Standards
History: Students will build an understanding of the cultural and social development of the United States, trace the role of migration and immigration of people in the development of the United States, and examine the various roles American Indians assumed in the development of the United States and discuss the concept of sovereignty and how federally recognized tribes exercised their sovereign status throughout the history of the United States and still do today.
Generate resourceDescribe the interactions between European colonists and established societies in North America.
Generate resourceReview that American Indians were the first inhabitants of the United States and analyze the impact of westward expansion on Indigenous peoples.
Generate resourceDescribe the impact of scientific and technological advances on westward expansion including but not limited to the cotton gin, the reaper, the steam engine, and steam locomotive.
Generate resourceIdentify significant individuals who have been responsible for bringing about cultural and social changes in the United States including the founding fathers and presidents.
Generate resourceIdentify and explain influential political and cultural groups and their impact on American history.
Generate resourceIdentify different examples of how religion has been an important influence in American history.
Generate resourceDescribe how the establishment of the 13 original colonies contributed to the founding of the nation.
Generate resourceAnalyze the causes and effects of various compromises and conflicts in American history, including the various events leading to the American Revolution.
Generate resourceExplain the religious, political, and economic motives of immigrants to the United States.
Generate resourceExplain the history of indentured servitude and the slave trade in the United States.
Generate resourceAnalyze or distinguish the geographic, economic, and religious motivations that influenced the movement of people.
Generate resourceGeography: Students will analyze the spatial organizations of people, places, and environments on the earth’s surface and trace the migration and settlement of human populations on the earth’s surface.
Generate resourceDevelop and use different kinds of maps, globes, graphs, charts, databases, and models to display and obtain information.
Generate resourceName and locate the 50 States and their Capitals, and United States Territories.
Generate resourceRead, analyze, and interpret maps, including the use of latitude and longitude aerial photography, satellite images, and other geospatial products.
Generate resourceEconomics: Students will explain basic economic concepts, identify different influences on economic systems, analyze the different types of economic institutions, and explain the concepts of personal finance.
Generate resourceDescribe examples of improved transportation and communication networks and how they encourage economic growth.
Generate resourceExplain the economic policies that contributed to rebellion within the North American colonies.
Generate resourceCivics and Government: Students will build an understanding of the foundational principles of the American political system, the organization and formation of the American system of government, and that all people in the United States have rights and assume responsibilities, and the evolution of democracy.
Generate resourceIdentify the people and groups who make, apply, and enforce laws within federal and tribal governments.
Generate resourceState the difference between direct democracy and the constitutional republic of today’s United States.
Generate resourceExplain the concepts of popular sovereignty, majority rule with minority rights, respect for the individual, equality of opportunity, rule of law, and personal liberty.
Generate resourceIdentify and explain the important concepts in the Declaration of Independence.
Generate resourceExplain the significance of the Articles of Confederation as the transitional form of government.
Generate resourceIdentify the basic principles of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, including popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, and federalism.
Generate resourceDistinguish and compare responsibilities among state, national, and tribal governments in a federal system.
Generate resourceIdentify the three branches of government and the functions and powers of each.
Generate resourceExplain the difference between reservations, State public lands, and Federal public lands.
Generate resourceIdentify the President and Vice President of the United States and the U.S. Senators and Representatives to Congress from Idaho.
Generate resourceIdentify some of the personal responsibilities and basic rights of individual freedoms that belong to American citizens.
Generate resourceGlobal Perspectives: Students will build an understanding of multiple perspectives and global interdependence.
Generate resourceExplain how the world is divided into many different countries and each has its own government and how they interact with each other.
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