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

History

Geography and Environmental Literacy

Economics and Financial Literacy

Civics and Government

Culture

Apply historical thinking to understand Latin American societies over time.

Understand the role conflict has played in the shaping of Latin American societies over time.

Apply geographic tools to understand Latin American societies.

Understand the causes and consequences of movement within Latin America and across various regions.

Understand the ways in which Latin American societies address opportunities, challenges, and strategies concerning standard of living over time.

Analyze the influence of government structures, policies, decisions, and agreements on contemporary issues within Latin American societies.

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

Use primary and secondary sources to interpret various historical perspectives.

Deconstruct competing historical narratives to determine point of view, perspective, bias, credibility, and authority.

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

Explain the consequences of conquest, settlement, and migration upon Latin American societies over time.

Analyze political and economic rivalries to understand the impact on Latin American societies over time.

Use maps, charts, graphs, geographic data and available technology tools to make inferences about Latin American societies.

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

Explain how migration has impacted the physical and human geography of Latin American societies.

Explain how and why Latin America societies have adapted to, used and modified their environments.

Analyze how global events and the spatial diffusion of ideas, technologies, and cultural practices have influenced Latin American migration patterns and population distribution across various regions.

Analyze the economic development of Latin Americans in terms of challenges to standard of living.

Distinguish the factors that lead to Latin American economic mobility.

Attribute how changing technology and trade patterns have transformed economic systems within Latin American societies over time.

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

Analyze various political ideologies to understand their influence on contemporary issues within Latin American societies.

Analyze colonial and post-colonial systems of government to understand the impact on various Latin American societies.

Analyze various international policies, decisions, and agreements in terms of their impact on Latin American societies.

Explain how demographics shape social status within Latin American societies.

Analyze the socio-economic status of various groups within Latin American societies to understand access to political and economic opportunity, equality, and social status.

Compare how various Latin American groups have preserved cultural identity.

Explain how regional differences impact cultural practices within Latin American societies.