76859795HSED 5.09 - Social Science/Social Studies
Course Information
Description
Basic Social Studies skills for advanced level (9.0 - 12.9 grade equivalent) students.
Total Credits
2
Course Competencies
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Analyze major themes in U.S. historyAssessment StrategiesOral, Written or Graphic AssessmentCriteriayou include different points of view on the same historical themeyou include a minimum of three sources, including primary sourcesyou include an analysis of the historical theme and its relationships to different historical time framesyou include an explanation of the significance of important people, their work, and their ideas to the historical themeyou include an explanation of the significance of technological advances, urbanization, and population growth to the historical theme
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Analyze major themes in World HistoryAssessment StrategiesOral, Written or Graphic AssessmentCriteriayou include different points of view on the same historical themeyou include a minimum of three sources, including primary sourcesyou include an analysis or the historical theme and its relationships to different historical time framesyou include an explanation of the significance of important people, their work, and their ideas to the historical themeyou include an explanation of the significance of technological advances, urbanization, and population growth to the historical themeyou include analysis of why governments of various countries have sometimes sought peaceful resolution to conflicts and sometimes gone to waryou include an analysis of ongoing change within and across culture such as: the development of ancient civilizations, the rise of nation-states, and social, economic, and political revolutions
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Analyze basic economic conceptsAssessment StrategiesOral, Written or Graphic AssessmentCriteriayou use basic economic concepts such as: supply and demand; production, distribution, and consumption; labor, wages, and capital; inflation and deflation; market economy and command economyyou compare different types of economies such as: traditional, command, market, and mixedyou explain financial institutions such as: credit companies, banks, payday loan stores, and insurance companiesyou analyze the ways in which supply and demand, competition, prices, incentives, and profits influence what is produced and distributed in a competitive market systemyou explain global economic interdependence and competition, using examples to illustrate their influence on national and international policiesyou analyze the economic roles of institutions, such as corporations and businesses, banks, labor unions, and the Federal Reserve System
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Compare major geographic regions and featuresAssessment StrategiesOral, Written or Graphic AssessmentCriteriayou analyze the ways in which the unequal global distribution of natural resources influences trade and shapes economic patternsyou analyze geographic information to examine the effects that a geographic or environmental change in one part of the world such as: volcanic activity, river diversion, ozone depletion, air pollution, deforestation, or desertification, may have on other parts of the worldyou analyze how different economic, social, political, religious, and cultural systems have adapted to the major ecosystems around the world