African American Studies: Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

History

Geography and Environmental Literacy

Economics and Financial Literacy

Civics and Government

Culture

Apply historical thinking in order to understand the African American life in the United States over time.

Understand the significance of historical personalities, groups, institutions, and events in shaping African American life over time.

Analyze the role of geography in the lives of African Americans over time.

Apply geographic tools to understand African American groups and societies over time.

Understand the ways in which African Americans addressed opportunities, challenges, and strategies concerning economic well being over time.

Understand the African American quest for full citizenship over time.

Analyze the lives of African Americans to understand the impact of shared and differing experiences and identities.

Use primary and secondary sources to interpret various historical perspectives.

Analyze competing historical narratives and debates among historians.

Integrate evidence from multiple relevant historical sources and interpretations into a reasoned argument about the past.

Analyze how historical context shape and continue to shape people's perspectives.

Analyze how key turning points in history have affected the lives of African Americans.

Explain how key historical figures have shaped the lives of African Americans.

Explain how various forms of resistance by individuals and groups have influenced change in the lives of African Americans.

Analyze the physical and human characteristics of various places and regions to understand the connection to African American identities and cultures.

Explain the reasons for and effects of forced and voluntary migration on societies, individuals and groups throughout African American history.

Analyze how environmental changes have impacted African American communities in terms of land use, settlement patterns and urban development.

Explain how region has impacted political perspectives, economic decisions and cultural practices of African American communities.

Use geographic data in order to understand economic, political, cultural and social patterns within African American communities.

Use maps, charts, graphs, photographs, geographic data and available technology tools to make inferences about African American life.

Analyze the economic development of African American groups and communities in terms of challenges to standard of living.

Explain how economic policies have impacted the socio-economic status of African Americans.

Analyze various geographic, cultural, social, political, and financial factors in terms of their impact on the economic mobility of African Americans.

Use cost-benefit analysis to assess the effectiveness of various approaches African Americans have used to solve economic issues.

Analyze African American politics in terms of the quest for self-governance, social separatism, contests for power, and electoral and global alliances.

Analyze the relationship between African-Americans and other groups in terms of conflict and cooperation in the pursuit of individual freedoms and civil rights.

Analyze political, constitutional and legal decisions and de facto practices to understand their impact on the lives of African Americans.

Explain how various philosophies and ideologies have played a role in the African American struggle for social, political and legal equality.

Analyze civic participation of African Americans in terms of leadership and strategic planning at various levels.

Analyze the impact of assimilation, stereotypes, and oppression on the lives of African Americans.

Analyze ways in which African Americans have retained cultural identity over time while adapting to mainstream American culture.

Explain how various artistic expressions of African Americans have contributed to the shared identity of various groups.

Analyze the various cultural practices that have shaped the individual and collective identity of African Americans over time to understand shared and differing experiences.