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Theme I: Culture

• Standard A - 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 and 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 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, and Environment

• Standard G - The student describes how people create places that reflect cultural values and ideals as they build neighborhoods, parks, shopping centers, and the like.

  Theme IV: Individual Development and Identity

• Standard F - The student identifies and describes the influence of perception, attitudes, values, and beliefs on personal identity.
• Standard G - The student identifies and interprets examples of stereotyping, conformity, and altruism.

  Theme V: Individuals, Groups, and Institutions

• Standard D - The student identifies and analyzes examples of tensions between expressions of individuality and group or institutional efforts to promote social conformity.
• 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, and 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 C - The student analyzes and explains ideas and governmental mechanisms to meet needs and wants of citizens, regulate territory, manage conflict, and establish order and security.

  Theme X: Civic Ideals, and Practices

• Standard C - The student locates, accesses, analyzes, organizes, and applies information about selected public issues - recognizing and explaining multiple points of view.
• Standard D - The student practices forms of civic discussion and participation consistent with the ideals of citizens in a democratic republic.
• Standard E - The student explains and analyzes various forms of citizen action that influence public policy decisions.