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Identify similarities and differences between oneself and others.

Examine ways in which individuals change or stay the same over time.

Identify different forms of evidence used in historical inquiry, such as digital sources, maps, photographs/images, or texts.

Identify a map, various map features, and explain the purpose of maps.

Utilize sources of geographic information (e.g., digital sources, maps, or photographs/images) to define and identify cultural and/or natural features.

Describe and compare the cultural and natural environment around one’s home and school by constructing a visual representation.

Identify and compare wants and needs.

Explain how wants and needs change over time

Explain why people have jobs, and describe the economic benefits for self and community

Identify an economic want or need at one’s school or community level and create a solution.

Identify similarities and differences between people and discuss ways to protect and respect all people by practicing civic dispositions

Explain the purpose of rules and laws, and discuss consequences of breaking them.

Establish and practice classroom rules and procedures for listening and responding appropriately to others.

Collaborate with others to identify a classroom or school issue and propose a resolution using civic dispositions.

Identify similarities and differences between one’s community and other South Carolina communities over time

Analyze a current event in South Carolina and make predictions about possible outcomes.

Evaluate different sources of evidence used in historical inquiry, such as art, artifacts, digital sources, graphs, maps, oral histories, photographs/images, and texts.

Identify various types of maps, map features, and the purpose of maps.

Identify and describe the geographic location of South Carolina in relation to the rest of the United States through the use of various maps and geographic tools.

Identify and differentiate between rural, suburban, and urban areas within South Carolina.

Describe and compare various landforms within South Carolina through the use of primary and secondary sources.

Compare goods and services in the school, community, and state.

Explain how goods and services change over time.

Research and describe how goods and services differ in rural, suburban, and urban areas in South Carolina.

Identify an economic want or need at the local or state level and create a solution in the form of a good or a service.

Demonstrate how civic dispositions encourage citizens with diverse beliefs and backgrounds to work together for a common goal.

Describe the basic purpose, structure, and functions of South Carolina’s government at both the local and state level.

Demonstrate ways to display active and responsible citizenship in local and state government.

Collaborate with others to identify, resolve, and communicate resolutions on a local or state issue.

Identify and compare significant historical events, moments, and symbols in U.S. history.

Examine current or past events from U.S. history, and discuss the possible causes and effects.

Analyze patterns of continuities and changes within U.S. history through the use of a variety of sources, including graphic organizers, maps, oral histories, photographs/images, texts, and timelines

Evaluate different forms of evidence used in historical inquiry and determine their validity.

Identify the geographic location of the U. S. in relation to the rest of the world.

Describe and compare various landforms over time within the U.S. through the use of primary and secondary sources.

Explain how the distribution of human features, physical features, and natural resources within the U. S changes over time and impacts economic activity.

Examine the purpose of currency and how income, savings, and spending are parts of a budget.

Explain how budgets change as wants and needs or the availability of goods and services change.

Create a simple budget, and articulate the priorities using economic terms such as expenses, income, and savings.

Interpret data to show how geographic location and available resources impact economic decision-making.

Identify cultural and ethnic groups in the U. S., explore their characteristics, and communicate how civic dispositions build relationships between groups in a diverse society.

Use primary and secondary sources to research a national figure who demonstrated civic dispositions.

Analyze how rights are granted to U. S. citizens through the founding documents.

Use evidence to propose and communicate a resolution to a national issue.

Utilize an alphanumeric grid to locate the continents and oceans.

Locate the world’s four hemispheres (i.e., northern, southern, eastern, and western) by using the major components of latitude and longitude (i.e., the Equator, the Prime Meridian, lines of latitude (i.e., parallels), lines of longitude (i.e., meridians), and the International Date Line).

Identify the spatial hierarchy of political and physical geographic features.

Recognize and explain how physical features are distributed around the world.

Identify and analyze the ways people interact with the physical environment in different regions of the state, the country, and the world.

Identify spatial variations in climates around the world and recognize the relationship between climate and human activities.

Identify the range of natural hazards facing people and explain how some populations are more vulnerable than others.

Use maps and other sources of geographic information to gather evidence and draw conclusions about patterns of natural disasters around the world.

Develop a natural disaster safety plan for a community.

Investigate the cultural characteristics of places and regions around the world.

Investigate the economic and land use characteristics of places and regions around the world.

Research and create a geographic representation of a contemporary or historic group of people to communicate findings about their cultural characteristics and livelihoods.

Investigate and explain the economic, social, and political motivations behind human exploration of Earth.

Use maps and other geographic representations to identify exploration patterns throughout Earth history.

Investigate and explain the economic, social, political, and environmental motivations behind human migration and how places can change as a result.

Use maps and other geographic representations to identify how migration patterns affect people and places.

Compare the interactions among cultural groups as a result of European colonization.

Identify the effects of changing economic systems on the diverse populations in British North America.

Explain the development of political institutions and social characteristics that defined the British colonial regions.

Contextualize the experience of Africans, Europeans, and Native Americans in South Carolina.

Identify patterns of change and continuity in the development of economic systems in British North America.

Analyze multiple perspectives on the economic, political, and social developments of British North America and South Carolina.

Compare the roles of marginalized groups during the American Revolution.

Examine the economic and political motivations for colonists to declare independence from Great Britain.

Analyze the sequence of events that led to the establishment of the U. S. as a democratic republic.

Contextualize South Carolina’s role in the development of the new nation.

Explain the continuities and changes in natural rights as seen from the French and Indian War to the creation of the Bill of Rights.

Analyze multiple perspectives on the economic, political, and social developments of the new nation.

Compare the motivations for and reactions to various expeditions into the Western territories.

Analyze the effects of government policies in promoting United States territorial expansion into the west.

Analyze the role of technology and the environmental impact during the period of Westward Expansion.

Contextualize South Carolina’s role in the development of sectionalism during the antebellum period.

Recognize patterns of continuity and change in the experiences of Native Americans and Spanish-speaking people as the U. S. expanded westward.

Analyze multiple perspectives of early westward expansion, including the addition of slave and free territories and states.

Compare the economic and political causes of the Civil War

Explain the effects of military strategies utilized by the Union and the Confederacy.

Explain how emancipation was achieved as a result of civic participation.

Contextualize South Carolina’s experience during the Civil War.

Identify and evaluate the economic, political, and social changes experienced throughout the Civil War.

Analyze the economic, political, and social divisions during the Civil War.

Compare the roles of various groups on Reconstruction

Analyze the impact of federal legislation on the South during Reconstruction.

Summarize Reconstruction as a turning point in American history.

Contextualize the economic, labor, political, and social conditions in South Carolina during the period of Reconstruction.

Identify and evaluate the impact of economic, political, and social events on the African American experience throughout Reconstruction.

Analyze multiple perspectives of the economic, political, and social effects of Reconstruction on different populations in the South and in other regions of the U. S.

Compare the physical landscape and demographics of the U.S. before and after the Transcontinental Railroad.

Examine push- and pull-factors related to immigration and expansion on urban and rural populations during the period.

Summarize how the United States’ involvement in the Spanish American War led to increased U.S. economic expansion and imperialism.

Contextualize how the Second Industrial Revolution led to an increased desire for raw materials and the United States involvement in imperialistic efforts and economic expansion.

Summarize how imperialism and economic expansion impacted the experiences of different groups and shaped American cultural identities.

Analyze multiple perspectives on the economic, political, and social effects of western expansion, the Industrial Revolution, and immigration through primary and secondary sources, and evaluate the subsequent changes to the U. S.

Compare the cultural and economic impacts of the 1929 Stock Market Crash on the U. S. and South Carolina.

Examine the primary causes of World War I and the events which led to U.S. involvement.

Summarize how the role of the federal government expanded during the period.