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K–12 Standards

Social Studies Indicators Grades 9-12

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9-12 Social Studies IndicatorsSS

  • 1

    Develop questions through investigations.SS.1

  • 2

    Apply disciplinary concepts and tools.SS.2

  • 3

    Evaluate sources and use evidence.SS.3

  • 4

    Communicate conclusions and take informed action.SS.4

Civics

  • 5

    Distinguish the powers and responsibilities of local, state, tribal, national, and international civic and political institutions.SS.5

  • 6

    Analyze the roles of citizens in the United States political system.SS.6

  • 7

    Explain how the U.S. Constitution establishes a system of government that has powers, responsibilities, and limits that have changed over time and that are still contested.SS.7

  • 8

    Critique relationships among governments, civil societies, and economic markets.SS.8

  • 9

    Evaluate the social and political systems that, in different contexts, times, and places, promote civic virtues and demonstrate democratic principles.SS.9

  • 10

    Analyze the impact and the appropriate roles of personal interests and perspectives on the application of civic virtues, democratic principles, constitutional rights, and human rights.SS.10

  • 11

    Evaluate multiple procedures for making governmental decisions at all levels.SS.11

  • 12

    Analyze how people use and influence local, state, national, and international laws in order to address a variety of public issues.SS.12

  • 13

    Evaluate public policies in terms of intended and unintended outcomes, and their related consequences.SS.13

  • 14

    Analyze historical, contemporary, and emerging means of changing societies, while still promoting the common good and protecting rights.SS.14

Economics

  • 15

    Analyze how incentives influence choices that may result in policies with a range of costs and benefits for different groups.SS.15

  • 16

    Evaluate the extent to which competition among sellers and among buyers exists in specific markets.SS.16

  • 17

    Describe the consequences of competition.SS.17

  • 18

    Use benefits and costs to evaluate the effectiveness of government policies to improve market outcomes.SS.18

  • 19

    Describe the roles of banks and other financial institutions.SS.19

  • 20

    Describe the roles institutions play in such things as clearly defined property rights and the rule of law in a market economy.SS.20

  • 21

    Use current data to explain the influence of changes in spending, production, and the money supply on various economic conditions.SS.21

  • 22

    Use key economic indicators to analyze the current and future state of the economy.SS.22

  • 23

    Evaluate the selection of monetary and fiscal policies in a variety of economic conditions.SS.23

  • 24

    Explain why advancements in capital goods and human capital increase economic growth and standards of living.SS.24

  • 25

    Explain how current globalization trends and policies affect economic growth, labor markets, rights of citizens, the environment, and resources and income distribution in various nations.SS.25

Geography

  • 26

    Use geospatial and related technologies to create maps to display and explain the spatial patterns of cultural and environmental characteristics.SS.26

  • 27

    Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their political, cultural, and economic dynamics.SS.27

  • 28

    Analyze relationships and interactions within and between human and physical systems to explain reciprocal influences that occur among them.SS.28

  • 29

    Evaluate how past political and economic decisions have influenced cultural and environmental characteristics of various places and regions.SS.29

  • 30

    Evaluate the impact of human settlement activities on the environmental and cultural characteristics of specific places and regions.SS.30

  • 31

    Explain how changes in transportation and communication technology influence the spatial connections among human settlements and affect the diffusion of ideas and cultural practices.SS.31

  • 32

    Analyze the reciprocal nature of how historical events and the spatial diffusion of ideas, technologies, and cultural practices have influenced migration patterns and the distribution of human population.SS.32

  • 33

    Evaluate how economic globalization and the expanding use of scarce resources contribute to conflict and cooperation within and among countries.SS.33

  • 34

    Evaluate the effects of human-made and natural catastrophes on global trade, politics, and human migration.SS.34

History and Literacy

  • 35

    Evaluate how historical events and developments were shaped by unique circumstances of time and place as well as broader historical contexts.SS.35

  • 36

    Use questions generated about individuals and groups to assess how the significance of their actions changes over time and is shaped by the historical context.SS.36

  • 37

    Analyze how historical contexts shaped and continue to shape people’s perspectives.SS.37

  • 38

    Analyze the ways in which the perspectives of those writing history shaped the history that they produced.SS.38

  • 39

    Explain how the perspectives of people in the present shape interpretations of the past.SS.39

  • 40

    Analyze the relationship between historical sources and the secondary interpretations made from them.SS.40

  • 41

    Detect possible limitations in various kinds of historical evidence and differing secondary interpretations.SS.41

  • 42

    Use questions generated about multiple historical sources to pursue further inquiry and investigate additional sources.SS.42

  • 43

    Critique the validity of the historical sources used in a secondary interpretation.SS.43

  • 44

    Distinguish between long-term causes and triggering events in developing a historical argument.SS.44

  • 45

    Integrate evidence from multiple relevant historical sources and interpretations into a reasoned argument about the past.SS.45

  • 46

    Critique the central argument in secondary works of history on related topics in multiple media in terms of their historical accuracy.SS.46

  • 47

    Read and comprehend history/social studies texts at or above grade level text complexity band independently and proficiently.SS.47

  • 48

    Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events.SS.48

  • 49

    Conduct short, as well as more sustained, research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.SS.49

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Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12

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