under-stands how under-stands the im- under-stands the role impact of science influences of science impact of scientific impact of science impact of technology major scientific and pact of science, the government and technology on and technology on discoveries and and technology on and human mathemat-ical technology, and the plays in develop-ing society in the United contemporary technological the economic modifications on the discoveries and free enter-prise policies and States. societies. innovations on the development of the physical technolo-gical system on the establishing political, economic, United States. environment. innovations affected economic conditions that and social societies prior to development of the influence scien-tific development of 1750. United States. discoveries and Texas. technolo-gical innovations. 8.28 Science, WG.20 Science, WH.28 Science, US.28 Science, GOV.19 Science, technology, and technology, and technology, and technology, and technology, and society. The student society. The student society. The student society. The student society. The student understands the understands how under-stands how under-stands the understands the impact of scientific current technology major scientific and influ-ence of scientific impact of advances discoveries and affects human mathemat-ical discoveries, in science and technological interaction. discoveries and technological technology on innovations on daily technolo-gical innovations, and the government and life in the United innovations have free enter-prise society. States. affected societies system on the from 1750 to the standard of living in present. the United States.

WH.27A identify the origin and diffusion of 8.28A US.27B major ideas in compare the effects explain how specific mathematics, of scientific needs result in science, and 5.23C discoveries and scientific discoveries technology that explain how scientific 6.20B technological and technological occurred in river discoveries and explain how innovations that WG.19B innovations in valley civiliza-tions, technological resources, belief 7.20A have influenced daily analyze ways agriculture, the classical Greece and innovations in the systems, economic compare types and life in different technological military, and Rome, classical India, fields of medicine, factors, and political uses of technology, periods in U.S. innovations such as medicine, including and the Islamic cali- communication, and decisions have past and present history air conditioning and vaccines phates between 700 transportation have affected the use of desalinization have benefited individuals technology allowed humans to and 1200 and in and society in the adapt to places China from the Tang United States to Ming dynasties 8.28B WH.27E US.28B identify examples of identify the explain how space how industrialization contributions of technology and changed life in the significant scientists exploration improve United States such as Archimedes, the quality of life

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Copernicus, Eratosthenes, US.10C Galileo, Pythagoras, compare the impact Isaac Newton, and of energy on the Robert Boyle American way of life over time

US.27A explain the effects of scientific discoveries WH.28E and technological identify the innovations such as GOV.19B contributions of electric power, evaluate the impact significant scientists telephone and of the Internet and and inventors such as satellite other electronic Marie Curie, Thomas communications, information on the Edison, Albert petroleum-based political process Einstein, Louis products, steel Pasteur, and James production, and Watt computers on the WG.20A economic describe the impact 5.23A development of the 6.20A of new information identify the 7.20B United States give examples of technologies such as accomplishments of identify Texas scientific discoveries 8.27B the Internet, Global WH.27C notable individuals in leaders in science and technological analyze the impact of Positioning System explain the impact of the fields of science and technology such innovations, transportation and (GPS), or Geographic the printing press on US.28A and technology, as Walter GOV.18B including the roles of communication Information Systems the Renaissance and analyze how including Benjamin Cunningham, identify examples of scientists and systems on the (GIS) the Reformation in scientific discoveries, Franklin, Eli Whitney, Michael DeBakey, government-assisted inventors, that have growth, Europe technological John Deere, Thomas Denton Cooley, Benjy research that, when transcended the development, and innovations, and the Edison, Alexander Brooks, Michael Dell, shared with the boundaries of urbanization of the WH.28D application of these Graham Bell, George and Howard Hughes private sector, have societies and have United States explain the role by the free Washington Carver, Sr. resulted in improved shaped the world of telecommunication enterprise system, the Wright Brothers, consumer products technology, computer including those in and Neil Armstrong technology, transportation and such as computer

transportation communication, and communication technology, and improve the standard technologies medical advancements of living in the United in developing the States modern global economy and society

WG.19A WH.27B evaluate the summarize the significance of major major ideas in technological astronomy, innovations in the mathematics, and areas of architectural transportation and engineering that energy that have developed in the Process Standard = Readiness Standard = Supporting Standard = 71 Science, Technology, and Society Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 World Geo World Hist US Gov Econ

been used to modify Maya, Inca, and the physical Aztec civilizations environment The Impact of Innovation on the Workplace

WH.28B explain the roles of 8.27A military technology, US.27C explain the effects of transportation understand the technological and technology, impact of scientific innovations 7.20C communication technological and such as the analyze the effects of technology, and management steamboat, the various scientific medical innovations and their GOV.18A cotton gin, and discoveries and advancements in applications in the understand how U.S. technological interchangeable workplace and the constitutional initiating and ECON.11B innovations on the parts resulting productivity protections such as advancing 19th analyze how 5.23B development of enhancements for patents have century imperialism technology relates to identify how Texas such as business and labor fostered competition growth scientific discoveries, advancements in the WG.20B such as assembly line and 8.27C technological agricultural, energy, examine the manufacturing, time- entrepreneurship analyze how innovations, and the medical, computer, economic, WH.8A study analysis, technological rapid growth of and aerospace environmental, and explain how 17th and robotics, computer innovations changed technology industries industries social effects of 18th century management, and the way goods were have advanced the technology such as European scientific just-in-time manufactured and economic medical advancements led to inventory marketed, nationally development of the advancements or the Industrial management and internationally United States, changing trade Revolution including the patterns on societies transcontinental at different levels of development railroad and the WH.28A US.28C 8.27D space program explain the role of understand how the 7.20E explain how textile manufacturing free enterprise analyze how technological and steam system drives scientific discoveries innovations brought technology in technological and technological about economic initiating the innovation and its innovations have growth such as how Industrial Revolution application in the resulted in an the factory system and the role of the marketplace such as interdependence contributed to rapid factory system and cell phones, among Texas, the industrialization and transportation inexpensive personal United States, and the Transcontinental technology in computers, and the world Railroad led to the advancing the global positioning opening of the west Industrial Revolution products 5.23D 6.20C 7.20D GOV.19A predict how future make predictions evaluate the effects WG.19C WH.27D understand the scientific discoveries about future social, of scientific examine the describe the origins potential impact on and technological political, economic, discoveries and environmental, of the Scientific society of recent innovations could cultural, and technological economic, and in 16th scientific discoveries affect society in the environmental innovations on the impacts of advances century Europe and and technological United States. impacts that may use of resources such in technology on explain its impact on innovations

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result from future as fossil fuels, water, agriculture and scientific thinking scientific discoveries and land natural resources worldwide and technological innovations WH.28 Science, technology, and society. The student understands how major scientific and mathematical

discoveries and technological innovations have affected societies from 1750 to the present

WH.28C explain the effects of major new military technologies on World War I, World War II, and the Cold War

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Acquiring Information 5.24 Social studies 6.21 Social studies 7.21 Social studies 8.29 Social studies WG.21 Social WH.29 Social US.29 Social studies GOV.20 Social ECON.21 Social skills. The student skills. The student skills. The student skills. The student studies skills. The studies skills. The skills. The student studies skills. The studies skills. The applies critical- applies critical- applies critical- applies critical- student applies student applies applies critical- student applies student applies thinking skills to thinking skills to thinking skills to thinking skills to critical-thinking skills critical-thinking skills thinking skills to critical-thinking skills critical-thinking skills organize and use organize and use organize and use organize and use to organize and use to organize and use organize and use to organize and use to organize and use information acquired information acquired information acquired information acquired information acquired information acquired information acquired information acquired information acquired from a variety of through established through established through established from a variety of from a variety of from a variety of from a variety of from a variety of valid sources, research research research valid sources, valid sources, valid sources, valid sources, valid sources, including electronic methodologies from methodologies from methodologies from including electronic including electronic including electronic including electronic including electronic technology. a variety of valid a variety of valid a variety of valid technology. technology. technology. technology. technology. sources, including sources, including sources, including electronic electronic electronic technology. technology. technology.

US.29A 5.24A differentiate 6.21A differentiate use a variety of both 7.21A differentiate 8.29A between, locate, and between, locate, and primary and between, locate, and differentiate WG.21A use valid primary and use valid primary and WH.29A secondary valid use valid primary and between, locate, and analyze and evaluate secondary sources secondary sources identify methods sources to acquire secondary sources use valid primary and the validity and such as computer such as computer used by information and to such as computer secondary sources utility of multiple software; interviews; software; interviews; archaeologists, analyze and answer software, databases, such as computer sources of biographies; oral, biographies; oral, anthropologists, historical questions media and news software, databases, geographic print, and visual print, and visual historians, and services, biographies, media and news information such as material; documents; material; and geographers to US.29D interviews, and services, biographies, primary and and artifacts to artifacts to acquire analyze evidence use the process of artifacts to acquire interviews, and secondary sources, acquire information information about historical inquiry to information about artifacts to acquire aerial photographs, about the United various world research, interpret, Texas information about and maps States cultures the United States and use multiple types of sources of evidence

5.24B WH.29F 7.21B US.29B ECON.21A analyze information 6.21B 8.29B analyze information GOV.20A analyze information analyze information analyze economic by sequencing, analyze information analyze information by sequencing, analyze information by sequencing, by sequencing, information by categorizing, by sequencing, by sequencing, categorizing, by sequencing, categorizing, categorizing, sequencing, identifying cause- categorizing, categorizing, identifying cause- categorizing, identifying cause- identifying cause- categorizing, and-effect identifying cause- identifying cause- and-effect relation- identifying cause- and-effect and-effect identifying cause- relationships, and-effect and-effect ships, comparing, and-effect relationships, relationships, and-effect comparing, relationships, relationships, contrasting, finding relationships, comparing, comparing and relationships, contrasting, finding comparing, comparing, the main idea, sum- comparing, contrasting, finding contrasting, finding comparing, the main idea, contrasting, finding contrasting, finding marizing, making contrasting, finding the main idea, the main idea, contrasting, finding summarizing, making the main idea, the main idea, generalizations and the main idea, summarizing, making summarizing, making the main idea, generalizations and summarizing, making summarizing, making predictions, drawing summarizing, making generalizations and generalizations, summarizing, making predictions, and generalizations and generalizations and inferences and generalizations and predictions, and making predictions, generalizations and drawing inferences predictions, and predictions, and conclusions, and predictions, and drawing inferences drawing inferences, predictions, and and conclusions drawing inferences drawing inferences developing connect- drawing inferences and conclusions and drawing drawing inferences and conclusions and conclusions ions between histori- and conclusions conclusions and conclusions cal events over time

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5.24C 6.21C 7.21C 8.29C organize and organize and organize and organize and GOV.20E ECON.21E interpret information interpret information interpret information interpret information evaluate evaluate economic in outlines, reports, from outlines, from outlines, from outlines, government data data using charts, databases, and reports, databases, reports, databases, reports, databases, using charts, tables, tables, graphs, and visuals, including and visuals, including and visuals, including and visuals, including graphs, and maps maps graphs, charts, graphs, charts, graphs, charts, graphs, charts, timelines, and maps timelines, and maps timelines, and maps timelines, and maps

WH.29B US.29C ECON.21B 7.21D 8.29D explain how understand how create economic identify points of identify points of WG.23B historians, when historians interpret GOV.20B models, including view from the view from the use case studies and examining sources, the past create a product on a production- historical context historical context GIS to identify analyze frame of (historiography and contemporary possibilities curves, surrounding an event surrounding an event contemporary reference, historical how their government issue or circular-flow charts, and the frame of and the frame of challenges and to context, and point of interpretations of topic using critical and supply-and- reference that reference which answer real-world view to interpret history may change methods of inquiry demand graphs, to influenced the influenced the questions historical events over time) analyze economic 5.24D participants participants 6.21D concepts or issues identify different identify different points of view about WH.29C points of view about explain the ECON.21C an issue, topic, or US.29G an issue or current differences between explain a point of current event identify and support GOV.20C topic 7.21E 8.29E primary and view on an economic with historical analyze and defend a support a point of support a point of secondary sources issue evidence a point of point of view on a view on a social view on a social and examine those view on a social current political issue studies issue or event studies issue or event sources to analyze studies issue or event frame of reference,

historical context, and point of view 7.21F 8.29F WH.29E US.29F identify bias in identify bias in identify bias in identify bias in

written, oral, and written, oral, and written, oral, and written, oral, and visual material visual material visual material visual material

US.29H WH.29H use appropriate skills 6.21F 7.21H 8.29H GOV.20F use appropriate to analyze and ECON.21F use appropriate use appropriate use appropriate use appropriate reading and interpret social use appropriate mathematical skills mathematical skills mathematical skills mathematical skills mathematical skills studies information mathematical skills to interpret social to interpret social to interpret social to interpret social to interpret social such as maps, to interpret studies information studies information studies information studies information studies information graphs, economic such as maps and such as maps and such as maps and such as maps and such as maps and presentations, information graphs graphs graphs graphs graphs speeches, lectures, and political cartoons 6.21E 7.21G 8.29G WH.29D US.29E GOV.20D ECON.21D 5.24E identify the elements evaluate the validity evaluate the validity evaluate the validity evaluate the validity analyze and evaluate analyze and evaluate identify the historical of frame of reference of a source based on of a source based on of a source based on of a source based on the validity of the validity of context of an event that influenced language, language, language, language, information, economic

Process Standard = Readiness Standard = Supporting Standard = 75 Social Studies Skills Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 World Geo World Hist US Gov Econ

participants in an corroboration with corroboration with corroboration with corroboration with arguments, and information from event other sources, and other sources, and other sources, and other sources, and counterarguments primary and information about information about information about information about from primary and secondary sources the author the author the author the author, including secondary sources for bias, propaganda, points of view, for bias, propaganda, point of view, and frames of reference, point of view, and frame of reference and historical context frame of reference Communicating Information 5.25 Social studies 6.22 Social studies 7.22 Social studies 8.30 Social studies WG.22 Social WH.30 Social US.30 Social studies GOV.21 Social ECON.22 Social skills. The student skills. The student skills. The student skills. The student studies skills. The studies skills. The skills. The student studies skills. The studies skills. The communicates in communicates in communicates in communicates in student student communicates in student student written, oral, and written, oral, and written, oral, and written, oral, and communicates in communicates in written, oral, and communicates in communicates in visual forms. visual forms. visual forms. visual forms. written, oral, and written, oral, and visual forms. written, oral, and written, oral, and visual forms. visual forms. visual forms. visual forms.

US.30B WG.22C WH.30A ECON.22A 5.25A 6.22A 7.22A 8.30A use correct social GOV.21A use geographic use social studies use economic- use social studies use social studies use social studies use social studies studies terminology use social studies terminology correctly terminology correctly related terminology terminology correctly terminology correctly terminology correctly terminology correctly to explain historical terminology correctly correctly concepts WG.22A design and draw appropriate graphics US.30C 7.22C 8.30C such as maps, GOV.21C ECON.22C use different forms transfer information transfer information diagrams, tables, and transfer information transfer information of media to convey from one medium to from one medium to graphs to WH.30D from one medium to from one medium to 5.25C 6.22C information, another, including another, including communicate transfer information another, including another, including express ideas orally express ideas orally including written to written to visual and written to visual and geographic features, from one medium to written to visual and written to visual and based on research based on research visual and statistical statistical to written statistical to written distributions, and another statistical to written statistical to written and experiences and experiences to written or visual, or visual, using or visual, using relationships or visual, using or visual, using using available computer software computer software computer software computer software computer software as appropriate as appropriate as appropriate as appropriate as appropriate

WG.23A plan, organize, and complete a research 5.25D 6.22D project that involves 7.22D 8.30D US.30A create written and create written and asking geographic WH.30C GOV.21D ECON.22D create written, oral, create written, oral, create written, oral, visual material such visual material such questions; acquiring, interpret and create create written, oral, create written, oral, and visual and visual and visual as journal entries, as journal entries, organizing, and written, oral, and and visual and visual presentations of presentations of presentations of reports, graphic reports, graphic analyzing visual presentations presentations of presentations of social studies social studies social studies organizers, outlines, organizers, outlines, information; of social studies social studies economic information information information and bibliographies and bibliographies answering questions; information information information

based on research and communicating results

Process Standard = Readiness Standard = Supporting Standard = 76 Social Studies Skills Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 World Geo World Hist US Gov Econ

5.25B 6.22B WG.22B WH.29G incorporate main and incorporate main and generate summaries, construct a thesis on supporting ideas in supporting ideas in generalizations, and a social studies issue verbal and written verbal and written thesis statements or event supported communication; communication supported by by evidence based on research evidence 6.22E WG.22D WH.30B GOV.21B ECON.22B use standard use standard use standard use standard use standard grammar, spelling, 7.22B 8.30B grammar, spelling, grammar, spelling, grammar, spelling, grammar, spelling, 5.25E sentence structure, use standard use standard sentence structure, sentence structure, sentence structure, sentence structure, use standard and punctuation grammar, spelling, grammar, spelling, and punctuation and punctuation and punctuation and punctuation grammar, spelling, sentence structure, sentence structure, WG.22E ECON.22E sentence structure, punctuation, and punctuation, and create original work 6.22F attribute ideas and and punctuation proper citation of proper citation of using proper use proper citations information to sources sources citations and to avoid plagiarism source materials and understanding and authors avoiding plagiarism Problem Solving and Decision Making 5.26 Social studies 6.23 Social studies 7.23 Social studies 8.31 Social studies WG.23 Social WH.31 Social US.32 Social studies GOV.22 Social ECON.23 Social skills. The student skills. The student skills. The student skills. The student studies skills. The studies skills. The skills. The student studies skills. The studies skills. The uses problem-solving uses problem-solving uses problem-solving uses problem-solving student uses student uses uses problem-solving student uses student uses and decision-making and decision-making and decision-making and decision-making problem-solving and problem-solving and and decision-making problem-solving and problem-solving and skills, working inde- skills, working inde- skills, working inde- skills, working inde- decision-making decision-making skills, working inde- decision-making decision-making pendently and with pendently and with pendently and with pendently and with skills, working inde- skills, working inde- pendently and with skills, working inde- skills, working inde- others, in a variety of others, in a variety of others, in a variety of others, in a variety of pendently and with pendently and with others, in a variety of pendently and with pendently and with settings. settings. settings. settings. others, in a variety of others, in a variety of settings. others, in a variety of others, in a variety of settings. settings. settings. settings. 5.26A 6.23A 7.23A 8.31A WG.23C WH.31A US.32A GOV.22A ECON.23A use a problem- use a problem- use a problem- use a problem- use problem-solving use a problem- use a problem- use a problem- use a problem- solving process to solving process to solving process to solving process to and decision-making solving process to solving process to solving process to solving process to identify a problem, identify a problem, identify a problem, identify a problem, processes to identify identify a problem, identify a problem, identify a problem, identify a problem, gather infor-mation, gather infor-mation, gather infor-mation, gather infor-mation, a problem, gather gather infor-mation, gather infor-mation, gather infor-mation, gather infor-mation, list and consider op- list and consider op- list and consider op- list and consider op- information, list and list and consider op- list and consider op- list and consider op- list and consider op- tions, consider tions, consider tions, consider tions, consider consider options, tions, consider tions, consider tions, consider tions, consider advantages and advantages and advantages and advantages and consider advantages advantages and advantages and advantages and advantages and disadvantages, disadvantages, disadvantages, disadvantages, and disadvantages, disadvantages, disadvantages, disadvantages, disadvantages, choose and choose and choose and choose and choose and choose and choose and choose and choose and implement a implement a implement a implement a implement a implement a implement a implement a implement a solution, and solution, and solution, and solution, and solution, and solution, and solution, and solution, and solution, and evaluate the evaluate the evaluate the evaluate the evaluate the evaluate the evaluate the evaluate the evaluate the effectiveness of the effectiveness of the effectiveness of the effectiveness of the effectiveness of the effectiveness of the effectiveness of the effectiveness of the effectiveness of the solution solution solution solution solution solution solution solution solution

Process Standard = Readiness Standard = Supporting Standard = 77 Social Studies Skills Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 World Geo World Hist US Gov Econ

6.23B WH.31B GOV.22B 5.26B 7.23B 8.31B US.32B ECON.23B use a decision- use a decision- use a decision- use a decision- use a decision- use a decision- use a decision- use a decision- making process to making process to making process to making process to making process to making process to making process to making process to identify a situation identify a situation identify a situation identify a situation identify a situation identify a situation identify a situation identify a situation that requires a that requires a that requires a that requires a that requires a that requires a that requires a that requires a decision, gather decision, gather decision, gather decision, gather decision, gather decision, gather decision, gather decision, gather information, identify information, identify information, identify information, identify information, identify information, identify information, identify information, identify options, predict options, predict options, predict options, predict options, predict options, predict options, predict options, predict consequences, and consequences, and consequences, and consequences, and consequences, and consequences, and consequences, and consequences, and take action to take action to take action to take action to take action to take action to take action to take action to implement a decision implement a decision implement a decision implement a decision implement a decision implement a decision implement a decision implement a decision

Process Standard = Readiness Standard = Supporting Standard = 78