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Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies

K–12 Standards

Grade 11
Other Alabama Social Studies sets
Grade K
Kindergarten: Living and Working Together in Family and Community
Grade 1
Grade 1: Living and Working Together in Community and State
Grade 2
Grade 2: Living and Working Together in State and Nation
Grade 3
Grade 3: Alabama in American History and Government I: Geography and Settlement
Grade 4
Grade 4: Alabama in American History and Government II: Colonies to 1900
Grade 5
Grade 5: Alabama in American History and Government III: Twentieth Century to Present
Grade 6
Grade 6: Making A New Nation: United States Beginnings and Civic Foundations
Grade 7
Grade 7: World History and Geography: Geographic Principles and Ancient Civilizations
Grade 8
Grade 8: World History and Geography: Middle Ages to the Enlightenment
Alabama Studies
Contemporary World Issues
Grade 9
Grade 9: World History and Geography: Age of Revolution to Present
Historical Studies
Holocaust Studies
Human Geography
Psychology
Psychology Grade 9-12
Sociology
Grade 10
Grade 10: United States History I: Revolution to Progressive Era
Grade 11: United States History II: World War I to Present
Grade 12
Grade 12: Economics
Grade 12: United States Government
U.S. Government

United States History II: The Industrial Revolution to the Present

1.
Explain the transition of the United States from an agrarian society to an industrial nation prior to World War I.11.1
1. a.
  Interpreting the impact of change from workshop to factory on workers' lives, including the New Industrial Age from 1870 to 1900, the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), the Pullman Strike, the Haymarket Square Riot, and the impact of John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Samuel Gompers, Eugene V. Debs, A. Philip Randolph, and Thomas Alva Edison11.1.a
2.
Evaluate social and political origins, accomplishments, and limitations of Progressivism.11.2
1. a.
  Explaining the impact of the Populist Movement on the role of the federal government in American society11.2.a
2. b.
  Assessing the impact of muckrakers on public opinion during the Progressive movement, including Upton Sinclair, Jacob A. Riis, and Ida M. Tarbell11.2.b
3. c.
  Explaining national legislation affecting the Progressive movement, including the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act11.2.c
4. d.
  Determining the influence of the Niagara Movement, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, and Carter G. Woodson on the Progressive Era11.2.d
5. e.
  Assessing the significance of the public education movement initiated by Horace Mann11.2.e
6. f.
  Comparing the presidential leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson in obtaining passage of measures regarding trust-busting, the Hepburn Act, the Pure Food and Drug Act, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Reserve Act, and conservation11.2.f
3.
Explain the United States' changing role in the early twentieth century as a world power.11.3
1. a.
  Describing causes of the Spanish-American War, including yellow journalism, the sinking of the Battleship USS Maine, and economic interests in Cuba11.3.a
2. b.
  Identifying the role of the Rough Riders on the iconic status of President Theodore Roosevelt11.3.b
3. c.
  Describing consequences of the Spanish-American War, including the Treaty of Paris of 1898, insurgency in the Philippines, and territorial expansion in the Pacific and Caribbean11.3.c
4. d.
  Analyzing the involvement of the United States in the Hawaiian Islands for economic and imperialistic interests11.3.d
5. e.
  Appraising Alabama's contributions to the United States between Reconstruction and World War I, including those of William Crawford Gorgas, Joseph Wheeler, and John Tyler Morgan11.3.e
6. f.
  Evaluating the role of the Open Door policy and the Roosevelt Corollary on America's expanding economic and geographic interests11.3.f
7. g.
  Comparing the executive leadership represented by William Howard Taft's Dollar Diplomacy, Theodore Roosevelt's Big Stick Diplomacy, and Woodrow Wilson's Moral Diplomacy11.3.g
4.
Describe causes, events, and the impact of military involvement of the United States in World War I, including mobilization and economic and political changes.11.4
1. a.
  Identifying the role of militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism in World War I11.4.a
2. b.
  Explaining controversies over the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, and the League of Nations11.4.b
3. c.
  Explaining how the Treaty of Versailles led to worsening economic and political conditions in Europe, including greater opportunities for the rise of fascist states in Germany, Italy, and Spain11.4.c
4. d.
  Comparing short- and long-term effects of changing boundaries in pre- and post-World War I in Europe and the Middle East, leading to the creation of new countries11.4.d
5.
Evaluate the impact of social changes and the influence of key figures in the United States from World War I through the 1920s, including Prohibition, the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, the Scopes Trial, limits on immigration, Ku Klux Klan activities, the Red Scare, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, the Jazz Age, Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, W. C. Handy, and Zelda Fitzgerald.11.5
1. a.
  Analyzing radio, cinema, and print media for their impact on the creation of mass culture11.5.a
2. b.
  Analyzing works of major American artists and writers, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Langston Hughes, and H. L. Mencken, to characterize the era of the 1920s11.5.b
3. c.
  Determining the relationship between technological innovations and the creation of increased leisure time11.5.c
6.
Describe social and economic conditions from the 1920s through the Great Depression regarding factors leading to a deepening crisis, including the collapse of the farming economy and the stock market crash of 1929.11.6
1. a.
  Assessing effects of overproduction, stock market speculation, and restrictive monetary policies on the pending economic crisis11.6.a
2. b.
  Describing the impact of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act on the global economy and the resulting worldwide depression11.6.b
3. c.
  Identifying notable authors of the 1920s, including John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, and Zora Neale Hurston11.6.c
4. d.
  Analyzing the Great Depression for its impact on the American family11.6.d
7.
Explain strengths and weaknesses of the New Deal in managing problems of the Great Depression through relief, recovery, and reform programs, including the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and the Social Security Act.11.7
1. a.
  Analyzing conditions created by the Dust Bowl for their impact on migration patterns during the Great Depression11.7.a
8.
Summarize events leading to World War II, including the militarization of the Rhineland, Germany's seizure of Austria and Czechoslovakia, Japan's invasion of China, and the Rape of Nanjing.11.8
1. a.
  Analyzing the impact of fascism, Nazism, and communism on growing conflicts in Europe11.8.a
2. b.
  Explaining the isolationist debate as it evolved from the 1920s to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent change in United States' foreign policy11.8.b
3. c.
  Identifying roles of significant World War II leaders11.8.c
4. d.
  Evaluating the impact of the Munich Pact and the failed British policy of appeasement resulting in the invasion of Poland11.8.d
9.
Describe the significance of major battles, events, and consequences of World War II campaigns, including North Africa, Midway, Normandy, Okinawa, the Battle of the Bulge, Iwo Jima, and the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences.11.9
1. a.
  Locating on a map or globe the major battles of World War II and the extent of the Allied and Axis territorial expansion11.9.a
2. b.
  Describing military strategies of World War II, including blitzkrieg, island-hopping, and amphibious landings11.9.b
3. c.
  Explaining reasons for and results of dropping atomic bombs on Japan11.9.c
4. d.
  Explaining events and consequences of war crimes committed during World War II, including the Holocaust, the Bataan Death March, the Nuremberg Trials, the post-war Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Genocide Convention11.9.d
10.
Describe the impact of World War II on the lives of American citizens, including wartime economic measures, population shifts, growth in the middle class, growth of industrialization, advancements in science and technology, increased wealth in the African-American community, racial and ethnic tensions, Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (G. I. Bill of Rights), and desegregation of the military.11.10
1. a.
  Describing Alabama's participation in World War II, including the role of the Tuskegee Airmen, the Aliceville Prisoner of War (POW) camp, growth of the Port of Mobile, production of Birmingham steel, and the establishment of military bases11.10.a
11.
Describe the international role of the United States from 1945 through 1960 relative to the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the Berlin Blockade, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).11.11
1. a.
  Describing Cold War policies and issues, the domino theory, McCarthyism, and their consequences, including the institution of loyalty oaths under Harry S. Truman, the Alger Hiss case, the House Un-American Activities Committee, and the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg11.11.a
2. b.
  Locating areas of conflict during the Cold War from 1945 to 1960, including East and West Germany, Hungary, Poland, Cuba, Korea, and China11.11.b
12.
Describe major initiatives of the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson Administrations.11.12
1. a.
  Describing Alabama's role in the space program under the New Frontier11.12.a
2. b.
  Describing major foreign events and issues of the John F. Kennedy Administration, including construction of the Berlin Wall, the Bay of Pigs invasion, and the Cuban missile crisis11.12.b
13.
Trace the course of the involvement of the United States in Vietnam from the 1950s to 1975, including the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the Tet Offensive, destabilization of Laos, secret bombings of Cambodia, and the fall of Saigon.11.13
1. a.
  Locating on a map or globe the divisions of Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and major battle sites11.13.a
2. b.
  Describing the creation of North and South Vietnam11.13.b
14.
Trace events of the modern Civil Rights Movement from post-World War II to 1970 that resulted in social and economic changes, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, the March on Washington, Freedom Rides, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, and the Selma-to-Montgomery March.11.14
1. a.
  Tracing the federal government's involvement in the modern Civil Rights Movement, including the abolition of the poll tax, the nationalization of state militias, Brown versus Board of Education in 1954, the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 196511.14.a
2. b.
  Explaining contributions of individuals and groups to the modern Civil Rights Movement, including Martin Luther King, Jr.; James Meredith; Medgar Evers; Thurgood Marshall; the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); and the civil rights foot soldiers11.14.b
3. c.
  Appraising contributions of persons and events in Alabama that influenced the modern Civil Rights Movement, including Rosa Parks, Autherine Lucy, John Patterson, George C. Wallace, Vivian Malone Jones, Fred Shuttlesworth, the Children's March, and key local persons and events11.14.c
4. d.
  Describing the development of a Black Power movement, including the change in focus of the SNCC, the rise of Malcolm X, and Stokely Carmichael and the Black Panther movement11.14.d
5. e.
  Describing the economic impact of African-American entrepreneurs on the modern Civil Rights Movement, including S. B. Fuller and A. G. Gaston11.14.e
15.
Describe changing social and cultural conditions in the United States during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.11.15
16.
Describe significant foreign and domestic issues of presidential administrations from Richard M. Nixon to the present.11.16

Psychology

1.
Trace the development of psychology as a scientific discipline evolving from other fields of study.PSYCH.1
1. a.
  Describing early psychological and biological inquiries that led to contemporary approaches and methods of experimentation, including ideologies of Aristotle, John Locke, Wilhelm Wundt, Charles Darwin, William James, Frantz Fanon, and G. Stanley HallPSYCH.1.a
2. b.
  Differentiating among various modern schools of thought and perspectives in psychology that have evolved since 1879, including each school's view on concepts of aggression or appetitePSYCH.1.b
3. c.
  Illustrating how modern psychologists utilize multiple perspectives to understand behavior and mental processesPSYCH.1.c
4. d.
  Identifying major subfields and career opportunities related to psychologyPSYCH.1.d
2.
Describe research strategies used by psychologists to explore mental processes and behavior.PSYCH.2
1. a.
  Describing the type of methodology and strategies used by researchers in different psychological studiesPSYCH.2.a
2. b.
  Contrasting independent, dependent, and confounding variables and control and experimental groupsPSYCH.2.b
3. c.
  Identifying systematic procedures necessary for conducting an experiment and improving the validity of resultsPSYCH.2.c
4. d.
  Describing the use of statistics in evaluating research, including calculating the mean, median, and mode from a set of data; conducting a simple correlational analysis using either calculators or computer software; and explaining the meaning of statistical significancePSYCH.2.d
3.
Explain how processes of the central and peripheral nervous systems underlie behavior and mental processes, including how neurons are the basis for neural communication.PSYCH.3
1. a.
  Describing how neurons communicate, including the role of neurotransmitters in behavior and the electrochemical processPSYCH.3.a
2. b.
  Comparing the effect of drugs and toxins on the brain and neurotransmittersPSYCH.3.b
3. c.
  Describing how different sections of the brain have specialized yet interdependent functions, including functions of different lobes and hemispheres of the cerebral cortex and consequences of damage to specific sections of the brainPSYCH.3.c
4. d.
  Describing different technologies used to study the brain and nervous systemPSYCH.3.d
5. e.
  Analyzing behavior genetics for its contribution to the understanding of behavior and mental processes, including differentiating between deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), chromosomes, and genes; identifying effects of chromosomal abnormalities; and explaining how genetics and environmental factors work together to determine inherited traitsPSYCH.3.e
4.
Describe the interconnected processes of sensation and perception.PSYCH.4
1. a.
  Explaining the role of sensory systems in human behavior, including sight, sound, smell, touch, and painPSYCH.4.a
2. b.
  Explaining how what is perceived can be different from what is sensed, including how attention and environmental cues can affect the ability to accurately sense and perceive the worldPSYCH.4.b
3. c.
  Describing the role of Gestalt principles and concepts in perceptionPSYCH.4.c
5.
Explain ways to promote psychological wellness.PSYCH.5
1. a.
  Describing physiological processes associated with stress, including hormones associated with stress responsesPSYCH.5.a
2. b.
  Describing Hans Selye's general adaptation syndrome (GAS)PSYCH.5.b
3. c.
  Describing the flight-or-fight response in terms of the autonomic and somatic nervous systemsPSYCH.5.c
4. d.
  Contrasting positive and negative ways of coping with stress related to problem-focused coping, aggression, and emotion-focused copingPSYCH.5.d
5. e.
  Explaining approach-approach, approach-avoidance, and avoidance-avoidance conflictsPSYCH.5.e
6. f.
  Identifying various eating disorders and conditionsPSYCH.5.f
6.
Describe the physical, cognitive, and social development across the life span of a person from the prenatal through aging stages.PSYCH.6
1. a.
  Outlining the stage-of-development theories of Jean Piaget, Erik H. Erikson, Sigmund Freud, Carol Gilligan, and Lawrence KohlbergPSYCH.6.a
7.
Describe the processes and importance of memory, including how information is encoded and stored, mnemonic devices, schemas related to short-term memory, working memory, and long-term memory.PSYCH.7
1. a.
  Distinguishing between surface and deep processing in memory developmentPSYCH.7.a
2. b.
  Comparing ways memories are stored in the brain, including episodic and proceduralPSYCH.7.b
3. c.
  Identifying different parts of the brain that store memoryPSYCH.7.c
4. d.
  Differentiating among different types of amnesiaPSYCH.7.d
5. e.
  Describing how information is retrieved from memoryPSYCH.7.e
6. f.
  Explaining how memories can be reconstructed and misrememberedPSYCH.7.f
8.
Describe ways in which organisms learn, including the processes of classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational conditioning.PSYCH.8
1. a.
  Identifying unconditioned stimuli (UCS), conditioned stimuli (CS), unconditioned responses (UCR), and conditioned responses (CR)PSYCH.8.a
2. b.
  Describing the law of effectPSYCH.8.b
3. c.
  Describing original experiments conducted by B. F. Skinner, Albert Bandura, Ivan Pavlov, John B. Watson, and Rosalie RaynerPSYCH.8.c
4. d.
  Differentiating between reinforcement and punishment, positive and negative reinforcement, and various schedules of reinforcementPSYCH.8.d
5. e.
  Describing biological limitations on operantly conditioned learningPSYCH.8.e
6. f.
  Differentiating between observational learning and modelingPSYCH.8.f
7. g.
  Analyzing watching violent media for effects on violent behaviorPSYCH.8.g
9.
Describe how organisms think and solve problems, including processes involved in accurate thinking.PSYCH.9
1. a.
  Identifying the role of mental images and verbal symbols in the thought processPSYCH.9.a
2. b.
  Explaining how concepts are formedPSYCH.9.b
3. c.
  Differentiating between algorithms and heuristicsPSYCH.9.c
4. d.
  Analyzing different types of heuristics to determine effects on problem solvingPSYCH.9.d
10.
Describe the qualities and development of language.PSYCH.10
1. a.
  Identifying common phonemes and morphemes of languagePSYCH.10.a
2. b.
  Describing how understanding syntax and grammar affect language comprehensionPSYCH.10.b
3. c.
  Demonstrating how qualities of sign language are similar to spoken languagePSYCH.10.c
4. d.
  Describing how infants move from babbling to usage of complete sentencesPSYCH.10.d
5. e.
  Explaining how hearing loss in infants and children can affect the development of spoken languagePSYCH.10.e
11.
Compare various states of consciousness evident in human behavior, including the process of sleeping and dreaming.PSYCH.11
1. a.
  Explaining states of sleep throughout an average night's sleep, including nonrapid eye movement (NREM) and rapid eye movement (REM)PSYCH.11.a
2. b.
  Describing the mechanism of the circadian rhythmPSYCH.11.b
3. c.
  Evaluating the importance of sleep to good performancePSYCH.11.c
4. d.
  Comparing theories regarding the use and meaning of dreamsPSYCH.11.d
5. e.
  Analyzing the use of psychoactive drugs for effects on people, including the mechanisms of addiction, withdrawal, and tolerancePSYCH.11.e
6. f.
  Evaluating the phenomenon of hypnosis and its possible usesPSYCH.11.f
12.
Describe the role of motivation and emotion in human behavior.PSYCH.12
1. a.
  Identifying theories that explain motivational processes, including cognitive, biological, and psychological reasons for motivational behavior, and Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs and arousal theoryPSYCH.12.a
2. b.
  Describing situational cues that cause emotions, including anger, curiosity, and anxietyPSYCH.12.b
3. c.
  Differentiating among theories of emotionPSYCH.12.c
4. d.
  Identifying universally recognized emotionsPSYCH.12.d
13.
Describe methods of assessing individual differences and theories of intelligence, including Charles E. Spearman's general (g) factor of intelligence, Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences, and Robert J. Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence.PSYCH.13
1. a.
  Describing different types of intelligence tests, including the Flynn effectPSYCH.13.a
2. b.
  Describing how intelligence may be influenced by differences in heredity and environment and by biases toward ethnic minority and socioeconomic groupsPSYCH.13.b
14.
Explain the role of personality development in human behavior.PSYCH.14
1. a.
  Differentiating among personality theories, including psychoanalytic, sociocognitive, trait, and humanistic theories of personalityPSYCH.14.a
2. b.
  Describing different measures of personality, including the Neuroticism-Extroversion-Openness Personality Inventory (NEO-PI), the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), and projective testsPSYCH.14.b
15.
Describe major psychological disorders and their treatments.PSYCH.15
1. a.
  Differentiating between normal and abnormal behaviorPSYCH.15.a
2. b.
  Describing different approaches for explaining mental illness, including biological and medical, cognitive, and sociocultural modelsPSYCH.15.b
3. c.
  Differentiating types of mental illness, including mood, anxiety, somatoform, schizophrenic, dissociative, and personality disordersPSYCH.15.c
16.
Describe how attitudes, conditions of obedience and conformity, and other influences affect actions and shape human behavior, including actor-observer, self-server, social facilitation, social loafing, bystander effect, groupthink, and group polarization.PSYCH.16
1. a.
  Explaining the fundamental attribution errorPSYCH.16.a
2. b.
  Critiquing Stanley Milgram's work with obedience and S. E. Asch's work with conformityPSYCH.16.b
17.
Describe various careers pursued by psychologists, including medical and mental health care fields, the business world, education, law and criminal justice, and research.PSYCH.17
18.
Explain how culture and gender influence behavior.PSYCH.18
1. a.
  Identifying gender differences and similaritiesPSYCH.18.a
2. b.
  Explaining ways in which gender differences are developedPSYCH.18.b
3. c.
  Describing ways in which gender roles are assigned in different culturesPSYCH.18.c

Sociology

1.
Describe the development of sociology as a social science field of study.SOC.1
1. a.
  Identifying important figures in the field of sociology, including Karl Marx, Émile Durkheim, Max Weber, George Herbert Mead, and W. E. B. Du BoisSOC.1.a
2. b.
  Identifying characteristics of sociology, including functional integration, power, social action, social structure, and cultureSOC.1.b
2.
Explain methods and tools of research used by sociologists to study human society, including surveys, polls, statistics, demographic information, case studies, participant observations, and program evaluations.SOC.2
1. a.
  Differentiating between qualitative and quantitative research methodsSOC.2.a
3.
Describe how values and norms influence individual behavior.SOC.3
1. a.
  Comparing ways in which cultures differ, change, and resist change, including countercultures, subcultures, and ethnocentric beliefsSOC.3.a
2. b.
  Comparing the use of various symbols within and across societiesSOC.3.b
3. d.
  Explaining the significance of socialization in human developmentSOC.3.d
4. e.
  Illustrating key concepts of socialization, including self-concept, looking-glass self, significant others, and role-takingSOC.3.e
5. f.
  Determining the role of family, school, peer groups, and the media in socializing young peopleSOC.3.f
6. g.
  Explaining the process of socialization in adulthoodSOC.3.g
4.
Identify antisocial behaviors, including social deviance, addiction, terrorism, anomie, and related arguments for the strain theory and the conflict theory.SOC.4
1. a.
  Contrasting violent crime, property crime, and victimless crime with white-collar crimeSOC.4.a
2. b.
  Comparing methods for dealing with antisocial behavior, including imprisonment, restitution, community service, rehabilitation, education, and therapySOC.4.b
5.
Describe how environment and genetics affect personality, including self-concept and temperament.SOC.5
6.
Identify stages of development across the life cycle, including birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, parenthood, middle age, and late adulthood.SOC.6
1. a.
  Describing the value of birth cohorts as a research deviceSOC.6.a
7.
Describe types and characteristics of groups.SOC.7
1. a.
  Explaining the relationship between social stratification and social class, including status ascription versus achievement, intergenerational social mobility, and structural occupational changeSOC.7.a
2. b.
  Relating the importance of group dynamics, including size, leadership, decision making, and gender rolesSOC.7.b
3. c.
  Distinguishing between the terms, race and ethnicity and prejudice and discriminationSOC.7.c
4. d.
  Describing social inequalities experienced as related to gender and ageSOC.7.d
8.
Describe the structure and function of the family unit, including traditional, extended, nuclear, single-parent, and blended families involving the roles of parent, child, and spouse.SOC.8
1. a.
  Identifying problems facing families, including abuse, divorce, teen pregnancy, poverty, addiction, family violence, and care of elderly family membersSOC.8.a
9.
Explain the purpose of social systems and institutions, including schools, churches, voluntary associations, and governments.SOC.9
1. a.
  Describing origins and beliefs of various religionsSOC.9.a
2. b.
  Distinguishing among the concepts of power, coercion, and authoritySOC.9.b
3. c.
  Comparing charismatic, traditional, and rational-legal authoritySOC.9.c
10.
Describe social movement and social change.SOC.10
1. a.
  Comparing various forms of collective behavior, including mobs, riots, fads, and crowdsSOC.10.a
2. b.
  Identifying major ethical and social issues facing modern societySOC.10.b
3. c.
  Explaining the impact of the modern Civil Rights Movement, the women's movement, the gun rights movement, the green movement, and other minority movements in the United StatesSOC.10.c
11.
Contrast population patterns using the birth rate, death rate, migration rate, and dependency rate.SOC.11
1. a.
  Identifying the impact of urbanization on human social patternsSOC.11.a
2. b.
  Analyzing factors that affect the depletion of natural resources for their impact on social and economic developmentSOC.11.b
3. c.
  Projecting future population patternsSOC.11.c

Contemporary World Issues and Civic Engagement

1.
Describe current news stories from various perspectives, including geographical, historical, political, social, and cultural.CW.1
1. a.
  Evaluating the impact of current news stories on the individual and on local, state, national, and international communitiesCW.1.a
2. b.
  Comparing current news stories to related past eventsCW.1.b
3. c.
  Analyzing news stories for implications regarding nations of the worldCW.1.c
4. d.
  Locating on a map areas affected by events described in news storiesCW.1.d
5. e.
  Interpreting statistical data related to political, social, and economic issues in current eventsCW.1.e
2.
Compare the relationship of governments and economies to events occurring in specific nations.CW.2
1. a.
  Identifying recurring historical patterns in regions around the worldCW.2.a
2. b.
  Describing costs and benefits of trade among nations in an interdependent worldCW.2.b
3. c.
  Comparing ways different countries address individual and national economic and social problems, including child care, tax rates, economic regulations, health care, national debt, and unemploymentCW.2.c
3.
Compare civic responsibilities, individual rights, opportunities, and privileges of citizens of the United States to those of citizens of other nations.CW.3
4.
Analyze scientific and technological changes for their impact on the United States and the world.CW.4
5.
Analyze cultural elements, including language, art, music, literature, and belief systems, to determine how they facilitate global understanding or misunderstanding.CW.5
6.
Compare information presented through various media, including television, newspapers, magazines, journals, and the Internet.CW.6
1. a.
  Explaining the reliability of news stories and their sourcesCW.6.a
2. b.
  Describing the use, misuse, and meaning of different media materials, including photographs, artwork, and film clipsCW.6.b
3. c.
  Critiquing viewpoints presented in editorial writing and political cartoons, including the use of symbols that represent viewpointsCW.6.c
4. d.
  Describing the role of intentional and unintentional bias and flawed samplingsCW.6.d
7.
Identify strategies that facilitate public discussion on societal issues, including debating various positions, using a deliberative process, blogging, and presenting public forums.CW.7
8.
Organize a service-learning project, including research and implementation, that addresses an identified community or global issue having an impact on the quality of life of individuals and groups.CW.8

Human Geography

1.
Describe spatial patterns of world populations to discern major clusters of population density and reasons for these patterns.HG.1
2.
Identify world migration patterns caused by displacement issues.HG.2
1. a.
  Explaining how Southeast Asian ethnic minorities, including Hmong, Lhasa, and Akha, adapt to life in the United StatesHG.2.a
2. b.
  Tracing the migration of ethnic minorities in Kunming to urban cities in ChinaHG.2.b
3. c.
  Explaining how the displacement of American Indians to reservations affected many areas of the United States, including AlabamaHG.2.c
3.
Identify the characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.HG.3
1. a.
  Explaining essential aspects of culture, including social structure, languages, belief systems, customs, religion, traditions, art, food, architecture, and technologyHG.3.a
4.
Describe elements of the landscape as a mirror of culture.HG.4
1. a.
  Explaining how landscapes reflect cultural traits and preferencesHG.4.a
2. b.
  Distinguishing various types of architecture, including rural, urban, and religious structuresHG.4.b
5.
Compare the geographic distribution of linguistic features around the world.HG.5
1. a.
  Identifying the world's most widely spoken languagesHG.5.a
2. b.
  Describing how linguistic diversity creates cultural conflictHG.5.b
6.
Explain how religion influences cultures around the globe.HG.6
1. a.
  Identifying major religions, their source areas, and spatial expansionHG.6.a
2. b.
  Interpreting different ceremonies based on religious traditions, including marriages, funerals, and coming-of-ageHG.6.b
3. c.
  Describing how religion influences political views around the worldHG.6.c
7.
Describe patterns of settlement in different regions of the world.HG.7
8.
Analyze the interaction of urban places for their impact on surrounding regions.HG.8
1. a.
  Describing urban hinterlandsHG.8.a
2. b.
  Explaining dimensions of urban sprawlHG.8.b
9.
Explain how economic interdependence and globalization impact many countries and their populations.HG.9
1. a.
  Tracing the flow of commodities from one region to anotherHG.9.a
2. b.
  Comparing advantages and disadvantages of global trade agreementsHG.9.b
10.
Recognize how human-environmental interaction affects culture in today's society.HG.10
11.
Interpret human geography as it relates to gender.HG.11
1. a.
  Contrasting roles of men and women around the worldHG.11.a
2. b.
  Describing ways the diffusion of ideas affects gender roles within societiesHG.11.b
12.
Distinguish among cultural health patterns around the world.HG.12
1. a.
  Comparing dietary trends in Africa, Asia, the United States, Europe, and South AmericaHG.12.a
2. b.
  Tracing disease prevalence and efficiency of treatment around the world, including malaria, dengue fever, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), parasites, and obesityHG.12.b
13.
Critique music, art, and dance as vehicles for understanding world cultures.HG.13
1. a.
  Categorizing musical instruments as a means to understanding culture, including the didgeridoo in the aboriginal culture in AustraliaHG.13.a
2. b.
  Identifying music genres and dance styles around the worldHG.13.b
3. c.
  Explaining how culture from various countries is expressed through adornmentsHG.13.c
4. d.
  Relating artwork and artists to historyHG.13.d
14.
Describe how tourism shapes cultural traditions and population growth.HG.14
1. a.
  Explaining how regions become major business centers of tourism and trade, including the cities of Dubai, Bangkok, New York, and ShanghaiHG.14.a
2. b.
  Identifying how trends, including ecotourism and the cruise industry, affect island culture in tropical areasHG.14.b

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What grade levels do these standards cover?: Grade 11
When were these standards adopted?: 2013
Where can I read the official document?: Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies

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