WH07 Standards

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1 Colorado Model Content Standards: Social Science Level 7 Benchmarks
2 History
3 Geography
4 Civics
5 Economics
6 Resources

Colorado Model Content Standards: Social Science Level 7 Benchmarks

History

History Standard 1 –

Students understand the chronological organization of history and know how to organize events and people into major eras to identify and explain historical relationships.

1.1 Students know the general chronological order of events and people in history.

1.2 Students use chronology to organize historical events and people.7th ES

1.3 Students use chronology to examine and explain historical relationships.

History Standard 2 –

Students know how to use the processes and resources of historical inquiry.

2.1 Students know how to formulate questions and hypotheses regarding what happened in the past and to obtain and analyze historical data to answer questions and test hypotheses.

2.2 Students know how to interpret and evaluate primary and secondary sources of historical information.7th ES

2.3 Students apply knowledge of the past to analyze present-day issues and events from multiple, historically objective perspectives.

History Standard 3 –

Students understand that societies are diverse and have changed over time.

3.1 Students know how various societies were affected by contacts and exchanges among diverse peoples.

3.2 Students understand the history of social organization* in various societies.7th ES

History Standard 4 –

Students understand how science, technology, and economic activity have developed, changed, and affected societies throughout history.

4.1 Students understand the impact of scientific and technological developments on individuals and societies.7th ES

4.2 Students understand how economic factors have influenced historical events.

4.3 Students understand the historical development and know the characteristics of various economic systems.

History Standard 5 –

Students understand political institutions and theories that have developed and changed over time.

5.1 Students understand how democratic ideas and institutions in the United States have developed, changed, and/or been maintained.

5.2 Students know how various systems of government have developed and functioned throughout history.7th ES

5.3 Students know how political power has been acquired, maintained, used, and/or lost throughout history.

5.4 Students know the history of relationships among different political powers and the development of international relations.

History Standard 6 –

Students know that religious and philosophical ideas have been powerful forces throughout history.

6.1 Students know the historical development of religions and philosophies.

6.2 Students know how societies have been affected by religions and philosophies.7th ES

6.3 Students know how various forms of expression reflect religious beliefs and philosophical ideas.

Geography

Geography Standard 1 –

Students know how to use and construct maps, globes, and other geographic tools to locate and derive information about people, places, and environments

1.1 Students know how to use maps, globes, and other geographic tools to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.

1.2 Students develop knowledge of Earth to locate people, places, and environments.7th ES

1.3 Students know how to analyze the dynamic spatial organization of people, places, and environments.

Geography Standard 2 –

Students know the physical and human characteristics of places, and use this knowledge to define and study regions and their patterns of change.

2.1 Students know the physical and human characteristics of places.

2.2 Students know how and why people define regions.7th ES

2.3 Students know how culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions.

Geography Standard 3 –

Students understand how physical processes shape Earth's surface patterns and systems.

3.1 Students know the physical processes that shape Earth's surface patterns.

3.2 Students know the characteristics and distributions of physical systems of land, air, water, plants, and animals.7th ES

Geography Standard 4 –

Students understand how economic, political, cultural, and social processes interact to shape patterns of human populations, interdependence, cooperation, and conflict.

4.1 Students know the characteristics, location, distribution, and migration of human populations.

4.2 Students know the nature and spatial distribution of cultural patterns.7th ES

4.3 Students know the patterns and networks of economic interdependence.

4.4 Students know the processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement.

4.5 Students know how cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface.7th ES

Geography Standard 5 –

Students understand the effects of interactions between human and physical systems and the changes in meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.

5.1 Students know how human actions modify the physical environment.

5.2 Students know how physical systems affect human systems.7th ES

5.3 Students know the changes that occur in the meaning, use, location, distribution, and importance of resources.

Geography Standard 6 –

Students apply knowledge of people, places, and environments to understand the past and present and to plan for the future.

6.1 Students know how to apply geography to understand the past.

6.2 Students know how to apply geography to understand the present and plan for the future.7th ES

Civics

Civics Standard 1 –

Students understand the purposes of government, and the basic constitutional principles of the United States republican form or government.

1.1 Students know and understand what government is and what purpose it serves.

1.2 Students know the essential characteristics of limited* and unlimited government*. 7th ES

1.3 Students understand the principles* of the United States constitutional government*.

1.4 Students know the distinctive characteristics of the political culture* of the United States.

1.5 Students know the fundamental democratic principles* inherent in the United States concept of a constitutional democratic republic*

Civics Standard 2 –

Students know the structure and function of local, state, and national government and how citizen involvement shapes public policy.

2.1 Students know the organization and functions of local, state, and national governments.

2.2 Students know how power*, authority*, and responsibility are distributed, shared, and limited through federalism* as established by the United States Constitution. 7th ES

2.3 Students know and understand the place of law in the Colorado and United States constitutional systems.

2.4 Students know how public policy* is developed at the local, state, and national levels.

Civics Standard 3 –

Students know the political relationship of the United States and its citizens to other nations and to world affairs.

3.1 Students know how and why governments and nongovernmental agencies around the world interact politically

3.2 Students understand how the United States government develops foreign policy*. 7th ES

3.3 Students understand the domestic and foreign policy influence the United States has on other nations and how the actions of other nations influence politics* and society of the United States.

Civics Standard 4 –

Students understand how citizens exercise the roles, rights, and responsibilities of participation in civic life at all levels – local, state, and national.

4.1 Students know what citizenship is.

4.2 Students know how citizens can fulfill their responsibilities for preserving the constitutional republic*. 7th ES

4.3 Students know how citizens can exercise their rights.

4.4 Students know how citizens can participate in civic life*.

Economics

Economics Standard 1 –

Students understand that because of the condition of scarcity, decisions must be made about the use of scarce resources.

1.1 Students know that economic choices are made because resources are scarce and that the act of making economic choices imposes opportunity costs.

1.2 Students understand that economic incentives influence the use of scarce human, capital, and natural resources. 7th ES

1.3 Students understand that resources can be used in many ways and understand the costs of alternative uses.

Economics Standard 2 –

Students understand how different economic systems impact decisions about the use of resources and the production and distribution of goods and services.

2.1 Students understand that different economic systems employ different means to produce, distribute, and exchange goods and services. 7th ES

2.2 Students understand the fundamental characteristics of the United States economic system*.

2.3 Students understand that government actions and policies, including taxes*, spending, and regulations influence the operation of economies.

Economics Standard 3 –

Students understand

3.1 Students understand that the exchange of goods and services creates economic interdependence and change. 7th ES

3.2 Students understand how a country's monetary system* facilitates the exchange of resources.