Kindergarten

Self and Family

Content Standard:

Students will develop an awareness of themselves, and their role in their environment.

Learner Goals:

1. Me - Students will develop an appreciation of their individuality and their similarities and differences to others.

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2. Family - Students will become aware of the variety of family structures and how families function.

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3. My School - Students will develop an understanding of the school environment.

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4. My Neighborhood - Students will explore relationships among people within their neighborhood.

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5. Outside My Neighborhood -Students will examine an awareness of the world beyond their environment and how it affects them.

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6. Students will use current events from printed and electronic media to expand their knowledge.

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Grade One

Self and Community

Content Standard:

Students will develop an awareness of their role in school and the local community.

Learner Goals:

1. Students will examine the rules needed in school and community and identify the cause and effect of these rules on community and personal decisions.

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2. Students will research effects of history, culture, and trade in their community to develop a sense of the past.

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3. Students will define roles of school and community leaders.

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4. Students will evaluate and compare their community in relationship to other communities.

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5. Students will write their first and last name.

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6. Students will identify the differences between needs and wants.

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7. Students will use current events and printed and electronic media to expand their knowledge.

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Grade Two

Self and World

Content Standard:

Students will extend the idea of community to include the world and its cultures.

Learner Goal:

1. Students will identify the continents and oceans.

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2. Students will compare/contrast the government of other countries with the government of the United States.

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3. Students will investigate other countries (trade, diplomacy, treaties/ agreements, tolerance, use of military, government, economics, food, agriculture, industry, culture, geography, and education).

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4. Students will share family traditions and explain how they affect the diversity of the United States and the world.

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5. Students will use current events from printed and electronic media to expand knowledge.

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Grade Three

United States and Regions

Content Standard:

Students will investigate the regions of the United States.

Learner Goals:

1. Students will identify the regions in the United States.

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2. Students will compare and contrast the differences among local, state, and national government. They will discuss the effects of government on society

and their daily lives.

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3. Students will compare and contrast the economies of the region.

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4. Students will compare and contrast the geography of the regions and produce regional maps.

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5. Students will use current events from printed and electronic media to expand their knowledge.

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Grade Four

Western Hemisphere

Content Standard:

Students will investigate the role of geography and human relationships as related to the history of the Western Hemisphere.

Regions of the Western Hemisphere:

Canada

Mexico

Latin America

Learner Goals:

1. Students will investigate the physical characteristics of the Western Hemisphere.

2. Students will investigate the cultural characteristics of the Western Hemisphere.

3. Students will investigate the political characteristics of the Western Hemisphere.

4, Students will investigate the economic characteristics of Canada and Mexico.

5. Students will investigate the climatic characteristics of Canada and Mexico.

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6. Students will use current events from printed and electronic media to expand their knowledge.

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Grade Four

North Dakota Studies

Content Standard:

Students will analyze North Dakota’s economy, society, history, geography, and cultural diversity.

Learner Goals:

1. Students will compare and contrast characteristics of Native American tribes with characteristics of other ethnic groups in North Dakota. In the analysis students will focus on geographic, political, economic, societal, and cultural influences.

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2. Students will differentiate the major regions of North Dakota by describing the natural resources, products, and soil types based on glacial history, and discussing their influence on present day occupations, population distribution, and economy.

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3. Students will evaluate and demonstrate their roles, rights, and responsibilities as North Dakota citizens.

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4. Students will use North Dakota current events from printed and electronic media to expand their knowledge.

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Grade Five

The United States

Content Standard:

Students will investigate the role of geography and human relationships as related to the history of the United States.

U.S. History Topics

1. Exploration and Settlement of America

2. Colonial America, The Revolutionary War, and Early Government

3. Westward Expansion

4. The Civil War Era

5. The Industrial Revolution

6. World Wars I and II

7. Post World War II

Learner Goals:

1. Students will investigate the history and geography of each of the U.S. History topics above, and analyze how it has influenced the development of the United States with respect to culture, government, and technology.

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2. Students will understand the sequence of events that demonstrate the relationship among the seven general U.S. History topics.

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3. Student will use current events from printed and electronic media to expand their knowledge.

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Grade Six

Eastern Hemisphere

Content Standard:

Students will investigate the role of geography and human relationships as related to the history of the Eastern Hemisphere.

Regions of the Eastern Hemisphere:

The Far East (China, Japan and India) Europe

Former Soviet Republics Africa

Southeast Asia, Oceania, Australia The Middle East

Learner Goals:

1. Students will investigate the physical, cultural, political, economic, and climatic characteristics of the regions of the Eastern Hemisphere.

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2. Students will investigate the history of the regions of the Eastern Hemisphere to determine how its history influenced its present culture and political system.

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3. Students will investigate the past and present relationship between the United States and the regions of Eastern Hemisphere.

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4. Students will investigate significant leaders of the Eastern Hemisphere and analyze the influence of those leaders.

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5. Students will use current events from printed and electronic media to expand knowledge.

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Grade Seven

World Geography

Content Standard:

Students will use the five themes of geography (location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region) to investigate the countries of the world.

Learner Goals:

1. Students will explore how to use the five themes of geography as a tool to investigate countries/regions.

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2. Students will discuss the benefits and problems of establishing alliances among countries.

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3. Students will analyze the economic, cultural, social, and political impact of exploration and settlement of world regions.

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4. Students will investigate the causes and effects of human rights violations and propose recommendations which would raise human dignity. ( Example situations: slavery - U.S., apartheid - South Africa, the caste system - India)

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5. Students will use current events from printed and electronic media to expand their knowledge and explore global issues.

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Grade Eight

United States History

Content Standard:

Students will analyze U.S. historical events and their sociological implications for the present and future.

Learner Goals:

1. Students will investigate the influence of technology and geography

on outcomes of battles and wars.

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2. Students will compare American folklore to real events in U.S. history. Students will hypothesize what attitudes and events may have contributed to the difference.

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3. Students will explore the life of a U.S. president and analyze the events of his formative years.

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4. Students will show the influence of the advancement of technology on a segment of business/industry and conclude how each advancement affected society. Students will forecast a future advancement of the timeline and predict its effect on society.

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5. Students will research American heroes or significant historical figures with attention to their motivations, their personal and political goals, and their contributions to America, while differentiating between facts and legends of this American.

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6. Students will illustrate the influence and role of the United States in various parts of the world throughout our history.

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7. Students will select passages from the Constitution and explain how that passage affects their lives.

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8. Students will use current events from printed and electronic media to expand their knowledge.

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Grade Eight

North Dakota Studies

Content Standards:

Students will analyze the economy, society, history, geography, and government of North Dakota as related to the United States and the world.

Learner Goals:

1. Students will research a famous native North Dakotan and identify his or her contributions to society.

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2. Students will examine and illustrate the influence of railroads and waterways on historic settlement and modern transportation.

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3. Students will analyze a current North Dakota issue and investigate the jurisdiction each branch of North Dakota government and the state constitution would have in addressing the issue.

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4. Students will investigate historic and current traditional social structures, lifestyles, customs, government, and geography of a Native American tribe of North Dakota and discuss how the past is the basis for the current way of life.

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5. Students will research a North Dakota feature (natural, physical, or man made), analyze its value and present the findings.

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6. Students will investigate the influences of agriculture in North Dakota.

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* Resource: Governing North Dakota by Lloyd Omdah

High School

Geography

Content Standard:

Students will examine elements of physical and human geography as they relate to regions of the world, through the five themes of geography. (Location, place, human environment interaction, movement, and regions).

Learner Goals:

1. Students will understand the relationship between demography and physical features such as land forms, climate, and resources.

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2. Students will analyze a region for changes that took place as a result of cultural practices.

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3. Students will identify a current environmental problem in the world and develop a strategy for addressing that problem.

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4. Students will analyze a developed and developing nation for human and physical factors that contribute to each nation’s situation.

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5. Students will use the five themes of geography to analyze a region of the world.

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6. Students will investigate the interdependent relationships of nations.

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7. Students will use current events from printed and electronic media to expand knowledge.

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High School

Psychology

Content Standard:

Students will analyze human behavior through the stages of development.

Learner Goal:

1. Students will compare and contrast the various theories of personality development, judge the validity of each theory, and describe their own personality development within the context of one of the theories.

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2. Students will classify the mental illnesses, compare them and their causes, and determine strategies for treatment of them.

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3. Students will develop strategies for achieving mental health.

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4. Students will discuss and analyze group dynamics and report on various relationships that exist between individuals.

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5. Students will use current events from printed and electronic media to expand knowledge.

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High School

Government

Content Standard:

Students will analyze the role of citizens in American society through the rights and responsibilities given to them by the government.

Learner Goals:

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2. Students will understand constitutional rights and analyze how Supreme Court decisions expand or restrict these rights.

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4. Students will analyze a presidential election by researching factors that determined the outcome.

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6. Students will have a basic knowledge of the court system.

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7. Students will analyze the relationship between the three branches of national government.

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8. Students will use current events from printed and electronic media to expand knowledge.

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High School

History of Western Civilization

Content Standard:

Students will investigate how world events affect society, and how geography and culture interplay in World History (with emphasis on Western Civilization).

Learner Goals:

1. Students will investigate the development of Eastern, African, and American culture and civilizations. (American refers to area referred to as "The Americans.")

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2. Students will compare and contrast the culture of ancient Greece to that of ancient Rome.

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3. Students will analyze the contributions of the Romans, the Barbarians, and the Christians to the development of medieval Europe.

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4. Students will understand the contributions of European figures from the Renaissance through the Age of Enlightenment.

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5. Students will assess past and present conflicts resulting from the European effort to colonize Asia, Africa, and America from the fifteenth century through the twentieth century.

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6. Students will be able to evaluate and predict the benefits and problems caused by industrialization and technology.

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7. Students will investigate the rise of nationalism and the resulting conflicts from the eighteenth century to the present. They will evaluate the role of the United Nations as an instrument to curb international strife.

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8. Students will compare and contrast Democracy, Communism, and Fascism. Students will investigate the conflicts caused by the different philosophies.

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9. Students will use current events from printed or electronic media to expand knowledge.

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High School

United States History

Content Standard:

Students will investigate the cultural, economic, and physical development of the United States with emphasis on contemporary history to modern era. (Modern era= 30’s to present)

Learner Goals:

1. Students will investigate the growth of the United States from the Civil War to the present and evaluate the effects on economics, demographics, and area.

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2. Students will compare and contrast the major military conflicts involving the United States and justify each based on its benefit to America and its pursuance of democratic ideals.

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3. Students will investigate the evolution of technology and industry in America and appraise the role of each in determining America’s political decisions.

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4. Students will show the political platform each party took on the major issues throughout the course of American history.

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5. Students will investigate the contributions of minorities and examine their struggle for personal, economic, and political equality.

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6. Students will use current events and electronic media to expand knowledge.

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High School

Economics

Content Standard:

Students will analyze the roles of consumers, taxpayers, entrepreneurs, and members of the labor force within an economic system.

Learner Goals:

1. Students will distinguish between characteristics of microeconomics and macroeconomics.

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2. Using schedules and graphs, students will demonstrate concepts of supply and demand.

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3. Students will demonstrate the workings of the stock market.

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4. Students will analyze the four factors of production.

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5. Students will investigate the kinds of taxes levied on American citizens.

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6. Students will analyze the United States budget.

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7. Students will investigate the role of organized labor in the United States and evaluate the impact of it on our economy.

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8. Students will analyze major economic issues such as inflation and unemployment, assess their effect on individuals, and develop strategies for dealing with them.

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9. Students will use current events from printed and electronic media to expand knowledge.

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High School

Sociology

Content Standard:

Students will investigate social patterns that develop when groups form.

Learning Goals:

1. Students will investigate the conflicts that develop within groups, ranging from the family to global groups.

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2. Students will develop strategies for investigation of social problems, using methods such as surveys, sampling, anecdotal evidence, and observation.

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3. Students will investigate the patterns of social classes that result from the unequal distribution of property, power, and prestige.

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4. Students will analyze the effects of collective behavior on people’s tendencies toward conformity and deviation. (i.e. fads, fashions, rumor, hysteria, and crazes).

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5. Students will use current events from printed and electronic media to expand knowledge.

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High School

Law and Justice

Content Standard:

Students will examine the legal system and therefore be better prepared in handling the legal issues they may face as they become young adults.

Learner Goals:

1. Students will analyze the origin of laws.

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2. Students will analyze the Bill of Rights and also the additional amendments to our constitution.

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3. Students will identify law enforcement agencies at the various levels of government and the jurisdiction that goes with each.

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4. Students will analyze the state’s judicial branch of government.

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5. Students will learn about their legal rights as well as their responsibilities as they enter adulthood.

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6. Students will make a strong effort to follow current events because many happenings have some connection with our legal system.

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