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Theme I: Culture

• Standard A - The student compares similarities and differences in the ways groups, societies, and cultures meet human needs and concerns.
• Standard B - The student explains how information and experiences may be interpreted by people from diverse cultural perspectives and frames of reference.
• Standard C - The student explains and gives examples of how language, literature, the arts, architecture, other artifacts, traditions, beliefs, values, and behaviors contribute to the development and transmission of culture.

Theme II: Time, Continuity, & Change

• Standard B - The student identifies and uses key concepts such as chronology, causality, change, conflict, and complexity to explain, analyze, and show connections among patterns of historical change and continuity.
• Standard C - The student identifies and describes selected historical periods and patterns of change within and across cultures, such as the rise of civilizations, the development of transportation systems, the growth and breakdown of colonial systems, and others.
• Standard E - The student develops critical sensitivities such as empathy and skepticism regarding attitudes, values, and behaviors of people in different historical contexts.

Theme III: People, Places, & Environments

• Standard A - The student elaborates mental maps of locales, regions, and the world that demonstrate understanding of relative location, direction, size, and shape.
• Standard H - The student examines, interprets, and analyzes physical and cultural patterns and their interactions, such as land uses, settlement patterns, cultural transmission of customs and ideas, and ecosystem changes.

Theme IV: Individual Development & Identity

• Standard B - The student describes personal connections to place - as associated with community, nation, and world.
• Standard C - The student describes the ways family, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and institutional affiliations contribute to personal identity.
• Standard E - The student identifies and describes ways regional, ethnic, and national cultures influence individuals' daily lives.
• Standard H - The student works independently and cooperatively to accomplish goals.

Theme V: Individuals, Groups, & Institutions

• Standard B - The student analyzes group and institutional influences on people, events, and elements of culture.
• Standard C - The student describes the various forms institutions take and the interactions of people with institutions.
• Standard E - The student identifies and describes examples of tensions between belief systems and government policies and laws.
• Standard F - The student describes the role of institutions in furthering both continuity and change.
• Standard G - The student applies knowledge of how groups and institutions work to meet individual needs and promote the common good.

Theme VI: Power, Authority, & Governance

• Standard A - The student examines persistent issues involving the rights, roles, and status of the individual in relation to the general welfare.
• Standard B - The student describes the purpose of government and how its powers are acquired, used, and justified.
• Standard E - The student identifies and describes the basic features of the political system in the United States.
• Standard F - The student explains conditions, actions, and motivations that contribute to conflict and cooperation within and among nations.
• Standard I - The student gives examples of how governments attempt to achieve their stated ideals at home and abroad.

Theme IX: Global Connections

• Standard B - The student analyzes examples of conflict, cooperation, and interdependence among groups, societies, and nations.
• Standard F - The student demonstrates understanding of concerns, standards, issues, and conflicts related to universal human rights.
• Standard G - The student identifies and describes the roles of international and multinational organizations.

Theme X: Civic Ideals & Practices

• Standard A - The student examines the origins and continuing influence of key ideals of the democratic republican form of government, such as individual human dignity, liberty, justice, equality, and the rule of law.
• Standard B - The student identifies and interprets sources and examples of the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
• Standard D - The student practices forms of civic discussion and participation consistent with the ideals of citizens in a democratic republic.
• Standard F - The student identifies and explains the roles of formal and informal political actors in influencing and shaping public policy and decision-making.
• Standard J - The student examines strategies designed to strengthen the "common good," which consider a range of options for citizen action.