Minnesota State Standards for Social Studies: Grade 7

MN.I.A1. United States History: Pre-history through 1607: The student will understand that large and diverse American Indian Nations were the original inhabitants of North America.

I.A1.1. Students will compare ways of life of Indian Nations from different regions of North America. 8
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MN.I.B1. United States History: Pre-history through 1607: The student will demonstrate knowledge of European exploration of the North American continent and the resulting interaction with American Indian Nations.

I.B1.1. Students will identify key European explorers and how their voyages led to the establishment of colonies. 9
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I.B1.2. Students will know and explain that interactions between American Indian tribes and European explorers had positive and negative impacts. 10
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MN.I.C1. United States History: Colonization and Conflict, 1607-1780s: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the colonies and the factors that shaped colonial North America.

I.C1.1. Students will explain and understand the political, religious, social, and economic events and conditions that led to the colonization of America. 3
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I.C1.2. Students will compare and contrast life within the colonies and their geographical areas, including New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies, and analyze their impact. 2
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I.C1.3. Students will identify the differences and tensions between the English colonies and American Indian tribes. 3
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I.C1.4. Students will understand the significance of enslaved Africans and their descendants in the economic and social life of the colonies. 1
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MN.I.D1. United States History: Political Unrest and the American Revolution 1763- mid -1791: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the causes and course of the American Revolution.

I.D1.1. Students will understand issues and events that led to the American Revolution, and analyze how these events affected the move toward independence from Britain. 7
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I.D1.2. Students will understand the principles of the Declaration of Independence, including inalienable rights and self-evident truths. 5
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I.D1.3. Students will analyze the roles of key individuals and political leaders in the American Revolution. 8
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I.D1.4. Students will know and understand key factors and events contributing to the defeat of the British. 9
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MN.I.D2. United States History: Political Unrest and the American Revolution 1763- mid -1791: The student will demonstrate knowledge of how the principles of the American Revolution became the foundation of a new nation.

I.D2.1. Students will know and understand basic principles of the new government established by the Constitution of the United States. 11
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I.D2.2. Students will know reasons why the United States developed the Constitution, including the debates and compromises that led to the final document. 4
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MN.I.E1. United States History: Growth and Westward Expansion, 1801-1861: The student will demonstrate knowledge of western expansion, conflict, and reform in America.

I.E1.1. Students will examine the processes that led to the territorial expansion of the United States including wars and treaties with foreign nations and Indian nations, the Mexican-American War, annexation, Louisiana Purchase and other land purchases, and the removal of American Indians to reservations. 14
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I.E1.2. Students will analyze the impact of inventions and technologies on life in America, including the cotton gin, the steamboat, and the telegraph. 12
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MN.I.F1. United States History: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850s-1870s: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the causes of the Civil War.

I.F1.1. Students will identify and analyze the main ideas of the debate over slavery, abolitionism, states' rights, and explain how they resulted in major political compromises. 5
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I.F1.2. Students will identify on a map the states that seceded from the Union, and those that remained in the Union. 3
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MN.I.F2. United States History: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850s-1870s: The student will demonstrate knowledge of major events and people of the Civil War.

I.F2.1. Students will know and understand the roles of significant figures and battles of the Civil War Era and analyze their significance, including Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Harriet Tubman and Battle of Gettysburg. 30
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I.F2.2. Students will analyze the aftermath of the war and its effects on citizens from the North and South including free blacks, women and former slaveholders. 15
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MN.I.G1. United States History: Reshaping the Nation and the Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1916: The student will analyze the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in response to the Industrial Revolution.

I.G1.1. Students will identify and understand the reasons for the increase in immigration, growth of cities, new inventions, and political challenges to American government arising from the industrial revolution, and analyze their impact. 18
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I.G1.2. Students will identify and explain racial segregation and racism, including the rise of 'Jim Crow,' the Ku Klux Klan, discrimination against immigrants, and the relocation of American Indian tribes to reservations, and analyze the impact of these actions. 5
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I.G1.3. Students will analyze how the rise of big business, the growth of industry, and the change in life on American farms and small towns with increased mechanization changed life in America. 9
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I.G1.4. Students will analyze the impact of the Progressive Movement on child labor and working conditions; the rise of organized labor; women's suffrage and the temperance movement, and identify the contributions of individuals in these movements. 11
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MN.I.H1. United States History: World Wars and the Emergence of Modern America, 1900-1930s: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the political, geographical, cultural, social, and economic forces shaping the modern United States.

I.H1.1. Students will know and understand the reasons for the Spanish-American War and its resulting impact. 1
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I.H1.2. Students will know and understand the United States' actions in the Pacific, and resulting international reactions. 15
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I.H1.3. Students will identify and understand the struggles and contributions of African American leaders of this period, including W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington, and compare their ideas. 3
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MN.I.H2. United States History: World Wars and the Emergence of Modern America, 1900-1930s: The student will understand World War I, its causes and effects.

I.H2.1. Students will know and understand the reasons for the United States' neutrality and delayed entry and involvement in World War I. 1
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I.H2.2. Students will explain Wilson's 14 Points and United States' isolationism. 3
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MN.I.I1. United States History: A World at War, 1930s-1945: The student will understand and analyze the economic, social, and political transition of the United States before, during and after World War II.

I.I1.1. Students will examine causes and analyze the effects of the Great Depression and the impact of the New Deal. 22
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I.I1.2. Students will analyze the major causes and effects of American neutrality and eventual involvement in World War II, including the America First movement, lend-lease, and the impact of Pearl Harbor. 34
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I.I1.3. Students will recognize major events, battles and significant leaders in World War II and analyze their impact, including Franklin Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill, Adolph Hitler, the Battle for Midway, the invasion of Normandy, and the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. 4
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I.I1.4. Students will evaluate the impact of World War II on the home front and on American culture, including Japanese internment, Tuskegee Airmen, and 'Rosie the Riveter.' 2
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MN.I.J1. United States History: Post WWII Era, 1945-1980: The student will analyze the economic, social, and political transformation of the United States and the world between the end of World War II and the present.

I.J1.1. Students will understand and explain the rebuilding of Europe and Japan after World War II, including the Marshall Plan and the American occupation of Japan. 4
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I.J1.2. Students will understand and analyze the emergence of the United States as a superpower, and its pivotal role in the establishment of the United Nations. 5
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I.J1.3. Students will analyze the role of American foreign policy and military action during the Cold War era, including the Truman Doctrine, Korean and Vietnam Wars and the Cuban Missile Crisis. 26
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I.J1.4. Students will explain the changing patterns of society, expanded educational and economic opportunities for military veterans, women, and minorities. 28
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I.J1.5. Students will identify major Supreme Court decisions during this era and analyze their impact, including Brown vs. Board of Education. 10
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MN.I.K1. United States History: Contemporary America, 1980-present: The student will recognize the opportunities and challenges facing the United States and explore its role in the world since 1989.

I.K1.1. Students will identify and evaluate American contributions to the fall of the Soviet bloc, from the Truman Doctrine through the presidency of Ronald Reagan. 7
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I.K1.2. Students will analyze challenges of a post communist world, especially September 11, 2001 and its aftermath. 9
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MN.II.A1. Minnesota History: Pre-Contact to 1650: The student will demonstrate knowledge of Minnesota's indigenous peoples.

II.A1.1. Students will describe the evidence of the indigenous cultures in Minnesota, and make reasoned inferences from that evidence. 14
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II.A1.2. Students will explain the major historical aspects of Dakota and Ojibwe culture, social organization and history, and compare and contrast them. 3
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MN.II.B1. Minnesota History: Contact and Fur Trade 1600-1810: The student will demonstrate knowledge of early explorers and fur traders in Minnesota and the impact of the fur trade on both European and Native societies.

II.B1.1. Students will describe how early explorers and fur traders affected the development of Minnesota. 4
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II.B1.2. Students will describe the economic and cultural impact of the interaction between the Dakota and Ojibwe and the explorers and fur traders. 6
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MN.II.C1. Minnesota History: Early Settlement and Statehood 1810-1860: The student will know and understand the factors that led to rapid settlement of Minnesota in the 19th Century and the changes the new Minnesotans brought with them.

II.C1.1. Students will explain why early settlers came to Minnesota and analyze their impact on political, cultural, and physical landscapes. 2
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II.C1.2. Students will describe the process of Minnesota's becoming a territory and then a state. 2
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II.C1.3. Students will understand why and how the Minnesota Indian Nations negotiated treaties with the United States, and the impact of these treaties for the Ojibwe, the Dakota, and the settlers. 4
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MN.II.D1. Minnesota History: Civil War and Dakota War 1860-1864: The student will know and understand Minnesota's role in the Civil War and the impact of the Dakota War of 1862.

II.D1.1. Students will describe the attitudes of Minnesotans toward slavery in the period before the Civil War and analyze the factors shaping these attitudes. 5
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II.D1.2. Students will describe Minnesota's role in the Civil War, both on the home front and on the battlefront, including the role of the First Minnesota Regiment. 7
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II.D1.3. Students will compare the different perspectives of settlers and Dakota people on the causes and the effects of the Dakota War of 1862. 2
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MN.II.E1. Minnesota History: Industrial Era 1865-1914: The student will know and understand Minnesota's major industries and the economic, social, political, and technological changes that accompanied industrialization.

II.E1.1. Students will know and explain the roles of people, politics, natural resources, transportation, and technology in the development of Minnesota's early industries (lumbering, mining, and agriculture). 5
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II.E1.2. Students will describe the impact of industrialization on work, home, leisure life, politics, immigration, urbanization, and changes in the physical landscape. 3
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II.E1.3. Students will describe the various goals, strategies, and accomplishments of social reform movements in Minnesota and analyze their impact. 15
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MN.II.F1. Minnesota History: World Wars I and II, and the Interwar period, 1914-1945: The student will know and understand the impact on Minnesota of World War I and World War II, as well as the social and economic changes of the 1920s and the 1930s.

II.F1.1. Students will understand the issues that Minnesotans faced during World War I and how they responded to them. 21
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II.F1.2. Students will demonstrate the knowledge the social, political, and economic changes of the 1920s and 1930s and analyze the impact of the Great Depression and the New Deal. 10
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II.F1.3. Students will describe Minnesota's contributions to World War II and analyze the impact of the war on Minnesota. 38
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MN.II.G1. Minnesota History: Post-World War II to the Present: The student will know and understand Minnesota's role in the major social, economic and political changes, both national and international, in the last half of the 20th Century through the present, and analyze the impact of those changes.

II.G1.1. Students will explain how Minnesota has both affected and been affected by the events, people, and changes in the nation and the world. 12
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II.G1.2. Students will identify and describe significant demographic changes in Minnesota and issues related to those changes and analyze the significance of their impact. 8
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II.G1.3. Students will develop and share an understanding of what it means to be a Minnesotan, and what is the contemporary significance of Minnesota for the nation and the world. 4
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II.G1.4. Students will identify and describe significant land use changes in Minnesota, issues related to land use, and analyze the impact of those changes and issues. 7
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MN.III.A1. World History: Beginnings of Human Society: The student will demonstrate knowledge of selected attributes and historical developments of various ancient societies in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

III.A1.1. Students will describe the migration of people from Africa to other world regions. 11
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III.A1.2. Students will describe the development of agriculture and its effect on human communities. 12
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III.A1.3. Students will illustrate or retells the main ideas from stories that disclose the origins, history and traditions of various cultures around the world. 15
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III.A1.4. Students will describe significant historical achievements of various cultures of the world. 2
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MN.III.B1. World History: Classical Civilizations and World Religions 1000 BC - 600 AD: The student will describe classical civilizations in Africa, Asia, and Mesoamerica.

III.B1.1. Students will describe the emergence of states in Sub-Saharan Africa and explains how iron working diffused in Africa. 1
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III.B1.2. Students will describe how the Chinese Empire was united. 9
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III.B1.3. Students will analyze the relationship between agriculture and the development of complex societies in Mesoamerica. 8
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III.B1.4. Students will describe and compare major religious systems and practices. 28
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MN.III.C1. World History: Classical Civilizations and World Religions 1000 BC - 600 AD: The student will describe classical civilizations in Europe and the West.

III.C1.1. Students will demonstrate knowledge of ancient Greek civilization, including art, politics, and philosophy. 7
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III.C1.2. Students will demonstrate knowledge of ancient Rome, including art, politics and philosophy. 5
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MN.III.D1. World History: World Civilizations, Expansions of Cultural, Commercial an Political Contacts, 600 AD - 1500 AD: The student will understand the causes and consequences of emerging civilizations and increased contact across the cultural regions of Eurasia and Africa.

III.D1.1. Students will analyze the spread of Islamic civilization to western Europe, India and Africa. 24
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III.D1.2. Students will describe the expansion of the Chinese Empire and its effect on political and cultural life. 7
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III.D1.3. Students will describe the formation of states in sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas. 8
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MN.III.E1. World History: Western Civilizations, Renaissance and Reformation 1000 AD - 1700 AD: The student will demonstrate knowledge of important historical, cultural, and social events in Europe during the Middle Ages.

III.E1.1. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the Renaissance in Europe. 16
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III.E1.2. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the age of exploration. 19
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III.E1.3. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the Reformation including important figures of the era. 8
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III.E1.4. Students will demonstrate knowledge of scientific, political, economic and social changes starting in the 17th Century, including the Enlightenment. 8
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MN.III.F1. World History: World Civilizations, Toward a Global Culture, 1500 - 1770 AD: The student will examine changing forms of cross-cultural contact, conflict and cooperation that resulted from the interconnections between Eurasia, Africa and the Americas.

III.F1.1. Students will explain the characteristics of the trading system that linked peoples of Africa, Asia, and Europe around 1450. 5
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III.F1.2. Students will describe early European explorations, settlements, and empires. 15
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III.F1.3. Students will analyze the strengths and limitations of the Chinese Empire under the Ming Dynasty. 6
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III.F1.4. Students will understand patterns of change in Africa in the era of the slave trade and the slave plantation system in the Americas. 5
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III.F1.5. Students will identify the causes and consequences of global migrations of Europeans, Africans, and Asians. 6
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MN.III.G1. World History: Western Civilizations, Age of Revolution and Reaction, 1640-1920 AD: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the rise of colonialism and its effects worldwide.

III.G1.1. Students will examine the effects of imperialism on the colonial societies of the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries. 7
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MN.IV.A1. Historical Skills: Concepts of Time: The student will acquire skills of chronological thinking.

IV.A1.1. Students will develop a chronological sequence of persons, events and concepts in each historical era studied in these grades. Timelines, graphic representations of historical narratives 25
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MN.IV.B1. Historical Skills: Historical Resources: The student will begin to use historical resources.

IV.B1.1. Students will identify, describe, and extract information from various types of historical sources, both primary and secondary. 11
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IV.B1.2. Students will assess the credibility and determine appropriate use of different sorts of sources. 4
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IV.B1.3. Students will investigate the ways historians learn about the past if there are no written records. 7
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MN.IV.C1. Historical Skills: Historical Inquiry: The student will apply research skills by investigating a topic in U.S. history.

IV.C1.1. Students will define a research topic that can be studied using a variety of historical sources. 9
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IV.C1.2. Students will identify, locate, and use repositories of research materials including libraries, the Internet, historical societies, historic sites, and archives, as appropriate for their project. 2
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IV.C1.3. Students will develop strategies to find, collect, and organize historical research. 9
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MN.IV.C2. Historical Skills: Historical Inquiry: The student will analyze historical evidence and draw conclusions.

IV.C2.1. Students will understand that primary sources document first-hand accounts of historical events and secondary sources may be influenced by the author's interpretation of historical events. 3
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IV.C2.2. Students will compare perspectives in primary and secondary sources and determine how the different perspectives shaped the authors' view of historical events. 9
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IV.C2.3. Students will understand the concepts of historical context and multiple causation. 3
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IV.C2.4. Students will create a timeline that illustrates the relationship of their topic to other historic events. 2
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MN.IV.C3. Historical Skills: Historical Inquiry: The student will present and explain the findings of a research project.

IV.C3.1. Students will analyze how historians present their work in multiple formats. 11
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IV.C3.2. Students will select a presentation medium for their project and learn the skills necessary to communicate their ideas. 7
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IV.C3.3. Students will articulate a clear thesis statement that explains the historical relevance of their research topic. 6
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IV.C3.4. Students will learn how to cite sources and to document their research in the form of a bibliography. 6
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IV.C3.5. Students will learn what constitutes plagiarism and how to paraphrase appropriately other people's work in a new interpretive format. 9
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MN.V.A1. Geography: Concepts of Location: The student will identify and locate major physical and cultural features that played an important role in the history of the United States.

V.A1.1. Students will locate and name all 50 states, territories, mountain ranges, major river valleys, state capitals and cities, as studied. 7
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V.A1.2. Students will locate the areas that were the major source regions for immigrants to the United States from 1800 to 1877. 3
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MN.V.A2. Geography: Concepts of Location: The student will identify and locate major physical and cultural features that played an important role in the history of Minnesota.

V.A2.1. Students will locate major Minnesota ecosystems, topographic features, continental divides, river valleys, and cities. 6
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MN.V.A3. Geography: Concepts of Location: The student will identify and locate major countries, events and cultural features that played an important role in the history of the United States.

V.A3.1. Students will locate on a map or globe the major empires of the late 19th Century and their largest overseas territories. 3
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V.A3.2. Students will locate the major source countries for immigration to the United States during the years 1877-1916. 3
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V.A3.3. Students will describe how the landownership patterns laid out by the French, English, Spanish, and the United States Public Land Survey created different landscapes in different parts of the country. 3
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MN.V.B1. Geography: Maps and Globes: The student will use maps and globes to demonstrate specific and increasingly complex geographic knowledge.

V.B1.1. Students will use political and thematic maps to locate major physical and cultural regions of the world and ancient civilizations studied. 24
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V.B1.2. Students will locate and map areas of major world religions and how they have changed geographically, including Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity, Islam, and indigenous religious traditions. 8
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V.B1.3. Students will distinguish differences among, uses of and limitations of different kinds of thematic maps used to describe the development of the United States. 1
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V.B1.4. Students will distinguish differences among uses of, and limitations of, different kinds of thematic maps to describe the development of Minnesota. 3
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MN.V.B2. Geography: Maps and Globes: The student will make and use maps to acquire, process, and report on the spatial organization of people and places on Earth.

V.B2.1. Students will create a variety of maps to scale. 25
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V.B2.2. Students will compare and contrast the differences among a variety of maps and explain the appropriate use of projections, symbols, coloring and shading, and select maps appropriate for answering questions they have. 25
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MN.V.C1. Geography: Physical Features and Processes: The student will use basic terminology describing basic physical and cultural features of continents studied.

V.C1.1. Students will locate and describe major physical features and analyze how they influenced cultures/civilizations studied. 5
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V.C1.2. Students will describe and locate major physical features in their local community and analyze their impact on the community. 3
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MN.V.C2. Geography: Physical Features and Processes: The student will identify and locate geographic features associated with the development of the United States.

V.C2.1. Students will identify physical features and analyze their impact as either hindering or promoting settlement, establishment of cities and states, and economic development in the United States. 4
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MN.V.C3. Geography: Physical Features and Processes: The student will identify and locate geographic features associated with the development of Minnesota.

V.C3.1. Students will identify and compare and contrast the landforms, natural vegetation, climate, and systems of rivers and lakes of Minnesota with those of other parts of the United States. 5
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V.C3.2. Students will identify physical features that shaped settlement and life-ways of the Dakota and the Ojibwe and analyze their impact. 5
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V.C3.3. Students will identify physical features that either hindered or promoted the development of the fur trade and the rapid settlement in the early 19th Century. 6
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V.C3.4. Students will identify physical features that either hindered or promoted the industrialization of the state. 11
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MN.V.C4. Geography: Physical Features and Processes: The student will identify physical characteristics of places and use this knowledge to define regions, their relationships among regions, and their patterns of change.

V.C4.1. Students will describe the major physical features of the United States and the regions of the world they study. 4
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V.C4.2. Students will describe physical systems in the atmosphere and Earth's crust, and the regional patterns of climate and landforms associated with them. 8
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V.C4.3. Students will describe patterns of vegetation and landforms in the United States and around the world. 15
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MN.V.C5. Geography: Physical Features and Processes: The student will give examples of physical systems and describe their role in shaping life on Earth.

V.C5.1. Students will describe how the major regions of the world they study are interconnected through physical processes such as wind and/or ocean currents. 6
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V.C5.2. Students will describe natural hazards, the physical processes behind them, the areas where they occur, and the costs and benefits of methods people use to mitigate their damage. 16
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MN.V.D1. Geography: Interconnections: The student will give examples that demonstrate how people are connected to each other and the environment.

V.D1.1. Students will identify factors that drew people to their local communities. 3
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V.D1.2. Students will analyze how the physical environment influences human activities. 7
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MN.V.D2. Geography: Interconnections: The student will identify examples of the changing relationships between patterns of settlement, land use and topographic features in the United States.

V.D2.1. Students will analyze how changes in technology and political attitudes promoted development in various regions of the United States. 13
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V.D2.2. Students will analyze how changes in transportation affected settlement of the country. 3
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MN.V.D3. Geography: Interconnections: The student will identify examples of the changing relationships between the patterns of settlement and land use in Minnesota.

V.D3.1. Students will give examples of how changes in technology made some locations in Minnesota more suitable for urbanization than others. 9
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V.D3.2. Students will analyze how changes in transportation affected settlement of the state. 3
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V.D3.3. Students will explain the importance of site features in the establishment of Minnesota's largest cities. 10
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V.D3.4. Students will explain the changing situation of Minnesota's largest cities and suburbs and analyze associated effects. 2
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V.D3.5. Students will identify the areas of origin for people coming to Minnesota, explain the push and pull factors that brought people to the state, and analyze the impact of these changes. 13
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V.D3.6. Students will describe the settlement pattern of Minnesota's largest immigrant groups. 5
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V.D3.7. Students will use regions to analyze modern agriculture in Minnesota. 4
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MN.V.D4. Geography: Interconnections: The student will identify how technology made some parts of Minnesota more valuable at particular times in history.

V.D4.1. Students will explain how Minnesota is connected to the rest of the world through international trade, and analyze the impact of this connection. 7
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MN.V.D5. Geography: Interconnections: The student will describe how humans influence the environment and in turn are influenced by it.

V.D5.1. Students will recognize changes over time in nearby landscapes, resulting from human occupation. 61
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MN.V.D6. Geography: Interconnections: The student will demonstrate how various regional frameworks are used to analyze the variation in culture and humans' occupation of the Earth's surface.

V.D6.1. Students will explain the patterns of population density on the surface of the Earth and analyze the causes of population change. 3
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V.D6.2. Students will describe the patterns of languages on the surface of the Earth and identify patterns of change. 7
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V.D6.3. Students will describe the patterns of religion on the surface of the Earth and identify geographic patterns of change. 28
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V.D6.4. Students will describe the locations of government systems on the surface of the Earth and identify patterns of change. 48
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V.D6.5. Students will describe the patterns of economies on the surface of the Earth and explain how changes in technology affect patterns of change. 7
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V.D6.6. Students will describe patterns of major regions or culture areas on the surface of the Earth and identify patterns of change. 5
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V.D6.7. Students will identify current or historic conflicts and explain how those conflicts are/were influenced by geography. 13
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MN.V.D7. Geography: Interconnections: The student will demonstrate how various regional frameworks are used to analyze the variation in physical environment.

V.D7.1. Students will analyze the way peoples' perception of regions vary and are affected by individual perspective and culture. 1
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V.D7.2. Students will provide examples at differing scales of how regions are important to people as symbols for unifying society. 1
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V.D7.3. Students will describe how physical processes affect different regions of the world. 3
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V.D7.4. Students will interpret regional variation in the relationships among soil, climate, plant and animal life, and landforms. 3
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MN.V.E1. Geography: Essential Skills: The student will use maps, globes, geographic information systems and other sources of information to analyze the natures of places at a variety of scales.

V.E1.1. Students will demonstrate the ability to obtain geographic information from a variety of print and electronic sources. 23
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V.E1.2. Students will make inferences and draw conclusions about the character of places based on analyses and comparison of maps, aerial photos, and other images. 24
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V.E1.3. Students will locate major political and physical features of the United States and the world. 1
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MN.VI.A1. Economics: Producers and Consumers: The student will understand the concept of interdependence in relation to producers and consumers.

VI.A1.1. Students will compare and contrast the roles of producers and consumers. 8
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VI.A1.2. Students will explain that in market economies, individuals earn income by working for firms to produce goods and services, and firms incur costs by hiring individuals and earn revenue by selling goods and services. 5
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VI.A1.3. Students will explain how a market economy answers the questions of what gets produced, how it is produced, and who receives it, and how it differs from other economic systems. 11
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VI.A1.4. Students will explain that a market exists when consumers buy and producers sell goods and services. 9
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VI.A1.5. Students will explain how the price of a good is determined by supply and demand (the interrelationship between production and consumption). 10
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MN.VI.B1. Economics: Economic Choices: The student will understand basic principles of economic decision-making.

VI.B1.1. Students will understand the concept of scarcity and its role in decision-making. 3
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VI.B1.2. Students will apply a decision-making process to make informed choices. 7
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VI.B1.3. Students will analyze how people respond predictably to positive and negative economic incentives. 1
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MN.VI.C1. Economics: The Market Economy (Micro Economics): The student will understand that in a market economy income is earned in different ways.

VI.C1.1. Students will identify multiple forms of income and their sources. Wages and salary, rent, interest, and profit 3
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MN.VI.C2. Economics: The Market Economy (Micro Economics): The student will understand business organizations, market structures, and financial institutions that operate within our economy.

VI.C2.1. Students will identify and compare and contrast various industries and the occupations related to them. 25
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VI.C2.2. Students will compare and contrast the concepts of competition and monopoly and predict consequences of each. 3
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VI.C2.3. Students will describe various financial institutions and compare and contrast their roles, and explain how those institutions relate to their lives. 3
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MN.VI.D1. Economics: The National Economy (Macro Economics): The student will understand the economic activities of government.

VI.D1.1. Students will explain that the government pays for the goods and services it provides through taxing and borrowing. 9
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VI.D1.2. Students will explain how the government regulates economic activity to promote the public welfare, encourage competition, and protect against monopolistic abuses. 18
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MN.VI.D2. Economics: The National Economy (Macro Economics): The student will understand the concepts that measure the national economy.

VI.D2.1. Students will define and give examples of basic economic terms. 6
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VI.D2.2. Students will give examples of measurements that indicate the economic conditions of depression, recession, and expansion. 5
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MN.VII.A1. Government and Citizenship: Civic Values, Skills, Rights and Responsibilities: The student will recognize the importance of individual action and character in shaping civic life.

VII.A1.1. Students will identify people who have dealt with challenges and made a positive difference in other people's lives and explain their contributions. 23
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MN.VII.A2. Government and Citizenship: Civic Values, Skills, Rights and Responsibilities: The student will articulate the range of rights and responsibilities in a republic

VII.A2.1. Students will explain protections the Bill of Rights provides to individuals. 1
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VII.A2.2. Students will explain some of the responsibilities of people living in a democracy. 4
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VII.A2.3. Students will explain that the Minnesota Constitution also protects rights, including additional rights not specifically mentioned by the federal constitution. 13
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VII.A2.4. Students will describe landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions concerning rights and responsibilities 8
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MN.VII.A3. Government and Citizenship: Civic Values, Skills, Rights and Responsibilities: The student will know how citizenship is established and exercised.

VII.A3.1. Students will explain the meaning of legally recognized citizenship in the United States, and describe the processes by which an individual may establish U.S. citizenship. 8
Suggested Titles for Minnesota Social Studies State Standard VII.A3.1.

VII.A3.2. Students will distinguish between the rights of citizens and non-citizens and describe the use of this distinction throughout U.S. history. 20
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MN.VII.A4. Government and Citizenship: Civic Values, Skills, Rights and Responsibilities: The student will understand the importance of participation in civic life and demonstrate effective civic skills.

VII.A4.1. Students will explain the steps necessary to become an informed voter and an engaged citizen. 24
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VII.A4.2. Students will explain the meaning of civic life and how all members of a community can be engaged. 43
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VII.A4.3. Students will identify and research community problems and recommend solutions. 2
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VII.A4.4. Students will analyze sources of information for accuracy, bias, and relevance, and distinguish between fact and opinion in order to analyze a public policy issue. 2
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MN.VII.B1. Government and Citizenship: Beliefs and Principles of United States Democracy: Students will know the purpose, function and limits of our republic.

VII.B1.1. Students will explain why government is needed and what would happen if there were no government. 7
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VII.B1.2. Students will explain what 'consent of the governed' means and how it is expressed in the preamble to the Constitution. 6
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VII.B1.3. Students will define consent of the governed, liberty, equality, rights, responsibilities, justice, popular sovereignty, and general welfare, democracy, republic, and representative democracy. 11
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VII.B1.4. Students will understand how governmental power is limited through federalism and a system of checks and balances. 23
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MN.VII.B2. Government and Citizenship: Beliefs and Principles of United States Democracy: The student will know symbols, songs, traditions, and landmarks/monuments that represent the beliefs and principles of the United States.

VII.B2.1. Students will explain why key national, state, and local symbols and landmarks and monuments are significant. 1
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VII.B2.2. Students will know the Pledge of Allegiance, its history, and why Americans recite it. 1
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MN.VII.B3. Government and Citizenship: Beliefs and Principles of United States Democracy: The student will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of principles and beliefs upon which our republic is based.

VII.B3.1. Students will explain the fundamental principles of consent of the governed, limited government, rule of law, democracy, and representative government. 17
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VII.B3.2. Students will explain the ideals of the American system of government: liberty, justice, equality, 'E Pluribus Unum' 1
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MN.VII.B4. Government and Citizenship: Beliefs and Principles of United States Democracy: The student will explain the importance of law in the American Constitutional system.

VII.B4.1. Students will explain how law limits both the government and the governed, protects individual rights and promotes the general welfare 20
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VII.B4.2. Students will explain that authority for making laws rests with the people, through their elected officials. 8
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VII.B4.3. Students will distinguish and explain the relationships between making, enforcing and interpreting the law. 19
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VII.B4.4. Students will evaluate rules and laws using criteria of good laws. 24
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VII.B4.5. Students will distinguish between civil and criminal law, state and federal law. 8
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MN.VII.C1. Government and Citizenship: Roots of the Republic: The student will demonstrate knowledge of influential and foundational documents of American constitutional government.

VII.C1.1. Students will explain how the British limited monarchical power through written documents such as the Magna Carta, which influenced American constitutional government. 5
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VII.C1.2. Students will explain how the Mayflower Compact, Articles of Confederation, and other documents influenced the development of American government. 2
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VII.C1.3. Students will describe the principles expressed in the Declaration of Independence, including inalienable rights and self-evident truths, and how these principles influence the development of United States constitutional government 5
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VII.C1.4. Students will describe the principles expressed in the Preamble to the Constitution and how these principles influence the United States constitutional government 8
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VII.C1.5. Students will describe how the Constitution and Bill of Rights protect individual rights and support the principle of majority rule but also protect the rights of the minority. 1
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MN.VII.D1. Government and Citizenship: Governmental Institutions and Processes of the United States: The student will know the functions of the United States government and ways in which power is delegated and controlled.

VII.D1.1. Students will describe the three branches of the U.S. government established by the Constitution, their primary functions, and their relationships. 33
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VII.D1.2. Students will describe separation of powers and checks and balances and analyze historical and contemporary examples of how they are applied among the branches of government. 22
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VII.D1.3. Students will describe the process by which a bill becomes a law. 8
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MN.VII.D2. Government and Citizenship: Governmental Institutions and Processes of the United States: The student will know the functions of Minnesota state and local governments and describe their relationship with the federal government.

VII.D2.1. Students will explain the relationship between the federal government and state governments and define the concept of federalism. 9
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VII.D2.2. Students will explain the major purposes of Minnesota's Constitution as stated in its Preamble. 2
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VII.D2.3. Students will understand the basic structure and functions of state and local governments. 7
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VII.D2.4. Students will identify the major state offices; the primary duties associated with them, and know the names of major local, state, and federal elected officials and describe how they are chosen. 6
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VII.D2.5. Students will explain the relationship between American Indian People and Nations and Minnesota and the U.S. Government. 3
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MN.VII.D3. Government and Citizenship: Governmental Institutions and Processes of the United States: The student will describe the relationships the U.S. has with other nations in the world.

VII.D3.1. Students will define foreign policy and identify ways in which U.S. foreign policy affects their lives. 25
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VII.D3.2. Students will describe cases when the U.S. government has used diplomacy and other foreign policy tools to mediate international disputes. 26
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MN.VII.D4. Government and Citizenship: Governmental Institutions and Processes of the United States: The student will understand other government systems in the world.

VII.D4.1. Students will compare governmental structure and individual rights in the United States to those in other forms of government. 10
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