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Social Studies with Computers
5 WI 3. compare types of human interaction with the environment
A. suggest reasons for the distribution of population and the location of selected places with respect to landforms, climate, natural vegetation, resources, historical events, or human wants
B. identify apparent changes in landforms, climate, natural vegetation, and resources which are the result of humans in a place
C. give examples of human alterations of the physical environment that have produced positive and negative consequences
Such as buildings, transportation facilities, mineral extraction, grazing
Component: Manipulate Social Studies Data with Spreadsheets
Reference: Text pp. 112-134
Required: - Suggested: - Interested: 6
5 DP 1. identify the purposes of national government
A. promote order and security
For example, armed services, international treaties
B. control the distribution of benefits and burdens of the society
For example, disaster relief (benefit) and economic regulations (burden)
C. provide means of peaceful conflict resolution
For example, labor arbitration, national courts
D. protect rights of the individual
For example, civil rights legislation, constitutional guarantees
E. promote the common welfare
For example, national highways, conservation programs
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: - Interested: 6
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
Required: - Suggested: - Interested: 6
5 DP 3. discuss the essential characteristics of American democracy
A. the people are the ultimate source of the government's authority
B. all citizens have the right and responsibility to vote and influence governmental decisions
C. government is run by the people directly or through their elected representatives
D. the powers of government are limited by law
E. all people have certain basic rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
Required: - Suggested: - Interested: 6
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: - Interested: 6
5 DP 6. identify the main functions of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government at the national level and cite activities related to these functions
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: - Interested: 6
5 DP 7. compare the executive, legislative, and judicial structures and functions of different national governments within North America
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: - Interested: 6
6 WI 3. use geographic terms to describe physical characteristics of regions and associate with information on physical and thematic maps
Component: Web Research Skills
Reference: Text pp. 57-74
Required: - Suggested: 6 Interested: 7
6 DP 1. distinguish among the characteristics and cite examples of monarchal, democratic, and dictatorial types of government
Examples should be drawn from the past as well as the present and should reflect different world cultures.
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
Required: - Suggested: 6 Interested: 7
7 AH 8. examine selected pre-Colombian Native American civilizations and determine their political, social, and economic structures
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 7 Interested: 6, 8
7 DP 1. use historical examples of monarchal, democratic, and dictatorial types of government to assess the degree to which the purposes of government were achieved in each case
Purposes of government are discussed under the Democratic Processes strand in grades three, four, and five.
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
Required: - Suggested: 7 Interested: 6, 8
7 DP 2. trace the development of democratic ideas and individual rights in selected societies
Examining the development of democratic ideas and individual rights in certain societies during specific time periods may lead to the conclusion that there was little development.
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 7 Interested: 6, 8
7 DP 3. explain the importance of individual rights in a free society
Political freedom
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 7 Interested: 6, 8
7 DP 4. discuss how policies and actions of government can protect individual rights and freedoms
Compare sections of the Ohio and United States constitutions that guarantee individual rights and freedoms with the Code of Hammurabi, the Justinian Code, and the Magna Carta.
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 7 Interested: 6, 8
8 AH 1. group events by broadly defined historical eras, examine multiple-tier time lines, and infer relationships between themes and events shown on the tiers
Such as African, Asian, European, North American, and South American societies from 1490 to 1815
Check computer software programs for the capacity to display and manipulate multiple-tier time lines.
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 AH 2. assess the importance of causal factors for historical events, justify conclusions, and suggest examples of the accidental as a causal factor in history
Such as the Renaissance; the Reformation; rise and/or fall of the Qing Dynasty, the Mogul Empire, and the Kanem-Bornu Empire; exploration; colonization; imperial conflicts; English, American, and French Revolutions; the Constitutional Convention of 1787
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 AH 4. assess the validity of historical narratives
A. examine historical documents to test claims and conclusions in historical narratives
Such as the English Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Northwest Ordinance of 1787, United States Constitution, the Federalist Papers, French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, and the United States Bill of Rights
B. obtain historical data from eyewitness accounts and compare sources to determine consistency and evaluate completeness
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 AH 7. explore how the settlement and development of the American colonies helped to create an American culture
Note that the American culture is comprised of diverse elements.
For example, consider the impact of the following: William Bradford, William Penn, the Mayflower Compact, the Virginia House of Burgesses, and the Maryland Act of Toleration
Component: Colonial Lists and Tables
Reference: Text pp. 1-20
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 AH 10. examine the national anthem as a symbol of the United States in terms of the characteristics of American constitutional democracy and the circumstances under which it was written
Characteristics of American democracy are discussed under the Democratic Processes strand in grade five.
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 PS 2. discuss the impact of the initial contacts between Europeans and Native Americans and explore the enduring legacy of those contacts
Contacts between Native Americans and French and English in Ohio can provide local examples for discussion.
Component: Colonial Lists and Tables
Reference: Text pp. 1-20
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 WI 2. explain mapped and/or graphed data on population distribution, density, and size
Component: Manipulate Social Studies Data with Spreadsheets
Reference: Text pp. 112-134
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 WI 5. recognize that political ideas go beyond national boundaries
For example, the impact of John Locke and Montesquieu on the American Revolution, the impact of the American Revolution on other countries
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 DM 3. explain the economic factors motivating the independence movement of the British colonies in North America
Component: Colonial Lists and Tables
Reference: Text pp. 1-20
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 DP 1. describe the major political ideas of John Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Thomas Jefferson
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 DP 2. discuss the political reasons the American colonists decided to become independent from England and explain the idea of the right of self-government as presented in the Declaration of Independence
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 DP 3. examine the United States Constitution as a contract between the national government and the people of the United States and outline key provisions of that contract
As a contract it establishes powers and responsibilities of government and specifically defines some of the rights and duties of individual citizens. It indicates that government derives its powers from the people and acts with their consent. The Constitution also limits the powers of the government (review the essential characteristics of American democracy). The principles of constitutional supremacy and federalism are also part of the contract.
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 DP 4. cite events, issues, and documents that preceded the 1787 Constitutional Convention which helped form the rationale for the American constitutional contract
Such as passage of the Quartering Act, taxation, Articles of Confederation
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 DP 5. explain how the law protects individuals in the United States
A. give examples of rights and freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights
B. apply the concept of justice, including due process and equity before the law
C. identify instances of discrimination in learning and work environments
D. identify legal means of dissent and protest against violations of rights
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 DP 6. discuss the division of powers within the federal system of government and identify the level of government (national, state, local) responsible for addressing particular concerns of citizens
Refer to sections of the United States Constitution that delineate the division of powers under the federal system of government. Refer to sections of the Ohio Constitution that bestow powers upon local governments.
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 DP 7. compare how governmental powers are separated as legislative, executive, and judicial powers and identify the main function of each branch of government at the national, state, and local levels
Use constitutional references to support claims about powers and functions belonging to each branch of the federal and state governments.
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 DP 8. describe and compare the processes for making, amending, enforcing, interpreting, and repealing laws at the federal, state, and local levels (including initiative and referendum in Ohio)
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 DP 9. discuss the establishment of "judicial review"
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
8 DP 11. identify the qualifications for voting in Ohio and compare with the constitutional protections for suffrage
Recognize that property ownership, race, gender, literacy, and certain tax payments no longer affect eligibility to vote
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 8 Interested: 7, 9
9 AH 1. group events by broadly defined historical eras and use time lines to explain patterns of historical continuity and change in the historical succession of related events
Such as African, Asian, Australian, European, North American, and South American societies; 1815 through 1919
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
9 AH 3. incorporate multiple causation into analyses and explanations of historical events
The American Civil War is an excellent example of an event with multiple causation. Students may examine causes such as slavery, states' rights, land policy and westward expansion, differences between the industrial North and the agrarian South, and tariffs.
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
9 AH 6. draw connections between ideas, interests, beliefs, and ideologies and their influence on individual and group historical actions
For example, consider the impact of Abraham Lincoln's ideas about slavery and the Union on his conduct of the War Between the States; the influence of the ideas of Karl Marx on Lenin and the Russian Revolution; and the influence of the Social Gospel movement on later reform efforts.
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
9 AH 9. use the geographic themes of place, human relationships with environment, movement, and regions to show the interrelationship between geography and historic events
Categorize and chart examples, such as: impact of Russian winter on Napoleonic campaigning (human relationships with environment), development of sectionalism (regions), idea of "the South" (place), development of colonies and spheres of influence (regions), immigration patterns (movement)
Component: Web Research Skills
Reference: Text pp. 57-74
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
Component: Adding Interest to Your Social Studies Work
Reference: Text pp. 135-162
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
9 PS 2. identify various groups of immigrants that came to the United States between 1815 and 1919 and trace the social, political, and economic developments that led to the migrations
Component: Adding Interest to Your Social Studies Work
Reference: Text pp. 135-162
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
9 PS 3. read narratives about individual immigrants experiences in the United States and determine if they substantiate general summaries about immigration
Component: Adding Interest to Your Social Studies Work
Reference: Text pp. 135-162
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
9 PS 4. describe the changing economic, political, and social situation of immigrants, African-Americans, and Native Americans in the United States from 1815 to 1919
For example, students may use the ideas and activities of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington to examine perspectives about the changing conditions of African-Americans during the nineteenth century.
Component: Adding Interest to Your Social Studies Work
Reference: Text pp. 135-162
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
9 WI 3. examine transportation and communication systems and their impact on the diffusion of people, ideas, products, and historical events
Such as rivers, canals, railroads, interurban trollies, telegraph, telephone, postal service (mail order), satellites, FAX technology
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
9 WI 6. examine reasons why people have gone to war against each other
Such as the Crimean War, War Between the States, Spanish-American War, Boxer Uprising, World War I
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
9 DM 6. explain the qualities of an efficient system of taxation
Such as cost of collection, tax base, ease of compliance, ability to pay
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
9 DP 2. identify consequences resulting from provisions of the United States Constitution
Lack of specificity prompting calls for a bill of rights, arguments over states' rights, the need for particular amendments
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
9 DP 3. examine how applications of the United States Constitution have changed over time and interpret applications of the document in terms of its contractual provisions and the use of the supremacy clause
Consider the amendment process, judicial interpretation, federal laws, and presidential actions
Refer to grade 8 for discussion of the United States Constitution as a contract
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
9 DP 4. distinguish between the powers held by each branch of government and determine when particular checks and balances are appropriate
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
9 DP 5. explain "judicial review" and cite historical instances of its use
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
9 DP 6. trace the development of political parties in the United States from 1815 to 1919, focusing on the attempts of political parties to address the significant issues of the day and the groups from which they drew their support
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: 9 Interested: 8
10 PS 2. compare patterns of immigration to the United States in the twentieth century with earlier centuries
Component: Adding Interest to Your Social Studies Work
Reference: Text pp. 135-162
Required: - Suggested: - Interested: 9
10 WI 7. examine historical situations and convey an understanding of key concepts in international relations
Include the concepts of state, sovereignty, nationalism, diplomacy, balance of power, and international order.
Component: Essays on American Government
Reference: Text pp. 21-41
Required: - Suggested: - Interested: 9
Component: Early American Letters and Memos
Reference: Text pp. 42-56
Required: - Suggested: - Interested: 9
10 DP 2. place the development of individual rights in the United States during the twentieth century in the context of international human rights
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: - Interested: 9
10 DP 3. analyze and evaluate situations in which individual rights conflict with each other or with other important interests
For example, fair trial v. free press, individual rights v. public good, freedom of speech v. national security
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: - Interested: 9
10 DP 4. evaluate the role of civil disobedience in the expansion of individual rights in the United States
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: - Interested: 9
10 DP 9. cite historical examples of the importance of voter participation, political party activity, and interest group activity
Find examples of close state and local elections, note the lack of partisanship about Cold War foreign policy, identify groups associated with various "rights" movements.
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: - Interested: 9
10 CR 5. associate the exercise of responsibilities with the exercise of rights
Such as courteous listening/freedom of speech, not infringing on the rights of others when exercising individual rights
Component: Social Studies Problems to Perplex Your Brain
Reference: Text pp. 163-196
Required: - Suggested: - Interested: 9
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