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5 Government Political Science C2 Civic and Political Participation
Civics and
5 Government Political Science C2 Civic and Political Participation
explain Florida's role in the national economy and describe the conditions that
attract businesses to the state. Examples: tourism, citrus, cattle, phosphate, produce
- truck crops, spring water, climate, plant nurseries, transportation and recreation.
identify how trade promoted economic growth in North America from pre-
Columbian times to 1850.
summarize a market economy and give examples of how the colonial and early
American economy exhibited these characteristics.
trace the development of technology and the impact of major inventions on
business productivity during the early development of the United States.
identify people (entrepreneurs) from various social and ethnic backgrounds from
pre-Columbian times to 1850 who started a business seeking to make a profit.
Define the following economic terms as foundational economic concepts: scarcity,
trade-offs, opportunity cost, supply and demand, barter, trade, productive resources
(land, labor, capital,and entrepreneurship).
Identify the factors that increase economic growth (e.g. new resources, increased
productivity, education, technology)
Define supply and demand and construct a graph to illustrate supply and demand of
a good or service.
Discuss the importance of borrowing and lending in the United States and list the
advantages and disadvantages of using credit.
Discuss the function of banks in providing checking accounts, savings accounts, and
loans to consumers and businesses.
Describe the causes of inflation and explain who benefits from inflation and who
suffers as a result of inflation.
Using graphs and bar charts create a current personal wants and needs list for an
individual budget.
Compare how the various economic systems (traditional, market, command, mixed)
answer the questions: What to produce? How to produce it? For whom to produce?
Define supply, demand, quantity supplied and quantity demanded and graphically
illustrate situations that would cause changes in each.
Demonstrate how supply and demand determine equilibrium price and quantity in
the product, resource, and financial markets.
Use the concept of price elasticity of demand and supply to explain and predict
changes in quantity as price changes.
Identify the three basic ways that firms finance operations (retained earnings, stock
issues, and borrowing), and explain the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Compare the basic characteristics of the four market structures (monopoly,
oligopoly, monopolistic competition, and pure competition).
Graph and explain how firms determine price and output through marginal cost
analysis.
Describe how the earnings of workers are determined by the market value of the
product produced and workers' productivity.
Use case studies to graph and explain how the government uses taxation and
spending (fiscal policy) to promote price stability, full employment, and economic
growth.
Employ case studies to graph and explain how the Federal Reserve uses the tools of
monetary policy (discount rate, reserve requirement, open market operations) to
promote price stability, full employment, and economic growth.
Define and explain the key determinants of aggregate supply (AS) and aggregate
demand (AD), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), economic growth, unemployment,
and inflation.
Identify the different causes of inflation, and use case studies to determine who
gains and who suffers because of inflation.
Construct a circular flow diagram for a open-market economy, including elements
of households, firms, government, financial institutions, product and factor
markets, and international trade.
Describe the composition (M1, M2) of the money supply in the United States.
Compare credit, savings, and investment services available to the consumer from
financial institutions.
Demonstrate how banks create money through the principle of fractional reserve
banking.
Research and monitor financial investments, such as stocks, bonds, and mutual
funds.
Construct a credit plan for purchasing a major item, comparing different interest
rates.
Construct a one year budget plan for a specific career path such as university
student, trade school student, food service employee, retail employee, laborer,
armed forces enlisted personnel including elements such as housing expenses,
furnishing, utilities, food costs, transportation, and personal expenses (such as
medical, clothing, grooming, entertainment and recreation, and gifts and
contributions).
Evaluate how civilizations through clans, leaders, and family groups make
economic, political, and societal decisions for that culture (i.e. civilizations)
providing a framework for future city-state or nation development.
Explain how federal, state, and local taxes are used for the economy as a function of
the government for the United States.
Describe the banking system in the United States, and explain the organization and
functions of the Federal Reserve System.
Identify and describe laws and regulations adopted in the United States to promote
economic competition.
Define the role of the Federal Reserve System in providing and controlling the
available money supply
Describe how supply and demand influence price for products, resources, and
services.
Identify entrepreneuers from various social and ethnic backgrounds who started a
business seeking to make a profit.
Explain how the stock market, banks, and credit unions channel funds from savers
to investors.
Compare job skills needed in different time periods in United States history up to
1877, using a variety of information resources to research jobs and careers.
Assess the role of Africans and other minority groups in the economic development
of the United States up to 1877. Compare and contrast how the economic
exploitation of Africans influenced economic development in the North and South.
Identify and explain broad economic and social goals such as freedom, efficiency,
equity, security, growth, price stability, and full employment.
Use a decision-making model to analyze a public policy issue affecting the student's
community.
Research contributions of entrepreneurs, inventors, and other key individuals from
various social and ethnic backgrounds in the development of the United States
economy 1877 to present.
Diagram and explain the problems (shortage, surplus, other inefficiencies) that
occur when government institutes wage and price controls such as minimum wage
and rent control.
Examine the benefits of natural monopolies (economies of scale) and the purposes
of government regulation of these monopolies, such as utilities.
Explain how government responds to market failures and perceived social needs by
providing public goods and services.
Differentiate between different types of taxes (such as income, sales, social security)
and the impact of taxes (progressive, proportional, and regressive) on people.
Analyze how changes in federal spending and taxation would affect budget deficits
and surpluses and the national debt.
Explain how the costs of government policies may exceed their benefits because
social or political goals other than economic efficiency are being pursued.
Identify laws and regulations adopted in the United States since 1850 to promote
competition among firms such as the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Explain the role of banks and other financial institutions in the economy of the
United States since 1850.
Assess the impact of negative and positive externalities on the local, state, and
national environment such as water, land use, and air quality.
Analyze the differences between fiscal and monetary policy in the United States.
recognize that voluntary trade creates wealth between the Native Americans and
European explorers and colonists.
Identify examples of medium of exchanges (i.e. currencies) used for barter (trade)
for each civilization (i.e. each time period) and explain why international trade
requires a system for a medium of exchanges between trading both inside and
among various regions.
Categorize products that were traded among cultures and give examples of barriers
to trade of those products.
Describe traditional economies and elements of those economies that led to the rise
of a merchant class and trading partners.
Describe the relationship between civilizations that engage in trade and their
tendency towards peaceful relationships with other societies.
Explain how international trade requires a system for exchanging currency between
and among nations.
Assess how the changing value of the dollar affects trade of goods and services
between nations.
Compare and contrast the standard of living in various countries today to the
United States using gross domestic product (GDP) per capita as an indicator.
Define and distinguish between absolute and comparative advantage, and explain
how most trade occurs because of comparative advantage in the production of a
particular good or service.
Analyze case studies to show the impact of inflation on world economies between
World War I and World War II.
Compare the benefits and drawbacks of trade among individuals, regions, and
countries.
Use case studies to examine absolute and comparative advantage and explain why
most trade occurs because of comparative advantage.
Discuss the effect of barriers to trade such as quotas and tariffs and why nations
sometimes erect barriers to trade.
Explain the difference between balance of trade and balance of payments.
Compare labor productivity trends in the United States and other developed
countries.
Assess how changes in exchange rates impact the purchasing power of people in the
United States and other nations.
Analyze the arguments for and against free trade and free trade zones.
Compare the standard of living in various countries today to the United States using
gross domestic product (GDP) per capita as an indicator.
use physical and political/cultural maps to locate places in the state. Examples:
Tallahassee, student's hometown, Lake Okeechobee, Keys, Everglades and islands.
identify key elements of maps and globes such as a compass rose, cardinal
directions, key/legend with symbols and title.
construct a basic map using key elements found on a map Including: cardinal
directions and map symbols.
use a map and globe to identify a variety of landforms such as mountains, oceans,
peninsulas, lakes, rivers, deserts, plains.
locate on maps and globes the student's local community, Florida, the United
States, the seven continents, and the oceans.
describe how location, weather, and physical environment affect the way people
live, including the effects on their food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and
recreation.
use political, physical and thematic maps to identify elements such as alpha
numeric grids, title, compass rose, cardinal and intermediate directions, key/legend
with symbols and scale.
define country and continent using examples of both.
label a map identifying the continents, oceans, equator, north and south poles.
use a map to locate the countries in North America (Canada, United States, Mexico).
use a map to locate the United States, Washington D.C., Florida and Tallahassee.
use maps, tables, graphs and charts to analyze geographic information.
review the following elements and purposes of a political, physical and thematic
world map including but not limited to alpha-numeric grids, title, compass rose -
cardinal and intermediate directions, key/legend with symbols, scale, hemispheres,
latitude and longitude, continents and oceans.
use maps and globes to locate civilizations in ancient Greece, Rome Egypt and West
Africa.
identify and define manmade features as related to Mali, Egypt, Greece and Rome.
Examples: aqueducts, roads, cities, architecture.
describe the shape and location of Florida (relative and absolute).
identify the bodies of water and coastal features of Florida.
identify and describe the physical features of Florida.
locate and label the human features on a Florida map including the capital, major
cities, and tourist attractions.
explain how severe weather impacts Florida. Examples: hurricanes, thunderstorms,
heat waves.
interpret political and physical maps using the following map elements: title,
compass rose (cardinal and intermediate directions), symbols, legend, scale,
longitude and latitude.
locate physical and human features using maps, illustrations, images or globes.
use a variety of geographic tools, such as maps, globes and Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) to interpret current and historical information.
use latitude and longitude to locate places.
locate physical features on a map including but not limited to: gulf, delta, isthmus,
strait, bay, canyon, swamp, peninsula, cape, tree line in the United States.
identify major physical features of the United States on a map of North America:
Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mts., Mississippi River, Great Lakes, Great Salt
Lake, Rio Grande, Great Plains, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico.
construct maps, charts, and graphs to display geographic information.
identify and locate the original 13 colonies on a map of North America.
locate and identify each state on a U.S. map.
Using scale, cardinal, and determinant directions estimate distances between places
on current and ancient maps of Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Use a map or globe to locate the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), Yellow River (Huang
HeRed Sea), Nile River and Nile Delta, Mediterranean Sea, Upper and Lower Egypt,
and Nubia.
Use a map or globe to locate Phoenicia, Carthage, Crete, Greece, the Aegean and
Ionian Seas, the Hellespont.
Use a map or globe to locate the ancient east African kingdoms of Kush and Axum.
Use a map or globe to locate the Indus and Ganges river systems and discuss their
importance to the development of Indian civilization.
Locate the 50 states and their capital cities in addtion to the nation\'s capital,
Washington, DC, on a map.
Locate on a world map the territories and protectorates of the United States of
America (e.g. American Samoa, , Guam, Puerto Rico, and The U.S. Virgin Islands)
Locate major physical features of North America, including U.S., Canada, and
Mexico.
Use appropriate geographic terms and tools, including The Six Essential Elements,
as organizational schema to describe significant places and regions in U.S. history.
Employ applicable units of measurement and scale to solve simple locational
problems using maps and globes, such as determining distance between historically
relevant locations in U.S. history.
Use spatial perspective and appropriate geographic terms and tools, including six
elements, as organizational schema to describe any given place.
describe how the following regions exemplify the concept of region as an area with
unifying human or natural factors: a) three American colonial regions, b) West,
Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and c) North and South up to 1850.
describe the geographic characteristics of a state in the United States with the
assistance of maps, the internet/digital resources, atlases, and other reference
materials.
describe how culture and technology influence the perception of places and regions
in the United States.
describe the push and pull factors (economy, natural hazards, tourism, climate,
physical features, etc) that have influenced boundary changes within the United
States.
locate and describe places in the school and community. Examples: Cafeteria,
library, office, restrooms, gym and classroom.
identify the student's phone number, street address, city or town, and Florida as the
state in which the student lives.
Explain how major physical characteristics, natural resources, climate and absolute
and relative locations have influenced settlement, relations, and the economies of
major African, Southwest Asian, and Middle Eastern nations.
Determine the importance and impact of the Nile River Valley on Ancient Egyptian
and other African civilizations.
Use a map or globe to locate the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and identify Sumer,
Babylon, and Assyria as notable civilizations and empires in this region, and explain
why the region is known as the "Fertile Crescent."
Explain how the geographical location of ancient Rome contributed to the shaping
of Roman society and the expansion of its political power in the Mediterranean
region and beyond.
Interpret maps to explain why China\'s geographic boundaries served to limit its
interaction with other regions and cultures for many years.
Explain how major physical characteristics, natural resources, climate, and absolute
and relative locations have influenced settlement, relations, and the economies of
major African, Asian, European, and Olmec civilizations.
Use a map or globe to locate Asia Minor, the kingdoms of the Hittites, and ancient
Israel.
Determine how the geographical location of ancient Athens and other city-states
contributed to their role in maritime trade, their colonies in the Mediterranean, and
the expansion of their cultural influence.
Locate the "Seven Natural Wonders of Africa" on a map of continent: Nile River, Mt.
Kilimanjaro, Great Rift Valley, Serengeti, Sahara, Lake Victoria Falls, Table
Mountain.
Interpret current cloropleths or dot-density maps to explain the distribution of
population in Asia compared to the rest of the world
Locate major cultural landmarks that are emblematic of the United States such as
The Statue of Liberty, White House, Mount Rushmore, Capitol, Empire State
building, St. Louis Arch, Independence Hall, the Alamo, and The Hoover Dam.
Locate major physical landmarks that are emblematic of the United States such as
The Grand Canyon, Mt. McKinley, The Everglades, The Great Salt Lake, Mississippi
River, and Great Plains.
Explain how major physical characteristics, natural resources, climate and absolute
and relative location have influenced settlement, economies, and inter-
governmental relations in North America.
Analyze case studies of how the earth\'s physical systems affect humans.
Analyze case studies of how changes in the physical environment of a place can
increase or diminish its capacity to support human activity
Analyze case studies of the effects of human use of technology on the environment
of places.
Analyze case studies of of how humans impact the diversity and productivity of
ecosystems.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of policies and programs for
resource use/management.
Analyze case studies to predict how a change to an environmental factor can affect
an ecosystem.
compare and contrast the ways European colonists and Native Americans viewed,
adapted, and used the environment.
describe the impact that natural events (floods, volcanoes, earthquakes, droughts)
have on human and physical environments. Example: the harsh winter in
Jamestown.
Explain how the physical landscape has affected the development of agriculture and
industry in Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Use geographic terms and tools to describe the differences between at least three
major ecosystems in Africa and Asia.
Analyze the effects of desertification and erosion in African ecosystems.
Use maps to describe the location, abundance and variety of natural resources in
North America.
Locate and describe in geographic terms the major ecosystems of the U.S.
Use geographic terms and tools to explain differing perspectives on the use of
renewable and non-renewable resources in Florida and the U.S. over time.
Locate and describe in geographic terms major ecosystems of earth.
Use geographic terms and tools to explain how weather and climate influence the
natural character of a place.
Use geographic terms and tools to explain differing perspectives on the use of
renewable and non-renewable resources in Florida, the United States, and the
world.
Use geographic terms and tools to explain how earth\'s internal changes (e.g.
volcanic activity, folding) and external changes (e.g. erosion, water cycle)influence
the character of places.
Use geographic terms and tools to explain how hydrology (e.g. reclamation)
influences the physical character of a place.
Interpret a current thematic map to locate oil-rich countries in the Middle East and
Southwest Asia.
Use a map or globe to locate sites in Africa and Asia where archaeologists have
found evidence of early humans and societies.
Trace early human migration patterns from Africa and Asia to other parts of the
world.
Use a map or globe to locate ancient Rome and trace the greatest extent of the
Roman Empire.
Map and analyze the impact of the spread of Hinduism from India into parts of East
Asia.
Use a map or globe to locate the Huang-He river system and discuss its importance
to ancient Chinese civilization during the Shang Dynasty.
Explain how the geographic features of China that made governance and the spread
of ideas and goods difficult and served to isolate the civilization.
Use geographic terms and tools to explain cultural diffusion throughout North
America.
Use maps and other geographic tools to examine the importance of demographics
within political divisions of the U.S.
Interpret population growth and other demographic data for any given place in the
U.S. throughout its history.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze the effects throughout U.S. history of
migration to the U.S., both on the place of origin and destination, including border
areas.
Use maps to trace significant routes of human movement in the U.S. throughout
time.
Use geographic terms and tools to explain cultural diffusion throughout U.S. as it
expanded its territory.
Interpret databases, case studies and maps to describe the role that regions play in
influencing trade, migration patterns and cultural/political interaction in the U.S.
throughout time.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze the historic factors contributing to
human migration within and among places within the U.S. and to/from the U.S.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of the development, growth
and changing nature of cities and urban centers in the U.S. over time.
Use political maps to describe the change in boundaries and governance throughout
U.S. history.
Interpret population growth and other demographic data for any given place.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze the push/pull factors contributing to
human migration within and among places.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze the effects of migration both on the place
of origin and destination, including border areas.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of issues in globalization
(e.g. cultural imperialism, outsourcing)
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of the development, growth
and changing nature of cities and urban centers.
Use geographic terms and tools to predict the effect of a change in a specific
characteristic of a place on the human population of that place.
Use geographic terms and tools to explain cultural diffusion throughout places,
regions and the world.
Use political maps to describe the change in boundaries and governments within
the African continent over time.
Describe the Six Essential Elements of Geography as the organizing framework for
how to describe the world and places in it (The World in Spatial Terms, Places and
Regions, Physical Systems, Human Systems, Environment, The Uses of Geography).
Understand that a geographically literate person masters five sets of foundational
skills: asking geographic questions, acquiring, organizing, analyzing geographic
information and answering geographic questions. These represent a framework for
a mode of inquiry unique to Geography.
Explain how major rivers in Africa, Asia, and Europe affect the lives of the people
who live near them
Use geographic terms and tools to explain how deserts, dense vegetation and
mountainous regoins have separated communication and trade throughout time.
Compare maps of the Middle East and Southwest Asia in ancient times to modern
political maps of the area today.
Read, interpret, and design different types of projections, diagrams, graphs, and
maps including, but not limited to- political, physical, population, environments,
and economics in order to convey information about Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Use Global Information Systems (GIS) or other technology to view maps of current
information about the U.S. such as population density, changes in census data, and
district reapportionment over time.
Develop databases about specific place and provide a simple analysis about their
importance.
Translate narratives about places and events into graphic representations that
include maps, graphs, tables, etc.
Develop criteria for assessing issues relating to human spatial organization and
environmental stability to identify solutions
compare and contrast the cultural aspects and migration patterns of the Apalachee,
Calusa, Tequesta, Timucua and Tocobaga Indians of Florida.
identify the European explorers that came to Florida and the motivations for their
expeditions. Examples: Ponce de Leon, Panfilo Narvaez, Hernando de Soto, Jean
Ribault, Sir Francis Drake.
describe the causes and effects of European colonization on Florida's Native
American tribes.
understand the significance of St. Augustine as the oldest European settlement in
the United States (1565).
explain the purpose of missions and describe life on a mission.
analyze the theories of early migration routes on the North American continent
including the land bridge theory.
compare and contrast the cultural aspects of ancient civilizations including
Aztecs/Mayas; Mound Builders/Anasazi/Inuit.
identify Native American tribes from different geographic regions of North America,
including the cliff dwellers and the pueblo people of the desert Southwest, the
coastal tribes of the Pacific Northwest, the nomadic nations of the Great Plains, and
the woodland tribes east of the Mississippi River.
compare cultural aspects of Native American tribes from different geographic
regions of North America including but not limited to clothing, shelter, food, major
beliefs and practices, music, art, and interactions with the environment.
identify the early European explorers including but not limited to: Vikings, the
Spanish expeditions by Christopher Columbus, Hernando Cortes, Hernando de
Soto, and Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Bartholomew Balboa; expeditions by
French explorers Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain; the Portuguese
explorations by Ferdinand Magellan; and expeditions for England and Holland by
explorers Henry Cabot, Henry Hudson and John White.
describe the technological developments that impacted European exploration.
Examples: compass, sextant, astrolabe, seaworthy ships, chronometers, and
gunpowder.
investigate the European explorers including their nationality, sponsoring country,
motives, dates and routes of travel, and accomplishments.
describe the competition between the Native Americans, English, French, Dutch
and Spanish for control of North America.
Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the French and Indian War.
Compare the relationships among the British, the French, the Spanish and the
Dutch in their struggle for control of North America during European settlement
and colonization.
Compare the characteristics of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies:
such as colonial governments, geographic influences, resources and economic
systems, occupations, religion, and social patterns.
Identify the impact of key colonial figures such as John Smith, William Penn, Roger
Williams, Anne Hutchinson, and John Winthrop on the economic, political, and
social development of the colonies.
Analyze the system in which freed Africans and Native Americans sustained their
communities while defending Spanish Florida against attacks from the British such
as Ft. Mose.
Determine the role of Native Americans and Africans in the efforts to sustain St.
Augustine and the British Colonies.
Describe the contributions of key groups such as Africans, Europeans, and Native
Americans to the society and culture of colonial America.
understand the significance of Fort Mose as the first freed African community in the
United States.
compare and contrast reasons for Florida's colonial settlements of St. Augustine and
Fort Mose.
determine the economic, political and military relationships among the Spanish
colonists, the Native Americans and the Africans.
Explain the impact of the French and Indian War and consequent overhaul of
British imperial policy on the colonies from 1763 - 1774, including documents such
as the Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Declaratory Act,
Townshend Acts, Tea Act, and Intolerable Acts.
Explain colonial reaction to British policy on the colonies from 1763 - 1774, such as
written protests, boycotts, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the First
Continental Congress.
Examine the contributions of key individuals and groups, including Africans, Native
Americans, and women, to both the American and British war efforts and their
effects on the outcome of the American Revolution.
Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the Revolutionary War including
the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Thomas Paine's Common Sense, Second
Continental Congress, Battle of Bunker Hill, the Olive Branch Petition, the
Declaration of Independence, and the Battles of Saratoga and Yorktown.
Assess the colonists' reaction to British policy ideas as expressed in the Declaration
of Independence.
Examine political and social motivations that impacted individuals and groups
during the American Revolution such as Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys,
the Committees of Correspondence, Sons of Liberty, Patrick Henry, Patriots,
Loyalists, individual colonial militias, and the undecideds.
Identify the motivations for supporting and opposing ratification of the U.S.
Constitution, as well as the Bill of Rights.
Summarize the major domestic and international economic, military, political, and
socio-cultural developments and policies that took place during the presidency of
John Adams such as the XYZ Affairs, Alien and Sedition Acts, and Land Act of 1800.
Summarize the major domestic and international economic, military, political, and
socio-cultural developments and policies that took place during the presidency of
Thomas Jefferson: Election of 1800, Marbury v. Madison and judicial review,
Jefferson's First Inaugural Address, Judiciary Act of 1801, Lousiana Purchase, Lewis
and Clark Expedition, Hamilton Burr conflict/duel, and the Embargo of 1807.
Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as each impacts our nation's
history including the effect of the Treaty of Paris (1763) - Spain relinquished Florida
to England for the return of Cuba; British rule (1763-1783); Florida as refuge for
Loyalists during American Revolution; Second Spanish Period (1781); Spain enters
the American Revolutionary War as French ally and recaptures West Florida (1816.)
describe the causes and effects of the Louisiana Purchase.
identify and analyze the influences and contributions of significant people during
the period of Westward Expansion. Examples: Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea, Sgt.
York, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Tecumseh
and Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable.
examine the importance of advancements in transportation and communication
during the 19th century including canals, roads, steamboats, flat boats, overland
wagons, and railroads.
explain the importance of the explorations west of the Mississippi River. Examples:
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Zebulon Pike and John Fremont.
describe the economic and political factors surrounding the purchase of Florida.
explain how Westward Expansion affected the Native Americans. Examples: Trail of
Tears, Indian Removal Act.
know the reasons for and the results of the three Seminole Indian Wars.
identify key people and places during the Seminole Indian Wars. Examples: Andrew
Jackson, Osceola, Billy Bowlegs, and Francis Dade.
know the effects of technological advances on Florida. Examples: steam engine,
railroads, roadways and bridges.
describe pioneer life in Florida during the early 1800's including the role of men,
women and children (Florida Crackers).
Describe the debate surrounding the spread of slavery into the western territories
including the abolitionist movement, the Underground Railroad, and the Missouri
Compromise.
Examine the experiences and perspectives of significant individuals and groups
during the growth and westward expansion period in American History including
Sacajawea, Sergeant York, Africans, Mexicanos, Native Americans, Chinese and
Irish immigrants, and women.
Explain the impact of the transportation revolution during the 19th century and the
effect of roads, canals, bridges, steamboats, and railroads on the growth of the
nation's economy.
Identify the technological improvements, inventions, and inventors that contributed
to industrial growth such as Fitch- first American steamboat, Slater-textile mill
machinery, Whitney- cotton gin and mass production of muskets/interchangeable
parts, McCoy - industrial lubrication, Fulton- first commercially-successful
steamboat, Lowell- mechanized cotton mill, Underwood- canning factory, Morey-
internal combustion engine, Henry-electromagnet, Blair- seed planter, and
Jennings- dry cleaning process.
Explain how the textile industry in New England impacted industial growth and the
subsequent effect on the lives of women in children.
Analyze the impact of the Second Great Awakening of early 19th century social
reform movements such as abolition, women's rights, temperance, education,
prison and mental health reform.
Analyze technological advancements as they impacted the economics of slavery and
Southern agriculture such as the cotton gin and the steel plow.
Analyze the causes, course, and consequences of the rapid growth of slavery in the
South after 1800.
Examine the aspects of slave culture including plantation life, resistance efforts, and
the role of the slaves' spiritual system.
Examine the effects of the 1804 Haitian Revolution on the extension of U. S. Slave
Codes and the contributions of significant individuals such as Toussaint
L'Ouverture, Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner, and Gabriel Prosser.
Explain the main issues, decisions, and consequences of landmark Supreme Court
cases including McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), Gibbons v. Odgen (1824), Cherokee
Nation v. Georgia (1831), and Worcester v. Georgia (1832).
Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the women's suffrage movement
including the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and the Declaration of Sentiments.
Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as each impacts our nation's
history including Andrew Jackson's military expeditions to end Indian uprisings
(1818), developing relationships between the Seminole and runaway slaves, the
Adams-Onis Treaty (1819), Florida becoming a U.S. territory (1821), first state
legislature meeting in Tallahassee establishing it as Florida's first permanent capital
(1824) noting that Florida was formerly West Florida with its capital in Pensacola
and East Florida with its capital in St. Augustine, the drafting of Florida's first
constitution (1838), and Florida's admittance to the Union as 27th state (1845).
Examine the experiences and perspectives of different ethnic, national, and
religious groups in Florida, explaining their contributions to Florida's and America's
society and culture during the Territorial Period (1821-1845) including Osceola,
white settlers, U.S. troops protecting settlers, runaway African slaves, southern
plantation and slave owners, First Seminole War, General Andrew Jackson, Treaty
of Moultrie Creek (1823), Seminole relocation, Second Seminole War (1835), Chief
Billy Bowlegs, Third Seminole War (1855), Kingsley Plantation, Everglades, and
state seals and symbols.
Examine the experiences and perspectives of different ethnic, national, and
religious groups in Florida, explaining their contributions to Florida's and America's
history such as Native Americans, Africans, Spanish explorers, planters, Florida
Crackers, settlers, plantation owners, workers, and slaves.
describe how slavery and state rights impacted Florida during the 1850's.
know that Florida seceded from the union in 1861 and joined the Confederate States
of America.
describe major events in Florida during the Civil War such as blockades of Florida's
ports and the Battles of Ft. Pickens, Olustee, Ft. Brooke, and Natural Bridge.
identify contributions made by significant people, including men and women,
during the civil war such as Jacob Summerlin, Mary Martha Reed and those left at
home.
summarize the challenges Floridians faced during Reconstruction such as
sharecropping and segregation.
Explain the economic, social and political causes of the Civil War including
sectionalism and states' rights issues in the North, South and the West, and the
balance of power in the Senate.
Analyze the role of slavery in the development of sectional conflict including the
Abolition Movement, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, reactions to
publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott Decision,
Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858, raid on Harper's Ferry, the Underground
Railroad, Presidential Election of 1860, and the secession of the South.
Summarize the major domestic and international economic, military, political, and
socio-cultural developments and policies that took place during the presidency of
Abraham Lincoln (1860-1865) including sectionalism, states' rights, slavery, the
Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, and his Second
Inaugural Address.
Identify the division of the United States at the outbreak of the Civil War including
Confederate and Union States, slave states that remained in the Union, and western
territories.
Compare aspects of the Civil War for both the Union and Confederacy including
changes in technology, importance of resources, military leaders such as Abraham
Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and
William T. Sherman, and the effect of the war on civilian populations.
Compare the significance of the following Civil War battles and events including
Fort Sumter, Monitor v. Merrimack, Bull Run, Antietam; Vicksburg, Gettysburg,
Emanicipation Proclamation, Sherman's March, and the surrender of General Lee at
Appomattox.
Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as each impacts our nation's
history including slavery, influential planters,Florida's secession and Confederate
membership, women, children, elderly, pioneer environment, Union occupation of
coastal towns and forts, the Battle of Olustee including role of 54th Massachusetts
regiment, and the Battle at Natural Bridge.
Explain and evaluate the policies, practices, and consequences of Reconstruction
including presidential and congressional reconstruction, Johnson's impeachment,
the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, opposition of Southern whites to
Reconstruction, the accomplishments and failures of Radical Reconstruction, the
presidential election of 1876 and the end of Reconstruction, the rise of Jim Crow
laws, and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.
Distinguish the freedoms guaranteed to African American males with the 13th, 14th,
and 15th Amendments to the Constitution.
Assess how Jim Crow Laws influenced life for African Americans.
Compare the effects of the black codes on freed people and analyze the drawbacks of
the sharecropping system and debt peonage as practiced in the United States.
Explain the influence of the Nadir on the actions of African Americans in regard to
economic and race issues during Reconstruction.
Explain the significance of the Populist Party and its influence on public policy
including the graduated income tax and the direct election of Senators.
Explain how the debate between the "silverites" and "gold bugs" affected the
economy and the 1896 Presidential election.
Examine the social, political, and economic causes, course and consequences of the
second Industrial Revolution that began in the late 19th century.
Compare the first and second Industrial Revolutions in the United States.
Analyze laissez-faire policies and the influence of Social Darwinism relating to the
government's role in the economy.
Analyze the belief systems of nativists and how this impacted the integration of
immigrants into society when comparing "Old" (before 1880) and "New"
immigrants (after 1880).
Examine the importance of social change and reform in the early 20th century
including the new class system, migration from farms to cities and the role of
settlement houses and churches in providing services to the poor.
Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the labor movement in the late
19th and early 20th centuries.
Analyze the impact of political machines in U.S. cities in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries including Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall
Compare how different organizations worked to shape public policy, restore
economic opportunities, and correct injustices in American life, such as the NAACP,
YMCA, YWCA, Women's Christian Temperance Union, National Urban League,
fraternities and sororities, National American Women Suffrage Association, and
National Women's Party.
Evaluate and compare the contributions of progressives such as Robert LaFollette,
Florence Kelley, Ida M. Tarbell, Eugene Debs, Carrie Chapman Catt, Alice Paul,
Theodore Roosevelt, Upton Sinclair, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mary McCloud Bethune,
Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Gifford Pinchot, William Taft, and Woodrow
Wilson.
Summarize why the government tried to regulate business and the food and drug
industry through legislation.
Describe how new methods of marketing products impacted daily life in the early
20th century.
Describe various socio-cultural aspects of the late 19th early 20th centuries
including arts, literature, education and publications.
Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as they relate to United States
history such as the East Coast Railway, the Seven Mile Bridge, the cattle industry,
the cigar industry, the influence of Cuban, Greek and Italian immigrants, Henry B.
Plant, William Chipley, Henry Flagler, and Hamilton Disston.
Evaluate the legacy of the Monroe Doctrine and its effects on U.S. imperialistic
policy in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Explain how the United States acquired the territories of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto
Rico, the Phillipines, Guam, Samoa, the Marshall Islands, Midway Island, and the
Virgin Islands.
Analyze the motivations of the U.S. in its attempts to eliminate European spheres of
influence in China.
Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the Spanish American War.
Analyze the economic, military, and security motivations of the U.S. to complete the
Panama Canal as well as major obstacles involved in its construction such as
disease, environmental impact, and the challenges faced by various ethnic groups
such as Africans and indigenous populations.
Examine the causes, course, and consequences of U.S. involvement in World War I.
Categorize and explain the challenges the U.S. faced while trying to remain neutral
during World War I.
Examine the how the US government prepared the nation for war with measures
such as the Selective Service Act, War Industries Board, rationing, war bonds,
Espionage Act, Sedition Act and propaganda.
Examine the impact of the development of airplanes, battleships, new weaponry and
chemical warfare in creating new war strategies such as trench warfare and convoys
during WWI.
Compare the experiences Americans had while serving in Europe, including groups
such as African Americans, women and conscientious objectors.
Compare how the war impacted German Americans, African Americans, Hispanics,
women and dissenters in the United States.
Examine the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations and
reasons for U.S. opposition to the League of Nations.
Describe various socio-cultural aspects of the late 19th early 20th centuries
including arts, literature, education and publications.
Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as they relate to United States
history such as the Spanish-American War, Ybor City, and Jose Marti.
describe the causes and effects of the 1920's Florida land boom and bust.
describe changes in the lives of Florida residents during the Great Depression such
as unemployment, loss of homes and businesses, poverty and migration.
identify the contributions of key people such as Zora Neale Hurston, the
Highwaymen, Dr. P. Phillips, Jacqueline Cochran, John Pennecamp, Carl Fischer.
Discuss the economic outcomes of demobilization.
Explain the causes of the public hysteria associated with the Red Scare including
Sacco and Vanzetti and immigration restrictions.
Examine the impact of U.S. government economic policies during the 1920's.
Evaluate how the economic boom during the Roaring Twenties affected consumers
and American businesses.
Describe efforts of the United States and other world powers to avoid future wars
such as the formation of the League of Nations, the Washington Naval Conference,
the London Conference, and the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
Analyze the the influence that Hollywood, the Harlem Renaissance, the
Fundamentalist movement and prohibition had in changing American society in the
1920s.
Examine the role of Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism and its impact on
shaping political discourse within the black community and the nation.
Compare the views of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, and Marcus Garvey.
Explain why support for the Ku Klux Klan increased and decreased in the 1920's
and the response of African Americans to this organization during this era.
Analyze why there was active resistance to movements such as women's rights and
civil rights.
Examine the struggles for equality in the 1920's of groups such as women and
Native Americans.
Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the Great Depression and New
Deal, including opposition to the New Deal.
Analyze how the New Deal impacted the lives of ordinary Americans including
Hispanics, African Americans, and Native Americans.
Describe various socio-cultural aspects of the Roaring 20's and the Great
Depression including arts, literature, education and publications.
Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as they relate to United States
history such as the cause of the Florida land boom, speculation, the impact of
climate and natural disasters on the end of the land boom, invention of modern air
conditioning in 1929, New Deal programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps
planting of trees, creation of firelines, and building of overseas railroads, Alfred
DuPont, Majorie Kinnan Rawlings, Zora Neale Hurston and James Weldon
Johnson.
describe Florida's role in training military personnel and its economic impact.
evaluate the economic, political and socio-cultural changes as a result of post WWII
population growth.
analyze the impact of the population growth on Florida's cultural diversity.
identify the role of Florida in the Civil Rights Movement including the impact of
Harry T. Moore, Tallahassee Bus Boycotts, and Reverend C.K. Steele.
summarize the impact of the Civil Rights Movement on Florida.
Examine the causes, course, and consequences of World War II on the United States
and the world.
Describe the U.S. response in the early years of WWII such as the Neutrality Acts,
Cash and Carry, and Lend Lease.
Analyze the impact of the Holocaust during WWII on Jews as well as other groups.
Examine efforts to expand or contract equal rights for various populations such as
women, African Americans, Japanese Americans, and Mexican Americans.
Analyze the use of atomic weapons during WWII and the aftermath of the
bombings.
Describe the rationale for the formation of the United Nations and other
international organizations including how the United Nations differed from the
League of Nations.
Examine the causes, the course, and consequences of the early years of the Cold
War including the establishment of NATO, the Warsaw Pact, the Marshall Plan and
the Truman Doctrine.
Analyze significant foreign policy events during the Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy,
Johnson, and Nixon administrations.
describe the effect of the U.S. space program on Florida's economy and growth.
Identify causes for Post-World War II prosperity and its effects on American society
such as the G.I Bill, Baby Boom, growth of suburbs, Beatnik movement, conformity
of the 1950's and the protest in the 1960's.
Compare the relative prosperity between different ethnic groups and social classes
in the post-war period.
Examine the changing status of women in the United States from post-WWII to the
present.
Evaluate the success of 1960's era presidents' legislative and domestic policies
relative to civil rights, the Space Race and the Great Society.
Compare the nonviolent and violent approaches that African Americans used to
achieve civil rights.
Critique key figures and organizations in shaping the Civil Rights Movement and
Black Power Movement such as the NAACP, National Urban League, SNCC, CORE,
Charles Houston, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Constance Baker Motley, Ernest
Green and the Little Rock Nine, Roy Wilkins, Whitney M. Young, and A. Philip
Randolph, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Williams, Fannie Lou Hamer,
Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz), Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), H. Rap
Brown (Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin), the Black Panther Party (Huey P. Newton and
Bobby Seale).
Assess the building of coalitions between African Americans, whites, and other
groups in achieving integration and equal rights such the Freedom Rides and March
on Washington.
Explain the effects of Supreme Court decisions on busing and affirmative action
programs.
Examine the similarities of the social movements of the 1960's and 1970's including
Native Americans, Hispanics, women, and anti-war protesters.
Analyze the significance of Vietnam and Watergate on the government and people
of the United States.
Analyze the foreign policy of the United States as it relates to Africa, Asia, the
Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Analyze political, economic, and social concerns that emerged at the end of the 20th
century and into the 21st century.
Analyze the attempts to extend New Deal legislation through the Great Society and
the successes and failures of these program to promote social and economic society.
Analyze the role of the United States as a participant in the global economy
including trade agreements, international competition, its impact on American
labor and environmental concerns.
Analyze the effects of foreign and domestic terrorism, including the Oklahoma City
bombing, the attack of September 11, 2001, the Patriot Act, and the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq on American life.
Analyze the presidential speeches made to the Joint Congress including President
Bush's address following the Attacks of September 11, 2001.
Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as they relate to United States
history the selection of Central Florida as a location for Disney, the growth of the
citrus and cigar industries, construction of Interstates, Harry T. Moore, Claude
Pepper, changes in the space program, the use of DEET, Hurricane Andrew, the
Election of 2000, migration and immigration, and its role as a Sunbelt state.
develop an understanding of how to use and create a timeline.
develop an understanding of a primary source. Examples: Listen to the Star
Spangled Banner; examine a portrait of George Washington.
develop an understanding of a primary source (definition).
identify primary sources such as a portrait of George Washington, the Declaration
of Independence, and the Constitution.
use the media center or other information sources to locate information that
provides answers to questions about an historical topic.
analyze primary and secondary sources such as artifacts, photographs, documents,
videos and audio recordings.
utilize the media center, technology and or other informational sources to locate
information that provide answers to questions about a historical topic.
examine and evaluate primary and secondary sources such as artifacts,
photographs, maps, images, documents, audio and video recordings.
utilize technology resources to access primary and secondary sources and to gather
information from reliable sources.
define the terms related to the social sciences such as history, geography,
archaeology, civics, government, and economics as they relate to knowledge and
inquiry.
utilize primary and secondary resources to identify significant individuals and
events throughout Florida's history.
utilize print and electronic media such as encyclopedia, atlas, newspapers and
websites to synthesize information related to Florida history.
Identify terms and designations of time sequence (e.g., decade, century, epoch, era,
millennium, BC/BCE, AD/CE).
Interpret primary and secondary sources (i.e. artifacts, images, photos, sounds and
written documents).
Define the terms history and archaeology as they relate to knowledge and inquiry
(students should know history involves investigation and research, it is not merely a
story).
Discuss how history is an essential transmitter of culture and heritage, and a map of
human character.
Identify terms and designations of time sequence (e.g., decade, century, epoch, era,
millennium, BC/BCE, AD/CE)
Interpret primary and secondary sources (i.e. artifacts, images, photos, sounds and
written documents).
Define the terms history and archaeology as they relate to knowledge and inquiry
(students should know history involves investigation and research, it is not merely a
story).
Discuss how history is an essential transmitter of culture and heritage, and a map of
human character.
Provide supporting details for an answer from text, interview for oral history, check
validity of information from research/text, and identify strong vs. weak arguments.
Identify and analyze current events through a variety of media resources, electronic
and print (articles, editorials, journals, periodicals, reports).
Identify fact and opinion, and access and utilize appropriate research and support
materials such as fiction, nonfiction, technology, media, and current events.
Identify, within both primary and secondary sources, the author, audience, format,
and purpose of significant historical documents.
Compare different interpretations of key events and / or issues throughout U.S.
History.
View historic events through the eyes of those who were there, as shown in their art,
writings, music, and artifacts.
Analyze how images, symbols, objects, cartoons, graphs, charts, maps, artwork, etc
may be used to interpret the significance of time periods and events from the past.
Evaluate the validity, reliabilty, bias and authenticity of current events and Internet
resources.
Use case studies to explore social, political, and economic relationships in history.
Compare and contrast the lifestyles of hunter-gatherers of the Paleolithic Age with
those of settlers in early communities from the Neolithic Age.
Explain the importance of the invention of metallurgy and agriculture (i.e. growing
crops and domestication of animals).
Determine the impact of the following ancient Egyptian figures such as Narmer,
Imhotep, Hatshepsut, Ramses the Great, Akhenaten, and Tutankhamun.
Identify the ancient Israelites, or Hebrews, and trace their migrations from
Mesopotamia to the land called Canaan, and explain the role of Abraham and Moses
in their history.
Describe the religion of the Israelites: monotheism, the Ten Commandments, the
emphasis on individual worth and personal responsibility, the belief that people of
all classes must adhere to the same moral obligations, the Hebrew scripture (Torah)
as part of the history of early Israel.
Use a map or globe to trace the rapid growth and expansion of Islamic boundaries
to AD 1500.
Discuss significant people and beliefs associated with Islam including Muhammad
as the Seal of the Prophets, The Pillars of Islam, the importance of the Quran,
Islamic law, and the understanding of the relationship between government and
religion in Islam.
Describe the similarities and differences among Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Analyze the causes and effects of Islamic military expansion through Central Asia,
North Africa, and the Iberian Peninsula.
Describe the expansion of Islam into India and the relationship between Muslims
and Hindus.
Discuss the emergence and achievements of the Islamic "Golden Age" and
important individuals associated with it such as Al-Ma'mun, Avicenna, Averroes, Al-
Khwarzimi, Al-Hassan.
Analyze the causes, key events, and effects of the European Crusades against Islamic
rule in the Holy Land beginning in the 7th century.
Identify important figures associated with the Crusades such as Alexius Comnena,
Pope Urban, Bernard of Claivaux, Godfrey of Bouillon, Saladin, Richard Lionheart,
Baybars, Louis IX.
Describe the decline of Islamic rule in the Iberian Peninsula as a result of the
centuries long 'Reconquista.'
Use maps and globes to locate the African empires of Ghana (modern day
Mauritania, Western Mali, and Eastern Senegal); Mali (along the Niger River); and
Songhai (modern day eastern Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso).
Identify the significant individuals associated with the empire of Ghana (e.g.
Wagadugu, Sisse, Tenkamenin).
Examine the factors that caused the rise of the Empire of Ghana including the early
growth of settled population in the area, the use of iron, strategic geographic
position of the Soninke chiefdom, and economic trade - local/regional trade and
trans-Saharan trade of salt, copper, gold, slaves, rice, dried fish and other staples.
Analyze Ghana's economic system with regard to its monopoly on gold, domestic
and international trade, and its taxation policies.
Identify significant people and events associated with the Empire of Mali (e.g.
Mandinka, Soninke, Susu, Berbers, Fulbe, Wolof, Songhai, Serer, Tuareg, Naré
Maghann Konaté, Queen Amina of Zazzau, Mansa Abubakur II, Mansa Maghen,
Mansa Sulayman, Ibn Battuta, Battle of Kirina).
Compare the reigns of Sundiata and Mansa Musa with regard to the impact they had
on the empire of Mali.
Identify significant people associated with the Songhai Empire such as Sonni Ali,
Muhammad Ture, Tuareg, Hausa, Mandinka, Fulbe, Berbers, and Susu.
Summarize the accomplishments of Askia Mohammed the Great (i.e. educational
achievements including The University of Sankoré, and Islam's influence on
education; his creation of a full-time professional army; and his division of the
empire into provinces governed by a Fari, or governor).
Describe Songhai's economy and extraction of income such as exports of gold, ivory,
and slaves; importation of salt and horses; cowries as a medium of exchange along
with gold coins; tributes from vassal states.
Examine the internal and external factors that led to the fall the empires of Ghana,
Mali, and Songhai.
Identify civilizations such as the Olmec, Zapotec, and Chavin, and analyze their
legacies on later Mesoamerican societies.
Use a map or globe to locate the major civilizations of Mesoamerica and Andean
South America including Maya, Aztec, and Inca.
Describe the roles of people in Aztec, Incan, and Mayan societies, including class
structures, family life, warfare, religious beliefs and practices, and slavery.
Compare the significant political, economic, and cultural achievements of the major
civilizations of Mesoamerica and Andean South America including agriculture,
architecture, astronomy, mathematics, and trade networks.
Determine the impact of significant Mesoamerican rulers such as Pacal the Great,
Moctezuma I, and Atahualpa.
Analyze the cultural impact the ancient Phoenicians had on the Mediterranean
world with regard to colonization (e.g. Carthage), exploration, maritime commerce
(purple dye, tin), and written communication (alphabet).
Explain the democratic concepts developed in ancient Greece including the polis,
civic participation and voting rights, legislative bodies, written constitutions, and
the rule of law.
Compare and contrast life in Athens and Sparta, including the status of citizens,
women, children, foreigners, and helots.
Analyze the causes and effects of the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.
Summarize the important achievements of ancient Greek civilization in the areas of
art and architecture, athletic competitions, the birth of democracy and civic
responsibility, critical consciousness, drama, history, literature, mathematics,
medicine, philosophy, and science.
Identify and determine the impact of significant ancient Greek figures such as
Aeschylus, Alexander the Great, Archimedes, Aristophanes, Aristotle, Hippocrates,
Herodotus, Homer, Pericles, Plato, Pythagoras, Sappho, Socrates, Solon, Thales,
Themistocles, and Thucydides.
Explain how the geographical location of ancient Rome contributed to the shaping
of Roman society and the expansion of its political power in the Mediterranean
region and beyond.
Identify and determine the importance of significant figures associated with ancient
Rome such as Augustus, Cicero, Cincinnatus, Cleopatra, Constantine the Great,
Diocletian, Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, Hadrian, Hannibal, Horace, Julius Caesar,
Ovid, Romulus and Remus, Marcus Aurelius, Scipio Africanus, and Virgil.
Discuss the causes and effects of the Punic Wars and the importance of the legion to
Roman longevity.
Describe the government of the Roman Republic and its contribution to the
development of democratic principles, including separation of powers, rule of law,
representative government, and civic duty.
Explain the transition from Roman Republic to empire and Imperial Rome, and
compare Roman life and culture under each one.
Define Pax Romana and account for the growth and longevity of the Roman Empire.
Discuss the central tenets of early Christianity and the important people associated
with it including monotheism, belief in the divinity of Jesus, the concepts of the
Trinity and eternal salvation, belief in the Old and New Testaments, the apostles
and the establishment of the Church.
Account for the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire such as internal power
struggles, constant Germanic pressure on the frontiers, economic stagnation,
overdependence on slavery, overuse of mercenary soldiers in the Roman army.
Describe life in the Roman Republic for patricians, plebeians, women, children, and
slaves.
Explain the spread and influence of the Latin language, the use of Latin as the
language of education, law, medicine, religion, and science in Western civilization.
Explain the advantage Kush and Axum had in controlling trade routes that made
them an international trading power.
Describe the rise and fall of the ancient east African kingdoms of Kush and Axum
and Christianity's development in Ethiopia.
Use a map or globe to locate the extent of Byzantine territory at the height of the
empire.
Analyze the extent to which the Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the old
Roman Empire and in what ways it was a departure.
Explain the contributions of the Byzantine Empire including the Code of Justinian,
the preservation of ancient Greek and Roman learning and culture, artistic and
architectural achievements, and the empire's impact on the development of Western
Europe, Islamic civilization, and the Slavic peoples.
Describe the causes and effects of the following religious crises: the Iconoclastic
controversy, and the 11th century Christian schism between the churches of
Constantinople and Rome.
Analyze the following as causes of the decline of the Byzantine Empire: Justinian's
Plague, ongoing attacks from the 'barbarians,' the Crusades, and inconsistent
leadership.
Describe the rise of the Ottoman Turks, the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, and
the subsequent growth of the Ottoman empire.
Analyze the impact of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire on Europe.
Describe the orders of medieval social hierarchy, the emergence of feudalism, and
the development of private property as a distinguishing feature of Western
Civilization.
Describe the rise and achievements of Charlemagne and the Empire of the Franks.
Describe the causes and effects of the Great Famine of 1315-1316, The Black Death,
The Great Schism of 1378, and the Hundred Years War on Western Europe.
Use a map or globe to locate feudal Japan and describe the geographic features of
the islands.
Compare Japanese feudalism with the feudal system in place in parts of Western
Europe during the Middle Ages.
Explain the major beliefs and practices associated with Hinduism, and the social
structure of the caste system in ancient India.
Describe the growth of the Mauryan and Guptan empires and the political and
moral achievements of the emperor Asoka.
Explain the teachings of Buddha including The Four Noble Truths, Three Qualities,
and Eightfold Path, and discuss how Buddhism spread in India, Ceylon, and other
parts Asia.
Discuss important Indian artistic and intellectual traditions such as Sanskrit, the
Bhagavad Gita, medicine, metallurgy, and mathematics, including Hindu-Arabic
numerals and the concept of zero.
Describe the concept of the Mandate of Heaven and its connection to the Zhou
dynasty.
Explain the basic teachings of Tao and Confucius including the role of kinship in
maintaining order and hierarchy in Chinese society.
Detail the political and cultural achievements of the Qin and Han dynasties such as
the Great Wall and Silk Road.
Identify important figures from ancient Chinese civilization such as Empress Lu, Fu
Hao, Liu Bang, Shi Huangdi, Zisi.
Detail the political contributions of the Han and Tang dynasties to the development
of the imperial bureaucratic state and the expansion of the Chinese empire.
Analyze the development of industry and commerce in China during the Song
Dynasty.
Cite the significance of the silk roads and maritime routes across the Indian Ocean
to the movement of goods and ideas among Asia, East Africa and the Mediterranean
Basin.
Explain the rise and expansion of the Mongol empire and its effects on peoples of
Asia and Europe, including the achievements of Ghengis Khan in the context of
Mongol society and his impact on history.
Summarize the policies that led to Chinese isolation and analyze China's decision to
cease trade in the 15th century and its impact on China's international relationships.
Trace the economic causes for the rise of the Italian city-states such as Florence,
Genoa, and Venice and their cultural and political impact.
Discuss how scientific theories and methods of the Scientific Revolution challenge
those of the early classical and medieval periods.
Compare the religious reforms associated with Luther, Calvin, and Henry VIII.
Analyze the Roman Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformation in the
forms of the Counter-Reformation and Catholic Reformation.
Explain the causes and effects of the wars associated with the Reformation,
culminating with the Thirty Years War.
Identify the voyages and expeditions associated with China, Portugal, Spain, France,
England, and the Netherlands during the Age of Exploration.
Discuss and evaluate the scope and impact of the Columbian Exchange including
animals and plants, disease, foods, human populations, and ideas, on Europe,
Africa, and the Americas.
Examine the various economic and political systems of Portugal, Spain, the
Netherlands, France, and England in the Americas.
Recognize the practice of slavery and other forms of forced labor practiced in East
Africa, West Africa, Europe, Southwest Asia, and the Americas during the 13th
through 17th centuries.
Explain the origins, developments, and impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade
between West Africa and the Americas.
Analyze the extent to which the Enlightenment impacted the American and French
Revolutions.
Describe the effects of The French Revolution including the rise and rule of
Napoleon.
Describe the causes and effects of the Latin American and Caribbean independence
movements of the nineteenth century led by people such as Bolivar, de San Martin,
and L' Ouverture.
Summarize the social and economic effects of the Industrial Revolution such as
urbanization, increased productivity and wealth, the rise of the middle class,
conditions faced by workers and the rise of labor unions.
Summarize the causes, key events, and effects of the unification of Italy and
Germany.
Analyze the causes and effects of European imperialism upon the indigenous
peoples of Africa, Asia and Oceania.
Identify major events in China during the late 19th and early 20th centuries,
including growing Western influence, the Opium Wars, the Taiping and Boxer
Rebellions, and the fall of dynastic rule.
Describe the changing nature of warfare during WWI, including the impact of
industrialization, the use of total war, trench warfare, and the tremendous
destruction of the physical landscape and of human life.
Describe the causes and effects of the German economic crisis of the 1920s and the
global depression of the 1930s, and analyze how governments responded to the
Great Depression.
Describe the rise of totalitarian governments in the Soviet Union, Italy, Germany,
and Spain and analyze the policies and main ideas of Lenin, Stalin, Mussolini,
Hitler, and Franco.
Account for the destruction of individual rights and the use of mass terror against
the populations in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.
Trace the causes and key events of World War II such as expansion of totalitarian
empires, Battle of Britain, Pearl Harbor, El Alamein, Midway, Stalingrad, D-Day,
Battle of the Bulge, and Iwo Jima.
Analyze the impact of the Holocaust during WWII on Jews and other groups.
Identify the war time strategy and post-war plans of the Allied leaders (i.e.
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Truman).
Analyze President Truman's reasons for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan and
the short and long-term effects.
Describe the effects of World War II with respect to the human toll, financial cost,
physical destruction, emergence of the U.S. and U.S.S.R as superpowers, and the
creation of the United Nations.
Use a map or globe to identify the U.S. and Soviet aligned states of Europe and
contrast their political and economic characteristics.
Describe characteristics of the early Cold War including the policy of containment,
the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, NATO, the Berlin Airlift, and the Warsaw
Pact.
Describe the Chinese Civil War, the victory of Mao Zedong and the Communists
over Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists, and China's subsequent rise as a world
power.
Identify Mao Zedong's policies of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural
Revolution and their impact.
Summarize the causes and effects of the arms race and proxy wars (e.g. Korea,
Vietnam) in Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Identify the factors that led to the decline and fall of communism in the Soviet
Union and Eastern Europe (e.g. the arms race, the invasion of Afghanistan, growing
internal resistance to communism, and Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of perestroika
and glasnost).
Explain the background for the establishment of the modern state of Israel in 1948,
and the subsequent military and political conflicts between Israel and the Arab
world.
Analyze why some African, Asian, and Caribbean countries achieved independence
peacefully through legal means, and others as a consequence of armed struggles or
wars.
Describe the rise and goals of nationalist leaders such as Fidel Castro, Gamal Abdel
Nasser, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, and Jawaharlal Nehru, and the impact of
their rule on their societies.
Analyze the global expansion of liberty and democracy since the 1970s and the
successes or failures of democratic reform movements in challenging authoritarian
or despotic regimes in Africa, Asia, Caribbean, and Latin America.
Explain the rise and impact of Islamic fundamentalism in the last half of the 20th
century, and identify related events and forces in the Middle East over the last
several decades (e.g. the Iranian Revolution, Mujahideen in Afghanistan, Persian
Gulf War).
Identify major scientific figures and breakthroughs of the 20th century (e.g. Marie
Curie, Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, Sigmund Freud, The Wright Brothers, Charles
R. Drew, mass vaccination, atomic energy, the transistor, the microchip, space
exploration, the Internet, discovery of DNA and the Human Genome Project), and
asses their impact on contemporary life.
Describe the causes and effects of post-World War II economic and population
growth (e.g. medical and technological advances, consumer growth).
Explain cultural factors and governmental policies that create the potential for
ethnic cleansing or genocide (e.g. Holocaust, Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, the Balkan
region, Rwanda and Darfur), and describe various govenmental and non-
governmental responses to them.
Describe the causes and effects of various twentieth century conflicts such as those
in the Balkans, Cyprus, Kashmir, Tibet, and Northern Ireland.
Assess the social and economic impact of the spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on
a global scale, particularly within developing and under-developed world.
Account for the rise of regional trade blocs such as the European Union and
NAFTA, and discuss the impact of increased globalization in the late 20th and into
the 21st century.
Identify the U.S. and global response to international terrorism, specifically as it
relates to the attacks on the West by al-Qaeda and other groups (e.g. the bombing of
the USS Cole, the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the attacks in London and
Madrid in 2004 and 2005).
give examples of the use of power without authority in the school and community
such as bullying others, stealing, and damaging things that belong to other people.
explain why Americans have rights and identify some important rights guaranteed
in this country. Examples: the right to vote, the First Amendment rights.
identify ways citizens participate in community decisions.
evaluate the contributions of various African Americans, Hispanics, Native
Americans, veterans and women.
identify group and individual actions of citizens that demonstrate civic virtue such
as civility, cooperation, and volunteerism.
recognize that Americans of all ethnic groups and genders have contributed to the
growth of American democracy.
identify and compare the rights guaranteed under the Florida and the United States
Constitutions.
identify public issues in Florida that impact the daily lives of its citizens.
explain the importance of political leadership and public service in the community,
state, and nation.
identify ways citizens can work together to influence government and solve
community and state problems.
explain who is eligible to vote in Florida, and identify the processes of voter
registration and voting at the state, local, and national levels.
understand the importance of public service and volunteerism.
compare and contrast forms of political participation in the colonial period to today.
analyze how the Constitution has expanded voting rights from our nation's early
history to today.
identify and evaluate the importance of civic responsibilities in American
democracy such as respecting the law, voting, serving on a jury, paying taxes,
keeping informed on public issues.
identify ways that good citizens go beyond basic civic and political responsibilities to
improve government and society such as running for office, initiating changes in
laws or public policy, working on political campaigns, working with others on civic
issues.
recognize symbols and individuals that represent American constitutional
democracy such as the U.S. flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, the Declaration of
Independence, the White House, George Washington, and the current U.S.
President.
recognize and explain the importance of national holidays such as Independence
Day, Veterans Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Presidents Day.
explain how decisions can be made or how conflicts might be resolved in fair and
just ways.
identify the three branches of government in Florida and the powers of each.
identify goods and services provided by the state government and describe how they
are funded through taxes, fines, and fees.
identify the fundamental rights of all citizens as enumerated in the Bill of Rights.
examine the foundations of the American legal system by recognizing the role of the
courts in interpreting law and settling conflicts.
Trace the impact that the Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact,
and Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" had on colonists' view of government.
Describe how English policies and responses to colonial concerns led to the writing
of the Declaration of Independence.
Analyze the ideas set forth in the Declaration of Independence such as natural rights
and the role of the government.
Interpret how the Articles of Confederation led to the writing of the U.S.
Constitution.
Analyze the concepts of separation of powers and checks and balances as they are
found in the U.S. Constitution including the branches of government and the
Electoral College.
Discuss the reasons for the inclusion of the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution.
Recognize how early laws such as the Code of Hammurabi, Mosaic Law, the 12
Tables, Justinian's Code, English Common Law and the Napoleonic Code influenced
the U.S. legal system.
Evaluate the principles of order, liberty, justice, and equality as ideals expressed in
the founding documents.
Demonstrate how the Northwest Ordinance, Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom,
Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, selected Federalist Papers
(10th, 14th, 51st) led to the construction of the U.S. Constitution.
Analyze sentiments of Federalists vs. Anti-federalists, and the debate concerning the
addition of a bill of rights to the U.S. Constitution.
Relate how the debate over slavery played a role in the writing of and amending of
the U.S. Constitution.
Evaluate how the Constitution and its amendments reflected the political principles
of rule of law, checks and balances, separation of powers, republicanism, and
federalism.
Identify and evaluate the duties of citizenship, including obeying the laws, paying
taxes, defending the nation, and serving on juries.
Identify and evaluate rights contained in the Bill of Rights and other amendments to
the United States Constitution.
Simulate the trial process and the role of juries in the administration of justice.
Demonstrate the voting process and its impact on a school, community or local
level.
Describe the role and functions of political parties in the American political process.
Identify America's current major political parties and compare their ideas about
government.
Examine the impact of the media, individuals, and interest groups on U.S. public
policy.
Develop a plan to resolve a state or local public policy issue by examining alternative
solutions, identifying the appropriate level of government responsible for the
problem, and analyzing possible outcomes of working with government leaders and
resources to address the issue.
Recognize the role of civic virtue in the lives of citizens and leaders from the colonial
period through Reconstruction.
Differentiate between forms of civic and political participation during the colonial
period through reconstruction.
Apply the rights contained in the U. S. Constitution to the lives of citizens today.
Evaluate how the Constitution has expanded voting rights from our nation's early
history to present day.
Assess the criteria for becoming a citizen and the process for naturalization in the
United States.
Distinguish between and evaluate the importance of political participation and civic
participation.
Demonstrate the duties and responsibilities of citizenship such as registering or pre-
registering to vote, participating in a political campaign, or a mock election.
Define and identify how civil rights have been expanded by examining primary
documents such as the Preamble, Declaration of Independence, the U.S.
Constitution, the Emancipation Proclamation, the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, 24th, and
26th Amendments, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Identify and research public policy issues, needs or concerns of citizens at a local,
state and federal level and demonstrate methods of communicating with
appropriate government officials.
Analyze multiple public policy solutions or courses of action to resolve a state, local,
or federal issue.
Explain the role of television, radio, the press, and the Internet in political
communication.
Describe and evaluate the roles of political parties, interest groups, the media, and
individuals in determining and shaping public policy.
Identify different forms of governments and cite examples of countries with each
type such as monarchy, representative democracy, parliamentary democracy,
dictatorship, socialism, communism.
Identify essential rights protected by the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights and
determine their impact on the individual and society.
Evaluate the role of the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, 24th, 26th amendments in moving the
nation towards full participation of minority groups in American democracy.
Identify and analyze the structure and function of the executive branch.
Identify and analyze the structure and function of the legislative branch.
Analyze the various levels and responsibilities of courts in the federal judicial
system and explain federal supremacy.
Explain and analyze the significance and outcomes of landmark Supreme Court
cases such as Marbury v. Madison, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education,
Gideon v. Wainwright, Miranda v. Arizona, Tinker v. Des Moines, Hazlewood v.
Kuhlmier, United States v. Nixon, Bush v. Gore.
Examine the State of Florida Constitution and the branches of state government.
Describe the process by which a bill becomes a law in the State of Florida.
Analyze the structures and functions of the legislative branch as described in Article
I of the Constitution.
Analyze the structures and functions of the executive branch as described in Article
II of the Constitution.
Identify the role of independent regulatory agencies in the federal bureaucracy such
as The Federal Reserve, Food and Drug Administration, Federal Communications
Commission.
Analyze the structures and functions of the judicial branch as described in Article III
of the Constitution
Analyze the various levels and responsibilities of courts in the federal and state
judicial system and explain the relationships among them.
Evaluate the significance and outcomes of landmark Supreme Court cases such as
Marbury v. Madison, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Gideon v.
Wainwright, Miranda v. Arizona, Tinker v. Des Moines, Hazlewood v. Kuhlmier,
United States v. Nixon, Roe v. Wade, and Bush v. Gore.
Simulate the judical decision making process in interpreting law at the state and
federal level.
Identify and explain the structure and functions of state and local governments.
Identify and examine how power and responsibility are distributed, shared, and
limited by the U. S. Constitution.
Define U.S. foreign policy.
Recognize the participation of the United States government and its citizens in
governmental and nongovernmental international organizations such as the United
Nations, NATO, and the World Court.
Describe the influences of and the process by which U.S. foreign policy is made.
Evaluate the impact of U.S. domestic and foreign policies on international relations,
both past and present, such as economic actions, military intervention, human
rights, and humanitarian aid.
Identify the role of The United States and its citizens in governmental and non-
governmental international organizations such as the United Nations, NATO, World
Court, Organization of American States, International Red Cross, Amnesty
International.
Grade strand Subject standard
American
K History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
K History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
K History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
K History History H3.E Chronological Thinking
American
K History History H3.E Chronological Thinking
American
K History History H3.E Chronological Thinking
C1 Foundations of Government, Law, and the
K Civics Political Science American Political System
C1 Foundations of Government, Law, and the
K Civics Political Science American Political System
American
1 History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
1 History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
1 History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
1 History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
1 History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
1 History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
1 History History H3.E Chronological Thinking
American
1 History History H3.E Chronological Thinking
C1 Foundations of Government, Law, and the
1 Civics Political Science American Political System
C1 Foundations of Government, Law, and the
1 Civics Political Science American Political System
C1 Foundations of Government, Law, and the
1 Civics Political Science American Political System
American
2 History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
2 History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
2 History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
2 History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
2 History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
2 History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
2 History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
2 History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
2 History History H3.E Chronological Thinking
American
2 History History H3.E Chronological Thinking
C1 Foundations of Government, Law, and the
2 Civics Political Science American Political System
C1 Foundations of Government, Law, and the
2 Civics Political Science American Political System
C1 Foundations of Government, Law, and the
2 Civics Political Science American Political System
C1 Foundations of Government, Law, and the
2 Civics Political Science American Political System
American
3 History History H1.E Historical Inquiry and Analysis
American
3 History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
3 History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
3 World History History H2.E Historical Knowledge
American
4 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
4 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
4 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
4 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American AH02.E Colonization and Conflict 1607-
4 History History 1780's
American AH02.E Colonization and Conflict 1607-
4 History History 1780's
American AH02.E Colonization and Conflict 1607-
4 History History 1780's
American AH02.E Colonization and Conflict 1607-
4 History History 1780's
American AH03.E American Revolution & Birth of a
4 History History Nation 1763-1815
American
4 History History AH09.E WWII & Post War
American
4 History History AH09.E WWII & Post War
American AH10.E Contemporary America into the 21st
4 History History Century
American AH10.E Contemporary America into the 21st
4 History History Century
American AH10.E Contemporary America into the 21st
4 History History Century
American
4 History History H1.E Historical Inquiry and Analysis
American
4 History History H1.E Historical Inquiry and Analysis
American
4 History History H1.E Historical Inquiry and Analysis
American
4 History History H3.E Chronological Thinking
C1 Foundations of Government, Law, and the
4 Civics Political Science American Political System
C1 Foundations of Government, Law, and the
4 Civics Political Science American Political System
American
5 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
5 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
5 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
5 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
5 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
5 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
5 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
5 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
5 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
5 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
5 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
5 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
5 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
5 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
5 History History AH01.E Pre-Columbian to 1607
American
5 History History H1.E Historical Inquiry and Analysis
American
5 History History H1.E Historical Inquiry and Analysis
American
5 History History H1.E Historical Inquiry and Analysis
American
5 History History H1.E Historical Inquiry and Analysis
Civics and C1 Foundations of Government, Law, and the
5 Government Political Science American Political System
Civics and C1 Foundations of Government, Law, and the
5 Government Political Science American Political System
Civics and C1 Foundations of Government, Law, and the
5 Government Political Science American Political System
Civics and
5 Government Political Science C2 Civic and Political Participation
Civics and
5 Government Political Science C2 Civic and Political Participation
Civics and
5 Government Political Science C3 Structure and Functions of Government
Civics and
5 Government Political Science C3 Structure and Functions of Government
Civics and
5 Government Political Science C3 Structure and Functions of Government
Civics and
5 Government Political Science C3 Structure and Functions of Government
Civics and
5 Government Political Science C3 Structure and Functions of Government
Civics and
5 Government Political Science C3 Structure and Functions of Government
E2.S The student will understand the
fundamental concepts relevant to the
6 Economics Economics development of a Market Economy.
E2.S The student will understand the
fundamental concepts relevant to the
6 Economics Economics development of a Market Economy.
E2.S The student will understand the
fundamental concepts relevant to the
6 Economics Economics development of a Market Economy.
E2.S The student will understand the
fundamental concepts relevant to the
6 Economics Economics development of a Market Economy.
E3.S The student will understand the
fundamental concepts relevant to the
institutions, structure and functions of a
6 Economics Economics National Economy.
E3.S The student will understand the
fundamental concepts relevant to the
institutions, structure and functions of a
6 Economics Economics National Economy.
E4.S The student will understand the
fundamental concepts and interrelationships
of the U.S. economy in the international
6 Economics Economics marketplace.
E4.S The student will understand the
fundamental concepts and interrelationships
of the U.S. economy in the international
6 Economics Economics marketplace.
E4.S The student will understand the
fundamental concepts and interrelationships
of the U.S. economy in the international
6 Economics Economics marketplace.
E4.S The student will understand the
fundamental concepts and interrelationships
of the U.S. economy in the international
6 Economics Economics marketplace.
E4.S The student will understand the
fundamental concepts and interrelationships
of the U.S. economy in the international
6 Economics Economics marketplace.
G1.S Understand how to use maps and other
geographic representations, tools and
6 Geography Geography technology to report information.
G1.S Understand how to use maps and other
geographic representations, tools and
6 Geography Geography technology to report information.
G1.S Understand how to use maps and other
geographic representations, tools and
6 Geography Geography technology to report information.
G1.S Understand how to use maps and other
geographic representations, tools and
6 Geography Geography technology to report information.
G1.S Understand how to use maps and other
geographic representations, tools and
6 Geography Geography technology to report information.
G1.S Understand how to use maps and other
geographic representations, tools and
6 Geography Geography technology to report information.
G1.S Understand how to use maps and other
geographic representations, tools and
6 Geography Geography technology to report information.
G1.S Understand how to use maps and other
geographic representations, tools and
6 Geography Geography technology to report information.
G1.S Understand how to use maps and other
geographic representations, tools and
6 Geography Geography technology to report information.
G1.S Understand how to use maps and other
geographic representations, tools and
6 Geography Geography technology to report information.
describe the relative location of people, places, and things by using positional
words, with emphasis on near/far, above/below, left/right and behind/front.
explain that maps and globes show a view from above.
differentiate land and water features on simple maps and globes.
locate and describe places in the school and community. Examples: Cafeteria,
library, office, restrooms, gym and classroom.
identify the student's phone number, street address, city or town, and Florida
as the state in which the student lives.
identify basic landforms. Examples: mountain, coast and plain.
identify basic bodies of water. Examples: river, lake and ocean.
describe and give examples of seasonal weather changes and illustrate how
weather affects people and the environment.
listen to and retell stories about people in the past who have shown honesty,
courage, and responsibility. Examples: Pocahontas, George Washington,
Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., and Harriet Tubman.
recognize the importance of U.S. symbols. Examples: the Statue of Liberty,
the bald eagle, the Star Spangled Banner, national and state flags.
use words and phrases related to chronology and time to explain how things
change. Examples: before, after; morning, afternoon, evening; today,
tomorrow, yesterday; day, week, month, year.
use terms related to time and sequentially order events that have occurred in
the school. Example past, present, future; yesterday, today, tomorrow; last
week, this week, next week.
explain that calendars are used to represent days of the week and months of
the year.
compare and contrast student lives with the lives of family members such as
parents and grandparents in areas as work, dress, manners, stories, games.
recognize that Native Americans were the first inhabitants in North America.
compare and contrast the cultures of Native American tribes from various
geographic regions of the United States. Examples: location, clothing,
housing, food, major beliefs and practices, art and music.
understand the impact of European immigrants on the Native Americans.
Examples: exchange of goods and ideas, diseases, loss of land.
understand the effects of early immigration in the development of the U.S.
Examples: the development and naming of the 13 colonies, westward
expansion.
identify the settlements of early immigrants in Florida. Examples: St.
Augustine (oldest European colony in the US), Ft. Mose (oldest African
American runaway slave colony).
identify factors that influence the emigration of people from other countries
to the U.S. throughout history. Examples: war, famine, religious freedoms,
economics, disasters, and exploration.
analyze the importance of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty to
immigration from 1892 - 1954.
discuss why and how immigration continues today including political,
economic and cultural reasons.
discuss the cultural influences and contributions of immigrants today.
Examples: food, language, music, art, major beliefs and practices, and
clothing.
identify terms and designations of time sequence. Examples: years, decades,
century, millennium.
develop timelines to show immigration patterns. Example: development of St
Augustine and the 13 colonies.
know the reasons for and the results of the three Seminole Indian Wars.
identify key people and places during the Seminole Indian Wars. Examples:
Andrew Jackson, Osceola, Billy Bowlegs, and Francis Dade.
know the effects of technological advances on Florida. Examples: steam
engine, railroads, roadways and bridges.
describe pioneer life in Florida during the early 1800's including the role of
men, women and children (Florida Crackers).
describe how slavery and state rights impacted Florida during the 1850's.
know that Florida seceded from the union in 1861 and joined the Confederate
States of America.
describe major events in Florida during the Civil War such as blockades of
Florida's ports and the Battles of Ft. Pickens, Olustee, Ft. Brooke, and
Natural Bridge.
identify contributions made by significant people, including men and
women, during the civil war such as Jacob Summerlin, Mary Martha Reed
and those left at home.
summarize the challenges Floridians faced during Reconstruction such as
sharecropping and segregation.
describe the economic development of Florida's timber, citrus, cattle,
tourism, phosphate and cigar industries.
describe the causes and effects of the 1920's Florida land boom and bust.
describe changes in the lives of Florida residents during the Great Depression
such as unemployment, loss of homes and businesses, poverty and
migration.
identify the contributions of key people such as Zora Neale Hurston, the
Highwaymen, Dr. P. Phillips, Jacqueline Cochran, John Pennecamp, Carl
Fischer.
describe Florida's role in training military personnel and its economic
impact.
evaluate the economic, political and socio-cultural changes as a result of post
WWII population growth.
identify the role of Florida in the Civil Rights Movement including the impact
of Harry T. Moore, Tallahassee Bus Boycotts, and Reverend C.K. Steele.
identify public issues in Florida that impact the daily lives of its citizens.
explain the importance of political leadership and public service in the
community, state, and nation.
identify ways citizens can work together to influence government and solve
community and state problems.
explain who is eligible to vote in Florida, and identify the processes of voter
registration and voting at the state, local, and national levels.
identify the three branches of government in Florida and the powers of each.
identify goods and services provided by the state government and describe
how they are funded through taxes, fines, and fees.
distinguish between the roles of state and local government.
identify how trade promoted economic growth in North America from pre-
Columbian times to 1850.
summarize a market economy and give examples of how the colonial and
early American economy exhibited these characteristics.
trace the development of technology and the impact of major inventions on
business productivity during the early development of the United States.
identify people (entrepreneurs) from various social and ethnic backgrounds
from pre-Columbian times to 1850 who started a business seeking to make a
profit.
recognize that voluntary trade creates wealth between the Native Americans
and European explorers and colonists.
use a variety of geographic tools, such as maps, globes and Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) to interpret current and historical information.
use latitude and longitude to locate places.
locate physical features on a map including but not limited to: gulf, delta,
isthmus, strait, bay, canyon, swamp, peninsula, cape, tree line in the United
States.
identify major physical features of the United States on a map of North
America: Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mts., Mississippi River, Great
Lakes, Great Salt Lake, Rio Grande, Great Plains, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific
Ocean, Gulf of Mexico.
construct maps, charts, and graphs to display geographic information.
identify and locate the original 13 colonies on a map of North America.
locate and identify each state on a U.S. map.
describe how the following regions exemplify the concept of region as an area
with unifying human or natural factors: a) three American colonial regions,
b) West, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and c) North and South
up to 1850.
describe the geographic characteristics of a state in the United States with the
assistance of maps, the internet/digital resources, atlases, and other
reference materials.
describe how culture and technology influence the perception of places and
regions in the United States.
describe the push and pull factors (economy, natural hazards, tourism,
climate, physical features, etc) that have influenced boundary changes within
the United States.
use geographic knowledge and skills such as recognizing patterns, mapping,
graphing when discussing current events.
use geography concepts and skills such as recognizing patterns, mapping,
graphing to find solutions for local, state or national problems such as
shortage or abundance of natural resources.
compare and contrast the ways European colonists and Native Americans
viewed, adapted, and used the environment.
describe the impact that natural events (floods, volcanoes, earthquakes,
droughts) have on human and physical environments. Example: the harsh
winter in Jamestown.
analyze the theories of early migration routes on the North American
continent including the land bridge theory.
compare and contrast the cultural aspects of ancient civilizations including
Aztecs/Mayas; Mound Builders/Anasazi/Inuit.
identify Native American tribes from different geographic regions of North
America, including the cliff dwellers and the pueblo people of the desert
Southwest, the coastal tribes of the Pacific Northwest, the nomadic nations of
the Great Plains, and the woodland tribes east of the Mississippi River.
compare cultural aspects of Native American tribes from different geographic
regions of North America including but not limited to clothing, shelter, food,
major beliefs and practices, music, art, and interactions with the
environment.
identify the early European explorers including but not limited to: Vikings,
the Spanish expeditions by Christopher Columbus, Hernando Cortes,
Hernando de Soto, and Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Bartholomew
Balboa; expeditions by French explorers Jacques Cartier and Samuel de
Champlain; the Portuguese explorations by Ferdinand Magellan; and
expeditions for England and Holland by explorers Henry Cabot, Henry
Hudson and John White.
describe the technological developments that impacted European
exploration. Examples: compass, sextant, astrolabe, seaworthy ships,
chronometers, and gunpowder.
investigate the European explorers including their nationality, sponsoring
country, motives, dates and routes of travel, and accomplishments.
describe the competition between the Native Americans, English, French,
Dutch and Spanish for control of North America.
identify the economic, political and socio-cultural motivations for colonial
settlement. Example: Puritans fleeing for religious persecution, search for
riches by the French and Spanish, debtor settlements in Georgia and the
African slave trade.
describe the cooperation between the colonists, settlers, and Native
Americans during 1600's and 1700's. Examples: agriculture, fur trade,
military alliances, treaties, and cultural interchanges.
identify the geographic factors that influenced the settlement patterns of
colonies, missions and forts in North America.
identify and compare the characteristics of the New England, Middle, and
Southern colonies: such as colonial governments, geographic influences,
resources and economic systems, occupations, religion, and social patterns.
identify significant individuals responsible for the development of the New
England, Middle and Southern colonies.
demonstrate an understanding of the political, economic and social aspects
of daily colonial life.
Identify the factors that increase economic growth (e.g. new resources,
increased productivity, education, technology)
Describe and identify traditional and command economies as they appear in
different civilizations.
Evaluate how civilizations through clans, leaders, and family groups make
economic, political, and societal decisions for that culture (i.e. civilizations)
providing a framework for future city-state or nation development.
Categorize products that were traded among cultures and give examples of
barriers to trade of those products.
Describe the relationship between civilizations that engage in trade and their
tendency towards peaceful relationships with other societies.
Use a map or globe to locate Phoenicia, Carthage, Crete, Greece, the Aegean
and Ionian Seas, the Hellespont.
Use a map or globe to locate the ancient east African kingdoms of Kush and
Axum.
Use a map or globe to locate the Indus and Ganges river systems and discuss
their importance to the development of Indian civilization.
Use geographic terms and tools to explain why Asia has a highly developed
network of highways, waterways, railroads and other transportation linkages.
Use geographic terms and tools to describe how the economic growth over
time in the Asian region has impacted the physical environment.
Use geographic tools and terms to analyze how famine and drought have
plagued many of the nations in Africa.
Use geographic terms and tools to explain the strains on Africa\'s ecosystems
as its population has grown exponentially over time.
Explain how the physical landscape has affected the development of
agriculture and industry in Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Use geographic terms and tools to describe the differences between at least
three major ecosystems in Africa and Asia.
Analyze the effects of desertification and erosion in African ecosystems.
Use a map or globe to locate sites in Africa and Asia where archaeologists
have found evidence of early humans and societies.
Trace early human migration patterns from Africa and Asia to other parts of
the world.
Use a map or globe to locate ancient Rome and trace the greatest extent of
the Roman Empire.
Map and analyze the impact of the spread of Hinduism from India into parts
of East Asia.
Use a map or globe to locate the Huang-He river system and discuss its
importance to ancient Chinese civilization during the Shang Dynasty.
Explain how the geographic features of China that made governance and the
spread of ideas and goods difficult and served to isolate the civilization.
Describe the Six Essential Elements of Geography as the organizing
framework for how to describe the world and places in it (The World in
Spatial Terms, Places and Regions, Physical Systems, Human Systems,
Environment, The Uses of Geography).
Understand that a geographically literate person masters five sets of
foundational skills: asking geographic questions, acquiring, organizing,
analyzing geographic information and answering geographic questions.
These represent a framework for a mode of inquiry unique to Geography.
Explain how major rivers in Africa, Asia, and Europe affect the lives of the
people who live near them
Compare maps of the Middle East and Southwest Asia in ancient times to
modern political maps of the area today.
Read, interpret, and design different types of projections, diagrams, graphs,
and maps including, but not limited to- political, physical, population,
environments, and economics in order to convey information about Africa,
Asia, and Europe.
Use timelines to identify the time sequence of historical data.
Identify terms and designations of time sequence (e.g., decade, century,
epoch, era, millennium, BC/BCE, AD/CE).
Interpret primary and secondary sources (i.e. artifacts, images, photos,
sounds and written documents).
Define the terms history and archaeology as they relate to knowledge and
inquiry (students should know history involves investigation and research, it
is not merely a story).
Describe the roles of historians and recognize varying historical
interpretations (historiography).
Identify examples of evidence used by archaeologists (e.g. pottery shards,
arrowheads, early tools) and historians (e.g. documents, letters, art) to study
past cultures.
Discuss how history is an essential transmitter of culture and heritage, and a
map of human character.
Identify the ancient Israelites, or Hebrews, and trace their migrations from
Mesopotamia to the land called Canaan, and explain the role of Abraham and
Moses in their history.
Analyze the causes and effects of the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.
Summarize the important achievements of ancient Greek civilization in the
areas of art and architecture, athletic competitions, the birth of democracy
and civic responsibility, critical consciousness, drama, history, literature,
mathematics, medicine, philosophy, and science.
Identify and determine the impact of significant ancient Greek figures such
as Aeschylus, Alexander the Great, Archimedes, Aristophanes, Aristotle,
Hippocrates, Herodotus, Homer, Pericles, Plato, Pythagoras, Sappho,
Socrates, Solon, Thales, Themistocles, and Thucydides.
Discuss the causes and effects of the Punic Wars and the importance of the
legion to Roman longevity.
Describe the government of the Roman Republic and its contribution to the
development of democratic principles, including separation of powers, rule
of law, representative government, and civic duty.
Explain the transition from Roman Republic to empire and Imperial Rome,
and compare Roman life and culture under each one.
Define Pax Romana and account for the growth and longevity of the Roman
Empire.
Discuss the central tenets of early Christianity and the important people
associated with it including monotheism, belief in the divinity of Jesus, the
concepts of the Trinity and eternal salvation, belief in the Old and New
Testaments, the apostles and the establishment of the Church.
Explain the spread and influence of the Latin language, the use of Latin as
the language of education, law, medicine, religion, and science in Western
civilization.
Explain the advantage Kush and Axum had in controlling trade routes that
made them an international trading power.
Describe the rise and fall of the ancient east African kingdoms of Kush and
Axum and Christianity's development in Ethiopia.
Describe the growth of the Mauryan and Guptan empires and the political
and moral achievements of the emperor Asoka.
Explain the teachings of Buddha including The Four Noble Truths, Three
Qualities, and Eightfold Path, and discuss how Buddhism spread in India,
Ceylon, and other parts Asia.
Describe the concept of the Mandate of Heaven and its connection to the
Zhou dynasty.
Explain the basic teachings of Tao and Confucius including the role of
kinship in maintaining order and hierarchy in Chinese society.
Detail the political and cultural achievements of the Qin and Han dynasties
such as the Great Wall and Silk Road.
Detail the political contributions of the Han and Tang dynasties to the
development of the imperial bureaucratic state and the expansion of the
Chinese empire.
Cite the significance of the silk roads and maritime routes across the Indian
Ocean to the movement of goods and ideas among Asia, East Africa and the
Mediterranean Basin.
Explain the rise and expansion of the Mongol empire and its effects on
peoples of Asia and Europe, including the achievements of Ghengis Khan in
the context of Mongol society and his impact on history.
Summarize the policies that led to Chinese isolation and analyze China's
decision to cease trade in the 15th century and its impact on China's
international relationships.
Identify democratic concepts developed in ancient Greece (the polis, civic
participation and voting rights, legislative bodies, written constitutions, and
the rule of law) that served as foundation for American constitutional
democracy.
Identify ideals from ancient Greek and Roman civilzations which are
reflected in the American political process today including civic participation
and the role of government.
Define supply and demand and construct a graph to illustrate supply and
demand of a good or service.
Discuss the importance of borrowing and lending in the United States and
list the advantages and disadvantages of using credit.
Illustrate each of the productive resources (land, labor, capital,
entrepreneurial ability) and explain why they are necessary for the
production of goods and services.
Describe the causes of inflation and explain who benefits from inflation and
who suffers as a result of inflation.
Using graphs and bar charts create a current personal wants and needs list
for an individual budget.
Explain how federal, state, and local taxes are used for the economy as a
function of the government for the United States.
Describe the banking system in the United States, and explain the
organization and functions of the Federal Reserve System.
Identify and describe laws and regulations adopted in the United States to
promote economic competition.
Define the role of the Federal Reserve System in providing and controlling
the available money supply
Describe how supply and demand influence price for products, resources,
and services.
Explain how the stock market, banks, and credit unions channel funds from
savers to investors.
Assess how the changing value of the dollar affects trade of goods and
services between nations.
Compare and contrast the standard of living in various countries today to the
United States using gross domestic product (GDP) per capita as an indicator.
Locate the 50 states and their capital cities in addtion to the nation\'s capital,
Washington, DC, on a map.
Locate on a world map the territories and protectorates of the United States
of America (e.g. American Samoa, , Guam, Puerto Rico, and The U.S. Virgin
Islands)
Locate major physical features of North America, including U.S., Canada, and
Mexico.
Trace the impact that the Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Mayflower
Compact, and Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" had on colonists' view of
government.
Describe how English policies and responses to colonial concerns led to the
writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Analyze the ideas set forth in the Declaration of Independence such as
natural rights and the role of the government.
Interpret how the Articles of Confederation led to the writing of the U.S.
Constitution.
Discuss the reasons for the inclusion of the Bill of Rights in the U.S.
Constitution.
Recognize how early laws such as the Code of Hammurabi, Mosaic Law, the
12 Tables, Justinian's Code, English Common Law and the Napoleonic Code
influenced the U.S. legal system.
Identify and evaluate the duties of citizenship, including obeying the laws,
paying taxes, defending the nation, and serving on juries.
Simulate the trial process and the role of juries in the administration of
justice.
Describe the role and functions of political parties in the American political
process.
Identify America's current major political parties and compare their ideas
about government.
Identify essential rights protected by the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of
Rights and determine their impact on the individual and society.
Identify and analyze the structure and function of the executive branch.
Identify and analyze the structure and function of the legislative branch.
Identify and analyze the structure and function of the judicial branch.
Analyze the various levels and responsibilities of courts in the federal judicial
system and explain federal supremacy.
Explain and analyze the significance and outcomes of landmark Supreme
Court cases such as Marbury v. Madison, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board
of Education, Gideon v. Wainwright, Miranda v. Arizona, Tinker v. Des
Moines, Hazlewood v. Kuhlmier, United States v. Nixon, Bush v. Gore.
Describe the process by which a bill becomes a law in the State of Florida.
Recognize the participation of the United States government and its citizens
in governmental and nongovernmental international organizations such as
the United Nations, NATO, and the World Court.
Examine some of the motivating economic factors such as scarcity, supply
and demand, trade-offs, incentives, profits,entrepreneurial aspects as they
relate to triangular trade, Revolutionary War, Manifest Destiny,
compromises over slavery issues, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.
Compare job skills needed in different time periods in United States history
up to 1877, using a variety of information resources to research jobs and
careers.
Use maps to explain physical and cultural attributes of major regions of the
U.S. throughout history.
Use appropriate geographic terms and tools, including The Six Essential
Elements, as organizational schema to describe significant places and regions
in U.S. history.
Employ applicable units of measurement and scale to solve simple locational
problems using maps and globes, such as determining distance between
historically relevant locations in U.S. history.
Identify the physical processes (such as climate, terrain, and resources) and
the human processes (such as religion, government, economy and
demography) that define and differentiate U.S. regions as relevant to the
nation's history.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of regional issues in
different parts of the U.S. that have had critical economic, physical or
political ramifications such as desertification or cataclysmic natural disasters.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of how selected
regions of the U.S. have changed over time.
Describe human dependence on the physical environment and natural
resources to satisfy basic needs in their local environments in the U.S.
Describe the impact of extreme natural events (e.g., fires, hurricanes, floods,
droughts) on human and physical environments in the U.S. over time.
Analyze case studies of how changes in the physical environment of a place
can increase or diminish its capacity to support human activity in different
places in the U.S. throughout history.
Describe the impact of human modifications (e.g., dams, mining, irrigation,
agriculture) on the physical environment and ecosystems of the U.S.
throughout history.
Analyze both historical and modern case studies about the effects of the
human use of technology on the environment in various U.S. locations.
Locate and describe in geographic terms the major ecosystems of the U.S.
Use geographic terms and tools to explain differing perspectives on the use of
renewable and non-renewable resources in Florida and the U.S. over time.
Interpret population growth and other demographic data for any given place
in the U.S. throughout its history.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze the effects throughout U.S. history
of migration to the U.S., both on the place of origin and destination,
including border areas.
Use geographic terms and tools to explain cultural diffusion throughout U.S.
as it expanded its territory.
Interpret databases, case studies and maps to describe the role that regions
play in influencing trade, migration patterns and cultural/political
interaction in the U.S. throughout time.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze the historic factors contributing to
human migration within and among places within the U.S. and to/from the
U.S.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of the development,
growth and changing nature of cities and urban centers in the U.S. over time.
Translate narratives about places and events in U.S. history into graphic
representations that include maps, graphs, tables, etc.
Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the French and Indian
War.
Compare the relationships among the British, the French, the Spanish and
the Dutch in their struggle for control of North America during European
settlement and colonization.
Compare the characteristics of the New England, Middle, and Southern
colonies: such as colonial governments, geographic influences, resources and
economic systems, occupations, religion, and social patterns.
Determine the role of Native Americans and Africans in the efforts to sustain
St. Augustine and the British Colonies.
Explain colonial reaction to British policy on the colonies from 1763 - 1774,
such as written protests, boycotts, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea
Party, and the First Continental Congress.
Identify the motivations for supporting and opposing ratification of the U.S.
Constitution, as well as the Bill of Rights.
Describe the debate surrounding the spread of slavery into the western
territories including the abolitionist movement, the Underground Railroad,
and the Missouri Compromise.
Examine the experiences and perspectives of significant individuals and
groups during the growth and westward expansion period in American
History including Sacajawea, Sergeant York, Africans, Mexicanos, Native
Americans, Chinese and Irish immigrants, and women.
Explain the impact of the transportation revolution during the 19th century
and the effect of roads, canals, bridges, steamboats, and railroads on the
growth of the nation's economy.
Identify the technological improvements, inventions, and inventors that
contributed to industrial growth such as Fitch- first American steamboat,
Slater-textile mill machinery, Whitney- cotton gin and mass production of
muskets/interchangeable parts, McCoy - industrial lubrication, Fulton- first
commercially-successful steamboat, Lowell- mechanized cotton mill,
Underwood- canning factory, Morey- internal combustion engine, Henry-
electromagnet, Blair- seed planter, and Jennings- dry cleaning process.
Explain how the textile industry in New England impacted industial growth
and the subsequent effect on the lives of women in children.
Describe the influence of individuals on social and political developments
such as Thomas Jefferson, Robert Fulton, Meriwether Lewis, Wiliam Clark,
Daniel Boone, Tecumseh, Black Hawk, Zebulon Pike, John Marshall, James
Madison, Dolly Madison, Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay,
Daniel Webster, James Polk, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, WIlliam Lloyd
Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Horace Mann, Dorothea Dix, Lucretia Mott,
Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman.
Analyze the impact of the Second Great Awakening of early 19th century
social reform movements such as abolition, women's rights, temperance,
education, prison and mental health reform.
Analyze the causes, course, and consequences of the rapid growth of slavery
in the South after 1800.
Explain the economic, social and political causes of the Civil War including
sectionalism and states' rights issues in the North, South and the West, and
the balance of power in the Senate.
Analyze the role of slavery in the development of sectional conflict including
the Abolition Movement, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850,
reactions to publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred
Scott Decision, Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858, raid on Harper's Ferry, the
Underground Railroad, Presidential Election of 1860, and the secession of
the South.
Summarize the major domestic and international economic, military,
political, and socio-cultural developments and policies that took place during
the presidency of Abraham Lincoln (1860-1865) including sectionalism,
states' rights, slavery, the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation, the
Gettysburg Address, and his Second Inaugural Address.
Identify the division of the United States at the outbreak of the Civil War
including Confederate and Union States, slave states that remained in the
Union, and western territories.
Compare aspects of the Civil War for both the Union and Confederacy
including changes in technology, importance of resources, military leaders
such as Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee,
Stonewall Jackson, and William T. Sherman, and the effect of the war on
civilian populations.
Compare the significance of the following Civil War battles and events
including Fort Sumter, Monitor v. Merrimack, Bull Run, Antietam;
Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Emanicipation Proclamation, Sherman's March, and
the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox.
Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as each impacts our
nation's history including slavery, influential planters,Florida's secession and
Confederate membership, women, children, elderly, pioneer environment,
Union occupation of coastal towns and forts, the Battle of Olustee including
role of 54th Massachusetts regiment, and the Battle at Natural Bridge.
Provide supporting details for an answer from text, interview for oral history,
check validity of information from research/text, and identify strong vs. weak
arguments.
Identify fact and opinion, and access and utilize appropriate research and
support materials such as fiction, nonfiction, technology, media, and current
events.
Identify, within both primary and secondary sources, the author, audience,
format, and purpose of significant historical documents.
View historic events through the eyes of those who were there, as shown in
their art, writings, music, and artifacts.
Recognize the role of civic virtue in the lives of citizens and leaders from the
colonial period through Reconstruction.
Use the concept of price elasticity of demand and supply to explain and
predict changes in quantity as price changes.
Graph and explain how firms determine price and output through marginal
cost analysis.
Identify the different causes of inflation, and use case studies to determine
who gains and who suffers because of inflation.
Construct a circular flow diagram for a open-market economy, including
elements of households, firms, government, financial institutions, product
and factor markets, and international trade.
Describe the composition (M1, M2) of the money supply in the United States.
Identify and explain broad economic and social goals such as freedom,
efficiency, equity, security, growth, price stability, and full employment.
Analyze how changes in federal spending and taxation would affect budget
deficits and surpluses and the national debt.
Explain how the costs of government policies may exceed their benefits
because social or political goals other than economic efficiency are being
pursued.
Identify laws and regulations adopted in the United States since 1850 to
promote competition among firms such as the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Explain the role of banks and other financial institutions in the economy of
the United States since 1850.
Assess the impact of negative and positive externalities on the local, state,
and national environment such as water, land use, and air quality.
Analyze the differences between fiscal and monetary policy in the United
States.
Discuss the effect of barriers to trade such as quotas and tariffs and why
nations sometimes erect barriers to trade.
Compare labor productivity trends in the United States and other developed
countries.
Assess how changes in exchange rates impact the purchasing power of people
in the United States and other nations.
Analyze the arguments for and against free trade and free trade zones.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of regional issues in
different parts of the world that have critical economic, physical or political
ramifications such as desertification or cataclysmic natural disasters.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of how selected
regions change over time.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of scientific debates
over how human actions modify a selected region.
Analyze case studies of how the earth\'s physical systems affect humans.
Analyze case studies of how changes in the physical environment of a place
can increase or diminish its capacity to support human activity
Analyze case studies of the effects of human use of technology on the
environment of places.
Analyze case studies of of how humans impact the diversity and productivity
of ecosystems.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of policies and
programs for resource use/management.
Analyze case studies to predict how a change to an environmental factor can
affect an ecosystem.
Locate and describe in geographic terms major ecosystems of earth.
Use geographic terms and tools to explain how weather and climate influence
the natural character of a place.
Use geographic terms and tools to explain differing perspectives on the use of
renewable and non-renewable resources in Florida, the United States, and
the world.
Use geographic terms and tools to explain how earth\'s internal changes (e.g.
volcanic activity, folding) and external changes (e.g. erosion, water
cycle)influence the character of places.
Use geographic terms and tools to explain how hydrology (e.g. reclamation)
influences the physical character of a place.
Interpret population growth and other demographic data for any given place.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze the push/pull factors contributing
to human migration within and among places.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze the effects of migration both on
the place of origin and destination, including border areas.
Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of the development,
growth and changing nature of cities and urban centers.
Use geographic terms and tools to predict the effect of a change in a specific
characteristic of a place on the human population of that place.
Develop databases about specific place and provide a simple analysis about
their importance.
Describe the issues that divided Republicans during the early Reconstruction
era including the response from groups such as southern whites, blacks,
black legislators and white extremist organizations such as the KKK, Knights
of the White Camellia, The White League, Red Shirts, and Pale Faces.
Assess how Jim Crow Laws influenced life for African Americans.
Compare the effects of the black codes on freed people and analyze the
drawbacks of the sharecropping system and debt peonage as practiced in the
United States.
Explain the significance of the Populist Party and its influence on public
policy including the graduated income tax and the direct election of Senators.
Explain how the debate between the "silverites" and "gold bugs" affected the
economy and the 1896 Presidential election.
Examine the social, political, and economic causes, course and consequences
of the second Industrial Revolution that began in the late 19th century.
Compare the first and second Industrial Revolutions in the United States.
Analyze the belief systems of nativists and how this impacted the integration
of immigrants into society when comparing "Old" (before 1880) and "New"
immigrants (after 1880).
Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the labor movement in the
late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Analyze the impact of political machines in U.S. cities in the late 19th and
early 20th centuries including Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall
Compare how different organizations worked to shape public policy, restore
economic opportunities, and correct injustices in American life, such as the
NAACP, YMCA, YWCA, Women's Christian Temperance Union, National
Urban League, fraternities and sororities, National American Women
Suffrage Association, and National Women's Party.
Evaluate and compare the contributions of progressives such as Robert
LaFollette, Florence Kelley, Ida M. Tarbell, Eugene Debs, Carrie Chapman
Catt, Alice Paul, Theodore Roosevelt, Upton Sinclair, Eleanor Roosevelt,
Mary McCloud Bethune, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Gifford
Pinchot, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.
Summarize why the government tried to regulate business and the food and
drug industry through legislation.
Describe how new methods of marketing products impacted daily life in the
early 20th century.
Describe various socio-cultural aspects of the late 19th early 20th centuries
including arts, literature, education and publications.
Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as they relate to United
States history such as the East Coast Railway, the Seven Mile Bridge, the
cattle industry, the cigar industry, the influence of Cuban, Greek and Italian
immigrants, Henry B. Plant, William Chipley, Henry Flagler, and Hamilton
Disston.
Evaluate the legacy of the Monroe Doctrine and its effects on U.S.
imperialistic policy in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Explain how the United States acquired the territories of Alaska, Hawaii,
Puerto Rico, the Phillipines, Guam, Samoa, the Marshall Islands, Midway
Island, and the Virgin Islands.
Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the Spanish American War.
Categorize and explain the challenges the U.S. faced while trying to remain
neutral during World War I.
Examine the how the US government prepared the nation for war with
measures such as the Selective Service Act, War Industries Board, rationing,
war bonds, Espionage Act, Sedition Act and propaganda.
Examine the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations and
reasons for U.S. opposition to the League of Nations.
Describe various socio-cultural aspects of the late 19th early 20th centuries
including arts, literature, education and publications.
Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as they relate to United
States history such as the Spanish-American War, Ybor City, and Jose Marti.
Explain the causes of the public hysteria associated with the Red Scare
including Sacco and Vanzetti and immigration restrictions.
Examine the impact of U.S. government economic policies during the 1920's.
Evaluate how the economic boom during the Roaring Twenties affected
consumers and American businesses.
Describe efforts of the United States and other world powers to avoid future
wars such as the formation of the League of Nations, the Washington Naval
Conference, the London Conference, and the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
Analyze the the influence that Hollywood, the Harlem Renaissance, the
Fundamentalist movement and prohibition had in changing American
society in the 1920s.
Examine the role of Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism and its impact on
shaping political discourse within the black community and the nation.
Explain why support for the Ku Klux Klan increased and decreased in the
1920's and the response of African Americans to this organization during this
era.
Examine the struggles for equality in the 1920's of groups such as women
and Native Americans.
Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the Great Depression and
New Deal, including opposition to the New Deal.
Analyze how the New Deal impacted the lives of ordinary Americans
including Hispanics, African Americans, and Native Americans.
Describe various socio-cultural aspects of the Roaring 20's and the Great
Depression including arts, literature, education and publications.
Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as they relate to United
States history such as the cause of the Florida land boom, speculation, the
impact of climate and natural disasters on the end of the land boom,
invention of modern air conditioning in 1929, New Deal programs such as
the Civilian Conservation Corps planting of trees, creation of firelines, and
building of overseas railroads, Alfred DuPont, Majorie Kinnan Rawlings,
Zora Neale Hurston and James Weldon Johnson.
Describe the U.S. response in the early years of WWII such as the Neutrality
Acts, Cash and Carry, and Lend Lease.
Analyze the impact of the Holocaust during WWII on Jews as well as other
groups.
Analyze the effects of the Red Scare on domestic U.S. policy such as the
creation of the loyalty review program, House Un-American Activities
Committee and the McCarran Act.
Describe the rationale for the formation of the United Nations and other
international organizations including how the United Nations differed from
the League of Nations.
Examine the causes, the course, and consequences of the early years of the
Cold War including the establishment of NATO, the Warsaw Pact, the
Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine.
Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as they relate to United
States history such as the use the Mosquito Fleet's efforts to control German
U-boats off the coast of Florida, the "Double V Campaign", the construction
of military bases and WWII training centers, 1959 Cuban coup and its impact
on Florida, and the development of the space program and NASA.
Identify causes for Post-World War II prosperity and its effects on American
society such as the G.I Bill, Baby Boom, growth of suburbs, Beatnik
movement, conformity of the 1950's and the protest in the 1960's.
Compare the relative prosperity between different ethnic groups and social
classes in the post-war period.
Examine the changing status of women in the United States from post-WWII
to the present.
Critique key figures and organizations in shaping the Civil Rights Movement
and Black Power Movement such as the NAACP, National Urban League,
SNCC, CORE, Charles Houston, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Constance
Baker Motley, Ernest Green and the Little Rock Nine, Roy Wilkins, Whitney
M. Young, and A. Philip Randolph, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F.
Williams, Fannie Lou Hamer, Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz), Stokely
Carmichael (Kwame Ture), H. Rap Brown (Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin), the
Black Panther Party (Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale).
Examine the similarities of the social movements of the 1960's and 1970's
including Native Americans, Hispanics, women, and anti-war protesters.
Analyze the foreign policy of the United States as it relates to Africa, Asia, the
Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Analyze political, economic, and social concerns that emerged at the end of
the 20th century and into the 21st century.
Analyze the attempts to extend New Deal legislation through the Great
Society and the successes and failures of these program to promote social
and economic society.
Analyze the role of the United States as a participant in the global economy
including trade agreements, international competition, its impact on
American labor and environmental concerns.
Evaluate the validity, reliabilty, bias and authenticity of current events and
Internet resources.
Use a map or globe to trace the rapid growth and expansion of Islamic
boundaries to AD 1500.
Discuss significant people and beliefs associated with Islam including
Muhammad as the Seal of the Prophets, The Pillars of Islam, the importance
of the Quran, Islamic law, and the understanding of the relationship between
government and religion in Islam.
Describe the similarities and differences among Judaism, Christianity and
Islam.
Analyze the causes and effects of Islamic military expansion through Central
Asia, North Africa, and the Iberian Peninsula.
Describe the expansion of Islam into India and the relationship between
Muslims and Hindus.
Discuss the emergence and achievements of the Islamic "Golden Age" and
important individuals associated with it such as Al-Ma'mun, Avicenna,
Averroes, Al-Khwarzimi, Al-Hassan.
Describe key economic, political, and social developments in Islamic history
including the rise of the caliphate, the rise of Sunni and Shi'a Muslims, the
importance of trade in the development of Islamic civilization, the creation of
the 'dhimmi,' and the Islamic slave trade.
Analyze the causes, key events, and effects of the European Crusades against
Islamic rule in the Holy Land beginning in the 7th century.
Describe the decline of Islamic rule in the Iberian Peninsula as a result of the
centuries long 'Reconquista.'
Use maps and globes to locate the African empires of Ghana (modern day
Mauritania, Western Mali, and Eastern Senegal); Mali (along the Niger
River); and Songhai (modern day eastern Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso).
Identify the significant individuals associated with the empire of Ghana (e.g.
Wagadugu, Sisse, Tenkamenin).
Examine the factors that caused the rise of the Empire of Ghana including
the early growth of settled population in the area, the use of iron, strategic
geographic position of the Soninke chiefdom, and economic trade -
local/regional trade and trans-Saharan trade of salt, copper, gold, slaves, rice,
dried fish and other staples.
Compare the reigns of Sundiata and Mansa Musa with regard to the impact
they had on the empire of Mali.
Identify significant people associated with the Songhai Empire such as Sonni
Ali, Muhammad Ture, Tuareg, Hausa, Mandinka, Fulbe, Berbers, and Susu.
Summarize the accomplishments of Askia Mohammed the Great (i.e.
educational achievements including The University of Sankoré, and
Islam's influence on education; his creation of a full-time professional army;
and his division of the empire into provinces governed by a Fari, or
governor).
Identify civilizations such as the Olmec, Zapotec, and Chavin, and analyze
their legacies on later Mesoamerican societies.
Describe the roles of people in Aztec, Incan, and Mayan societies, including
class structures, family life, warfare, religious beliefs and practices, and
slavery.
Use a map or globe to locate the extent of Byzantine territory at the height of
the empire.
Analyze the extent to which the Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the
old Roman Empire and in what ways it was a departure.
Describe the causes and effects of the following religious crises: the
Iconoclastic controversy, and the 11th century Christian schism between the
churches of Constantinople and Rome.
Analyze the impact of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire on Europe.
Describe the rise and achievements of Charlemagne and the Empire of the
Franks.
Describe the causes and effects of the Great Famine of 1315-1316, The Black
Death, The Great Schism of 1378, and the Hundred Years War on Western
Europe.
Account for initial emergence of a modern economy, including the growth of
banking, technological and agricultural improvements, commerce, towns,
and a merchant class.
Discuss the rise and impact of medieval universities, Scholasticism, Natural
Law Philosophy and empiricism on European civilization, and identify
related historical figures including Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas,
and Roger Bacon.
Use a map or globe to locate feudal Japan and describe the geographic
features of the islands.
Summarize the major economic, political, and religious developments in
Japanese history to 1500 to include Shinto and Japanese Buddhism, the
development of feudalism, and the rise of the shogunate, warrior class
system and military society.
Trace the economic causes for the rise of the Italian city-states such as
Florence, Genoa, and Venice and their cultural and political impact.
Compare the religious reforms associated with Luther, Calvin, and Henry
VIII.
Explain the causes and effects of the wars associated with the Reformation,
culminating with the Thirty Years War.
Identify the voyages and expeditions associated with China, Portugal, Spain,
France, England, and the Netherlands during the Age of Exploration.
Discuss and evaluate the scope and impact of the Columbian Exchange
including animals and plants, disease, foods, human populations, and ideas,
on Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Examine the various economic and political systems of Portugal, Spain, the
Netherlands, France, and England in the Americas.
Recognize the practice of slavery and other forms of forced labor practiced in
East Africa, West Africa, Europe, Southwest Asia, and the Americas during
the 13th through 17th centuries.
Analyze the extent to which the Enlightenment impacted the American and
French Revolutions.
Describe the causes and effects of the Latin American and Caribbean
independence movements of the nineteenth century led by people such as
Bolivar, de San Martin, and L' Ouverture.
Summarize the social and economic effects of the Industrial Revolution such
as urbanization, increased productivity and wealth, the rise of the middle
class, conditions faced by workers and the rise of labor unions.
Describe the 19th and early 20th century social and political reforms and
reform movements and their effects in Europe, Japan and the United States
(e.g. Meiji Reforms, abolition of slavery in the British Empire, expansion of
suffrage, and labor laws).
Summarize the causes, key events, and effects of the unification of Italy and
Germany.
Analyze the causes and effects of European imperialism upon the indigenous
peoples of Africa, Asia and Oceania.
Identify major events in China during the late 19th and early 20th centuries,
including growing Western influence, the Opium Wars, the Taiping and
Boxer Rebellions, and the fall of dynastic rule.
Analyze the long-term causes of WWI, including the formation of European
alliances and the roles of imperialism, nationalism, and militarism.
Describe the changing nature of warfare during WWI, including the impact
of industrialization, the use of total war, trench warfare, and the tremendous
destruction of the physical landscape and of human life.
Summarize significant effects of WWI, including the collapse of the Romanov
dynasty, the creation of the Weimar Republic, dissolution of the German,
Russian, and Ottoman empires, the Armenian Genocide, and the signing of
the Balfour Declaration and Treaty of Versailles.
Describe the causes and effects of the German economic crisis of the 1920s
and the global depression of the 1930s, and analyze how governments
responded to the Great Depression.
Account for the destruction of individual rights and the use of mass terror
against the populations in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.
Trace the causes and key events of World War II such as expansion of
totalitarian empires, Battle of Britain, Pearl Harbor, El Alamein, Midway,
Stalingrad, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, and Iwo Jima.
Analyze the impact of the Holocaust during WWII on Jews and other groups.
Identify the war time strategy and post-war plans of the Allied leaders (i.e.
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Truman).
Use a map or globe to identify the U.S. and Soviet aligned states of Europe
and contrast their political and economic characteristics.
Describe characteristics of the early Cold War including the policy of
containment, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, NATO, the Berlin
Airlift, and the Warsaw Pact.
Describe the Chinese Civil War, the victory of Mao Zedong and the
Communists over Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists, and China's
subsequent rise as a world power.
Identify Mao Zedong's policies of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural
Revolution and their impact.
Summarize the causes and effects of the arms race and proxy wars (e.g.
Korea, Vietnam) in Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Identify the factors that led to the decline and fall of communism in the
Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (e.g. the arms race, the invasion of
Afghanistan, growing internal resistance to communism, and Mikhail
Gorbachev's policies of perestroika and glasnost).
Explain the background for the establishment of the modern state of Israel in
1948, and the subsequent military and political conflicts between Israel and
the Arab world.
Analyze why some African, Asian, and Caribbean countries achieved
independence peacefully through legal means, and others as a consequence
of armed struggles or wars.
Describe the rise and goals of nationalist leaders such as Fidel Castro, Gamal
Abdel Nasser, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, and Jawaharlal Nehru, and
the impact of their rule on their societies.
Analyze the global expansion of liberty and democracy since the 1970s and
the successes or failures of democratic reform movements in challenging
authoritarian or despotic regimes in Africa, Asia, Caribbean, and Latin
America.
Explain the rise and impact of Islamic fundamentalism in the last half of the
20th century, and identify related events and forces in the Middle East over
the last several decades (e.g. the Iranian Revolution, Mujahideen in
Afghanistan, Persian Gulf War).
Identify major scientific figures and breakthroughs of the 20th century (e.g.
Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, Sigmund Freud, The Wright
Brothers, Charles R. Drew, mass vaccination, atomic energy, the transistor,
the microchip, space exploration, the Internet, discovery of DNA and the
Human Genome Project), and asses their impact on contemporary life.
Describe the causes and effects of various twentieth century conflicts such as
those in the Balkans, Cyprus, Kashmir, Tibet, and Northern Ireland.
Assess the social and economic impact of the spread of the HIV/AIDS
pandemic on a global scale, particularly within developing and under-
developed world.
Account for the rise of regional trade blocs such as the European Union and
NAFTA, and discuss the impact of increased globalization in the late 20th
and into the 21st century.
Identify the U.S. and global response to international terrorism, specifically
as it relates to the attacks on the West by al-Qaeda and other groups (e.g. the
bombing of the USS Cole, the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the attacks
in London and Madrid in 2004 and 2005).
Relate how the debate over slavery played a role in the writing of and
amending of the U.S. Constitution.
Evaluate how the Constitution and its amendments reflected the political
principles of rule of law, checks and balances, separation of powers,
republicanism, and federalism.
Explain challenges and modifications to American constitutional government
as a result of significant historical events such as the American Revolution,
the Civil War, expansion of suffrage, the Great Depression, and the Civil
Rights movement.
Assess the criteria for becoming a citizen and the process for naturalization
in the United States.
Define and identify how civil rights have been expanded by examining
primary documents such as the Preamble, Declaration of Independence, the
U.S. Constitution, the Emancipation Proclamation, the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th,
24th, and 26th Amendments, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Explain the role of television, radio, the press, and the Internet in political
communication.
Describe and evaluate the roles of political parties, interest groups, the
media, and individuals in determining and shaping public policy.
Analyze the various levels and responsibilities of courts in the federal and
state judicial system and explain the relationships among them.
Evaluate the significance and outcomes of landmark Supreme Court cases
such as Marbury v. Madison, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of
Education, Gideon v. Wainwright, Miranda v. Arizona, Tinker v. Des Moines,
Hazlewood v. Kuhlmier, United States v. Nixon, Roe v. Wade, and Bush v.
Gore.
Simulate the judical decision making process in interpreting law at the state
and federal level.
Identify and explain the structure and functions of state and local
governments.
Identify and examine how power and responsibility are distributed, shared,
and limited by the U. S. Constitution.
Describe the influences of and the process by which U.S. foreign policy is
made.
Evaluate the impact of U.S. domestic and foreign policies on international
relations, both past and present, such as economic actions, military
intervention, human rights, and humanitarian aid.
Identify the role of The United States and its citizens in governmental and
non-governmental international organizations such as the United Nations,
NATO, World Court, Organization of American States, International Red
Cross, Amnesty International.