AERO*/TAISM Standards & Benchmarks - Overview
Social Studies
1. (Time, Continuity, and Change) Students will understand patterns of change and continuity, relationships between people and events through time, and how societies have been influenced b scientific and technological developments.
2. (Connections and Conflict) Students will understand causes and effects of interaction among societies, including trade, law, culture, war and diplomacy.
3. (People, Places, and Environment) Students will understand the concepts of geography and demography and how they influence and are influenced by human history.
4. (Culture) Students will understand cultural and intellectual developments and interactions among and within societies.
5. (Governance, Leadership, and Citizenship) Students will understand why societies create and adopt systems of governance and how these systems address human needs, rights, and citizen responsibilities.
6. (Production, Distribution, and Consumption) Students will understand fundamental economic principles and ways in which economies are shaped by geographic and human factors.
*AERO: American Education Reaches Out
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