Understand the changing nature of society.

Understand all people have individual traits.

Understand interactions between self and the peer group.

Understand the relationship of the individual to the components of society and culture.

Understand the role of scarcity and economic trade-offs and how economic conditions impact people’s lives.

Understand that the basic nature of economics is an exchange of resources.

Understand how governments throughout the world influence economic behavior.

Understand people in all parts of the world trade with one another.

Understand that changes in technology impact individuals and society.

Understand the universal economic concept of needs and wants.

Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments.

Understand how geographic and human characteristics create culture and define regions.

Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of communities and the movement of populations.

Understand how geographic processes and human actions modify the environment and how the environment affects humans.

Understand people construct knowledge of the past from multiple and various types of sources.

Understand how and why people create and participate in governance.

Understand culture and how cultural diffusion affects the development and maintenance of societies.

Understand individuals and groups within a society may promote change or the status quo.

Understand economic needs and wants affect individual and group decisions.

Understand relationship between geography and historical events.

Understand cause and effect relationships and other historical thinking skills in order to interpret events and issues.

Understand the basic concepts of government and democracy and that the Constitution defines the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

Understand how government affects citizens and how citizens affect government.

Understand the United States has a role in current world affairs.

Understand the basic concepts of government and democracy and that the U.S. Constitution defines the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

Understand how government affects citizens and how citizens affect government.

Understand the United States has a role in current world affairs.

Communicate and work appropriately with others to complete tasks.

Recognizes different roles and responsibilities and is open to change.

Learn leadership skills and demonstrate integrity, ethical behavior, and social responsibility.

Develop initiative and demonstrate self-direction in activities.

Work productively and are accountable for their actions.

Demonstrate the ability to set goals based on wants and needs.

Identify monetary resources and distribution options for those resources.

Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of credit.

Develop awareness that each person has an identity.

Recognize various ways to save and the reasons individuals decide to save.

Distinguish between appropriate spending choices.

Understand and use basic health concepts to enhance personal, family, and community health.

Understand and use interactive literacy and social skills to enhance personal, family, and community health.

Recognize critical literacy/thinking skills related to personal, family and community wellness.

Identify influences that affect personal health and the health of others.

Demonstrate behaviors that foster healthy, active lifestyles for individuals and the benefit of society.

Use technology to create projects, identify patterns, and make predictions.

Use a variety of technology tools and media-rich resources to work collaboratively with others.

Utilize predetermined digital resources and tools to answer questions or solve problems.

Use technological resources to investigate given questions or problems.

Understand and practice appropriate and safe uses of technology.

Understand basic technology hardware and software and their application.