ACAT Curriculum Alignment SOCIAL STUDIES

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Pre-Literacy

Behavioral Sciences Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator A: Applies the behavioral science concepts of psychology, sociology and anthropology to personal and community situations
1. Describes moods and emotions	Supplemental: Class Discussion
2. Describes family structure and relationships	Supplemental: Class Discussion

Economics Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

1.Describes how family units produce consume and exchange scarce resources

Supplemental: Class Discussion

Geography Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator: Demonstrates use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places and environments
1. Defines and demonstrates directional words and phrases (left, right, north and south)	Right and Left Lesson with scissors
2. Recites address including city, state, and country	Oral activity with teacher
3. Recognizes maps and globes and what they represent	Class Activity National Geographic Game

History Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator A: Demonstrates and applies the basic tools of historical research, including chronology and how to collect, interpret, and employ information from historical materials
1.Sequences days, months, holidays, and personal life events in chronological order	Timeline Lesson
2. Using primary source materials, including photographs, artifacts, and interviews, traces the history of a family including important places, events, documents, and customs	Class Project
3. Describes personal family events from the past recognizing that some aspects change (i.e., dress, food, shelter) while many core values and beliefs remain the same	Class Discussion

Indicator B: Recognizes key historical places, events, documents, cultures and persons in world, US and AZ history; and analyzes their significant patterns, themes, ideas, and interrelationships

1. Describes the way people lived in earlier days and how their lives would different today, including examples from Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and American colonial times

Wheel of Pharaoh

Jobs in Jamestown

2. Describes examples of honesty, courage, determination, and individual responsibility in American and world history

Class Discussion: Writing Assignment

Political Science and Civics Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator: Demonstrates knowledge of the structures, functions and symbols of government and applies these to citizenship
1. Recognizes how different family members protect one another	Class Discussion
2. Identifies the purposes of laws and consequences of breaking a law	Responsibility (teacher read aloud)	a
3. Explains the voting process in Arizona	Vote Smart	a
4. Identifies that elected officials make laws	Who makes Laws	a
5. Explains citizen’s basic rights	Bill of Rights	a
6. Explains that American people come from many places to form one nation	The Melting Pot	a
7. Recites the Pledge of Allegiance	Pledge History	a
8. Recites or recalls the words to the "Star Spangled Banner"	Star Spangled Banner Music	a
9. Recognizes national symbols that represent American democracy and values	Symbols	a

** pre-lit lessons may be read by teacher

ABE I
Behavioral Sciences Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator A: Applies the behavioral science concepts of psychology, sociology and anthropology to personal and community situations
1. Discusses attitudes and prejudice	Connections p. 170, 182, 56
2. Discusses formation of personal values and beliefs	SS- p. 105-107 SVBS- p. 122-129
3. Discusses the effects of social stratification, ethnicity and gender on individual beliefs, attitudes and behavior	Class Discussion Media Awareness Lessons SS- p.105-107 SVBS- p.122-129 Connections p. 170, p.180-182

Economics Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator A: Employs basic economic concepts, evaluates problems, and makes rational choices in his/her roles as a consumer, worker and citizen

1. Describes how scarcity affects his/her daily life

S-V Connections p. 104

H- Lesson 21 p.68-70

2. Describes the characteristics of production, distribution, and exchange in an economy

S-V Connections p. 90

Sections 3 (all)

SS p. 84-89

H-Lesson 21 p. 68-70

SYBS- p. 76-80
Lessons on Economics

Geography Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator: Demonstrates use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places and environments
1.Describes and defines natural features (landforms, bodies of water, mountain, desert, natural resources, etc.)	C- 220-229 Geo Game Map Activity
2. Draws simple maps to give directions to local points	C- 214-219
3. Locates current position on a map or globe	SVBS- (55)18 Map of US
4. Defines longitude and latitude	S-V Connections p. 21-23
5. Recognizes and locates specific land masses and bodies of water	SS- p.12-15 SVBS- p.16-43
6. Describes how people depend on the physical environment and its natural resources to satisfy their basic needs	S-V Connections p. 32-35 SS- p.22-35 SVBS- p.16-43 Trail of Discovery

History Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator A: Demonstrates and applies the basic tools of historical research, including chronology and how to collect, interpret, and employ information from historical materials
1. Sequences events in one’s personal life in chronological order using a timeline	SVC 55
2. Sequences key eras in world, United States and Arizona history	SVBS- Unit 2
3. Describes the importance of individual action and character through the lives of famous persons from recent world, United States and Arizona history	C-130-141 Americans Who Tell the Truth

Indicator B: Recognizes key historical places, events, documents, cultures and persons in world, United States and Arizona history; and analyze their significant patterns, themes, ideas, and interrelationships
World History
1. Describes Egypt and China, including the contributions of written language, calendars, and architectural monuments such as the pyramids and the Great Wall of China	SVC – 48-51
2. Describes the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome, including the music, art, religion, and sports.	SVC 3
United States History
1. Describes the distinctive economies, symbols, customs and oral traditions of the Native Americans of Arizona.	Horizons p. 38-40 Horizons p.26-28 p. 86-94 Native American Songs and Dances from Arizona

Political Science and Civics Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts on a variety of situations
Indicator: Demonstrates knowledge of the structures, functions and symbols of government and applies these to citizenship
1. Describes the basic structure of the Republican-Democratic form in the United States government	S-V Connections p. 146-149 SS- p. 60-67 H- Lesson 26-28 p. 86-94 SVBS- Unit 4
2.Explains the basic structures of communism, dictatorships, monarchy, and theocracy	SV GED 162

ABE II

Behavioral Sciences Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator A: Applies the behavioral science concepts of psychology, sociology and anthropology to personal and community situations
1. Identifies the components of personality	C- 196
2. Defines group norms, values and beliefs	S-V Connections p.171-173 SVBS p. 122-124
3. Discusses why and how groups form	S-V Connections p. 176-179

Economics Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator A: Employs basic economic concepts, evaluates problems, and makes rational choices in his/her roles as a consumer, worker and citizen

1. Uses basic economic concepts (exchange, opportunity costs, specialization, price) to describe key economic events in United States history

S-V Connections p. 92-95,

98-101

SVBS Unit #3

SS- p. 84-89
MHC preGED unit 1-4

2. Uses charts, bar graphs, and pie charts to describe and analyze basic economic concepts

S-V Connections p. 92-95;

98-101; 110-113 116-119
MHC preGED unit 1-4

SVBS- p. 84-87

SS-p. 92-95

Geography Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator: Demonstrates use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places and environments
1. Interprets and use a map key	SVC p. 14-19 MHC pre-GED unit 5 SVBS- p. 16-21
2. Uses longitude and latitude to locate positions on a map or globe	SVC- 20-25
3. Describes the characteristics of maps and their uses	SVC- 14-37 MHC pre-GED unit 5 Nobel Prize and Conflicts interactive Map
4. Draws an accurate map after being given a description of a place	Tennis Ball Map
5. Describes how people can conserve and replenish certain resources	SVC- p.32-37

History Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator A: Demonstrates and applies the basic tools of historical research, including chronology and how to collect, interpret, and employ information from historical materials
1.Applies chronological terms correctly, including decade, century, and generation	Time Lesson Civil Rights Timeline
2. Identifies and locate primary and secondary information resources
3. Distinguishes fact from fiction in historical stories	SV-GED P.74-77 C- 82-88
4. Interprets historical data in the form of simple graphs and tables	SVC 55 C-115

Indicator B: Recognizes key historical places, events, documents, cultures and persons in world, United States and Arizona history; and analyzes their significant patterns, themes, ideas, and interrelationships
World History
1. Describes the cultures of the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Africa, Mesopotamia, Asia; the Aztecs, Mayas, and Mound Builders; and Greece and Rome and identifies their major contributions to later civilizations	Time ..Then and Now Daily Life...
2. Describes the cultures of pre-medieval, medieval Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas; describes major achievements in science and philosophy	Daily Life... African Voices Timeline
United States History
1. Describes the exploration and conquest of the New World by European explorers, including their goals, challenges, successes and failings	SVBS- p. 46-49 1492 and Beyond
2. Describes the political, religious, and economic aspects of North American colonization	SVC- p. 44-49 SVBS- p. 50-53
3. Explains the reasons for dissatisfaction with English rule among the colonists and how that contributed to the American Revolution	SVC- 50-55 Declaration of Independence Timeline
4. Describes the people and events associated with the development of the United States republic	SVBS- p. 92-95 Presidents game
5. Describes and locate areas of American expansion into the West and its impact on indigenous peoples	SV GED- p. 95
6. Identifies the major events leading to the Civil War	SVC- p. 56-61 SVBS- p. 56-58 SVC- p. 62-67
7. Defines the Industrial Revolution and its effects on American life
8. Identifies the countries involved in World War I and the major causes	C- p. 121
9. Identifies the countries involved in World War II and the major causes	C- p. 127-128
10. Identifies the purpose and date of establishment of the League of Nations and the United Nations	C- p. 121 C- p. 128
11. Identifies important inventions of the 20^th century	Video- The 20^th Century

Political Science and Civics Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator: Demonstrates knowledge of the structures, functions and symbols of government and applies these to citizenship
1.Identifies the fundamental values of Colonial America individualism, religious freedom etc.)	SVBS- p. 50-53
2. Identifies fundamental principles in the Declaration of Independence	MHC pre-GED unit 1 lesson 1 Declaration of Independence Timeline
3. Identifies the fundamental principles of the United States Constitution	SVC- p. 140-145 MHC pre-GED unit 1 lesson 1 Unit 2, lesson 2 SVBS- p. 92-95
Explains the powers granted to the President, Congress and the Supreme Court	SVC- p. 159 MHC pre-GED Unit 2, lesson 2 SVBS- p. 96-99
5. Explains the relationship among the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights	Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence

ABE III

Behavioral Sciences Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator A: Applies the behavioral science concepts of psychology, sociology and anthropology to personal and community situations

1.Describes personality development

Contemporary’s GED

PP195-196

2. Describes the impact of norms, values, and beliefs on specific group behaviors

Contemporary’s GED

P. 79

S.V. PP 200-202

3. Discusses why and how cultures and societies form

S.V PP 198-202

Contemporary GED

PP. 179-186

Economics Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator A: Employs basic economic concepts, evaluates problems, and makes rational choices in his/her roles as a consumer, worker and citizen
1. Describes the operation of a market-economy	Contemporary’s GED PP 237-240 Economics lessons MHC preGED unit 1-4
2. Describes the factors that cause economic growth	Contemporary’s GED PP. 247-253 MHC preGED unit 1-4
3. Applies the concept of scarcity to family, community and business choices and decision making	Blue jeans Lesson Contemporary’s GED PP 250-253

Geography Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator: Demonstrates use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places and environments
1. Describes the purposes of, and differences among, maps, globes and aerial photographs	Contemporary’s GED MHC pre-GED unit 5 PP. 84-85, 214-217
2. Describes and locate major natural and human-made features that define regions in the US and in the world	Geo Tour Game MHC pre-GED unit 5 lesson2 American States and Capitals Game
3. Constructs and interprets maps, charts, graphs and geographic databases	Biodiversity Lesson
4. Describes the causes for and effects of migration and settlement of places	Contemporary’s GED MHC pre-GED unit 5 lesson 3 PP. 220-223
5. Describes how people have depended on the physical environment and its natural resources to satisfy their basic needs and the consequences to the natural environment	Contemporary’s GED PP 220-226 MHC pre-GED unit 5 lesson3

History Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator A: Demonstrates and applies the basic tools of historical research, including chronology and how to collect, interpret, and employ information from historical materials
1. Constructs various timelines of key events, people, and periods of the historical era being studied and explains how major events are related to each other	Timelines Melting Pot Timeline Resources
2. Uses primary and secondary information resources to report on places, events, documents, and persons from recent and past world, United States and Arizona history	"I" Witness to History Reconstruction Birmingham Blues
3. Frames questions that can be answered by historical study and research	Black and White in US History: A Gray Area Nobel Prize and Conflicts interactive Map Of Human Bondage
4. Analyzes a historical source and identifies the author’s main points, purpose, and when he or she is giving an opinion or stating facts	Amistad Trial SV GED P. 108-111; 160-162

Indicator B: Recognizes key historical places, events, documents, cultures and persons in world, United States and Arizona history; and analyzes their signification patterns, themes, ideas, and interrelationships

World History

1. Describes the economic and political considerations leading to World War I	Contemporary GED U.S .video and handout (history in focus) 120-121
2. Describes the economic and political considerations leading to World War II	Connections 112-115 U.S .video and handout (history in focus) Contemporary GED 127-128
3. Describes the causes and effects of World War II and the role of the United States in it	U.S .video and handout (history in focus) Connections P112-115
4. Describes the origins, functions and impact of the League of Nations	Contemporary GED P121 U.S .video and handout (history in focus)
5. Describes the origins, functions and impact of the United Nations	Connections 72-75 U.S .video and handout And 221 Contemporary GED P 128

United States History

1. Describes the reasons for colonization; including religious freedom, desire for land, economic opportunity, and a new life, and the key differences among the Atlantic colonies and the role and views of key individuals who founded them	Connection 88-91 S-V Building Strategies P46-52 U.S .video and handout (US early years) Contemporary GED 91-92 SV GED P 70-71
2. Describes the economic and political causes, key individuals and consequences of the American Revolution	U.S .video and handout (American Revolution) SV GED P 76-79 SV Connections P 94-97
3. Describes the narrative of the people and events associated with the development of the United States Constitution and describe its significance to the foundation of the American Republic	Contemporary GED P 147, 152-153 MHC pre-GED Unit 2, lesson 2 SV Building Strategies P 92 SV Connections P 146-149; 152-172 US video and handout (painless guide)
4. Explains how the United States acquired additional territory and the concept of Manifest Destiny	Contemporary GED P100-101 MHC pre-GED Unit 1 lesson 2,3 U.S .video and handout (Gone West)
5. Describes the economic and political causes, the course and consequences of the Civil War, including how it divided the American people	Contemporary GED P 107-108 MHC pre-GED Unit 1 lesson 2 US video and handout (American Civil War) SV Connections P 100-103; 222
6. Describes the character and lasting consequences of Reconstruction	Contemporary GED P110 US video and handout (American Civil War)
7. Describes the transformation of the American economy and the changing, social, economic and political conditions caused by the Industrial Revolution	SV GED P 100-103 Contemporary GED P111-113 MHC pre-GED Unit 1 lesson 2,3 Unit 3, lesson 4 US video and handout (Industrial Revolution) SV Connections P 124
8. Describes the causes and effects of the Great Depression	MHC pre-GED Unit 1 lesson 3 U.S.. video and handout (20th century) Contemporary GED P125 SV Building Strategies P 59-60
9. Describes the economic and political considerations leading to the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War and the results of both	SV Connections 4; 119-121 MHC pre-GED Unit 1 lesson 4 MHC pre-GED Unit 3 lesson 5 US video and handout (History in focus1950-59) SV Building Strategies P 68-69
10. Describes the impact of 20^th century inventions on everyday life	Great Inventions

Political Science and Civics Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator: Demonstrates knowledge of the structures, functions and symbols of government and applies to citizenship

1. Identifies fundamental constitutional rights expressed in the Bill of Rights (e.g., freedom of religion, expression, due process, right to a fair trial).

SV Connections P.140-143, Contemporary GED P 158-159

American Documents

2.Explains the concepts of federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances

Horizons P 89-90
Three Branches of Government
MHC pre-GED Unit 2 lesson 3

Connections P 146-159

3.Explains the relationships among federal, state, county, city/town and tribal governments

National and State Governments

4.Explains the legal obligations and responsibilities of citizenship

Rights of a Citizen
MHC pre-GED Unit 2 lesson 4

Responsibilities of a Citizen

5. Explains the importance of political decision making, petitioning public officials, and analyzing issues

Informed Decision

6..Describes the processes of recall, referendum, and initiative in Arizona

Citizenship

Adult Secondary Education Adult Secondary Education I /GED

Indicator A: Applies the behavioral science concepts of psychology, sociology and anthropology to personal and community situations

Materials

Date Completed

1.Discusses various theories of personality development

Thinkquest personality lesson

2. Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of living in rural, urban and suburban communities

Class Handout- coordinate with Essay Writing

3. Traces the development of urban communities

Research on Cities and Farms- coordinate with reading and writing project

Indicator B: Employs basic economic concepts, evaluates problems, and makes rational choices in his/her roles as a consumer, worker and citizen

Materials

Date Completed

1.Describes the basic principles of microeconomics

Economics Basics

2. Describes how economic concepts relate to personal financial choices (e.g., interest, credit, savings, investment)

Who Owns McDonald’s?

3. Analyzes the similarities and differences among market, command and mixed economic systems

Economy Lesson: China

C GED P 234-235

4. Describes the basic principles of macroeconomics

Budget Buster

5. Analyzes the implications of scarcity at a national level

Hot Commodities

6. Describes the effects of international commerce between the United States and other nations

C GED pp 228-229

Indicator C: Demonstrates use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places and environments

Materials

Date Completed

1.Explains and interprets basic patterns of geo-political, population and cultural geography

World trade
Nobel Prize and Conflicts interactive Map

2. Describes natural and demographic characteristics of places and uses this knowledge to define regions, their relationships, and patterns of change

Biodiversity Lesson

3. Explains how geographic factors effect human activities

Around the World at 30 degrees North Latitude

4. Constructs and interprets thematic maps depicting various aspects of the United States and world trade and culture

Assessing Our Natural Resources

5. Explains the changes in the meaning, use and distribution of natural resources

Assessing Our Natural Resources

C GED P 224-224, 233

Indicator D: Demonstrates and applies the basic tools of historical research, including chronology and how to collect, interpret, and employ information from historical materials

Materials

Date Completed

1.Applies chronological and spatial thinking to understand the meaning, implications, and import of historical and current events

Voting Unit

2. Assesses the credibility of primary and secondary sources and draws sound conclusions from them

Supplemental: Ancient History Lesson

3. Evaluates different historical accounts and opinions of the same event, person, or issue

4. Frames open-ended questions suitable for historical study and research to gather pertinent information

The Historian’s Questions
Nobel Prize and Conflicts interactive Map

5. Interprets historical persons, documents, events and issues in the context of their time

Indicator E: Recognizes key historical places, events, documents, cultures and persons in world, United States and Arizona history; and analyzes their significant patterns, themes, ideas, and interrelationships

Materials

Date Completed

World History

1.Recognizes various forms of religion and government of ancient civilization; including the traditions, customs, beliefs, and enduring impacts of each in today’s world

Timeline for use in Lesson

Ancient History Cyber Journalists

2. Describes the geographic, political, economic, and social characteristics of the Ancient Greek and Roman Civilizations, with emphasis on the development of concepts of government and citizenship and scientific and cultural advancements

Rome’s Rise to Power

3. Describes the rise of commerce, trade and the merchant class in Medieval Europe, including the impact of the Catholic Church and the Crusades

Trade in the Middle Ages(includes study on the plague)

4. Explains how the Renaissance and Reformation influenced education, art, religion, and government in Europe

Leonardo’s Workshop Time Travel

Artcyclopedia: Artists

5. Analyzes the origins, obstacles and impacts of the Age of Exploration

6. Explains the worldwide causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution

Building America’s Factories

C GED P 111

7. Describes the major events of World War I and the role of the United States

PBS Lesson WW!

8. Describes the major events of World War II and the role of the United States

Supplemental: World War II Supplemental: The Holocaust

9. Describes the worldwide impact of post-World War II technology on living patterns, popular culture, and the environment

American culture

Twentieth Century Engineering

C GED P 138-141

United States History

1. Describes the political, religious, and economic aspects of North American colonization, including the institutionalization of slavery and the early representative government and democratic practices that emerged

C GED P. 91-92

2. Describes the aspirations, ideals, and events that served as the foundation for the creation of a new nation forged from 13 states

In Congress Assembled

3. Describes the worldwide spread of the ideas of the American Revolution

Perspectives on Liberty

4. Describes the reasons for and destination of the major westward migrations and the impact of such expansion on American Indian nations, including broken treaties and the Long Walk of the Navajos

Supplemetal: Lesson on Chief Joseph

5. Discusses the character and lasting consequences of the Civil War, including the attempts to protect the rights of freedmen and heightened racial antagonism as exemplified by the rise of the Ku Klux Klan

C GED P 107-108, 110

105-107

6. Explains the Industrial Revolution in terms of the impact of technological innovations and mass production, urbanization, immigration, unionism, social welfare

Supplemental:

The Civil War and Industrialization

C GED P 113, 220-221

7. Describes the human and natural crises of the Great Depression and the policies and controversies that emerged from the New Deal

The Great Depresssion Site

C GED 125,126

135-139

8. Analyzes the impact of World War II and the Cold War on United States foreign policy

C GED P. 135, 138, 139, 141

9. Describes the confrontations with communism, including the Berlin Blockade, Berlin Wall, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Korea, and Vietnam

10.Analyzes the Voting Rights, Civil Rights, and Women’s Rights movements

Supplemental: Civil Rights Lessons

Issues in Voting

Indicator F: Demonstrates knowledge of the structures, functions and symbols of government and applies these to citizenship

1.Explains the inalienable rights of individuals and the purpose of government

2. Cites Judeo-Christian ideas relevant to the development of the United States Republic

Philosophy Lecture

3. States why and how the United States Constitution was created

In Congress Assembled

4. Analyzes the rights, protection, limits and freedoms included in the United States Constitution and its amendments

Supplemental: Racism

5. Discusses skills needed to participate in America’s government

Rights and Responsibilities

6. Explains the right to vote and the events that led to African Americans, Native Americans, and women gaining this fundamental right

Cultural Change

7. Describes the poll tax and how it discriminated against certain people

American Memories: Poll Tax

8. Analyzes the structures, powers, and roles of the executive, legislative, and Judicial branches of the US government

US Government Checks and Balances

ASE II

Behavioral Sciences Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator A: Applies the behavioral science concepts of psychology, sociology and

anthropology to personal and community situations

1. Develop a personal mission statement incorporating personal values and beliefs

Economics Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator A: Employs basic economic concepts, evaluates problems, and makes rational choices in his roles as a consumer, worker and citizen

1.Describes how households and firms are interdependent and how their relationship is affected by trade, exchange, money and banking

Banking, Budgeting and Teens

1

2. Analyzes and evaluates the role of government in the mixed market economy of the United States

Economics Lesson

1

3. Interprets and predicts the effects of international commerce in the United States and other nations

The Effects of World Trade

1

4. Uses tables, graphs, diagrams, and charts to analyze economic information germane to current events

A Personal Journey

Using Cartograms Latin America

A Developing Country

1

Geography Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator: Demonstrates use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places and environments

1.Constructs and interprets maps using fundamental cartographic principles to infer geographic relationships and features

ALL Eathquake Lesson

2. Describes the economic, political, cultural and social processes that interact to shape patterns of human population, interdependence, cooperation and conflict

Taking Stock in the Past for the Future

Population: Balancing Act

3. Uses geographic knowledge to explain past, interpret present, and anticipate future issues

A Developing Country

4. Explains policies and programs for resource management, including the trade-off between environmental quality and economic growth

AALL Nuclear Energy

The Everglades

History Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator A: Demonstrates and applies the basic tools of historical research, including chronology and how to collect, interpret, and employ information from historical materials

1.Compares the present with the past; evaluating the consequences of past events and decisions and determining the lessons learned

Amistad Trial
Port of Entry

2. Traces the development of an author’s argument, viewpoint, or perspective in an historical account

3. Shows connections between particular events and larger social, economic, and political trends and developments

ALL Internet lesson Nuclear Energy

4. Applies historical skills to analyze modern regional conflicts in the world and develop historical interpretations

5. Examines different points of view on the same historical events and determines the context in which the statements were made, including the questions asked, the sources used, and the author’s perspectives

6. Draws personal predictions and conclusions on current events to explain how they are like or unlike past history and defend the position based on that past history

The American Dream

7. Traces the impact of past persons, cultures, documents and events on current beliefs and values

Rome and Government

Indicator B: Recognizes key historical places, events, documents, cultures and persons in world, Us and AZ history; and analyzes their significant patterns, themes, ideas, and inter relationships

World History

1.Describes the democratic and scientific revolutions as they evolved throughout the Enlightenment

The Enlightenment: History Sourcebook

Enlightenment Philosophy

2. Analyzes patterns of change during the 19^th century era of imperialism from varied perspectives

Imperialism Lesson

3. Explains the rise of nationalism and the ethnic and ideological conflicts and how they led to World War I

4. Describes the major turning points of World War I and the final outcome

5. Analyzes the rise of totalitarianism and influence of world conflicts and how they led to World War II

6. Describes the principal theaters of battle, major turning points, and geographic factors in military decisions and outcomes, including Pearl Harbor, the Holocaust, D-Day invasions, the use of the atomic bomb, and the reasons for the Allied victory

7. Describes the major international developments after World War II, including the creation of the state of Israel, the rebuilding of Western Europe, Soviet control of Eastern Europe, and Mao and the Chinese Revolution

Stalin and Eastern Europe
50 years of China: CNN flash presentation

8. Evaluates the ideologies and outcomes of independence movements in the emerging third world

Contrasting Constitutions

United States History

Applies the skills of historical analysis to current social, political, geographic, and economic issues facing the United States; including the reasons for and impact of the nation’s changing immigration policy, the persistence of poverty, and the new world disorder and dangers

Stop the Flow!

Political Science and Civics Standard: The adult learner uses and applies social studies concepts in a variety of situations.

Indicator: Demonstrates knowledge of the structures, functions and symbols of government and applies these to citizenship

1.Analyzes the rights, protections, limits and freedoms included in the Constitution and Bill of Rights with emphasis on the conflicts that arise between rights (e.g., the tension between right to a fair trial and freedom of the press and between majority rules and individual rights)

2. Explains the rights and obligations of the citizens with emphasis on the connection between self-interest and common good

3. Discusses how African Americans, Native Americans and women used activism to get the right to vote

Women’s Rights

4. Describes the Electoral College including how the numbers are calculated, how the votes are earned, how the Electoral College nullifies some votes, why votes in sparsely populated states have less leverage, the role of delegates, and how it is possible to be elected without a majority vote

Rocking the Vote

5. Analyzes the historical Sources and ideas of the United States government, including the influence of the Greeks, Romans, and the great political philosophers

Greek Philosophy Lesson

Rome and Government

6. Explains the Federalist and Anti-Federalist arguments for and against the Constitution

Timeline of the Papers

Indicator: Demonstrates knowledge of the structures, functions and symbols of government and applies to citizenship
1. Identifies fundamental constitutional rights expressed in the Bill of Rights (e.g., freedom of religion, expression, due process, right to a fair trial).	SV Connections P.140-143, Contemporary GED P 158-159 American Documents
2.Explains the concepts of federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances	Horizons P 89-90 Three Branches of Government MHC pre-GED Unit 2 lesson 3 Connections P 146-159
3.Explains the relationships among federal, state, county, city/town and tribal governments	National and State Governments
4.Explains the legal obligations and responsibilities of citizenship	Rights of a Citizen MHC pre-GED Unit 2 lesson 4 Responsibilities of a Citizen
5. Explains the importance of political decision making, petitioning public officials, and analyzing issues	Informed Decision
6..Describes the processes of recall, referendum, and initiative in Arizona	Citizenship

Indicator A: Applies the behavioral science concepts of psychology, sociology and anthropology to personal and community situations	Materials	Date Completed
1.Discusses various theories of personality development	Thinkquest personality lesson
2. Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of living in rural, urban and suburban communities	Class Handout- coordinate with Essay Writing
3. Traces the development of urban communities	Research on Cities and Farms- coordinate with reading and writing project
Indicator B: Employs basic economic concepts, evaluates problems, and makes rational choices in his/her roles as a consumer, worker and citizen	Materials	Date Completed
1.Describes the basic principles of microeconomics	Economics Basics
2. Describes how economic concepts relate to personal financial choices (e.g., interest, credit, savings, investment)	Who Owns McDonald’s?
3. Analyzes the similarities and differences among market, command and mixed economic systems	Economy Lesson: China C GED P 234-235
4. Describes the basic principles of macroeconomics	Budget Buster
5. Analyzes the implications of scarcity at a national level	Hot Commodities
6. Describes the effects of international commerce between the United States and other nations	C GED pp 228-229
Indicator C: Demonstrates use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places and environments	Materials	Date Completed
1.Explains and interprets basic patterns of geo-political, population and cultural geography	World trade Nobel Prize and Conflicts interactive Map
2. Describes natural and demographic characteristics of places and uses this knowledge to define regions, their relationships, and patterns of change	Biodiversity Lesson
3. Explains how geographic factors effect human activities	Around the World at 30 degrees North Latitude
4. Constructs and interprets thematic maps depicting various aspects of the United States and world trade and culture	Assessing Our Natural Resources
5. Explains the changes in the meaning, use and distribution of natural resources	Assessing Our Natural Resources C GED P 224-224, 233
Indicator D: Demonstrates and applies the basic tools of historical research, including chronology and how to collect, interpret, and employ information from historical materials	Materials	Date Completed
1.Applies chronological and spatial thinking to understand the meaning, implications, and import of historical and current events	Voting Unit
2. Assesses the credibility of primary and secondary sources and draws sound conclusions from them	Supplemental: Ancient History Lesson
3. Evaluates different historical accounts and opinions of the same event, person, or issue
4. Frames open-ended questions suitable for historical study and research to gather pertinent information	The Historian’s Questions Nobel Prize and Conflicts interactive Map
5. Interprets historical persons, documents, events and issues in the context of their time
Indicator E: Recognizes key historical places, events, documents, cultures and persons in world, United States and Arizona history; and analyzes their significant patterns, themes, ideas, and interrelationships	Materials	Date Completed
*World History*
1.Recognizes various forms of religion and government of ancient civilization; including the traditions, customs, beliefs, and enduring impacts of each in today’s world	Timeline for use in Lesson Ancient History Cyber Journalists
2. Describes the geographic, political, economic, and social characteristics of the Ancient Greek and Roman Civilizations, with emphasis on the development of concepts of government and citizenship and scientific and cultural advancements	Rome’s Rise to Power
3. Describes the rise of commerce, trade and the merchant class in Medieval Europe, including the impact of the Catholic Church and the Crusades	Trade in the Middle Ages(includes study on the plague)
4. Explains how the Renaissance and Reformation influenced education, art, religion, and government in Europe	Leonardo’s Workshop Time Travel Artcyclopedia: Artists
5. Analyzes the origins, obstacles and impacts of the Age of Exploration
6. Explains the worldwide causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution	Building America’s Factories C GED P 111
7. Describes the major events of World War I and the role of the United States	PBS Lesson WW!
8. Describes the major events of World War II and the role of the United States	Supplemental: World War II Supplemental: The Holocaust
9. Describes the worldwide impact of post-World War II technology on living patterns, popular culture, and the environment	American culture Twentieth Century Engineering C GED P 138-141

United States History
1. Describes the political, religious, and economic aspects of North American colonization, including the institutionalization of slavery and the early representative government and democratic practices that emerged	C GED P. 91-92
2. Describes the aspirations, ideals, and events that served as the foundation for the creation of a new nation forged from 13 states	In Congress Assembled
3. Describes the worldwide spread of the ideas of the American Revolution	Perspectives on Liberty
4. Describes the reasons for and destination of the major westward migrations and the impact of such expansion on American Indian nations, including broken treaties and the Long Walk of the Navajos	Supplemetal: Lesson on Chief Joseph
5. Discusses the character and lasting consequences of the Civil War, including the attempts to protect the rights of freedmen and heightened racial antagonism as exemplified by the rise of the Ku Klux Klan	C GED P 107-108, 110 105-107
6. Explains the Industrial Revolution in terms of the impact of technological innovations and mass production, urbanization, immigration, unionism, social welfare	Supplemental: The Civil War and Industrialization C GED P 113, 220-221
7. Describes the human and natural crises of the Great Depression and the policies and controversies that emerged from the New Deal	The Great Depresssion Site C GED 125,126 135-139
8. Analyzes the impact of World War II and the Cold War on United States foreign policy	C GED P. 135, 138, 139, 141
9. Describes the confrontations with communism, including the Berlin Blockade, Berlin Wall, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Korea, and Vietnam
10.Analyzes the Voting Rights, Civil Rights, and Women’s Rights movements	Supplemental: Civil Rights Lessons Issues in Voting

Indicator F: Demonstrates knowledge of the structures, functions and symbols of government and applies these to citizenship
1.Explains the inalienable rights of individuals and the purpose of government
2. Cites Judeo-Christian ideas relevant to the development of the United States Republic	Philosophy Lecture
3. States why and how the United States Constitution was created	In Congress Assembled
4. Analyzes the rights, protection, limits and freedoms included in the United States Constitution and its amendments	Supplemental: Racism
5. Discusses skills needed to participate in America’s government	Rights and Responsibilities
6. Explains the right to vote and the events that led to African Americans, Native Americans, and women gaining this fundamental right	Cultural Change
7. Describes the poll tax and how it discriminated against certain people	American Memories: Poll Tax
8. Analyzes the structures, powers, and roles of the executive, legislative, and Judicial branches of the US government	US Government Checks and Balances

Indicator A: Applies the behavioral science concepts of psychology, sociology and anthropology to personal and community situations
1. Develop a personal mission statement incorporating personal values and beliefs

1.Describes how households and firms are interdependent and how their relationship is affected by trade, exchange, money and banking	Banking, Budgeting and Teens	1
2. Analyzes and evaluates the role of government in the mixed market economy of the United States	Economics Lesson	1
3. Interprets and predicts the effects of international commerce in the United States and other nations	The Effects of World Trade	1
4. Uses tables, graphs, diagrams, and charts to analyze economic information germane to current events	A Personal Journey Using Cartograms Latin America A Developing Country	1

Indicator: Demonstrates use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places and environments
1.Constructs and interprets maps using fundamental cartographic principles to infer geographic relationships and features	ALL Eathquake Lesson
2. Describes the economic, political, cultural and social processes that interact to shape patterns of human population, interdependence, cooperation and conflict	Taking Stock in the Past for the Future Population: Balancing Act
3. Uses geographic knowledge to explain past, interpret present, and anticipate future issues	A Developing Country
4. Explains policies and programs for resource management, including the trade-off between environmental quality and economic growth	AALL Nuclear Energy The Everglades

Indicator A: Demonstrates and applies the basic tools of historical research, including chronology and how to collect, interpret, and employ information from historical materials
1.Compares the present with the past; evaluating the consequences of past events and decisions and determining the lessons learned	Amistad Trial Port of Entry
2. Traces the development of an author’s argument, viewpoint, or perspective in an historical account
3. Shows connections between particular events and larger social, economic, and political trends and developments	ALL Internet lesson Nuclear Energy
4. Applies historical skills to analyze modern regional conflicts in the world and develop historical interpretations
5. Examines different points of view on the same historical events and determines the context in which the statements were made, including the questions asked, the sources used, and the author’s perspectives
6. Draws personal predictions and conclusions on current events to explain how they are like or unlike past history and defend the position based on that past history	The American Dream
7. Traces the impact of past persons, cultures, documents and events on current beliefs and values	Rome and Government

1.Describes the democratic and scientific revolutions as they evolved throughout the Enlightenment	The Enlightenment: History Sourcebook Enlightenment Philosophy
2. Analyzes patterns of change during the 19^th century era of imperialism from varied perspectives	Imperialism Lesson
3. Explains the rise of nationalism and the ethnic and ideological conflicts and how they led to World War I
4. Describes the major turning points of World War I and the final outcome
5. Analyzes the rise of totalitarianism and influence of world conflicts and how they led to World War II
6. Describes the principal theaters of battle, major turning points, and geographic factors in military decisions and outcomes, including Pearl Harbor, the Holocaust, D-Day invasions, the use of the atomic bomb, and the reasons for the Allied victory
7. Describes the major international developments after World War II, including the creation of the state of Israel, the rebuilding of Western Europe, Soviet control of Eastern Europe, and Mao and the Chinese Revolution	Stalin and Eastern Europe 50 years of China: CNN flash presentation
8. Evaluates the ideologies and outcomes of independence movements in the emerging third world	Contrasting Constitutions

Indicator: Demonstrates knowledge of the structures, functions and symbols of government and applies these to citizenship
1.Analyzes the rights, protections, limits and freedoms included in the Constitution and Bill of Rights with emphasis on the conflicts that arise between rights (e.g., the tension between right to a fair trial and freedom of the press and between majority rules and individual rights)
2. Explains the rights and obligations of the citizens with emphasis on the connection between self-interest and common good
3. Discusses how African Americans, Native Americans and women used activism to get the right to vote	Women’s Rights
4. Describes the Electoral College including how the numbers are calculated, how the votes are earned, how the Electoral College nullifies some votes, why votes in sparsely populated states have less leverage, the role of delegates, and how it is possible to be elected without a majority vote	Rocking the Vote
5. Analyzes the historical Sources and ideas of the United States government, including the influence of the Greeks, Romans, and the great political philosophers	Greek Philosophy Lesson Rome and Government
6. Explains the Federalist and Anti-Federalist arguments for and against the Constitution	Timeline of the Papers