AISL Standards in Social Studies

(Revised June, 2010)

• .SST.01 HISTORY
• Students will understand patterns of change and continuity, relationships between people and events through time, and the causes and effects of interaction among societies.
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• .SST.02 GEOGRAPHY
• Students will understand the concepts of geography and how they contribute to the interaction between humans and natural and man-made environments.
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• .SST.03 CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT
• Students will understand why societies create and adopt systems of government and how these systems address human needs, rights, and citizen responsibilities.
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• .SST.04 CULTURE
• Students will understand cultural and intellectual developments and interactions among and within societies
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• .SST.05 ECONOMICS
• Students will understand fundamental economic principles and ways in which economies are shaped by geographic and human factors
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• .SST.06 CURRENT EVENTS
• Students will understand and analyze major issues and events while tracing their historical foundation.