461. Social studies standards – History of human civilization - middle GRADES, SECTIONS 462 THROUGH 465.

462. HISTORY OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION

Content Knowledge and Skills:

06. The student will understand how empire building and trade contributed to increasingly complex relations among peoples.

b. Discuss how empires used conquest and forced labor to expand and develop.

c. Explain the importance and levels of social classes.

07. Understand the development and role of religion in early civilizations.

a. Explain how religion influenced government, culture, and technological development.

b. Discuss how religion established a code of conduct for the people.

464. GOVERNMENT/CIVICS

	Content Knowledge and Skills:
01. The student will acquire critical thinking and analytical skills.	a. Research, condense, and restate information for a specific purpose. b. Utilize primary and secondary sources of information to gather facts.

02. Understand the evolution of democracy.	a. Describe the development of government.

03. Understand the relationship among between civic life, politics, and government.	a. Distinguish among the characteristics of city-states and feudal states. b. Contrast monarchies, democratic, and dictatorial types of government. c. Give examples of citizen participation in political systems around the world.

465. Economics

Content Knowledge and Skills:

01. Understand basic economic concepts.

a. Analyze the similarities of the needs and wants of people everywhere.

Other Standards areas in our Website:

· Social Studies or History (Warwick Timeline, Genealogy)
· Visual Arts (Costuming, book illustrations, and art projects)
· Dance (Medieval Dance history and instruction)
· Mathematics (Trebuchet building, mechanics, and range and trajectory calculation)
· Literature (Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, Song of Roland)

National Standards for Music

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