Hawaii State Standards for Social Studies: Grade 12

HI.1. Historical Understanding: Change, Continuity, and Causality: Understand change and/or continuity and cause and/or effect in history

HI.2. Historical Understanding: Inquiry, Empathy, and Perspective: Use the tools and methods of inquiry, perspective, and empathy to explain historical events with multiple interpretations and judge the past on its own terms

HI.3. History: World History: Understand important historical events from classical civilization through the present

SS.11.3.1. Pre-modern Times, Pre 1500 C.E.: Examine the relationship between cultural traditions and the larger societies in the cases of Confucianism in China, Buddhism in Asia, Christianity in Europe, Hinduism in India, and Islam in the Muslim world

SS.11.3.2. Pre-modern Times, Pre 1500 C.E.: Examine the effects of global interactions in pre-modern times, including the Mongol conquests, the Crusades, and technological, biological, and commercial exchanges

SS.11.3.3 Explain the impact of the exploratory and commercial expeditions in the 15th and 16th century, including the voyages of Zheng He, Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, James Cook, and European voyages to North America

SS.11.3.4. Origins of Global Interdependence in early modern times, 1500 C.E. to 1800 C.E.: Explain the effects of global exchanges in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa, including the spread of food crops and diseases, the exchange of trade goods, and migrations of peoples (forced and voluntary)

SS.11.3.5. Origins of Global Interdependence in early modern times, 1500 C.E. to 1800 C.E.: Examine the political structure in major world regions, including Qing China at the time of the Kangxi emperor, Japan at the time of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Ottoman Empire at the time of Suleyman the Magnificent, and the Hapsburg Empire at the time of Charles V

SS.11.3.6. Origins of Global Interdependence in early modern times, 1500 C.E. to 1800 C.E.: Examine the major developments in European cultural and intellectual history, including the Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, and Scientific Revolution

SS.11.3.7. Age of Revolution, Industry, and Empire, 1750 C.E. - 1914 C.E.: Compare the causes and effects of the early modern democratic revolutions, including the American Revolution, French Revolution, Haitian Revolution, and South American revolutions

SS.11.3.8. Age of Revolution, Industry, and Empire, 1750 C.E. - 1914 C.E.: Describe the socio-economic impact of the industrial revolution

SS.11.3.9. Age of Revolution, Industry, and Empire, 1750 C.E. - 1914 C.E.: Explain the ideological and economic interests that drove European, American, and Japanese imperialism in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific

SS.11.3.10. The Twentieth Century, 1914-1989: Describe the role of secret alliances and nationalism in triggering the outbreak of World War I and the effort to prevent future wars by the establishment of the League of Nations

SS.11.3.11. The Twentieth Century, 1914-1989: Explain the rise of fascist governments, emergence of communism, and the global effects of the Great Depression

SS.11.3.12. The Twentieth Century, 1914-1989: Examine the significant events, technological developments, and turning points of World War II, including the German invasion of Poland, Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, D-Day, the American bombing of Japan, the Rape of Nanjing, and the Holocaust

SS.11.3.13. The Twentieth Century, 1914-1989: Describe post-World War II nationalist and independence movements in India, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Kenya

SS.11.3.14. The Twentieth Century, 1914-1989: Explain major political developments of the post-war era, including the establishment of the United Nations, the creation of Israel, and the Cold War

SS.11.3.15. The Twentieth Century, 1914-1989: Describe revolutionary movements from 1945-1989, including the Chinese communist revolution, the Algerian revolution, and the Cuban revolution

SS.11.3.16. The Contemporary World 1989-present: Examine the significant effects of technological developments and biological exchanges in the contemporary world

SS.11.3.17. The Contemporary World 1989-present: Examine critical human rights issues in the contemporary world

HI.4. Political Science/Civics: Governance, Democracy, and Interaction: Understand the purpose and historical impact of political institutions, the principles and values of American constitutional democracy, and the similarities and differences in government across cultural perspectives

SS.11.4.1. Comparative Government: Compare the features of republican and absolutist governments that emerged in 17th century Europe

HI.5. Political Science/Civics: Participation and Citizenship: Understand roles, rights (personal, economic, political), and responsibilities of American citizens and exercise them in civic action

HI.6. Cultural Anthropology: Systems, Dynamics, and Inquiry: Understand culture as a system of beliefs, knowledge, and practices shared by a group and understand how cultural systems change over time

HI.7. Geography: World In Spatial Terms: Use geographic representations to organize, analyze, and present information on people, places, and environments and understand the nature and interaction of geographic regions and societies around the world

SS.11.7.1. Places and Regions: Trace changing political boundaries under the influence of European imperialism

SS.11.7.2. World in Spatial Terms: Use tools and methods of geographers to understand changing views of world regions

HI.8. Economics: Resources, Markets, and Government: Understand economic concepts and the characteristics of various economic systems

SS.11.8.1. Economic Interdependence: Explain how the exchange rate affects trade, imports, exports, and the economy of a nation

SS.11.8.2. Economic Interdependence: Describe the distribution of the world's resources as it affects international economic relationships

SS.11.8.3. Role and Function of Markets: Describe how the determinants of demand (i.e., income, substitutes, complements, number of buyers, tastes, expectations) affect the price and availability of goods and services

SS.11.8.4. Role and Function of Markets: Describe how the determinants of supply (i.e., price and availability of inputs, technology, government regulation, number of sellers) affect the price and availability of goods and services