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-Students will understand civic ideals and how to be a participant in society. They need to be educated for citizenship, this is the central purpose of Social Studies.

-Students must also learn how to put their civic ideals into action so that they understand how to exercise their democratic freedoms.

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“Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of relationships among science, technology, and society”

“Science, and its practical application, technology, have had a major influence on social and cultural change, and on the ways people interact with the world”

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Global connections have intensified and accelerated the changes faced at the local, national, and international levels

examples of questions that need to be asked:  What are the different types of global connections? What global connections have existed in the past, exist currently, and are likely in the future? How do ideas spread between societies in today’s interconnected world?

Students learn to examine policy alternatives that have both national and global implications.

Develop skills in addressing and evaluating critical issues such as peace, conflict, poverty, disease, human rights, trade, and global ecology.

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-How geography and migration of individuals can impact culture.
-How these changes can impact the development of an area.
-And for students to develop an understanding as to why groups of people live where they live through problem solving and applying knowledge.

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Students should understand how institutions affect individuals and groups in society and what explicit/implicit goals institutions have.
Students should understand how institutions can help or hurt individuals and groups based on who has constructed the institutions.
Students can identify different institutions and how they were formed/who they were formed by.

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-Identity is shaped by one's environment and experiences

- Students will understand themes related to psychology, sociology, and anthropology

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Governance and Power "Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of how people create, interact with, and change structures of power, authority, and governance." -National Council for Social Studies

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Governance and Power "Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of how people create, interact with, and change structures of power, authority, and governance." -National Council for Social Studies

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-Students should be able to explore and deeply interrogate how institutions and power dynamics influence their lives. For instance, the Federal Government gets to decide what labels are required on foods to sell them and what standards foods and drugs need to reach to be salable, and Congress is given that power through the Constitution's Commerce Clause.
-Students should also be able to question these power dynamics. Should the Federal government have been allowed to stop Roscoe Filburn from growing wheat?

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-the importance of educating about the past as a way to better understand how humans are where they are in the world.
-teaching about the past helps children find themselves in a historical context
-giving students the ability to understand the repercussions of the past and give perspective of how current events will also have lasting impacts

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Humans can create, learn, share, and adapt to Culture.

How have cultures changed over time?
Identify similarities and differences among different cultures.

Typically, this is courses and units such as anthropology, sociology, history, geography and more.

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Jake: Culture
Jordan: Power, Authority & Governance
Molly: People, Places & Environments
Lindsey: Time, Continuity & Change
Allie: Individual, Development & Identity
Rachel: Individuals, Groups & Institutions
Claudia: Global Connections
Emma /Jared: Science, Technology, & Society
Andrew: Civic Ideals & Practices