History, Civics and Behavioral Sciences

Students acquire and build upon discipline specific knowledge, concepts, issues, events, and topics.

Students apply literacy skills and critical inquiry in order to understand the multiple perspectives within the social science disciplines. 

Students demonstrate a readiness to actively engage as global citizens by communicating arguments that have been strengthened by developing a position, using credible evidence, and reflecting on multiple perspectives. 

Students will be able to identify and explain key historical events, contributions of individuals, groups, and institutions through a variety of perspectives, including those of historically underrepresented groups.

Students will be able to apply historical thinking skills (compare and contrast, cause and effect, or historical context) to analyze historical events.

Government Institutions: Students will be able to identify, explain and analyze the role of governing institutions in the American political process. 

Civic Participation and Processes: Students will be able to identify, explain and analyze ways in which people and systems can engage with and influence the political process. 

Analyzing and interpreting patterns of behavior.

Demonstrating understanding of multiple perspectives/approaches within the behavioral sciences.

​​Students will be able to identify and explain key events, contributions of individuals, groups, and institutions through a variety of perspectives, including those of historically underrepresented groups.

Students are able to select credible primary and/or secondary sources that represent multiple perspectives.

Students are able to read and analyze a variety of primary and/or secondary sources.

Students are able to develop relevant questions to further understand a topic.

Students are able to construct a claim.

Students are able to use credible evidence to support a claim.

Students are able to analyze multiple perspectives and/or actions.