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Social Studies - Grade 6

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Goal 14: Political Systems | Goal 15: Economic Systems (USA Emphasis) | Goal 16: History | Goal 17: Geography | Goal 18: Social Systems

Goal 14: Political Systems

Goal 14: Political Systems Description

Standard 14.A
The learner will be able to understand and explain basic principles of the United States government.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.A	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 14.A	Classroom Home

Concept: define/consent/governed
The learner will be able to define the concept of "consent of the governed".

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.A	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Constitution: explain/importance/written
The learner will be able to explain the importance of having a written constitution for a government.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.A	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Documents: summarize/points/main
The learner will be able to summarize the main points in constitutional documents (e.g., Declaration of Independence, Northwest Ordinance, Preamble of the United States Constitution).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.A	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Constitutions: identify/similarities
The learner will be able to identify the basic similarities and differences between the Illinois and United States Constitutions.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.A	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Officials: name/courts/governments
The learner will be able to name the courts and judicial officials established to operate within the local, state and federal governments.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.A	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Government: distinguish/characteristics
The learner will be able to distinguish between the characteristics of a limited and unlimited government.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.A	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Standard 14.B
The learner will be able to understand the structures and functions of the political systems of Illinois, the United States and other nations.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.B	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 14.B	Classroom Home

Legislature: describe/characteristics
The learner will be able to describe the characteristics of a two-house legislature.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.B	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Government: explain/checks/balances/part
The learner will be able to explain the reasons for having the system of checks and balances as part of the organization of the federal government.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.B	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Responsibilities: define/roles/officials
The learner will be able to define the roles and responsibilities of top officials in Illinois State government (e.g., Governor, Sec. of State).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.B	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Government: explain/powers/local/state
The learner will be able to explain the distributed and shared powers of the local, state, and federal government.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.B	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Standard 14.C
The learner will be able to understand election processes and responsibilities of citizens.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.C	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 14.C	Classroom Home

Responsibility: create/encourage/civic
The learner will be able to create a list of ideas that would encourage more civic responsibility among people.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.C	Synthesis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Role: explain/citizen/voting/process
The learner will be able to explain the role of a citizen in the voting process.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.C	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Government: illustrate/elected/people
The learner will be able to illustrate how people are elected to all levels of our government.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.C	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Rights: analyze/events/electoral/people
The learner will be able to describe historical events involving the extension or denial of political and electoral rights of various citizens or groups of people.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.C	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Standard 14.D
The learner will be able to understand the roles and influences of individuals and interest groups in the political systems of Illinois, the United States and other nations.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.D	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 14.D	Classroom Home

Policy: summarize/motivation/public
The learner will be able to summarize an individual's or group's motivation for participating in the shaping of public policy.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.D	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Governments: analyze/actions/lives
The learner will be able to analyze actions taken by governments to improve the lives of people.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.D	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Opinion: analyze/media/public/used
The learner will be able to analyze ways in which the media is used by political parties and interest groups to influence public opinion.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.D	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Legislation: explain/parties/groups
The learner will be able to explain how political parties and interest groups affect legislation.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.D	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Policy: describe/event/public/historical
The learner will be able to describe a historical event or period in which political parties influenced public policy.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.D	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Standard 14.E
The learner will be able to understand United States foreign policy as it relates to other nations and international issues.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.E	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 14.E	Classroom Home

Tradition: identify/political/custom
The learner will be able to identify a political tradition or custom that had its origin in another country (e.g., representative government).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.E	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Role: describe/leadership/organizations
The learner will be able to describe the leadership role of the United States in international organizations (e.g., the United Nations, NATO, IMF).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.E	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Treaty: explain/costs/benefits/nation
The learner will be able to explain the costs and benefits of an historical treaty the United States has signed with another nation or international organization.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.E	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Standard 14.F
The learner will be able to understand the development of United States political ideas and traditions.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.F	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 14.F	Classroom Home

Equality: give/events/fight/people/win
The learner will be able to give examples of events where people have had to fight to win their equality.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.F	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14F. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Rights: illustrate/freedom/individuals
The learner will be able to illustrate conflicts over the rights and freedom of competing individuals or groups (e.g., a novel about two families from the north and south during the Civil War).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.F	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14F. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Rights: compare/groups/constitutional
The learner will be able to compare the arguments of competing public interest groups on constitutional rights (e.g., rights of gun owners versus those who advocate greater restrictions on gun ownership).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 14.F	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 14F. Stage F.	Classroom Home

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Goal 15: Economic Systems (USA Emphasis)

Goal 15: Economic Systems (USA Emphasis) Description

Standard 15.A
The learner will be able to understand how different economic systems operate in the exchange, production, distribution and consumption of goods and services.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.A	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 15.A	Classroom Home

Productivity: define
The learner will be able to define productivity.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.A	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Productivity: demonstrate/technology
The learner will be able to demonstrate how productivity increases through the use of technology.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.A	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Productivity: demonstrate/education
The learner will be able to demonstrate how education and training improve skills and increase productivity.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.A	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Goods/services: explain/market/economy
The learner will be able to explain that in a market economy, producers make the goods and services consumers want.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.A	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Standard 15.B
The learner will be able to understand that scarcity necessitates choices by consumers.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.B	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 15.B	Classroom Home

Goods/services: explain/market/exchange
The learner will be able to explain that a market exists whenever buyers and sellers exchange goods and services.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.B	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Consumers: identify/producers/people
The learner will be able to identify examples of people acting as consumers and as producers.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.B	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Demand: illustrate/law
The learner will be able to illustrate the law of demand.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.B	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Prices: explain/buyers/sellers/decisions
The learner will be able to explain that prices are determined through the buying and selling decisions made by buyers and sellers.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.B	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Competition: explain/buyers/sellers
The learner will be able to explain that competition takes place when there are many buyers and sellers of similar products.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.B	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Competition: identify/markets/sellers
The learner will be able to identify markets where there is competition among sellers.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.B	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Competition: identify/buyers/examples
The learner will be able to identify examples of competition among buyers.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.B	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Standard 15.C
The learner will be able to understand that scarcity necessitates choices by producers.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.C	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 15.C	Classroom Home

Price: explain/incentive/buyers/sellers
The learner will be able to explain how price is an incentive to buyers and sellers.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.C	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Price: analyze/effect/changes/buyers
The learner will be able to analyze the effect of price changes on buyers and sellers.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.C	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Economy: explain/incentives/price
The learner will be able to explain that there are incentives other than price that affect people's behavior in the economy.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.C	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Incentives: provide/positive/economic
The learner will be able to provide examples of positive incentives (rewards) that affect economic behavior.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.C	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Incentives: provide/negative/economic
The learner will be able to provide examples of negative incentives (penalties) that affect economic behavior.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.C	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Supply: define/law
The learner will be able to define the law of supply.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.C	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Standard 15.D
The learner will be able to understand trade as an exchange of goods or services.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.D	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 15.D	Classroom Home

Imports: define
The learner will be able to define imports.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.D	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Exports: define
The learner will be able to define exports.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.D	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Specialization: provide/economic
The learner will be able to provide examples of economic specialization.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.D	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Technologies: identify/exist/today/past
The learner will be able to identify technologies that exist today that did not exist in the past (e.g., 10 to 20 years ago).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.D	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Standard 15.E
The learner will be able to understand the impact of government policies and decisions on production and consumption in the economy.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.E	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 15.E	Classroom Home

Tax: describe/differences/between
The learner will be able to describe the differences between income tax, sales tax, and property tax.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.E	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Tax: identify/governments/power/people
The learner will be able to identify what people would give up if governments had no power to tax.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.E	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Goods/services: identify/government
The learner will be able to identify what goods and services various levels of government provide.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.E	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Taxes: identify/government/paid/level
The learner will be able to identify to which level of government certain taxes are paid.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 15.E	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 15E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

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Goal 16: History

Goal 16: History Description

Standard 16.A
The learner will be able to apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.A	Application	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 16.A	Classroom Home

Source: distinguish/historical/details
The learner will be able to distinguish between the important and insignificant details contained in an historical source.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.A	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Maps: organize/historical/atlas/region
The learner will be able to organize a series of historic maps of a region or place into an historical atlas.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.A	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Events: place/past/timeline/categorize
The learner will be able to place a series of events from the past that are listed on a chronology or timeline and categorize them according to political, economic, environmental, or social importance.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.A	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Events: identify/history/times/series
The learner will be able to identify the times when significant events intersected using a series of chronologies organized into political, economic, environmental, and social history.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.A	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Figure: compare/interpretations/two
The learner will be able to compare two different interpretations of a historical figure.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.A	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Source: compare/account/secondary/person
The learner will be able to compare the account of an historic person or event in a textbook with an account of the person or event in another secondary source.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.A	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Sources: locate/web/person/historic
The learner will be able to locate on the World Wide Web multiple sources pertaining to a significant historic person or event.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.A	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Sources: compare/value/primary/secondary
The learner will be able to compare the value of primary and secondary sources.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.A	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Standard 16.B
The learner will be able to understand the development of significant political events.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.B	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 16.B	Classroom Home

Events: organize/periodization/chart
The learner will be able to organize a series of political events covering the span of American history, c1500-present, into a periodization chart (US).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.B	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Development: describe/ideas/formation/US
The learner will be able to describe both the ideas and actions of significant political figures, events, or processes that affected the formation and development of modern political parties (US).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.B	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

History: interpret/actions/figure
The learner will be able to interpret the actions and consequences of a significant figure in United States political history (e.g., Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt) (US).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.B	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Development: interpret/political/causes
The learner will be able to interpret the causes that led to the development of a particular political organization or institution (e.g., modern political parties, interest groups, Electoral College) (US).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.B	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Events: organize/periodization/charts
The learner will be able to organize a series of political events in World History into periodization charts for the ancient world, 1000 BCE-1500, 1500-present (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.B	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Events: describe/political/systems/world
The learner will be able to describe major events in the evolution of non-Western political systems throughout world history (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.B	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Events: describe/impact/political/world
The learner will be able to describe the impact that significant individuals or groups in the non-Western world had on political events (e.g., Mao, Indira, Gandhi, freedom fighters) (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.B	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Political: compare/contrast/system
The learner will be able to compare/contrast the development of a political system and/or institution in ancient times with that of another political system and/or institution of ancient times (e.g., Greek and Roman government, Greek and Egyptian) (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.B	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Standard 16.C
The learner will be able to understand the development of economic systems.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.C	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 16.C	Classroom Home

Events: explain/economic/past/altered/US
The learner will be able to explain how significant economic events in the past have altered individual choices and influenced United States history (US).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.C	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Events: summarize/economic/history/US
The learner will be able to summarize the impact of significant economic events of earlier periods of United States history on contemporary economic structure (US).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.C	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Economy: evaluate/ideas/affected/US
The learner will be able to evaluate how an individual's ideas, inventions, or entrepreneurship (e.g., Thomas Edison, George Washington Carver, Henry Ford) affected the economy then and now (US).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.C	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Technological: predict/economic/system
The learner will be able to predict how technological advances may affect the United States economic system (US).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.C	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Event: analyze/economic/development/US
The learner will be able to analyze how a significant economic event (e.g., industrialization, the Great Depression, and the rise of computer technology) has influenced the development of the United States economic system (US).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.C	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Events: organize/economic/periodization
The learner will be able to organize a series of economic events in World History into periodization charts for the ancient world, 1000 BCE-1500, 1500-present (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.C	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Economic: describe/history/points/world
The learner will be able to describe the basic economic changes that led to or resulted from turning points in the world economic history after 500 CE (e.g., manorial system, industrial revolution, capitalism, information/communication revolution) (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.C	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Economic: identify/cultural/exchanges
The learner will be able to identify the economic aspects of significant cultural exchanges that occurred between peoples in the past (e.g., Columbian exchange, Crusades) (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.C	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Economic: define/capitalism/socialism
The learner will be able to define capitalism, socialism, and communism as economic systems (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.C	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Standard 16.D
The learner will be able to understand Illinois, United States and world social history.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.D	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 16.D	Classroom Home

Ideas: predict/impact/social/groups/USA
The learner will be able to predict the impact that a controversial figure's ideas on changing social conditions had on contemporary interest groups (USA).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.D	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Social: analyze/status/role/USA/past
The learner will be able to analyze the issues of social status and social role in the past and present (USA).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.D	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Family: describe/changes/period
The learner will be able to describe the changes in family from one period to another.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.D	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Social: trace/development/institution/US
The learner will be able to trace the development of a significant social institution over time (e.g., Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, NAACP) (USA).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.D	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Events: organize/periodization/charts
The learner will be able to organize a series of social events in World History into periodization charts for the ancient world, 1000 BCE-1500, 1500-present (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.D	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

History: describe/world/social/point
The learner will be able to describe a turning point in world social history (e.g., religious movements, abolition movement, demographics disasters, migrations) (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.D	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Social: compare/contrast/cultures/world
The learner will be able to compare/contrast the social structure of Western and non-Western cultures today and in the past (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.D	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Roles: describe/men/women/children/world
The learner will be able to describe the various roles of men, women, and children in the family at work and in the community in various time periods and places (e.g., ancient Rome, Medieval Europe, ancient China, Sub-Saharan Africa) (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.D	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Social: describe/cultural/exchange/world
The learner will be able to describe social changes that resulted from cultural exchange between and among different societies (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.D	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Standard 16.E
The learner will be able to understand Illinois, United States and world environmental history.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.E	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 16.E	Classroom Home

Events: organize/environmental/history
The learner will be able to organize a series of environmental events covering the span of American history, c1500-present, into a periodization chart (US).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.E	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

History: describe/environmental/time/US
The learner will be able to describe how the environmental history of a place or region of the United States region has changed over time using a variety of geographic tools, including a historical atlas (US).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.E	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Features: describe/people/control/USA
The learner will be able to describe how the people of a specific region of the United States gained control over rivers or other principal physical features of their environment (USA).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.E	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Environment: describe/competition/groups
The learner will be able to describe how the competition between or among different groups of people for the same land affected the environment (USA).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.E	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Environment: assess/invention/innovation
The learner will be able to assess the effects of a significant invention or technological innovation on the physical and cultural environment on a place or region (e.g., plow, automobile, power plants) (USA).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.E	Evaluation	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Events: organize/environmental/history
The learner will be able to organize a series of environmental events in World History into periodization charts for the ancient world, 1000 BCE-1500, 1500-present (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.E	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

History: describe/environmental/atlas
The learner will be able to describe how an aspect of the environmental history of a place or world region has changed or stayed the same using a historical atlas (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.E	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

History: describe/environmental/changed
The learner will be able to describe how the environmental history of one place or world region has changed using a variety of geographics tools (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.E	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Features: describe/control/physical
The learner will be able to describe how the people of a specific civilization gained control over rivers or other principal physical features (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.E	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Environment: describe/competition/land
The learner will be able to describe how the competition between or among different groups of people for the same land affected the environment (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.E	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Environment: analyze/invention/world
The learner will be able to analyze the effects of a significant invention or technological innovation on the physical and cultural environment of one of the world's regions (e.g., invention of the wheel, canals, railroads) (World).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 16.E	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 16E. Stage F.	Classroom Home

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Goal 17: Geography

Goal 17: Geography Description

Standard 17.A
The learner will be able to locate, describe and explain places, regions and features on the Earth.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.A	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 17.A	Classroom Home

Features: demonstrate/sketching/map
The learner will be able to demonstrate understanding of the location of various physical and human features in Illinois, the United States, and the world by sketching a map from memory of different features.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.A	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 17A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Features: interpret/physical/human
The learner will be able to interpret aerial photographs or satelite-produced images to locate and identify physical and human features (e.g., mountain ranges, rivers, vegetation regions, cities, dams, reservoirs).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.A	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 17A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Map: identify/countries/travel/pass
The learner will be able to identify, using only a mental map, the countries through which a person would pass as they travel along a straight line route between two major cities (e.g., Paris to Moscow, Cairo to Nairobi).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.A	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 17A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Map: construct/choropleth/distribution
The learner will be able to construct a choropleth map that shows the spatial distribution of the data (e.g., corn production in Illinois).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.A	Application	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 17A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Countries: explain/connected/interrelate
The learner will be able to explain how major countries in the world are connected and interrelate (e.g., trade, political alliances, humanitarian concerns).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.A	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 17A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Map: understand/parallels/latitude/globe
The learner will be able to understand how parallels of latitude can be used to determine north-south direction and distance and how meridians of longitude can be used to determine east-west direction and distance on a map or globe.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.A	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 17A. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Standard 17.B
The learner will be able to analyze and explain characteristics and interactions of the Earth's physical systems.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.B	Analysis	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 17.B	Classroom Home

Environmental: identify/stress/zones
The learner will be able to identify the causes and nature of changes in environmental stress zones (fragile environments) (e.g., the rain forests of Brazil, taiga, north slope of Alaska).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.B	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 17B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Environment: describe/physical/processes
The learner will be able to describe the physical environment of the students' own region and the physical processes that act on it (e.g., weather, tectonic forces, wave action, freezing and thawing, gravity, soil building processes).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.B	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 17B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Ecosystems: describe/difference/local
The learner will be able to describe ecosystems from local to global scales and the difference between them using photographs and other media as illustrations.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.B	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 17B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Ecosystems: explain/how/differ/place
The learner will be able to explain how and why ecosystems differ from place to place as a consequence of differences in soils, climates, and human and natural disturbances.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.B	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 17B. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Standard 17.C
The learner will be able to understand relationships between geographic factors and society.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.C	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 17.C	Classroom Home

Hazards: compare/natural/effect/states
The learner will be able to compare the natural hazards that occur in Illinois with those occurring in other states to determine their intensity and effect on people.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.C	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 17C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Population: explain/concentrations/maps
The learner will be able to explain the concentrations of urban settlement centers with high population density using maps of Illinois and the United States.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.C	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 17C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Technological: evaluate/effects/change
The learner will be able to evaluate effects of technological change on transportation, communications, and resource use in Illinois, the United States, and the world.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.C	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 17C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Environmental: identify/problems/solve
The learner will be able to identify ways that human behavior could be changed to solve specific environmental problems (e.g., outline a plan to reduce litter, stream pollution).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.C	Knowledge	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 17C. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Standard 17.D
The learner will be able to understand the historical significance of geography.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.D	Comprehension	Master	IL: Learning Standards, 1997, Middle/Junior High School, Standard 17.D	Classroom Home

Migration: explain/technological/people
The learner will be able to explain how technological developments have influenced the migration of people to and within the United States over time.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.D	Comprehension	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 17D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Events: analyze/historical/migration
The learner will be able to analyze selected historical events to determine how they influenced the migration of people throughout the world.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source	Activities
Standard 17.D	Analysis	Master	IL Performance Descriptors: 17D. Stage F.	Classroom Home

Features: hypothesize/physical/human
The learner will be able to hypothesize about relationships between physical features and the occurrence of human activities of a particular place and how these activities changed over the years.

Strand

Bloom's