Illinois Learning Standards
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Social Studies with Computers
14.A.2 Explain the importance of fundamental concepts expressed and implied in major documents including the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution and the Illinois Constitution.
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
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Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
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Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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14.B.3 Identify and compare the basic political systems of Illinois and the United States as prescribed in their constitutions.
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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14.C.3 Compare historical issues involving rights, roles and status of individuals in relation to municipalities, states and the nation.
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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14.C.4 Describe the meaning of participatory citizenship (e.g., volunteerism, voting) at all levels of government and society in the United States.
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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14.F.2 Identify consistencies and inconsistencies between expressed United States political traditions and ideas and actual practices (e.g., freedom of speech, right to bear arms, slavery, voting rights).
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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14.F.3a Analyze historical influences on the development of political ideas and practices as enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Illinois Constitution.
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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14.F.3b Describe how United States political ideas and traditions were instituted in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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16.A.2c Ask questions and seek answers by collecting and analyzing data from historic documents, images and other literary and non-literary sources.
Component: Creating a Social Studies Report
Reference: Text pp. 207-240
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16.B.2b (US) Identify major causes of the American Revolution and describe the consequences of the Revolution through the early national period, including the roles of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin.
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 6 Interested: -
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
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16.B.2c (US) Identify presidential elections that were pivotal in the formation of modern political parties.
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
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Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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16.B.2d (US) Identify major political events and leaders within the United States historical eras since the adoption of the Constitution, including the westward expansion, Louisiana Purchase, Civil War, and 20th century wars as well as the roles of Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 6 Interested: -
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
Required: - Suggested: 6 Interested: -
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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16.B.3b (US) Explain how and why the colonies fought for their independence and how the colonists' ideas are reflected in the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 6-8 Interested: -
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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16.B.3c (US) Describe the way the Constitution has changed over time as a result of amendments and Supreme Court decisions.
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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16.B.4 (US) Identify political ideas that have dominated United States historical eras (e.g., Federalist, Jacksonian, Progressivist, New Deal, New Conservative).
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: -
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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16.C.2a (US) Describe how slavery and indentured servitude influenced the early economy of the United States.
Component: Colonial Lists and Tables
Reference: Text pp. 1-20
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16.C.2c (US) Describe significant economic events including industrialization, immigration, the Great Depression, the shift to a service economy and the rise of technology that influenced history from the industrial development era to the present.
Component: Adding Interest to Your Social Studies Work
Reference: Text pp. 135-162
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16.C.3a (US) Describe economic motivations that attracted Europeans and others to the Americas, 1500-1750.
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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16.C.4a (US) Explain how trade patterns developed between the Americas and the rest of the global economy, 1500-1840.
Component: Colonial Lists and Tables
Reference: Text pp. 1-20
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16.C.4b (US) Analyze the impact of westward expansion on the United States economy.
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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16.D.3 (W) Identify the origins and analyze consequences of events that have shaped world social history including famines, migrations, plagues, slave trading.
Component: Colonial Lists and Tables
Reference: Text pp. 1-20
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16.D.4a (US) Describe the immediate and long-range social impacts of slavery.
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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16.D.4b (US) Describe unintended social consequences of political events in United States history (e.g., Civil War/emancipation, National Defense Highway Act/decline of inner cities, Vietnam War/anti-government activity).
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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16.E.2a (US) Identify environmental factors that drew settlers to the state and region.
Component: Colonial Lists and Tables
Reference: Text pp. 1-20
Required: - Suggested: 6 Interested: -
Component: Web Research Skills
Reference: Text pp. 57-74
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Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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16.E.2c (US) Describe environmental factors that influenced the development of transportation and trade in Illinois.
Component: Web Research Skills
Reference: Text pp. 57-74
Required: - Suggested: 6 Interested: -
Component: Adding Interest to Your Social Studies Work
Reference: Text pp. 135-162
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16.E.3a (US) Describe how early settlers in Illinois and the United States adapted to used and changed the environment prior to 1818.
Component: Colonial Lists and Tables
Reference: Text pp. 1-20
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Component: Web Research Skills
Reference: Text pp. 57-74
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16.E.4a (W) Describe how cultural encounters among peoples of the world (e.g., Colombian exchange, opening of China and Japan to external trade, building of Suez canal) affected the environment, 1500-present.
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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16.E.4b (W) Describe how migration has altered the world's environment since 1450.
Component: Adding Interest to Your Social Studies Work
Reference: Text pp. 135-162
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17.A.2a Compare the physical characteristics of places including soils, land forms, vegetation, wildlife, climate, natural hazards.
Component: Web Research Skills
Reference: Text pp. 57-74
Required: - Suggested: 6 Interested: -
17.A.3b Explain how to make and use geographic representations to provide and enhance spatial information including maps, graphs, charts, models, aerial photographs, satellite images.
Component: Adding Interest to Your Social Studies Work
Reference: Text pp. 135-162
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17.B.4b Analyze trends in world demographics as they relate to physical systems.
Component: Manipulate Social Studies Data with Spreadsheets
Reference: Text pp. 112-134
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17.C.3c Analyze how human processes influence settlement patterns including migration and population growth.
Component: Manipulate Social Studies Data with Spreadsheets
Reference: Text pp. 112-134
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17.D.2a Describe how physical characteristics of places influence people's perceptions and their roles in the world over time.
Component: Web Research Skills
Reference: Text pp. 57-74
Required: - Suggested: 6 Interested: -
18.C.4a Analyze major cultural exchanges of the past (e.g., Colombian exchange, the Silk Road, the Crusades).
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
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