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CE.1 The student will develop the social studies skills responsible citizenship requires, including the ability to
CE.4 The student will demonstrate knowledge of personal character traits that facilitate thoughtful and effective participation in civic life by
VUS.1 The student will demonstrate skills for historical and geographical analysis and responsible citizenship, including the ability to
VUS.6 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the major events from the last decade of the eighteenth century through the first half of the nineteenth century by
GOVT.1 The student will demonstrate mastery of the social studies skills responsible citizenship requires, including the ability to
GOVT.17 The student will demonstrate knowledge of personal character traits that facilitate thoughtful and effective participation in civic life by
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2B: The student understands the first era of American urbanization. Therefore, the student is able to
2D: The student understands the rapid growth of the “peculiar institution” after 1800 and the varied experiences of African Americans under slavery. Therefore, the student is able to
4A: The student understands the abolitionist movement.
The student is able to: distinguish between past, present, and future time; establish temporal order in constructing historical narratives of their own; reconstruct patterns of historical succession and duration, explain historical continuity and change.
The student is able to: identify the author or source of the historical document or narrative and assess its credibility; reconstruct the literal meaning of a historical passage; identify the central question(s) the historical narrative addresses; differentiate between historical facts and historical interpretations; read historical narratives imaginatively; appreciate historical perspectives; draw upon data in historical maps; utilize visual, mathematical, and quantitative data; draw upon the visual, literary, and music sources.
The student is able to: compare and contrast differing sets of ideas; consider multiple perspectives, analyze cause –and-effect relationships; draw comparisons across eras and regions in order to define enduring issues; hold interpretations of history as tentative; hypothesize the influence of the past.
The student is able to: formulate historic questions; interrogate historical data; identify the gaps in the available records and marshal contextual knowledge and perspectives of the time and place; employ quantitative analysis; support interpretations with historical evidence.
The student is able to: identify issues and problems in the past; evaluate the implementation of a decision.
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