Delaware State Standards for Social Studies:

DE.K.C1. Civics: Students will examine the structure and purposes of governments with specific emphasis on constitutional democracy.

K.C1.1. Students explain why leaders are important to people. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.C1.1.

K.C1.2. Students explain why elections are held to choose leaders. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.C1.2.

K.C1.3. Students explain why authority is needed. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.C1.3.

K.C1.4. Students explain how people in authority are responsible to those under the authority. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.C1.4.

K.C1.5. Students explain how people in authority are respected by those under the authority. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.C1.5.

DE.K.C2. Civics: Students will understand the principles and ideals underlying the American political system.

K.C2.1. Students explain why people should respect others. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.C2.1.

K.C2.2. Students explain how people show respect for others. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.C2.2.

DE.K.C3. Civics: Students will understand the responsibilities, rights, and privileges of United States citizens.

K.C3.1. Students explain the difference between responsibilities, rights, and privileges. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.C3.1.

K.C3.2. Students explain why people have responsibilities as citizens. 13
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.C3.2.

DE.K.C4. Civics: Students will develop and employ the civic skills necessary for effective, participatory citizenship.

K.C4.1. Students explain why people would work together to do something. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.C4.1.

K.C4.2. Students explain how people can best work together. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.C4.2.

DE.K.E1. Economics: Students will analyze the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy.

K.E1.1. Students identify different types of resources used to produce goods and services. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.E1.1.

K.E1.2. Students explain why resources are scarce. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.E1.2.

K.E1.3. Students identify the next best option when a choice is made and explain reasoning for the choice. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.E1.3.

K.E1.4. Students explain why scarce resources cause people to make choices. 20
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.E1.4.

DE.K.E2. Economics: Students will examine the interaction of individuals, families, communities, businesses, and governments in a market economy.

K.E2.1. Students explain different ways that people trade. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.E2.1.

K.E2.2. Students explain why people trade. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.E2.2.

DE.K.E3. Economics: Students will understand different types of economic systems and how they change.

K.E3.1. Students identify changes in human wants from the past to now. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.E3.1.

K.E3.2. Students explain why and how people use different resources. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.E3.2.

DE.K.E4. Economics: Students will examine the patterns and results of international trade.

K.E4.1. Students identify examples of specialization. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.E4.1.

DE.K.G1. Geography: Students will develop a personal geographic framework, or 'mental map', and understand the uses of maps and other geographics.

K.G1.1. Students identify the different ways maps and globes model the world. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.G1.1.

K.G1.2. Students explain how maps and globes use symbols to represent distance and direction. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.G1.2.

DE.K.G2. Geography: Students will develop a knowledge of the ways humans modify and respond to the natural environment.

K.G2.1. Students identify different land, water, and weather features displayed on maps, globes, and photographs. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.G2.1.

DE.K.G3. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the diversity of human culture and the unique nature of places.

K.G3.1. Students identify how people live in different locations around the world. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.G3.1.

K.G3.2. Students identify how cultures are similar or different. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.G3.2.

DE.K.G4. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the character and use of regions and the connections between and among them.

K.G4.1. Students identify types of regions. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.G4.1.

K.G4.2. Students explain the differences between places and regions. 17
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.G4.2.

DE.K.H1. History: Students will employ chronological concepts in analyzing historical phenomena.

K.H1.1. Students tell time with a clock and calendar. 20
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.H1.1.

K.H1.2. Students explain how chronological order helps people in daily life. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.H1.2.

DE.K.H2. History: Students will gather, examine, and analyze historical data.

K.H2.1. Students identify artifacts and documents that people used in the past. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.H2.1.

K.H2.2 Students identify differences between artifacts and documents. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.H2.2

DE.K.H3. History: Students will interpret historical data.

K.H3.1. Students identify historical accounts as descriptions of the past. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.H3.1.

K.H3.2. Students explain the use of an artifact or document. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard K.H3.2.

DE.1.C1. Civics: Students will examine the structure and purposes of governments with specific emphasis on constitutional democracy.

1.C1.1. Students explain why leaders are important to people. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.C1.1.

1.C1.2. Students explain why elections are held to choose leaders. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.C1.2.

1.C1.3. Students explain why authority is needed. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.C1.3.

1.C1.4. Students explain how people in authority are responsible to those under the authority. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.C1.4.

1.C1.5. Students explain how people in authority are respected by those under the authority. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.C1.5.

DE.1.C2. Civics: Students will understand the principles and ideals underlying the American political system.

1.C2.1. Students explain why people should respect others. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.C2.1.

1.C2.2. Students explain how people show respect for others. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.C2.2.

DE.1.C3. Civics: Students will understand the responsibilities, rights, and privileges of United States citizens.

1.C3.1. Students explain the difference between responsibilities, rights, and privileges. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.C3.1.

1.C3.2. Students explain why people have responsibilities as citizens. 13
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.C3.2.

DE.1.C4. Civics: Students will develop and employ the civic skills necessary for effective, participatory citizenship.

1.C4.1. Students explain why people would work together to do something. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.C4.1.

1.C4.2. Students explain how people can best work together. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.C4.2.

DE.1.E1. Economics: Students will analyze the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy.

1.E1.1. Students identify different types of resources used to produce goods and services. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.E1.1.

1.E1.2. Students explain why resources are scarce. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.E1.2.

1.E1.3. Students identify the next best option when a choice is made and explain reasoning for the choice. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.E1.3.

1.E1.4. Students explain why scarce resources cause people to make choices. 23
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.E1.4.

DE.1.E2. Economics: Students will examine the interaction of individuals, families, communities, businesses, and governments in a market economy.

1.E2.1. Students explain different ways that people trade. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.E2.1.

1.E2.2. Students explain why people trade. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.E2.2.

DE.1.E3. Economics: Students will understand different types of economic systems and how they change.

1.E3.1. Students identify changes in human wants from the past to now. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.E3.1.

1.E3.2. Students explain why and how people use different resources. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.E3.2.

DE.1.E4. Economics: Students will examine the patterns and results of international trade.

1.E4.1. Students identify examples of specialization. 12
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.E4.1.

DE.1.G1. Geography: Students will develop a personal geographic framework, or 'mental map', and understand the uses of maps and other geographics.

1.G1.1. Students identify the different ways maps and globes model the world. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.G1.1.

1.G1.2. Students explain how maps and globes use symbols to represent distance and direction. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.G1.2.

DE.1.G2. Geography: Students will develop a knowledge of the ways humans modify and respond to the natural environment.

1.G2.1. Students identify different land, water, and weather features displayed on maps, globes, and photographs. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.G2.1.

DE.1.G3. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the diversity of human culture and the unique nature of places.

1.G3.1. Students identify how people live in different locations around the world. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.G3.1.

1.G3.2. Students identify how cultures are similar or different. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.G3.2.

DE.1.G4. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the character and use of regions and the connections between and among them.

1.G4.1. Students identify types of regions. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.G4.1.

1.G4.2. Students explain the differences between places and regions. 17
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.G4.2.

DE.1.H1. History: Students will employ chronological concepts in analyzing historical phenomena.

1.H1.1. Students tell time with a clock and calendar. 27
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.H1.1.

1.H1.2. Students explain how chronological order helps people in daily life. 27
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.H1.2.

DE.1.H2. History: Students will gather, examine, and analyze historical data.

1.H2.1. Students identify artifacts and documents that people used in the past. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.H2.1.

1.H2.2 Students identify differences between artifacts and documents. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.H2.2

DE.1.H3. History: Students will interpret historical data.

1.H3.1. Students identify historical accounts as descriptions of the past. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.H3.1.

1.H3.2. Students explain the use of an artifact or document. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 1.H3.2.

DE.2.C1. Civics: Students will examine the structure and purposes of governments with specific emphasis on constitutional democracy.

2.C1.1. Students interpret the actions of elected officials in order to explain how the interests of the people who elected them are represented. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.C1.1.

2.C1.2. Students understand that leaders are sometimes chosen by election, and that elected officials are expected to represent the interests of the people who elected them. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.C1.2.

2.C1.3. Students understand that positions of authority, whether elected, appointed, or familial, carry responsibilities and should be respected. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.C1.3.

DE.2.C2. Civics: Students will understand the principles and ideals underlying the American political system.

2.C2.1. Students explain the requirements of a healthy democracy. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.C2.1.

2.C2.2. Students understand that respect for others, their opinions, and their property is a foundation of civil society in the United States. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.C2.2.

DE.2.C3. Civics: Students will understand the responsibilities, rights, and privileges of United States citizens.

2.C3.1. Students explain the relationship between rights and responsibilities. 13
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.C3.1.

2.C3.2. Students understand that American citizens have distinct responsibilities (such as voting), rights (such as free speech and freedom of religion), and privileges (such as driving). 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.C3.2.

DE.2.C4. Civics: Students will develop and employ the civic skills necessary for effective, participatory citizenship.

2.C4.1. Students interpret how people work together to explain what makes an effective participant in a group. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.C4.1.

2.C4.2. Students acquire the skills necessary for participating in a group, including defining an objective, dividing responsibilities, and working cooperatively. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.C4.2.

DE.2.E1. Economics: Students will analyze the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy.

2.E1.1. Students interpret choices of consumers and producers to explain how people satisfy wants. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.E1.1.

2.E1.2. Students understand that individuals and families with limited resources undertake a wide variety of activities to satisfy their wants. 12
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.E1.2.

2.E1.3. Students analyze a choice between two resources in order to explain how to make the best decision. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.E1.3.

2.E1.4. Students apply the concept that economic choices require the balancing of costs incurred with benefits received.

DE.2.E2. Economics: Students will examine the interaction of individuals, families, communities, businesses, and governments in a market economy.

2.E2.1. Students explain why different forms of money are valued and how using a medium of exchange makes trade easier. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.E2.1.

2.E2.2. Students understand how barter, money, and other media are employed to facilitate the exchange of resources, goods, and services. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.E2.2.

DE.2.E3. Economics: Students will understand different types of economic systems and how they change.

2.E3.1. Students explain different ways that people allocate various resources. 12
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.E3.1.

2.E3.2. Students identify human wants and the various resources and strategies which have been used to satisfy them over time. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.E3.2.

DE.2.E4. Economics: Students will examine the patterns and results of international trade.

2.E4.1. Students explain why specialization requires exchange between people. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.E4.1.

2.E4.2. Students interpret the exchange of goods and services to explain interdependence between countries. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.E4.2.

2.E4.3. Students understand that the exchange of goods and services around the world creates economic interdependence between people in different places. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.E4.3.

DE.2.G1. Geography: Students will develop a personal geographic framework, or 'mental map', and understand the uses of maps and other geographics.

2.G1.1. Students construct and interpret maps to find and identify natural and human-made features. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.G1.1.

2.G1.2. Students identify different types of maps that can be used to answer real-world questions. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.G1.2.

2.G1.3. Students understand the nature and uses of maps, globes, and other geographics. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.G1.3.

DE.2.G2. Geography: Students will develop a knowledge of the ways humans modify and respond to the natural environment.

2.G2.1. Students explain why climate and landform differs around the world. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.G2.1.

2.G2.2. Students explain how different climates and landforms affect human activity. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.G2.2.

2.G2.3. Students distinguish different types of climate and landforms and explain why they occur. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.G2.3.

DE.2.G3. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the diversity of human culture and the unique nature of places.

2.G3.1. Students explain why different places have similar or different cultures. 20
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.G3.1.

2.G3.2. Students explain how places may change. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.G3.2.

2.G3.3. Students identify types of human settlement, connections between settlements, and the types of activities found in each. 21
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.G3.3.

DE.2.G4. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the character and use of regions and the connections between and among them.

2.G4.1. Students identify types of human settlement, connections between settlements, and the types of activities found in each. 21
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.G4.1.

2.G4.2. Students use the concepts of place and region to explain simple patterns of connections between and among places across the country and the world. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.G4.2.

DE.2.H1. History: Students will employ chronological concepts in analyzing historical phenomena.

2.H1.1. Students explain why a given sequence of events is in chronological order. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.H1.1.

2.H1.2. Students analyze the order of events to arrange them chronologically. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.H1.2.

2.H1.3. Students use clocks, calendars, schedules, and written records to record or locate events in time. 15
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.H1.3.

DE.2.H2. History: Students will gather, examine, and analyze historical data.

2.H2.1. Students explain how to learn about the past from physical evidence. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.H2.1.

2.H2.2. Students use artifacts and documents to gather information about the past. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.H2.2.

DE.2.H3. History: Students will interpret historical data.

2.H3.1. Students explain why an artifact or document can be used to learn something new. 13
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.H3.1.

2.H3.2. Students understand that historical accounts are constructed by drawing logical inferences from artifacts and documents. 18
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 2.H3.2.

DE.3.C1. Civics: Students will examine the structure and purposes of governments with specific emphasis on constitutional democracy.

3.C1.1. Students interpret the actions of elected officials in order to explain how the interests of the people who elected them are represented. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.C1.1.

3.C1.2. Students understand that leaders are sometimes chosen by election, and that elected officials are expected to represent the interests of the people who elected them. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.C1.2.

3.C1.3. Students understand that positions of authority, whether elected, appointed, or familial, carry responsibilities and should be respected. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.C1.3.

DE.3.C2. Civics: Students will understand the principles and ideals underlying the American political system.

3.C2.1. Students explain the requirements of a healthy democracy. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.C2.1.

3.C2.2. Students understand that respect for others, their opinions, and their property is a foundation of civil society in the United States. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.C2.2.

DE.3.C3. Civics: Students will understand the responsibilities, rights, and privileges of United States citizens.

3.C3.1. Students explain the relationship between rights and responsibilities. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.C3.1.

3.C3.2. Students understand that American citizens have distinct responsibilities (such as voting), rights (such as free speech and freedom of religion), and privileges (such as driving). 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.C3.2.

DE.3.C4. Civics: Students will develop and employ the civic skills necessary for effective, participatory citizenship.

3.C4.1. Students interpret how people work together to explain what makes an effective participant in a group. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.C4.1.

3.C4.2. Students acquire the skills necessary for participating in a group, including defining an objective, dividing responsibilities, and working cooperatively. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.C4.2.

DE.3.E1. Economics: Students will analyze the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy.

3.E1.1. Students interpret choices of consumers and producers to explain how people satisfy wants. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.E1.1.

3.E1.2. Students understand that individuals and families with limited resources undertake a wide variety of activities to satisfy their wants. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.E1.2.

3.E1.3. Students analyze a choice between two resources in order to explain how to make the best decision. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.E1.3.

3.E1.4. Students apply the concept that economic choices require the balancing of costs incurred with benefits received. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.E1.4.

DE.3.E2. Economics: Students will examine the interaction of individuals, families, communities, businesses, and governments in a market economy.

3.E2.1. Students explain why different forms of money are valued and how using a medium of exchange makes trade easier.

3.E2.2. Students understand how barter, money, and other media are employed to facilitate the exchange of resources, goods, and services. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.E2.2.

DE.3.E3. Economics: Students will understand different types of economic systems and how they change.

3.E3.1. Students explain different ways that people allocate various resources. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.E3.1.

3.E3.2. Students identify human wants and the various resources and strategies which have been used to satisfy them over time. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.E3.2.

DE.3.E4. Economics: Students will examine the patterns and results of international trade.

3.E4.1. Students explain why specialization requires exchange between people. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.E4.1.

3.E4.2. Students interpret the exchange of goods and services to explain interdependence between countries. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.E4.2.

3.E4.3. Students understand that the exchange of goods and services around the world creates economic interdependence between people in different places. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.E4.3.

DE.3.G1. Geography: Students will develop a personal geographic framework, or 'mental map', and understand the uses of maps and other geographics.

3.G1.1. Students construct and interpret maps to find and identify natural and human-made features. 17
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.G1.1.

3.G1.2. Students identify different types of maps that can be used to answer real-world questions. 16
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.G1.2.

3.G1.3. Students understand the nature and uses of maps, globes, and other geographics. 17
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.G1.3.

DE.3.G2. Geography: Students will develop a knowledge of the ways humans modify and respond to the natural environment.

3.G2.1. Students explain why climate and landform differs around the world. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.G2.1.

3.G2.2. Students explain how different climates and landforms affect human activity. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.G2.2.

3.G2.3. Students distinguish different types of climate and landforms and explain why they occur. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.G2.3.

DE.3.G3. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the diversity of human culture and the unique nature of places.

3.G3.1. Students explain why different places have similar or different cultures. 20
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.G3.1.

3.G3.2. Students explain how places may change. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.G3.2.

3.G3.3. Students identify types of human settlement, connections between settlements, and the types of activities found in each. 13
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.G3.3.

DE.3.G4. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the character and use of regions and the connections between and among them.

3.G4.1. Students identify types of human settlement, connections between settlements, and the types of activities found in each. 13
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.G4.1.

3.G4.2. Students use the concepts of place and region to explain simple patterns of connections between and among places across the country and the world. 15
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.G4.2.

DE.3.H1. History: Students will employ chronological concepts in analyzing historical phenomena.

3.H1.1. Students explain why a given sequence of events is in chronological order. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.H1.1.

3.H1.2. Students analyze the order of events to arrange them chronologically. 19
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.H1.2.

3.H1.3. Students use clocks, calendars, schedules, and written records to record or locate events in time. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.H1.3.

DE.3.H2. History: Students will gather, examine, and analyze historical data.

3.H2.1. Students explain how to learn about the past from physical evidence. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.H2.1.

3.H2.2. Students use artifacts and documents to gather information about the past. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.H2.2.

DE.3.H3. History: Students will interpret historical data.

3.H3.1. Students explain why an artifact or document can be used to learn something new. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.H3.1.

3.H3.2. Students understand that historical accounts are constructed by drawing logical inferences from artifacts and documents. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 3.H3.2.

DE.4.C1. Civics: Students will examine the structure and purposes of governments with specific emphasis on constitutional democracy.

4.C1.1. Students explain why people have created governments to rule societies. 18
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C1.1.

4.C1.2. Students explain why the U.S. Constitution separates powers between the federal and state governments. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C1.2.

4.C1.3. Students understand that governments have a variety of structures and exist for many purposes and that in America these are explained in the United States and State constitutions. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C1.3.

4.C1.4. Students explain why the U.S. Constitution separates powers in the federal government. 13
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C1.4.

4.C1.5. Students explain how each branch of the U.S. government serves as a check on the other branches. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C1.5.

4.C1.6. Students understand that the United States government is divided into executive, legislative, and judicial branches, each with specific responsibilities and powers. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C1.6.

DE.4.C2. Civics: Students will understand the principles and ideals underlying the American political system.

4.C2.1. Students explain the principle of 'due process.' 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C2.1.

4.C2.2. Students explain why the 'rule of law' is important to citizens. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C2.2.

4.C2.3. Students understand that the principle of 'due process' means that the government must follow its own rules when taking actions against a citizen. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C2.3.

4.C2.4. Students explain why citizens have responsibilities. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C2.4.

4.C2.5. Students explain why personal civility is important to a society. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C2.5.

4.C2.6. Students understand that a society based on the ideal of individual liberty requires a commitment on the part of its citizens to the principles of civic responsibility and personal civility. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C2.6.

DE.4.C3. Civics: Students will understand the responsibilities, rights, and privileges of United States citizens.

4.C3.1. Students explain why the Bill of Rights is important to American citizens. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C3.1.

4.C3.2. Students identify the fundamental rights of all American citizens as enumerated in the Bill of Rights. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C3.2.

4.C3.3. Students identify controversial applications of the Bill of Rights in contemporary issues. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C3.3.

4.C3.4. Students apply the protections guaranteed in the Bill of Rights to an analysis of everyday situations. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C3.4.

DE.4.C4. Civics: Students will develop and employ the civic skills necessary for effective, participatory citizenship. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard DE.4.C4.

4.C4.1. Students explain why it is important to become informed about candidates for public office and contemporary issues. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C4.1.

4.C4.2. Students explain how a citizen can become informed about candidates for public office and contemporary issues. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C4.2.

4.C4.3. Students understand that in order to select effective leaders, citizens have to become informed about candidates' qualifications and the issues of the day. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C4.3.

4.C4.4. Students explain why different groups would choose to make decisions democratically. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C4.4.

4.C4.5. Students explain how different democratic groups make decisions. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C4.5.

4.C4.6. Students identify and employ the formal and informal methods by which democratic groups function. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.C4.6.

DE.4.E1. Economics: Students will analyze the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy.

4.E1.1. Students predict how choices by consumers and producers in a market economy will determine price of goods and services. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.E1.1.

4.E1.2. Students explain why price acts as an incentive for both consumers and producers in a market economy. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.E1.2.

4.E1.3. Students identify how shifts in supply or demand can change the price of goods and services. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.E1.3.

4.E1.4. Students explain how a government will use economic incentives to promote market efficiency and correct market failures. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.E1.4.

4.E1.5. Students understand that prices in a market economy are determined by the interaction of supply and demand, with governments intervening to deal with market failures. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.E1.5.

4.E1.6. Students understand that consumers and producers make economic choices based on supply, demand, access to markets, and the actions of government. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.E1.6.

DE.4.E2. Economics: Students will examine the interaction of individuals, families, communities, businesses, and governments in a market economy.

4.E2.1. Students explain why individuals might save, invest, or borrow money. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.E2.1.

4.E2.2. Students explain how saving or borrowing money benefits the economy. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.E2.2.

4.E2.3. Students understand the role of banks and other financial institutions in the economy. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.E2.3.

DE.4.E3. Economics: Students will understand different types of economic systems and how they change.

4.E3.1. Students explain the differences between types of economic systems. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.E3.1.

4.E3.2. Students identify different ways goods and services have been exchanged, characteristics of money, and functions of money. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.E3.2.

4.E3.3. Students identify different means of production, distribution, and exchange used within economic systems in different times and places. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.E3.3.

DE.4.E4. Economics: Students will examine the patterns and results of international trade.

4.E4.1. Students explain why people specialize and trade. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.E4.1.

4.E4.2. Students explain how trade creates interdependence. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.E4.2.

4.E4.3. Students demonstrate how international trade links countries around the world and can improve the economic welfare of nations. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.E4.3.

DE.4.G1. Geography: Students will develop a personal geographic framework, or 'mental map', and understand the uses of maps and other geographics.

4.G1.1. Students apply mental maps to ask and answer questions that require awareness of the relative location of places. 16
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.G1.1.

4.G1.2. Students demonstrate the ability to locate places on maps and globes using a grid system such as latitude and longitude. 18
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.G1.2.

4.G1.3. Students identify the contrasts between maps of different scales and projections. 18
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.G1.3.

4.G1.4. Students demonstrate development of mental maps of Delaware and of the United States which include the relative location and characteristics of major physical features, political divisions, and human settlements. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.G1.4.

DE.4.G2. Geography: Students will develop a knowledge of the ways humans modify and respond to the natural environment.

4.G2.1. Students identify ways in which physical features can be altered by human activity. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.G2.1.

4.G2.2. Students explain how humans have adapted to different environments. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.G2.2.

4.G2.3. Students predict how an environmental change will affect humans and how human activity can cause environmental change. 42
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.G2.3.

4.G2.4. Students apply a knowledge of topography, climate, soils and vegetation of Delaware and the United States to understand how human society alters, and is affected by, the physical environment. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.G2.4.

DE.4.G3. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the diversity of human culture and the unique nature of places.

4.G3.1. Students explain the concepts of site and situation. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.G3.1.

4.G3.2. Students apply site and situation to explain why places are of different size and different levels of economic activity. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.G3.2.

4.G3.3. Students understand the reasons for the locations of human activities and settlements and the routes connecting them in Delaware and the United States. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.G3.3.

DE.4.G4. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the character and use of regions and the connections between and among them.

4.G4.1. Students explain why a place is unique. 54
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.G4.1.

4.G4.2. Students explain how a place changes over time. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.G4.2.

4.G4.3. Students explain how a place's distinctiveness is affected by its location relative to larger physical, cultural, political, and economic regions. 23
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.G4.3.

4.G4.4. Students apply geographic skills to develop a profile of the local community by placing it in the context of physical, cultural and other types of regions. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.G4.4.

DE.4.H1. History: Students will employ chronological concepts in analyzing historical phenomena.

4.H1.1. Students create a chronology from selected historical materials. 28
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.H1.1.

4.H1.2. Students predict cause or effect from a chronology and selected historical materials. 19
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.H1.2.

4.H1.3. Students study historical events and persons within a given time-frame in order to create a chronology and identify related cause-and-effect factors. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.H1.3.

DE.4.H2. History: Students will gather, examine, and analyze historical data.

4.H2.1. Students explain why a historical source would be considered either a primary or secondary historical source. 18
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.H2.1.

4.H2.2. Students explain how a specific historical source would be used to draw a historical conclusion. 12
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.H2.2.

4.H2.3. Students identify artifacts and documents as either primary or secondary sources of historical data from which historical accounts are constructed. 19
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.H2.3.

4.H2.4. Students arrange selected historical sources chronologically. 22
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.H2.4.

4.H2.5. Students identify cause and effect from chronologically arranged historical sources. 19
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.H2.5.

4.H2.6. Students examine historical materials relating to a particular region, society, or theme; chronologically arrange them, and analyze change over time. 20
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.H2.6.

DE.4.H3. History: Students will interpret historical data.

4.H3.1. Students explain why point of view can alter historical accounts. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.H3.1.

4.H3.2. Students explain why using different historical evidence can alter historical accounts. 15
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.H3.2.

4.H3.3. Students explain why historical accounts of the same event sometimes differ and will relate this explanation to the evidence presented or the point-of-view of the author. 14
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 4.H3.3.

DE.5.C1. Civics: Students will examine the structure and purposes of governments with specific emphasis on constitutional democracy.

5.C1.1. Students explain why people have created governments to rule societies. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C1.1.

5.C1.2. Students explain why the U.S. Constitution separates powers between the federal and state governments. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C1.2.

5.C1.3. Students understand that governments have a variety of structures and exist for many purposes and that in America these are explained in the United States and State constitutions. 14
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C1.3.

5.C1.4. Students explain why the U.S. Constitution separates powers in the federal government. 15
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C1.4.

5.C1.5. Students explain how each branch of the U.S. government serves as a check on the other branches. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C1.5.

5.C1.6. Students understand that the United States government is divided into executive, legislative, and judicial branches, each with specific responsibilities and powers. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C1.6.

DE.5.C2. Civics: Students will understand the principles and ideals underlying the American political system.

5.C2.1. Students explain the principle of 'due process.' 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C2.1.

5.C2.2. Students explain why the 'rule of law' is important to citizens. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C2.2.

5.C2.3. Students understand that the principle of 'due process' means that the government must follow its own rules when taking actions against a citizen. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C2.3.

5.C2.4. Students explain why citizens have responsibilities. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C2.4.

5.C2.5. Students explain why personal civility is important to a society. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C2.5.

5.C2.6. Students understand that a society based on the ideal of individual liberty requires a commitment on the part of its citizens to the principles of civic responsibility and personal civility. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C2.6.

DE.5.C3. Civics: Students will understand the responsibilities, rights, and privileges of United States citizens.

5.C3.1. Students explain why the Bill of Rights is important to American citizens. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C3.1.

5.C3.2. Students identify the fundamental rights of all American citizens as enumerated in the Bill of Rights. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C3.2.

5.C3.3. Students identify controversial applications of the Bill of Rights in contemporary issues. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C3.3.

5.C3.4. Students apply the protections guaranteed in the Bill of Rights to an analysis of everyday situations. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C3.4.

DE.5.C4. Civics: Students will develop and employ the civic skills necessary for effective, participatory citizenship.

5.C4.1. Students explain why it is important to become informed about candidates for public office and contemporary issues. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C4.1.

5.C4.2. Students explain how a citizen can become informed about candidates for public office and contemporary issues. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C4.2.

5.C4.3. Students understand that in order to select effective leaders, citizens have to become informed about candidates' qualifications and the issues of the day. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C4.3.

5.C4.4. Students explain why different groups would choose to make decisions democratically. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C4.4.

5.C4.5. Students explain how different democratic groups make decisions. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C4.5.

5.C4.6. Students identify and employ the formal and informal methods by which democratic groups function. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.C4.6.

DE.5.E1. Economics: Students will analyze the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy.

5.E1.1. Students predict how choices by consumers and producers in a market economy will determine price of goods and services. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.E1.1.

5.E1.2. Students explain why price acts as an incentive for both consumers and producers in a market economy. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.E1.2.

5.E1.3. Students identify how shifts in supply or demand can change the price of goods and services. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.E1.3.

5.E1.4. Students explain how a government will use economic incentives to promote market efficiency and correct market failures. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.E1.4.

5.E1.5. Students understand that prices in a market economy are determined by the interaction of supply and demand, with governments intervening to deal with market failures. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.E1.5.

5.E1.6. Students understand that consumers and producers make economic choices based on supply, demand, access to markets, and the actions of government. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.E1.6.

DE.5.E2. Economics: Students will examine the interaction of individuals, families, communities, businesses, and governments in a market economy.

5.E2.1. Students explain why individuals might save, invest, or borrow money. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.E2.1.

5.E2.2. Students explain how saving or borrowing money benefits the economy. 12
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.E2.2.

5.E2.3. Students understand the role of banks and other financial institutions in the economy. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.E2.3.

DE.5.E3. Economics: Students will understand different types of economic systems and how they change.

5.E3.1. Students explain the differences between types of economic systems. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.E3.1.

5.E3.2. Students identify different ways goods and services have been exchanged, characteristics of money, and functions of money. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.E3.2.

5.E3.3. Students identify different means of production, distribution, and exchange used within economic systems in different times and places. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.E3.3.

DE.5.E4. Economics: Students will examine the patterns and results of international trade.

5.E4.1. Students explain why people specialize and trade. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.E4.1.

5.E4.2. Students explain how trade creates interdependence. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.E4.2.

5.E4.3. Students demonstrate how international trade links countries around the world and can improve the economic welfare of nations. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.E4.3.

DE.5.G1. Geography: Students will develop a personal geographic framework, or 'mental map', and understand the uses of maps and other geographics.

5.G1.1. Students apply mental maps to ask and answer questions that require awareness of the relative location of places. 21
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.G1.1.

5.G1.2. Students demonstrate the ability to locate places on maps and globes using a grid system such as latitude and longitude. 23
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.G1.2.

5.G1.3. Students identify the contrasts between maps of different scales and projections. 27
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.G1.3.

5.G1.4. Students demonstrate development of mental maps of Delaware and of the United States which include the relative location and characteristics of major physical features, political divisions, and human settlements. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.G1.4.

DE.5.G2. Geography: Students will develop a knowledge of the ways humans modify and respond to the natural environment.

5.G2.1. Students identify ways in which physical features can be altered by human activity. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.G2.1.

5.G2.2. Students explain how humans have adapted to different environments.

5.G2.3. Students predict how an environmental change will affect humans and how human activity can cause environmental change. 36
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.G2.3.

5.G2.4. Students apply a knowledge of topography, climate, soils and vegetation of Delaware and the United States to understand how human society alters, and is affected by, the physical environment. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.G2.4.

DE.5.G3. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the diversity of human culture and the unique nature of places.

5.G3.1. Students explain the concepts of site and situation. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.G3.1.

5.G3.2. Students apply site and situation to explain why places are of different size and different levels of economic activity. 13
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.G3.2.

5.G3.3. Students understand the reasons for the locations of human activities and settlements and the routes connecting them in Delaware and the United States. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.G3.3.

DE.5.G4. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the character and use of regions and the connections between and among them.

5.G4.1. Students explain why a place is unique. 47
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.G4.1.

5.G4.2. Students explain how a place changes over time. 47
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.G4.2.

5.G4.3. Students explain how a place's distinctiveness is affected by its location relative to larger physical, cultural, political, and economic regions. 30
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.G4.3.

5.G4.4. Students apply geographic skills to develop a profile of the local community by placing it in the context of physical, cultural and other types of regions. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.G4.4.

DE.5.H1. History: Students will employ chronological concepts in analyzing historical phenomena.

5.H1.1. Students create a chronology from selected historical materials. 20
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.H1.1.

5.H1.2. Students predict cause or effect from a chronology and selected historical materials. 20
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.H1.2.

5.H1.3. Students study historical events and persons within a given time-frame in order to create a chronology and identify related cause-and-effect factors. 18
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.H1.3.

DE.5.H2. History: Students will gather, examine, and analyze historical data.

5.H2.1. Students explain why a historical source would be considered either a primary or secondary historical source. 21
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.H2.1.

5.H2.2. Students explain how a specific historical source would be used to draw a historical conclusion. 24
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.H2.2.

5.H2.3. Students identify artifacts and documents as either primary or secondary sources of historical data from which historical accounts are constructed. 22
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.H2.3.

5.H2.4. Students arrange selected historical sources chronologically. 23
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.H2.4.

5.H2.5. Students identify cause and effect from chronologically arranged historical sources. 23
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.H2.5.

5.H2.6. Students examine historical materials relating to a particular region, society, or theme; chronologically arrange them, and analyze change over time. 23
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.H2.6.

DE.5.H3. History: Students will interpret historical data.

5.H3.1. Students explain why point of view can alter historical accounts. 18
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.H3.1.

5.H3.2. Students explain why using different historical evidence can alter historical accounts. 21
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.H3.2.

5.H3.3. Students explain why historical accounts of the same event sometimes differ and will relate this explanation to the evidence presented or the point-of-view of the author. 19
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 5.H3.3.

DE.6.C1. Civics: Students will examine the structure and purposes of governments with specific emphasis on constitutional democracy.

6.C1.1. Students explain why governments have different powers. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C1.1.

6.C1.2. Students explain how different powers of governments are used. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C1.2.

6.C1.3. Students understand that governments have the power to make and enforce laws and regulations, levy taxes, conduct foreign policy, and make war. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C1.3.

6.C1.4. Students explain how different levels of governments meet different needs. 14
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C1.4.

6.C1.5. Students explain why the United States has a federalist government. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C1.5.

6.C1.6. Students analyze the different functions of federal, state, and local governments in the United States and examine the reasons for the different organizational structures each level of government employs. 15
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C1.6.

DE.6.C2. Civics: Students will understand the principles and ideals underlying the American political system.

6.C2.1. Students explain why the Bill of Rights and other amendments that protect individual rights have become part of the U.S. Constitution. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C2.1.

6.C2.2. Students explain why it is necessary to protect the rights of minorities. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C2.2.

6.C2.3. Students explain how the Bill of Rights protects minority groups from discrimination. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C2.3.

6.C2.4. Students understand that the concept of majority rule does not mean that the rights of minorities may be disregarded and will examine and apply the protections accorded those minorities in the American political system. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C2.4.

6.C2.5. Students identify the principles upon which the U.S. government is founded. 14
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C2.5.

6.C2.6. Students explain how the principles upon which the U.S. government is founded have been applied. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C2.6.

6.C2.7. Students understand the principles and content of major American state papers such as the Declaration of Independence; United States Constitution (including the Bill of Rights); and the Federalist Papers. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C2.7.

DE.6.C3. Civics: Students will understand the responsibilities, rights, and privileges of United States citizens.

6.C3.1. Students explain how civil rights guaranteed to U.S. citizens protect individual liberty. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C3.1.

6.C3.2. Students explain how property rights guaranteed to U.S. citizens protect individual liberty. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C3.2.

6.C3.3. Students understand that civil rights secure political freedom while property rights secure economic freedom and that both are essential protections for United States citizens. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C3.3.

6.C3.4. Students identify the responsibilities of a citizen. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C3.4.

6.C3.5. Students explain why meeting the responsibilities of a citizen helps to preserve individual freedoms. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C3.5.

6.C3.6. Students understand that American citizenship includes responsibilities such as voting, jury duty, obeying the law, service in the armed forces when required, and public service. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C3.6.

DE.6.C4. Civics: Students will develop and employ the civic skills necessary for effective, participatory citizenship.

6.C4.1. Students explain why citizens should communicate with public officials about public policy. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C4.1.

6.C4.2. Students identify ways to effectively communicate with public officials about public policy. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C4.2.

6.C4.3. Students follow the actions of elected officials, and understand and employ the mechanisms for communicating with them while in office. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.C4.3.

DE.6.E1. Economics: Students will analyze the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy.

6.E1.1. Students identify and explain factors that shift supply or demand in markets. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.E1.1.

6.E1.2. Students predict changes to the price of a good or service based on changes in supply or demand. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.E1.2.

6.E1.3. Students analyze how changes in technology, costs, and demand interact in competitive markets to determine or change the price of goods and services. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.E1.3.

DE.6.E2. Economics: Students will examine the interaction of individuals, families, communities, businesses, and governments in a market economy.

6.E2.1. Students explain how the supply of money in an economy can affect economic growth. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.E2.1.

6.E2.2. Students explain how government policies can impact economic growth. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.E2.2.

6.E2.3. Students analyze the role of money and banking in the economy, and the ways in which government taxes and spending affect the functioning of market economies. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.E2.3.

DE.6.E3. Economics: Students will understand different types of economic systems and how they change.

6.E3.1. Students explain how the amount and quality of resources and technology can influence the economic decision-making of producers and consumers. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.E3.1.

6.E3.2. Students explain how cultural values can influence the factors of production, methods of distribution, and means of exchange. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.E3.2.

6.E3.3. Students demonstrate the ways in which the means of production, distribution, and exchange in different economic systems have a relationship to cultural values, resources, and technologies. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.E3.3.

DE.6.E4. Economics: Students will examine the patterns and results of international trade.

6.E4.1. Students explain how specialization creates interdependence. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.E4.1.

6.E4.2. Students analyze how government policies can affect trade. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.E4.2.

6.E4.3. Students explain the costs and benefits to free trade policies. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.E4.3.

6.E4.4. Students examine how nations with different economic systems specialize and become interdependent through trade and how government policies allow either free or restricted trade. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.E4.4.

DE.6.G1. Geography: Students will develop a personal geographic framework, or 'mental map,' and understand the uses of maps and other geo-graphics.

6.G1.1. Students apply mental maps to ask and answer questions that require awareness of the relative location of places in the world's subregions. 26
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G1.1.

6.G1.2. Students explain how mental maps held by people in various sub-regions reflect different perceptions of the world. 26
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G1.2.

6.G1.3. Students demonstrate how different maps and geo-graphics can be used to display different characteristics of places in the world's subregions. 30
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G1.3.

6.G1.4. Students demonstrate mental maps of the world and its sub-regions which include the relative location and characteristics of major physical features, political divisions, and human settlements. 26
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G1.4.

DE.6.G2. Geography: Students will develop a knowledge of the ways humans modify and respond to the natural environment.

6.G2.1. Students identify the processes that shape the natural environment. 12
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G2.1.

6.G2.2. Students explain ways in which people change or affect the natural environment. 16
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G2.2.

6.G2.3. Students apply a knowledge of the major processes shaping natural environments to understand how different peoples have changed, and been affected by, physical environments in the world's subregions. 12
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G2.3.

DE.6.G3. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the diversity of human culture and the unique nature of places.

6.G3.1. Students identify the world's major cultural hearths and the extent of their geographic influence, using concepts of core and periphery. 53
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G3.1.

6.G3.2. Students apply the different processes of geographic diffusion to show how different places around the world are affected by the spread of ideas from cultural hearths. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G3.2.

6.G3.3. Students identify and explain the major cultural patterns of human activity in the world's sub-regions. 53
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G3.3.

DE.6.G4. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the character and use of regions and the connections between and among them.

6.G4.1. Students identify types of geographic regions. 28
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G4.1.

6.G4.2. Students explain the factors that affect the location of economic activities. 19
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G4.2.

6.G4.3. Students explain how specialized economic regions are created and how they might change. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G4.3.

6.G4.4. Students understand the processes affecting the location of economic activities in different world regions. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G4.4.

6.G4.5. Students explain why people identify with a territory and the ways they use borders to geographically define it. 25
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G4.5.

6.G4.6. Students explain how culture and resources often form the basis for territories. 53
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G4.6.

6.G4.7. Students explain how a people's territorial identity may cause conflict. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G4.7.

6.G4.8. Students explain how conflict and cooperation among people contribute to the division of the Earth's surface into distinctive cultural and political territories. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.G4.8.

DE.6.H1. History: Students will employ chronological concepts in analyzing historical phenomena.

6.H1.1. Students analyze long-term change using historical materials. 21
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.H1.1.

6.H1.2. Students draw conclusions from historical materials to explain the causes or effects of historical trends and themes. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.H1.2.

6.H1.3. Students examine historical materials relating to a particular region, society, or theme; analyze change over time, and make logical inferences concerning cause and effect. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.H1.3.

DE.6.H2. History: Students will gather, examine, and analyze historical data.

6.H2.1. Students explain how to investigate a historical question. 14
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.H2.1.

6.H2.2. Students conduct valid historical research and create valid historical conclusions from the examination of primary and secondary historical sources. 29
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.H2.2.

6.H2.3. Students explain why a given historical source is credible. 22
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.H2.3.

6.H2.4. Students analyze a historical document to explain its purpose, perspective, or point of view. 14
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.H2.4.

6.H2.5. Students master the basic research skills necessary to conduct an independent investigation of historical phenomena. 14
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.H2.5.

6.H2.6. Students examine historical documents, artifacts, and other materials, and analyze them in terms of credibility, as well as the purpose, perspective, or point of view for which they were constructed. 22
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.H2.6.

DE.6.H3. History: Students will interpret historical data.

6.H3.1. Students identify the historical source(s) used to reach a given historical conclusion. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.H3.1.

6.H3.2. Students explain why historians using the same historical sources can reach different historical conclusions. 22
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.H3.2.

6.H3.3. Students compare different historians' descriptions of the same societies in order to examine how the choice of questions and use of sources may affect their conclusions. 18
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 6.H3.3.

DE.7.C1. Civics: Students will examine the structure and purposes of governments with specific emphasis on constitutional democracy.

7.C1.1. Students explain why governments have different powers. 34
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C1.1.

7.C1.2. Students explain how different powers of governments are used. 35
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C1.2.

7.C1.3. Students understand that governments have the power to make and enforce laws and regulations, levy taxes, conduct foreign policy, and make war. 39
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C1.3.

7.C1.4. Students explain how different levels of governments meet different needs. 20
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C1.4.

7.C1.5. Students explain why the United States has a federalist government. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C1.5.

7.C1.6. Students analyze the different functions of federal, state, and local governments in the United States and examine the reasons for the different organizational structures each level of government employs. 21
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C1.6.

DE.7.C2. Civics: Students will understand the principles and ideals underlying the American political system.

7.C2.1. Students explain why the Bill of Rights and other amendments that protect individual rights have become part of the U.S. Constitution. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C2.1.

7.C2.2. Students explain why it is necessary to protect the rights of minorities. 19
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C2.2.

7.C2.3. Students explain how the Bill of Rights protects minority groups from discrimination. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C2.3.

7.C2.4. Students understand that the concept of majority rule does not mean that the rights of minorities may be disregarded and will examine and apply the protections accorded those minorities in the American political system. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C2.4.

7.C2.5. Students identify the principles upon which the U.S. government is founded. 17
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C2.5.

7.C2.6. Students explain how the principles upon which the U.S. government is founded have been applied. 16
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C2.6.

7.C2.7. Students understand the principles and content of major American state papers such as the Declaration of Independence; United States Constitution (including the Bill of Rights); and the Federalist Papers. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C2.7.

DE.7.C3. Civics: Students will understand the responsibilities, rights, and privileges of United States citizens.

7.C3.1. Students explain how civil rights guaranteed to U.S. citizens protect individual liberty. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C3.1.

7.C3.2. Students explain how property rights guaranteed to U.S. citizens protect individual liberty. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C3.2.

7.C3.3. Students understand that civil rights secure political freedom while property rights secure economic freedom and that both are essential protections for United States citizens. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C3.3.

7.C3.4. Students identify the responsibilities of a citizen. 14
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C3.4.

7.C3.5. Students explain why meeting the responsibilities of a citizen helps to preserve individual freedoms. 14
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C3.5.

7.C3.6. Students understand that American citizenship includes responsibilities such as voting, jury duty, obeying the law, service in the armed forces when required, and public service. 14
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C3.6.

DE.7.C4. Civics: Students will develop and employ the civic skills necessary for effective, participatory citizenship.

7.C4.1. Students explain why citizens should communicate with public officials about public policy. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C4.1.

7.C4.2. Students identify ways to effectively communicate with public officials about public policy. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C4.2.

7.C4.3. Students follow the actions of elected officials, and understand and employ the mechanisms for communicating with them while in office. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.C4.3.

DE.7.E1. Economics: Students will analyze the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy.

7.E1.1. Students identify and explain factors that shift supply or demand in markets. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.E1.1.

7.E1.2. Students predict changes to the price of a good or service based on changes in supply or demand. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.E1.2.

7.E1.3. Students analyze how changes in technology, costs, and demand interact in competitive markets to determine or change the price of goods and services. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.E1.3.

DE.7.E2. Economics: Students will examine the interaction of individuals, families, communities, businesses, and governments in a market economy.

7.E2.1. Students explain how the supply of money in an economy can affect economic growth. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.E2.1.

7.E2.2. Students explain how government policies can impact economic growth. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.E2.2.

7.E2.3. Students analyze the role of money and banking in the economy, and the ways in which government taxes and spending affect the functioning of market economies. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.E2.3.

DE.7.E3. Economics: Students will understand different types of economic systems and how they change.

7.E3.1. Students explain how the amount and quality of resources and technology can influence the economic decision-making of producers and consumers. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.E3.1.

7.E3.2. Students explain how cultural values can influence the factors of production, methods of distribution, and means of exchange. 15
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.E3.2.

7.E3.3. Students demonstrate the ways in which the means of production, distribution, and exchange in different economic systems have a relationship to cultural values, resources, and technologies. 15
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.E3.3.

DE.7.E4. Economics: Students will examine the patterns and results of international trade.

7.E4.1. Students explain how specialization creates interdependence. 12
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.E4.1.

7.E4.2. Students analyze how government policies can affect trade. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.E4.2.

7.E4.3. Students explain the costs and benefits to free trade policies. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.E4.3.

7.E4.4. Students examine how nations with different economic systems specialize and become interdependent through trade and how government policies allow either free or restricted trade. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.E4.4.

DE.7.G1. Geography: Students will develop a personal geographic framework, or 'mental map,' and understand the uses of maps and other geo-graphics.

7.G1.1. Students apply mental maps to ask and answer questions that require awareness of the relative location of places in the world's subregions. 19
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G1.1.

7.G1.2. Students explain how mental maps held by people in various sub-regions reflect different perceptions of the world. 20
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G1.2.

7.G1.3. Students demonstrate how different maps and geo-graphics can be used to display different characteristics of places in the world's subregions. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G1.3.

7.G1.4. Students demonstrate mental maps of the world and its sub-regions which include the relative location and characteristics of major physical features, political divisions, and human settlements. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G1.4.

DE.7.G2. Geography: Students will develop a knowledge of the ways humans modify and respond to the natural environment.

7.G2.1. Students identify the processes that shape the natural environment. 16
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G2.1.

7.G2.2. Students explain ways in which people change or affect the natural environment. 57
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G2.2.

7.G2.3. Students apply a knowledge of the major processes shaping natural environments to understand how different peoples have changed, and been affected by, physical environments in the world's subregions. 13
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G2.3.

DE.7.G3. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the diversity of human culture and the unique nature of places.

7.G3.1. Students identify the world's major cultural hearths and the extent of their geographic influence, using concepts of core and periphery. 75
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G3.1.

7.G3.2. Students apply the different processes of geographic diffusion to show how different places around the world are affected by the spread of ideas from cultural hearths. 15
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G3.2.

7.G3.3. Students identify and explain the major cultural patterns of human activity in the world's sub-regions. 75
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G3.3.

DE.7.G4. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the character and use of regions and the connections between and among them.

7.G4.1. Students identify types of geographic regions. 21
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G4.1.

7.G4.2. Students explain the factors that affect the location of economic activities. 26
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G4.2.

7.G4.3. Students explain how specialized economic regions are created and how they might change. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G4.3.

7.G4.4. Students understand the processes affecting the location of economic activities in different world regions. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G4.4.

7.G4.5. Students explain why people identify with a territory and the ways they use borders to geographically define it. 20
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G4.5.

7.G4.6. Students explain how culture and resources often form the basis for territories. 74
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G4.6.

7.G4.7. Students explain how a people's territorial identity may cause conflict. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G4.7.

7.G4.8. Students explain how conflict and cooperation among people contribute to the division of the Earth's surface into distinctive cultural and political territories. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.G4.8.

DE.7.H1. History: Students will employ chronological concepts in analyzing historical phenomena.

7.H1.1. Students analyze long-term change using historical materials. 22
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.H1.1.

7.H1.2. Students draw conclusions from historical materials to explain the causes or effects of historical trends and themes. 18
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.H1.2.

7.H1.3. Students examine historical materials relating to a particular region, society, or theme; analyze change over time, and make logical inferences concerning cause and effect. 38
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.H1.3.

DE.7.H2. History: Students will gather, examine, and analyze historical data.

7.H2.1. Students explain how to investigate a historical question. 17
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.H2.1.

7.H2.2. Students conduct valid historical research and create valid historical conclusions from the examination of primary and secondary historical sources. 41
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.H2.2.

7.H2.3. Students explain why a given historical source is credible. 39
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.H2.3.

7.H2.4. Students analyze a historical document to explain its purpose, perspective, or point of view. 23
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.H2.4.

7.H2.5. Students master the basic research skills necessary to conduct an independent investigation of historical phenomena. 43
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.H2.5.

7.H2.6. Students examine historical documents, artifacts, and other materials, and analyze them in terms of credibility, as well as the purpose, perspective, or point of view for which they were constructed. 27
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.H2.6.

DE.7.H3. History: Students will interpret historical data.

7.H3.1. Students identify the historical source(s) used to reach a given historical conclusion. 17
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.H3.1.

7.H3.2. Students explain why historians using the same historical sources can reach different historical conclusions. 57
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.H3.2.

7.H3.3. Students compare different historians' descriptions of the same societies in order to examine how the choice of questions and use of sources may affect their conclusions. 54
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 7.H3.3.

DE.8.C1. Civics: Students will examine the structure and purposes of governments with specific emphasis on constitutional democracy.

8.C1.1. Students explain why governments have different powers. 29
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C1.1.

8.C1.2. Students explain how different powers of governments are used. 30
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C1.2.

8.C1.3. Students understand that governments have the power to make and enforce laws and regulations, levy taxes, conduct foreign policy, and make war. 36
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C1.3.

8.C1.4. Students explain how different levels of governments meet different needs. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C1.4.

8.C1.5. Students explain why the United States has a federalist government. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C1.5.

8.C1.6. Students analyze the different functions of federal, state, and local governments in the United States and examine the reasons for the different organizational structures each level of government employs. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C1.6.

DE.8.C2. Civics: Students will understand the principles and ideals underlying the American political system.

8.C2.1. Students explain why the Bill of Rights and other amendments that protect individual rights have become part of the U.S. Constitution. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C2.1.

8.C2.2. Students explain why it is necessary to protect the rights of minorities. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C2.2.

8.C2.3. Students explain how the Bill of Rights protects minority groups from discrimination. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C2.3.

8.C2.4. Students understand that the concept of majority rule does not mean that the rights of minorities may be disregarded and will examine and apply the protections accorded those minorities in the American political system. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C2.4.

8.C2.5. Students identify the principles upon which the U.S. government is founded. 15
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C2.5.

8.C2.6. Students explain how the principles upon which the U.S. government is founded have been applied. 12
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C2.6.

8.C2.7. Students understand the principles and content of major American state papers such as the Declaration of Independence; United States Constitution (including the Bill of Rights); and the Federalist Papers. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C2.7.

DE.8.C3. Civics: Students will understand the responsibilities, rights, and privileges of United States citizens.

8.C3.1. Students explain how civil rights guaranteed to U.S. citizens protect individual liberty. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C3.1.

8.C3.2. Students explain how property rights guaranteed to U.S. citizens protect individual liberty. 2
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C3.2.

8.C3.3. Students understand that civil rights secure political freedom while property rights secure economic freedom and that both are essential protections for United States citizens. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C3.3.

8.C3.4. Students identify the responsibilities of a citizen. 13
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C3.4.

8.C3.5. Students explain why meeting the responsibilities of a citizen helps to preserve individual freedoms. 13
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C3.5.

8.C3.6. Students understand that American citizenship includes responsibilities such as voting, jury duty, obeying the law, service in the armed forces when required, and public service. 24
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C3.6.

DE.8.C4. Civics: Students will develop and employ the civic skills necessary for effective, participatory citizenship.

8.C4.1. Students explain why citizens should communicate with public officials about public policy. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C4.1.

8.C4.2. Students identify ways to effectively communicate with public officials about public policy. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C4.2.

8.C4.3. Students follow the actions of elected officials, and understand and employ the mechanisms for communicating with them while in office. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.C4.3.

DE.8.E1. Economics: Students will analyze the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy.

8.E1.1. Students identify and explain factors that shift supply or demand in markets. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.E1.1.

8.E1.2. Students predict changes to the price of a good or service based on changes in supply or demand. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.E1.2.

8.E1.3. Students analyze how changes in technology, costs, and demand interact in competitive markets to determine or change the price of goods and services. 4
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.E1.3.

DE.8.E2. Economics: Students will examine the interaction of individuals, families, communities, businesses, and governments in a market economy.

8.E2.1. Students explain how the supply of money in an economy can affect economic growth. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.E2.1.

8.E2.2. Students explain how government policies can impact economic growth. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.E2.2.

8.E2.3. Students analyze the role of money and banking in the economy, and the ways in which government taxes and spending affect the functioning of market economies. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.E2.3.

DE.8.E3. Economics: Students will understand different types of economic systems and how they change.

8.E3.1. Students explain how the amount and quality of resources and technology can influence the economic decision-making of producers and consumers. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.E3.1.

8.E3.2. Students explain how cultural values can influence the factors of production, methods of distribution, and means of exchange. 14
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.E3.2.

8.E3.3. Students demonstrate the ways in which the means of production, distribution, and exchange in different economic systems have a relationship to cultural values, resources, and technologies. 15
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.E3.3.

DE.8.E4. Economics: Students will examine the patterns and results of international trade.

8.E4.1. Students explain how specialization creates interdependence. 13
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.E4.1.

8.E4.2. Students analyze how government policies can affect trade. 3
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.E4.2.

8.E4.3. Students explain the costs and benefits to free trade policies. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.E4.3.

8.E4.4. Students examine how nations with different economic systems specialize and become interdependent through trade and how government policies allow either free or restricted trade. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.E4.4.

DE.8.G1. Geography: Students will develop a personal geographic framework, or 'mental map,' and understand the uses of maps and other geo-graphics.

8.G1.1. Students apply mental maps to ask and answer questions that require awareness of the relative location of places in the world's subregions. 9
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G1.1.

8.G1.2. Students explain how mental maps held by people in various sub-regions reflect different perceptions of the world. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G1.2.

8.G1.3. Students demonstrate how different maps and geo-graphics can be used to display different characteristics of places in the world's subregions. 12
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G1.3.

8.G1.4. Students demonstrate mental maps of the world and its sub-regions which include the relative location and characteristics of major physical features, political divisions, and human settlements. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G1.4.

DE.8.G2. Geography: Students will develop a knowledge of the ways humans modify and respond to the natural environment.

8.G2.1. Students identify the processes that shape the natural environment. 8
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G2.1.

8.G2.2. Students explain ways in which people change or affect the natural environment. 43
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G2.2.

8.G2.3. Students apply a knowledge of the major processes shaping natural environments to understand how different peoples have changed, and been affected by, physical environments in the world's subregions. 7
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G2.3.

DE.8.G3. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the diversity of human culture and the unique nature of places.

8.G3.1. Students identify the world's major cultural hearths and the extent of their geographic influence, using concepts of core and periphery. 34
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G3.1.

8.G3.2. Students apply the different processes of geographic diffusion to show how different places around the world are affected by the spread of ideas from cultural hearths. 34
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G3.2.

8.G3.3. Students identify and explain the major cultural patterns of human activity in the world's sub-regions. 34
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G3.3.

DE.8.G4. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the character and use of regions and the connections between and among them.

8.G4.1. Students identify types of geographic regions. 11
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G4.1.

8.G4.2. Students explain the factors that affect the location of economic activities. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G4.2.

8.G4.3. Students explain how specialized economic regions are created and how they might change. 6
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G4.3.

8.G4.4. Students understand the processes affecting the location of economic activities in different world regions. 5
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G4.4.

8.G4.5. Students explain why people identify with a territory and the ways they use borders to geographically define it. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G4.5.

8.G4.6. Students explain how culture and resources often form the basis for territories. 33
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G4.6.

8.G4.7. Students explain how a people's territorial identity may cause conflict. 1
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G4.7.

8.G4.8. Students explain how conflict and cooperation among people contribute to the division of the Earth's surface into distinctive cultural and political territories. 10
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.G4.8.

DE.8.H1. History: Students will employ chronological concepts in analyzing historical phenomena.

8.H1.1. Students analyze long-term change using historical materials. 14
Suggested Titles for Delaware Social Studies State Standard 8.H1.1.

8.H1.2. Students draw conclusions from historical materials to explain the causes or effects of historical trends and themes. 11
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8.H1.3. Students examine historical materials relating to a particular region, society, or theme; analyze change over time, and make logical inferences concerning cause and effect. 26
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DE.8.H2. History: Students will gather, examine, and analyze historical data.

8.H2.1. Students explain how to investigate a historical question. 10
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8.H2.2. Students conduct valid historical research and create valid historical conclusions from the examination of primary and secondary historical sources. 23
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8.H2.3. Students explain why a given historical source is credible. 23
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8.H2.4. Students analyze a historical document to explain its purpose, perspective, or point of view. 15
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8.H2.5. Students master the basic research skills necessary to conduct an independent investigation of historical phenomena. 26
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8.H2.6. Students examine historical documents, artifacts, and other materials, and analyze them in terms of credibility, as well as the purpose, perspective, or point of view for which they were constructed. 18
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DE.8.H3. History: Students will interpret historical data.

8.H3.1. Students identify the historical source(s) used to reach a given historical conclusion. 26
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8.H3.2. Students explain why historians using the same historical sources can reach different historical conclusions. 21
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8.H3.3. Students compare different historians' descriptions of the same societies in order to examine how the choice of questions and use of sources may affect their conclusions. 25
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DE.9.C1. Civics: Students will examine the structure and purposes of governments with specific emphasis on constitutional democracy.

9.C1.1. Students identify differences in structure and purpose of a government from analyzing its culture or history.

9.C1.2. Students analyze the structure of different governments to explain why they differ.

9.C1.3. Students analyze the ways in which the structure and purposes of different governments around the world reflect differing ideologies, cultures, values, and histories.

DE.9.C2. Civics: Students will understand the principles and ideals underlying the American political system.

9.C2.1. Students explain why political parties exist in a democracy.

9.C2.2. Students explain how political parties contribute to democratic government.

9.C2.3. Students examine and analyze the extra-Constitutional role that political parties play in American politics.

9.C2.4. Students explain how the structures of government have adapted over time to reflect changes in American society and culture.

9.C2.5. Students understand that the functioning of the government is a dynamic process which combines the formal balances of power incorporated in the Constitution with traditions, precedents, and interpretations which have evolved over the past 200 years.

DE.9.C3. Civics: Students will understand the responsibilities, rights, and privileges of United States citizens.

9.C3.1. Students explain why citizens need to participate in a democratic society.

9.C3.2. Students explain ways in which citizens can participate in a democratic society.

9.C3.3. Students understand that citizens are individually responsible for keeping themselves informed about public policy issues on the local, state, and federal levels; participating in the civic process; and upholding the laws of the land.

DE.9.C4. Civics: Students will develop and employ the civic skills necessary for effective, participatory citizenship.

9.C4.1. Students identify situations in which communicating with government agencies would benefit citizens.

9.C4.2. Students explain how to communicate with government agencies.

9.C4.3. Students develop and employ the skills necessary to work with government programs and agencies.

9.C4.4. Students explain how to organize or work within a political party to elect a candidate.

9.C4.5. Students explain how different citizen's groups have engaged in protest against a government or other official group.

9.C4.6. Students argue for or against a proposed policy to an appropriate commission or task-force.

9.C4.7. Students understand the process of working within a political party, a commission engaged in examining public policy, or a citizen's group.

DE.9.E1. Economics: Students will analyze the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy.

9.E1.1. Students explain how markets create incentives that impact decisions of individual consumers, producers, and government.

9.E1.2. Students explain how competition creates efficiency in markets.

9.E1.3. Students explain how government policies can impact economic choices.

9.E1.4. Students demonstrate how individual economic choices are made within the context of a market economy in which markets influence the production and distribution of goods and services.

DE.9.E2. Economics: Students will examine the interaction of individuals, families, communities, businesses, and governments in a market economy.

9.E2.1. Students explain why an economy is interdependent.

9.E2.2. Students explain how government policies can impact economic stability.

9.E2.3. Students develop an understanding of how economies function as a whole, including the causes and effect of inflation, unemployment, business cycles, and monetary and fiscal policies.

DE.9.E3. Economics: Students will understand different types of economic systems and how they change.

9.E3.1. Students identify challenges faced by a country transitioning from a command to a market economy, and explain why the economic goals will change in that country.

9.E3.2. Students explain how emphasizing specific economic goals will affect a country's economy, and analyze a country's effectiveness in achieving its economic goals.

9.E3.3. Students explain how emphasizing specific economic goals in a country will change incentives for producers and consumers.

9.E3.4. Students analyze the wide range of opportunities and consequences resulting from the current transitions from command to market economies in many countries.

DE.9.E4. Economics: Students will examine the patterns and results of international trade.

9.E4.1. Students explain why producers and consumers in different nations choose to trade.

9.E4.2. Students explain how international trade will affect a nation's standard of living.

9.E4.3. Students explain how governments impact the economic decisions of producers and consumers engaging in international trade.

9.E4.4. Students analyze and interpret the influence of the distribution of the world's resources, political stability, national efforts to encourage or discourage trade, and the flow of investment on patterns of international trade.

DE.9.G1. Geography: Students will develop a personal geographic framework, or 'mental map,' and understand the uses of maps and other geo-graphics.

9.G1.1. Students identify the geographic principles of 'hierarchy,' 'accessibility,' 'diffusion,' and 'complementarity' found in mapped patterns.

9.G1.2. Students identify geographic patterns which emerge when data is mapped, and analyze mapped patterns through the application of such common geographic principles as 'hierarchy,' 'accessibility,' 'diffusion' and 'complementarity.'

9.G1.3. Students identify the correct data to apply to a geographic problem.

9.G1.4. Students explain how a societal problem can be solved through geographic analysis of mapped patterns.

9.G1.5. Students explain how technology can be used to create and analyze mapped patterns.

9.G1.6. Students apply the analysis of mapped patterns to the solution of problems.

DE.9.G2. Geography: Students will develop a knowledge of the ways humans modify and respond to the natural environment.

9.G2.1. Students explain how a human change to the environment alters the way energy is used in natural ecosystems.

9.G2.2. Students predict the consequences of human alterations to the natural environment.

9.G2.3. Students explain how understanding the ways in which people perceive the natural environment will help to understand their behavior.

9.G2.4. Students understand the Earth's physical environment as a set of interconnected systems (ecosystems) and the ways humans have perceived, reacted to, and changed environments at local to global scales.

DE.9.G3. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the diversity of human culture and the unique nature of places.

9.G3.1. Students explain how different cultural values shape the character of places.

9.G3.2. Students explain how the geographic convergence and divergence of cultures will affect changes in the character of places.

9.G3.3. Students explain how places are globally interdependent.

9.G3.4. Students understand the processes which result in distinctive cultures, economic activity and settlement form in particular locations across the world.

DE.9.G4. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the character and use of regions and the connections between and among them.

9.G4.1. Students explain the advantages and disadvantages of using human and physical features as boundaries for regions.

9.G4.2. Students demonstrate an ability to construct a region from a given data set.

9.G4.3. Students explain how and why regions change over time in order to analyze and solve problems.

9.G4.4. Students apply knowledge of the types of regions and methods of drawing boundaries to interpret the Earth's changing complexity.

DE.9.H1. History: Students will employ chronological concepts in analyzing historical phenomena.

9.H1.1. Students explain the causes and effects of historical ideas or trends.

9.H1.2. Students apply the interpretation of historical materials, ideas, and trends to contemporary issues.

9.H1.3. Students analyze historical materials to trace the development of an idea or trend across space or over a prolonged period of time in order to explain patterns of historical continuity and change.

DE.9.H2. History: Students will gather, examine, and analyze historical data.

9.H2.1. Students explain how to identify the differences between historical facts and historical interpretations.

9.H2.2. Students explain how to use documents and artifacts to conduct research and draw conclusions.

9.H2.3. Students analyze a given historical problem, explain how to research solutions, and identify difficulties encountered during research.

9.H2.4. Students develop and implement effective research strategies for investigating a given historical topic.

9.H2.5. Students examine and analyze primary and secondary sources in order to differentiate between historical facts and historical interpretations.

DE.9.H3. History: Students will interpret historical data.

9.H3.1. Students explain how the way that historical research is conducted will affect the conclusions drawn from that research.

9.H3.2. Students analyze a historian's personal background to explain how it will affect the historian's conclusions.

9.H3.3. Students compare competing historical narratives, by contrasting different historian's choice of questions, use and choice of sources, perspectives, beliefs, and points of view, in order to demonstrate how these factors contribute to different interpretations.

DE.10.C1. Civics: Students will examine the structure and purposes of governments with specific emphasis on constitutional democracy.

10.C1.1. Students identify differences in structure and purpose of a government from analyzing its culture or history.

10.C1.2. Students analyze the structure of different governments to explain why they differ.

10.C1.3. Students analyze the ways in which the structure and purposes of different governments around the world reflect differing ideologies, cultures, values, and histories.

DE.10.C2. Civics: Students will understand the principles and ideals underlying the American political system.

10.C2.1. Students explain why political parties exist in a democracy.

10.C2.2. Students explain how political parties contribute to democratic government.

10.C2.3. Students examine and analyze the extra-Constitutional role that political parties play in American politics.

10.C2.4. Students explain how the structures of government have adapted over time to reflect changes in American society and culture.

10.C2.5. Students understand that the functioning of the government is a dynamic process which combines the formal balances of power incorporated in the Constitution with traditions, precedents, and interpretations which have evolved over the past 200 years.

DE.10.C3. Civics: Students will understand the responsibilities, rights, and privileges of United States citizens.

10.C3.1. Students explain why citizens need to participate in a democratic society.

10.C3.2. Students explain ways in which citizens can participate in a democratic society.

10.C3.3. Students understand that citizens are individually responsible for keeping themselves informed about public policy issues on the local, state, and federal levels; participating in the civic process; and upholding the laws of the land.

DE.10.C4. Civics: Students will develop and employ the civic skills necessary for effective, participatory citizenship.

10.C4.1. Students identify situations in which communicating with government agencies would benefit citizens.

10.C4.2. Students explain how to communicate with government agencies.

10.C4.3. Students develop and employ the skills necessary to work with government programs and agencies.

10.C4.4. Students explain how to organize or work within a political party to elect a candidate.

10.C4.5. Students explain how different citizen's groups have engaged in protest against a government or other official group.

10.C4.6. Students argue for or against a proposed policy to an appropriate commission or task-force.

10.C4.7. Students understand the process of working within a political party, a commission engaged in examining public policy, or a citizen's group.

DE.10.E1. Economics: Students will analyze the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy.

10.E1.1. Students explain how markets create incentives that impact decisions of individual consumers, producers, and government.

10.E1.2. Students explain how competition creates efficiency in markets.

10.E1.3. Students explain how government policies can impact economic choices.

10.E1.4. Students demonstrate how individual economic choices are made within the context of a market economy in which markets influence the production and distribution of goods and services.

DE.10.E2. Economics: Students will examine the interaction of individuals, families, communities, businesses, and governments in a market economy.

10.E2.1. Students explain why an economy is interdependent.

10.E2.2. Students explain how government policies can impact economic stability.

10.E2.3. Students develop an understanding of how economies function as a whole, including the causes and effect of inflation, unemployment, business cycles, and monetary and fiscal policies.

DE.10.E3. Economics: Students will understand different types of economic systems and how they change.

10.E3.1. Students identify challenges faced by a country transitioning from a command to a market economy, and explain why the economic goals will change in that country.

10.E3.2. Students explain how emphasizing specific economic goals will affect a country's economy, and analyze a country's effectiveness in achieving its economic goals.

10.E3.3. Students explain how emphasizing specific economic goals in a country will change incentives for producers and consumers.

10.E3.4. Students analyze the wide range of opportunities and consequences resulting from the current transitions from command to market economies in many countries.

DE.10.E4. Economics: Students will examine the patterns and results of international trade.

10.E4.1. Students explain why producers and consumers in different nations choose to trade.

10.E4.2. Students explain how international trade will affect a nation's standard of living.

10.E4.3. Students explain how governments impact the economic decisions of producers and consumers engaging in international trade.

10.E4.4. Students analyze and interpret the influence of the distribution of the world's resources, political stability, national efforts to encourage or discourage trade, and the flow of investment on patterns of international trade.

DE.10.G1. Geography: Students will develop a personal geographic framework, or 'mental map,' and understand the uses of maps and other geo-graphics.

10.G1.1. Students identify the geographic principles of 'hierarchy,' 'accessibility,' 'diffusion,' and 'complementarity' found in mapped patterns.

10.G1.2. Students identify geographic patterns which emerge when data is mapped, and analyze mapped patterns through the application of such common geographic principles as 'hierarchy,' 'accessibility,' 'diffusion' and 'complementarity.'

10.G1.3. Students identify the correct data to apply to a geographic problem.

10.G1.4. Students explain how a societal problem can be solved through geographic analysis of mapped patterns.

10.G1.5. Students explain how technology can be used to create and analyze mapped patterns.

10.G1.6. Students apply the analysis of mapped patterns to the solution of problems.

DE.10.G2. Geography: Students will develop a knowledge of the ways humans modify and respond to the natural environment.

10.G2.1. Students explain how a human change to the environment alters the way energy is used in natural ecosystems.

10.G2.2. Students predict the consequences of human alterations to the natural environment.

10.G2.3. Students explain how understanding the ways in which people perceive the natural environment will help to understand their behavior.

10.G2.4. Students understand the Earth's physical environment as a set of interconnected systems (ecosystems) and the ways humans have perceived, reacted to, and changed environments at local to global scales.

DE.10.G3. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the diversity of human culture and the unique nature of places.

10.G3.1. Students explain how different cultural values shape the character of places.

10.G3.2. Students explain how the geographic convergence and divergence of cultures will affect changes in the character of places.

10.G3.3. Students explain how places are globally interdependent.

10.G3.4. Students understand the processes which result in distinctive cultures, economic activity and settlement form in particular locations across the world.

DE.10.G4. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the character and use of regions and the connections between and among them.

10.G4.1. Students explain the advantages and disadvantages of using human and physical features as boundaries for regions.

10.G4.2. Students demonstrate an ability to construct a region from a given data set.

10.G4.3. Students explain how and why regions change over time in order to analyze and solve problems.

10.G4.4. Students apply knowledge of the types of regions and methods of drawing boundaries to interpret the Earth's changing complexity.

DE.10.H1. History: Students will employ chronological concepts in analyzing historical phenomena.

10.H1.1. Students explain the causes and effects of historical ideas or trends.

10.H1.2. Students apply the interpretation of historical materials, ideas, and trends to contemporary issues.

10.H1.3. Students analyze historical materials to trace the development of an idea or trend across space or over a prolonged period of time in order to explain patterns of historical continuity and change.

DE.10.H2. History: Students will gather, examine, and analyze historical data.

10.H2.1. Students explain how to identify the differences between historical facts and historical interpretations.

10.H2.2. Students explain how to use documents and artifacts to conduct research and draw conclusions.

10.H2.3. Students analyze a given historical problem, explain how to research solutions, and identify difficulties encountered during research.

10.H2.4. Students develop and implement effective research strategies for investigating a given historical topic.

10.H2.5. Students examine and analyze primary and secondary sources in order to differentiate between historical facts and historical interpretations.

DE.10.H3. History: Students will interpret historical data.

10.H3.1. Students explain how the way that historical research is conducted will affect the conclusions drawn from that research.

10.H3.2. Students analyze a historian's personal background to explain how it will affect the historian's conclusions.

10.H3.3. Students compare competing historical narratives, by contrasting different historian's choice of questions, use and choice of sources, perspectives, beliefs, and points of view, in order to demonstrate how these factors contribute to different interpretations.

DE.11.C1. Civics: Students will examine the structure and purposes of governments with specific emphasis on constitutional democracy.

11.C1.1. Students identify differences in structure and purpose of a government from analyzing its culture or history.

11.C1.2. Students analyze the structure of different governments to explain why they differ.

11.C1.3. Students analyze the ways in which the structure and purposes of different governments around the world reflect differing ideologies, cultures, values, and histories.

DE.11.C2. Civics: Students will understand the principles and ideals underlying the American political system.

11.C2.1. Students explain why political parties exist in a democracy.

11.C2.2. Students explain how political parties contribute to democratic government.

11.C2.3. Students examine and analyze the extra-Constitutional role that political parties play in American politics.

11.C2.4. Students explain how the structures of government have adapted over time to reflect changes in American society and culture.

11.C2.5. Students understand that the functioning of the government is a dynamic process which combines the formal balances of power incorporated in the Constitution with traditions, precedents, and interpretations which have evolved over the past 200 years.

DE.11.C3. Civics: Students will understand the responsibilities, rights, and privileges of United States citizens.

11.C3.1. Students explain why citizens need to participate in a democratic society.

11.C3.2. Students explain ways in which citizens can participate in a democratic society.

11.C3.3. Students understand that citizens are individually responsible for keeping themselves informed about public policy issues on the local, state, and federal levels; participating in the civic process; and upholding the laws of the land.

DE.11.C4. Civics: Students will develop and employ the civic skills necessary for effective, participatory citizenship.

11.C4.1. Students identify situations in which communicating with government agencies would benefit citizens.

11.C4.2. Students explain how to communicate with government agencies.

11.C4.3. Students develop and employ the skills necessary to work with government programs and agencies.

11.C4.4. Students explain how to organize or work within a political party to elect a candidate.

11.C4.5. Students explain how different citizen's groups have engaged in protest against a government or other official group.

11.C4.6. Students argue for or against a proposed policy to an appropriate commission or task-force.

11.C4.7. Students understand the process of working within a political party, a commission engaged in examining public policy, or a citizen's group.

DE.11.E1. Economics: Students will analyze the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy.

11.E1.1. Students explain how markets create incentives that impact decisions of individual consumers, producers, and government.

11.E1.2. Students explain how competition creates efficiency in markets.

11.E1.3. Students explain how government policies can impact economic choices.

11.E1.4. Students demonstrate how individual economic choices are made within the context of a market economy in which markets influence the production and distribution of goods and services.

DE.11.E2. Economics: Students will examine the interaction of individuals, families, communities, businesses, and governments in a market economy.

11.E2.1. Students explain why an economy is interdependent.

11.E2.2. Students explain how government policies can impact economic stability.

11.E2.3. Students develop an understanding of how economies function as a whole, including the causes and effect of inflation, unemployment, business cycles, and monetary and fiscal policies.

DE.11.E3. Economics: Students will understand different types of economic systems and how they change.

11.E3.1. Students identify challenges faced by a country transitioning from a command to a market economy, and explain why the economic goals will change in that country.

11.E3.2. Students explain how emphasizing specific economic goals will affect a country's economy, and analyze a country's effectiveness in achieving its economic goals.

11.E3.3. Students explain how emphasizing specific economic goals in a country will change incentives for producers and consumers.

11.E3.4. Students analyze the wide range of opportunities and consequences resulting from the current transitions from command to market economies in many countries.

DE.11.E4. Economics: Students will examine the patterns and results of international trade.

11.E4.1. Students explain why producers and consumers in different nations choose to trade.

11.E4.2. Students explain how international trade will affect a nation's standard of living.

11.E4.3. Students explain how governments impact the economic decisions of producers and consumers engaging in international trade.

11.E4.4. Students analyze and interpret the influence of the distribution of the world's resources, political stability, national efforts to encourage or discourage trade, and the flow of investment on patterns of international trade.

DE.11.G1. Geography: Students will develop a personal geographic framework, or 'mental map,' and understand the uses of maps and other geo-graphics.

11.G1.1. Students identify the geographic principles of 'hierarchy,' 'accessibility,' 'diffusion,' and 'complementarity' found in mapped patterns.

11.G1.2. Students identify geographic patterns which emerge when data is mapped, and analyze mapped patterns through the application of such common geographic principles as 'hierarchy,' 'accessibility,' 'diffusion' and 'complementarity.'

11.G1.3. Students identify the correct data to apply to a geographic problem.

11.G1.4. Students explain how a societal problem can be solved through geographic analysis of mapped patterns.

11.G1.5. Students explain how technology can be used to create and analyze mapped patterns.

11.G1.6. Students apply the analysis of mapped patterns to the solution of problems.

DE.11.G2. Geography: Students will develop a knowledge of the ways humans modify and respond to the natural environment.

11.G2.1. Students explain how a human change to the environment alters the way energy is used in natural ecosystems.

11.G2.2. Students predict the consequences of human alterations to the natural environment.

11.G2.3. Students explain how understanding the ways in which people perceive the natural environment will help to understand their behavior.

11.G2.4. Students understand the Earth's physical environment as a set of interconnected systems (ecosystems) and the ways humans have perceived, reacted to, and changed environments at local to global scales.

DE.11.G3. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the diversity of human culture and the unique nature of places.

11.G3.1. Students explain how different cultural values shape the character of places.

11.G3.2. Students explain how the geographic convergence and divergence of cultures will affect changes in the character of places.

11.G3.3. Students explain how places are globally interdependent.

11.G3.4. Students understand the processes which result in distinctive cultures, economic activity and settlement form in particular locations across the world.

DE.11.G4. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the character and use of regions and the connections between and among them.

11.G4.1. Students explain the advantages and disadvantages of using human and physical features as boundaries for regions.

11.G4.2. Students demonstrate an ability to construct a region from a given data set.

11.G4.3. Students explain how and why regions change over time in order to analyze and solve problems.

11.G4.4. Students apply knowledge of the types of regions and methods of drawing boundaries to interpret the Earth's changing complexity.

DE.11.H1. History: Students will employ chronological concepts in analyzing historical phenomena.

11.H1.1. Students explain the causes and effects of historical ideas or trends.

11.H1.2. Students apply the interpretation of historical materials, ideas, and trends to contemporary issues.

11.H1.3. Students analyze historical materials to trace the development of an idea or trend across space or over a prolonged period of time in order to explain patterns of historical continuity and change.

DE.11.H2. History: Students will gather, examine, and analyze historical data.

11.H2.1. Students explain how to identify the differences between historical facts and historical interpretations.

11.H2.2. Students explain how to use documents and artifacts to conduct research and draw conclusions.

11.H2.3. Students analyze a given historical problem, explain how to research solutions, and identify difficulties encountered during research.

11.H2.4. Students develop and implement effective research strategies for investigating a given historical topic.

11.H2.5. Students examine and analyze primary and secondary sources in order to differentiate between historical facts and historical interpretations.

DE.11.H3. History: Students will interpret historical data.

11.H3.1. Students explain how the way that historical research is conducted will affect the conclusions drawn from that research.

11.H3.2. Students analyze a historian's personal background to explain how it will affect the historian's conclusions.

11.H3.3. Students compare competing historical narratives, by contrasting different historian's choice of questions, use and choice of sources, perspectives, beliefs, and points of view, in order to demonstrate how these factors contribute to different interpretations.

DE.12.C1. Civics: Students will examine the structure and purposes of governments with specific emphasis on constitutional democracy.

12.C1.1. Students identify differences in structure and purpose of a government from analyzing its culture or history.

12.C1.2. Students analyze the structure of different governments to explain why they differ.

12.C1.3. Students analyze the ways in which the structure and purposes of different governments around the world reflect differing ideologies, cultures, values, and histories.

DE.12.C2. Civics: Students will understand the principles and ideals underlying the American political system.

12.C2.1. Students explain why political parties exist in a democracy.

12.C2.2. Students explain how political parties contribute to democratic government.

12.C2.3. Students examine and analyze the extra-Constitutional role that political parties play in American politics.

12.C2.4. Students explain how the structures of government have adapted over time to reflect changes in American society and culture.

12.C2.5. Students understand that the functioning of the government is a dynamic process which combines the formal balances of power incorporated in the Constitution with traditions, precedents, and interpretations which have evolved over the past 200 years.

DE.12.C3. Civics: Students will understand the responsibilities, rights, and privileges of United States citizens.

12.C3.1. Students explain why citizens need to participate in a democratic society.

12.C3.2. Students explain ways in which citizens can participate in a democratic society.

12.C3.3. Students understand that citizens are individually responsible for keeping themselves informed about public policy issues on the local, state, and federal levels; participating in the civic process; and upholding the laws of the land.

DE.12.C4. Civics: Students will develop and employ the civic skills necessary for effective, participatory citizenship.

12.C4.1. Students identify situations in which communicating with government agencies would benefit citizens.

12.C4.2. Students explain how to communicate with government agencies.

12.C4.3. Students develop and employ the skills necessary to work with government programs and agencies.

12.C4.4. Students explain how to organize or work within a political party to elect a candidate.

12.C4.5. Students explain how different citizen's groups have engaged in protest against a government or other official group.

12.C4.6. Students argue for or against a proposed policy to an appropriate commission or task-force.

12.C4.7. Students understand the process of working within a political party, a commission engaged in examining public policy, or a citizen's group.

DE.12.E1. Economics: Students will analyze the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy.

12.E1.1. Students explain how markets create incentives that impact decisions of individual consumers, producers, and government.

12.E1.2. Students explain how competition creates efficiency in markets.

12.E1.3. Students explain how government policies can impact economic choices.

12.E1.4. Students demonstrate how individual economic choices are made within the context of a market economy in which markets influence the production and distribution of goods and services.

DE.12.E2. Economics: Students will examine the interaction of individuals, families, communities, businesses, and governments in a market economy.

12.E2.1. Students explain why an economy is interdependent.

12.E2.2. Students explain how government policies can impact economic stability.

12.E2.3. Students develop an understanding of how economies function as a whole, including the causes and effect of inflation, unemployment, business cycles, and monetary and fiscal policies.

DE.12.E3. Economics: Students will understand different types of economic systems and how they change.

12.E3.1. Students identify challenges faced by a country transitioning from a command to a market economy, and explain why the economic goals will change in that country.

12.E3.2. Students explain how emphasizing specific economic goals will affect a country's economy, and analyze a country's effectiveness in achieving its economic goals.

12.E3.3. Students explain how emphasizing specific economic goals in a country will change incentives for producers and consumers.

12.E3.4. Students analyze the wide range of opportunities and consequences resulting from the current transitions from command to market economies in many countries.

DE.12.E4. Economics: Students will examine the patterns and results of international trade.

12.E4.1. Students explain why producers and consumers in different nations choose to trade.

12.E4.2. Students explain how international trade will affect a nation's standard of living.

12.E4.3. Students explain how governments impact the economic decisions of producers and consumers engaging in international trade.

12.E4.4. Students analyze and interpret the influence of the distribution of the world's resources, political stability, national efforts to encourage or discourage trade, and the flow of investment on patterns of international trade.

DE.12.G1. Geography: Students will develop a personal geographic framework, or 'mental map,' and understand the uses of maps and other geo-graphics.

12.G1.1. Students identify the geographic principles of 'hierarchy,' 'accessibility,' 'diffusion,' and 'complementarity' found in mapped patterns.

12.G1.2. Students identify geographic patterns which emerge when data is mapped, and analyze mapped patterns through the application of such common geographic principles as 'hierarchy,' 'accessibility,' 'diffusion' and 'complementarity.'

12.G1.3. Students identify the correct data to apply to a geographic problem.

12.G1.4. Students explain how a societal problem can be solved through geographic analysis of mapped patterns.

12.G1.5. Students explain how technology can be used to create and analyze mapped patterns.

12.G1.6. Students apply the analysis of mapped patterns to the solution of problems.

DE.12.G2. Geography: Students will develop a knowledge of the ways humans modify and respond to the natural environment.

12.G2.1. Students explain how a human change to the environment alters the way energy is used in natural ecosystems.

12.G2.2. Students predict the consequences of human alterations to the natural environment.

12.G2.3. Students explain how understanding the ways in which people perceive the natural environment will help to understand their behavior.

12.G2.4. Students understand the Earth's physical environment as a set of interconnected systems (ecosystems) and the ways humans have perceived, reacted to, and changed environments at local to global scales.

DE.12.G3. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the diversity of human culture and the unique nature of places.

12.G3.1. Students explain how different cultural values shape the character of places.

12.G3.2. Students explain how the geographic convergence and divergence of cultures will affect changes in the character of places.

12.G3.3. Students explain how places are globally interdependent.

12.G3.4. Students understand the processes which result in distinctive cultures, economic activity and settlement form in particular locations across the world.

DE.12.G4. Geography: Students will develop an understanding of the character and use of regions and the connections between and among them.

12.G4.1. Students explain the advantages and disadvantages of using human and physical features as boundaries for regions.

12.G4.2. Students demonstrate an ability to construct a region from a given data set.

12.G4.3. Students explain how and why regions change over time in order to analyze and solve problems.

12.G4.4. Students apply knowledge of the types of regions and methods of drawing boundaries to interpret the Earth's changing complexity.

DE.12.H1. History: Students will employ chronological concepts in analyzing historical phenomena.

12.H1.1. Students explain the causes and effects of historical ideas or trends.

12.H1.2. Students apply the interpretation of historical materials, ideas, and trends to contemporary issues.

12.H1.3. Students analyze historical materials to trace the development of an idea or trend across space or over a prolonged period of time in order to explain patterns of historical continuity and change.

DE.12.H2. History: Students will gather, examine, and analyze historical data.

12.H2.1. Students explain how to identify the differences between historical facts and historical interpretations.

12.H2.2. Students explain how to use documents and artifacts to conduct research and draw conclusions.

12.H2.3. Students analyze a given historical problem, explain how to research solutions, and identify difficulties encountered during research.

12.H2.4. Students develop and implement effective research strategies for investigating a given historical topic.

12.H2.5. Students examine and analyze primary and secondary sources in order to differentiate between historical facts and historical interpretations.

DE.12.H3. History: Students will interpret historical data.

12.H3.1. Students explain how the way that historical research is conducted will affect the conclusions drawn from that research.

12.H3.2. Students analyze a historian's personal background to explain how it will affect the historian's conclusions.

12.H3.3. Students compare competing historical narratives, by contrasting different historian's choice of questions, use and choice of sources, perspectives, beliefs, and points of view, in order to demonstrate how these factors contribute to different interpretations.