99859795HSED 5.09 - Social Science
Course Information
Description
This course explores major themes related related to United States History, World History, Economics, and Geographic regions of the world.
Total Credits
0

Course Competencies
  1. Analyze major themes in U.S. history
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Assessment
    Criteria
    analyze the accuracy of information sources
    differentiate between primary and secondary information sources
    interpret graphical sources of information
    identify different points of view on the same historical theme
    analyze the historical theme and its relationships to different historical time frames
    explain the significance of important people, their work, and their ideas to the historical theme
    explain the significance of technological advances, urbanization, and population growth to the historical theme

  2. Analyze major themes in World History
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Assessment
    Criteria
    analyze the accuracy of information sources
    differentiate between primary and secondary information sources
    interpret graphical sources of information
    identify different points of view on the same historical theme
    analyze the historical theme and its relationships to time frames and events
    explain the significance of important people, their work, and their ideas to the historical theme
    explain the significance of technological advances, urbanization, and population growth to the historical theme
    analyze why governments of various countries have sometimes sought peaceful resolution to conflicts and sometimes gone to war
    analyze ongoing change within and across culture such as: the development of ancient civilizations, the rise of nation-states, and social, economic, and political revolutions

  3. Analyze basic economic concepts
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Assessment
    Criteria
    use basic economic concepts such as: supply and demand; production, distribution, and consumption; labor, wages, and capital; inflation and deflation; market economy and command economy
    explain financial institutions such as: credit companies, banks, payday loan stores, and insurance companies
    analyze the ways in which supply, demand, competition, prices, incentives, and profits influence what is produced and distributed in a competitive market system
    explain global economic interdependence and competition, using examples to illustrate their influence on national and international policies
    analyze the economic roles of institutions in the economy

  4. Analyze major geographic regions and features
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Assessment
    Criteria
    identify geographic information and regions on a map (landforms, water, climate, culture, etc.)
    analyze the ways in which the unequal global distribution of natural resources influences trade and shapes economic patterns
    analyze how different economic, social, political, religious, and cultural systems have adapted to the major ecosystems around the world
    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 world