Using historical reasoning processes (comparison, causation, continuity and change), analyze patterns and connections between and among historical developments and processes.

CS.6

Course Skill

Depth 2

Develop an argument.

1.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the systems of government employed by Chinese dynasties and how they developed over time.

1.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the effects of Chinese cultural traditions on East Asia over time.

1.C

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the effects of innovation on the Chinese economy over time.

1.D

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how systems of belief and their practices affected society in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

1.E

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the causes and effects of the rise of Islamic states over time.

1.F

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the effects of intellectual innovation in Dar al-Islam.

1.G

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how the various belief systems and practices of South and Southeast Asia affected society over time.

1.H

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how and why various states of South and Southeast Asia developed and maintained power over time.

1.I

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how and why states in the Americas developed and changed over time.

1.J

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how and why states in Africa developed and changed over time.

1.K

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how the beliefs and practices of the predominant religions in Europe affected European society.

1.L

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the causes and consequences of political decentralization in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

1.M

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the effects of agriculture on social organization in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

1.N

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the similarities and differences in the processes of state formation from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

2.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the causes and effects of growth of networks of exchange after 1200.

2.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the process of state building and decline in Eurasia over time.

2.C

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how the expansion of empires influenced trade and communication over time.

2.D

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the significance of the Mongol Empire in larger patterns of continuity and change.

2.E

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the causes of the growth of networks of exchange after 1200.

2.F

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the effects of the growth of networks of exchange after 1200.

2.G

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the role of environmental factors in the development of networks of exchange in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

2.H

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the causes and effects of the growth of trans-Saharan trade.

2.I

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how the expansion of empires influenced trade and communication over time.

2.J

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the intellectual and cultural effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

2.K

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the environmental effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

2.L

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the similarities and differences among the various networks of exchange in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

3.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how and why various land-based empires developed and expanded from 1450 to 1750.

3.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how rulers used a variety of methods to legitimize and consolidate their power in land-based empires from 1450 to 1750.

3.C

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain continuity and change within the various belief systems during the period from 1450 to 1750.

3.D

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Compare the methods by which various empires increased their influence from 1450 to 1750.

4.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how cross-cultural interactions resulted in the diffusion of technology and facilitated changes in patterns of trade and travel from 1450 to 1750.

4.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Describe the role of states in the expansion of maritime exploration from 1450 to 1750.

4.C

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the economic causes and effects of maritime exploration by the various European states.

4.D

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the causes of the Columbian Exchange and its effects on the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

4.E

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the process of state building and expansion among various empires and states in the period from 1450 to 1750.

4.F

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the continuities and changes in economic systems and labor systems from 1450 to 1750.

4.G

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain changes and continuities in systems of slavery in the period from 1450 to 1750.

4.H

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how rulers employed economic strategies to consolidate and maintain power throughout the period from 1450 to 1750.

4.I

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the continuities and changes in networks of exchange from 1450 to 1750.

4.J

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how political, economic, and cultural factors affected society from 1450 to 1750.

4.K

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the similarities and differences in how various belief systems affected societies from 1450 to 1750.

4.L

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the effects of the development of state power from 1450 to 1750.

4.M

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how social categories, roles, and practices have been maintained or have changed over time.

4.N

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how economic developments from 1450 to 1750 affected social structures over time.

5.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the intellectual and ideological context in which revolutions swept the Atlantic world from 1750 to 1900.

5.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how the Enlightenment affected societies over time.

5.C

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain causes and effects of the various revolutions in the period from 1750 to 1900.

5.D

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how environmental factors contributed to industrialization from 1750 to 1900.

5.E

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how different modes and locations of production have developed and changed over time.

5.F

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how technology shaped economic production over time.

5.G

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the causes and effects of economic strategies of different states and empires.

5.H

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the development of economic systems, ideologies, and institutions and how they contributed to change in the period from 1750 to 1900.

5.I

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the causes and effects of calls for changes in industrial societies from 1750 to 1900.

5.J

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how industrialization caused change in existing social hierarchies and standards of living.

5.K

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the extent to which industrialization brought change from 1750 to 1900.

6.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how ideologies contributed to the development of imperialism from 1750 to 1900.

6.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Compare processes by which state power shifted in various parts of the world from 1750 to 1900.

6.C

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how and why internal and external factors have influenced the process of state building from 1750 to 1900.

6.D

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how various environmental factors contributed to the development of the global economy from 1750 to 1900.

6.E

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how various economic factors contributed to the development of the global economy from 1750 to 1900.

6.F

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how various environmental factors contributed to the development of varied patterns of migration from 1750 to 1900.

6.G

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how various economic factors contributed to the development of varied patterns of migration from 1750 to 1900.

6.H

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how and why new patterns of migration affected society from 1750 to 1900.

6.I

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the relative significance of the effects of imperialism from 1750 to 1900.

7.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how internal and external factors contributed to change in various states after 1900.

7.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the causes and consequences of World War I.

7.C

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how governments used a variety of methods to conduct war.

7.D

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how different governments responded to economic crisis after 1900.

7.E

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the continuities and changes in territorial holdings from 1900 to the present.

7.F

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the causes and consequences of World War II.

7.G

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain similarities and differences in how governments used a variety of methods to conduct war.

7.H

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the various causes and consequences of mass atrocities in the period from 1900 to the present.

7.I

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the relative significance of the causes of global conflict in the period 1900 to the present.

8.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the historical context of the Cold War after 1945.

8.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the causes and effects of the ideological struggle of the Cold War.

8.C

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Compare the ways in which the United States and the Soviet Union sought to maintain influence over the course of the Cold War.

8.D

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the causes and consequences of China's adoption of communism.

8.E

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the causes and effects of movements to redistribute economic resources.

8.F

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Compare the processes by which various peoples pursued independence after 1900.

8.G

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how political changes in the period from c. 1900 to the present led to territorial, demographic, and nationalist developments.

8.H

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the economic changes and continuities resulting from the process of decolonization.

8.I

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain various reactions to existing power structures in the period after 1900.

8.J

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the causes of the end of the Cold War.

8.K

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the extent to which the effects of the Cold War were similar in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

9.A

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how the development of new technologies changed the world from 1900 to present.

9.B

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how environmental factors affected human populations over time.

9.C

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the causes and effects of environmental changes in the period from 1900 to present.

9.D

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the continuities and changes in the global economy from 1900 to present.

9.E

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how social categories, roles, and practices have been maintained and challenged over time.

9.F

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how and why globalization changed culture over time.

9.G

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the various responses to increasing globalization from 1900 to present

9.H

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain how and why globalization changed international interactions among states.

9.I

Learning Objective

Depth 2

Explain the extent to which science and technology brought change in the period from 1900 to the present.

CS.1.A

Skill

Depth 3

Identify a historical concept, development, or process.

CS.1.B

Skill

Depth 3

Explain a historical concept, development, or process.

CS.2.A

Skill

Depth 3

Identify a source's point of view, purpose, historical situation, and/or audience.

CS.2.B

Skill

Depth 3

Explain the point of view, purpose, historical situation, and/ or audience of a source.

CS.2.C

Skill

Depth 3

Explain the significance of a source's point of view, purpose, historical situation, and/ or audience, including how these might limit the use(s) of a source.

CS.3.A

Skill

Depth 3

Identify and describe a claim and/or argument in a text-based or non-text-based source.

CS.3.B

Skill

Depth 3

Identify the evidence used in a source to support an argument.

CS.3.C

Skill

Depth 3

Compare the arguments or main ideas of two sources.