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Social Studies: Economics

  Curriculum Standard 6
Students will demonstrate the ability to examine the interaction of individuals, households, communities, businesses, and governments in market economies including competition; specialization; productivity; traditional forms of enterprise; and the role of money and financial institutions.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to:

  • Describe how supply, demand, and competition affect prices in market economies.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to:

  • Describe and analyze the role that supply and demand, prices, incentives, and profits play in determining what is produced and distributed in market economies.


  • Explain, by using examples, how goods and services are produced and distributed in market economies.


  • Discuss the ways that specialization contributes to and influences the production and exchange of goods and services.
  Curriculum Standard 7
Students will demonstrate an understanding of different types of economic systems, their advantages and disadvantages, and how the economic systems used in particular countries may change over time.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to:

  • Explain, by giving examples, the economic role played by various institutions including households, workers, banks, labor unions, government agencies, small and large businesses, and corporations.


  • Explain, by using examples, that the strategies employed to satisfy needs and wants vary in different economic systems.
  Curriculum Standard 9
Students will demonstrate the ability and willingness to apply economic concepts in the examination and resolution of problems and issues in educational, occupational, civic, and everyday settings.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to:

  • Describe, using a specific example such as a school-based yard sale, the application of economic concepts, including scarcity, supply and demand, prices, incentives, and profit, in deciding what items to sell; how much to ask for each item; how to advertise and conduct the sale; and how to evaluate its success.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to:

  • Apply knowledge of economic concepts in evaluating historical issues, policies, and events.

Social Studies: History

  Curriculum Standard 16
Students will demonstrate the ability to employ historical analysis, interpretation, and comprehension to make reasoned judgments and to gain an understanding, perspective, and appreciation of history and its uses in contemporary situations.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding that people, artifacts, and documents represent links to the past and that they are sources of data from which historical accounts are constructed.


  • Examine historical documents, artifacts, and other materials and classify them as primary or secondary sources of historical data.


  • Understand the significance of the past to themselves and to society.


  • Display historical perspective by describing the past through the eyes and experiences of those who were there, as related through their memories, literature, diaries, letters, debates, arts, maps, and artifacts.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to:

  • Analyze historical documents, artifacts, and other materials for credibility, relevance, and point of view.


  • Examine historical materials relating to a particular region, society, or theme; analyze change over time; and make logical inferences concerning cause and effect.


  • Use historical materials to trace the development of an idea or trend across space or over a prolonged period of time in order to identify and explain patterns of historical continuity and change.


  • Critically analyze historical materials in order to distinguish between the important and the inconsequential and differentiate among historical facts, opinions, and reasoned judgments.


  • Perceive past events and issues as they were experienced by the people at the time to avoid viewing, analyzing, and evaluating the past only in terms of the present (present-mindedness).
  Curriculum Standard 17
Students will demonstrate a knowledge of the chronology and significance of the unfolding story of America including the history of their community, New Hampshire, and the United States.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade twelve students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of major topics in the study of the 1920s: A Decade of Prosperity and Problems (1920-1930) including economic changes and their ramifications; progress and conflict in the social and cultural scene; domestic politics; and foreign relations.


  • Demonstrate an understanding of major topics in the study of the Depression and the New Deal (1929-1941) including the origins of the Great Depression and its effects on people and society; the major approaches and programs of the New Deal; and the continuing debate over the successes and failures of the New Deal.


  • Demonstrate an understanding of major topics in the study of World War II and the Cold War (1939-1961) including the causes, conduct, course, and aftermath of World War II; effects of the war on the homefront; the emergence of the United States as a superpower; the origins of the Cold War; and postwar political developments at home and abroad.


  • Demonstrate an understanding of major topics in the study of the Recent United States (1949-present) including the Civil Rights and women's movements; new immigration policies; foreign policy developments; the Cold War; post-World War II conflicts; technological and economic change; expanding religious diversity and the growth of religious evangelicalism; and the United States in the contemporary world.

 

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