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Illinois Social Science Standards (adopted in 2021) Illinois Social Science Standards (adopted in 2021)
Illinois Learning Standards: Grade 6 Disciplinary Concepts Illinois Learning Standards: Grade 6 Disciplinary Concepts
Illinois Learning Standards: Grade 6 Inquiry Skills Illinois Learning Standards: Grade 6 Inquiry Skills
Illinois Common Core State Standards: Grades 6-8 Literacy in History/Social Studies Illinois Common Core State Standards: Grades 6-8 Literacy in History/Social Studies

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SS.CV Civics

Civic and Political Institutions
- Less Complex
  - SS.CV.1.6-8LC Identify roles played by citizens (examples: voters, jurors, taxpayers, military, protesters, and office-holders).
  - SS.CV.2.6-8LC Describe the origins, purposes, and impact of constitutions, laws, treaties, and international agreements.
- Moderately Complex
  - SS.CV.1.6-8.MdC Describe the roles of political, civil, and economic organizations in shaping people's lives.
  - SS.CV.2.6-8.MdC Explain the origins, functions, and structure of government with reference to the U.S. Constitution, Illinois Constitution, and other systems of government.
- More Complex
  - SS.CV.1.6-8.MC Evaluate the powers and responsibilities of citizens, political parties, interest groups, and the media.
    - Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (6-FF.2)
  - SS.CV.2.6-8.MC Analyze the powers and limits of governments, public officials, and bureaucracies at different levels in the United States and other countries.
Participation and Deliberation: Applying Civic Virtues and Democratic Principles
- Less Complex
  - SS.CV.3.6-8.LC Compare the means by which individuals and groups change societies, promote the common good, and protect rights.
    - The Bill of Rights (6-DD.3)
    - Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (6-FF.2)
  - SS.CV.4.6-8.LC Explain the connection between interests and perspectives, civic virtues, and democratic principles when addressing issues in government and society.
  - SS.CV.5.6-8.LC Apply civic virtues and democratic principles in school and community settings.
- Moderately Complex
  - SS.CV.3.6-8.MdC Compare the means by which individuals and groups change societies, promote the common good, and protect rights.
  - SS.CV.4.6-8.MdC Analyze ideas and principles contained in the founding documents of the United States and other countries, and explain how they influence the social and political system.
  - SS.CV.5.6-8.MdC Apply civic virtues and democratic principles in school and community settings.
    - Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (6-JJ.5)
- More Complex
  - SS.CV.3.6-8.MC Compare the means by which individuals and groups change societies, promote the common good, and protect rights.
  - SS.CV.4.6-8.MC Critique deliberative processes used by a wide variety of groups in various settings.
  - SS.CV.5.6-8.MC Apply civic virtues and democratic principles in school and community settings.
Processes, Rules, and Laws
- Less Complex
  - SS.CV.6.6-8.LC Determine whether specific rules and laws (both actual and proposed) resolve the problems they were meant to address.
- Moderately Complex
  - SS.CV.5.6-8.MdC Analyze the purposes, implementation, and consequences of public policies in historic and contemporary settings.
    - Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (6-JJ.4)
- More Complex
  - SS.CV.5.6-8.MC Develop procedures for making decisions in historic and contemporary settings (such as the school, civil society, or local, state, or national government).

SS.G Geography

Geographic Representations
- Less Complex
  - SS.G.1.6-8.LC Use geographic representations (maps, photographs, satellite images, etc.) to explain relationships between the locations (places and regions) and changes in their environment.
- Moderately Complex
  - SS.G.1.6-8.MdC Use mapping and graphing to represent and analyze spatial patterns of different environmental and cultural characteristics.
- More Complex
  - SS.G.1.6-8.MC Construct different representations to explain the spatial patterns of cultural and environmental characteristics.
Human/Environment Interaction
- Less Complex
  - SS.G.2.6-8.LC Explain how humans and their environment affect one another.
- Moderately Complex
  - SS.G.2.6-8.MdC Compare and contrast the cultural and environmental characteristics of different places or regions.
- More Complex
  - SS.G.2.6-8.MC Evaluate how cultural and economic decisions influence environments and the daily lives of people in both nearby and distant places.
Human Population
- Less Complex
  - SS.G.3.6-8.LC Explain how environmental characteristics impact human migration and settlement.
- Moderately Complex
  - SS.G.3.6-8.MdC Explain how changes in transportation and communication influence the spatial connections among human settlements and affect the spread of ideas and culture.
- More Complex
  - SS.G.3.6-8.MC Evaluate the influences of long-term human-induced environmental change on spatial patterns of conflict and cooperation.
Global Interconnections
- Less Complex
  - SS.G.4.6-8.LC Identify how cultural and environmental characteristics vary among regions of the world.
- Moderately Complex
  - SS.G.4.6-8.MdC Explain how global changes in population distribution patterns affect changes in land use.
- More Complex
  - SS.G.4.6-8.MC Analyze how the environmental characteristics of places and production of goods influence patterns of world trade.

SS.EC Economics and Financial Literacy

Economic Decision Making
- Less Complex
  - SS.EC.1.6-8.LC Explain how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals, businesses, and society.
- Moderately Complex
  - SS.EC.1.6-8.MdC Explain how external benefits and costs influence choices.
    - Costs and benefits (6-GG.2)
    - Opportunity cost (6-GG.3)
- More Complex
  - SS.EC.1.6-8.MC Evaluate alternative approaches or solutions to current economic issues in terms of benefits and costs for different groups and society as a whole.
Exchange and Markets
- Less Complex
  - SS.EC.2.6-8.LC Analyze the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in a market economy.
    - What is a market? (6-GG.5)
- Moderately Complex
  - SS.EC.2.6-8.MdC Describe the roles of institutions, such as corporations, non-profits, and labor unions, in a market economy.
    - What is a market? (6-GG.5)
- More Complex
  - SS.EC.2.6-8.MC Explain how changes in supply and demand cause changes in prices and quantities of goods and services, labor, credit, and foreign currencies.
National and Global Economy
- Less Complex
  - S.EC.3.6-8.LC Explain why standards of living increase as productivity improves.
- Moderately Complex
  - SS.EC.3.6-8.MdC Explain barriers to trade and how those barriers influence trade among nations.
    - Trade and specialization (6-GG.4)
- More Complex
  - SS.EC.3.6-8.MC Evaluate employment, unemployment, inflation, total production, income, and economic growth data and how they affect different groups.
Financial Literacy
- Less Complex
  - SS.EC.FL.1.6-8.LC Analyze the relationship between skills, education, jobs, and income.
  - SS.EC.FL.2.6-8.LC Explain the roles and relationships between savers, borrowers, interest, time, and the purposes for saving.
    - Banks (6-HH.1)
- Moderately Complex
  - SS.EC.FL.1.6-8.MdC Identify how people choose to buy goods and services while still maintaining a budget based on income, taxes, savings, and fixed and variable expenses.
    - Costs and benefits (6-GG.2)
    - Opportunity cost (6-GG.3)
  - SS.EC.FL.2.6-8.MdC Explain the correlation between investors, investment options (and associated risks), and income/wealth.
- More Complex
  - SS.EC.FL.1.6-8.MC Describe the connection between credit, credit options, interest, and credit history.
    - Banks (6-HH.1)
  - SS.EC.FL.2.6-8.MC Analyze the relationship between financial risks and protection, insurance, and costs.

SS.H History

Change, Continuity, and Context
Perspectives
Historical Sources and Evidence
- Less Complex
  - SS.H.3.6-8.LC Classify the kinds of historical sources used in a secondary interpretation.
    - Identify primary and secondary sources (6-JJ.1)
- Moderately Complex
  - SS.H.3.6-8.MdC Detect possible limitations in the historical record based on evidence collected from different kinds of historical sources.
    - Ancient Egypt: the Old Kingdom (6-C.1)
    - Foundations of Maya civilization (6-P.1)
- More Complex
  - SS.H.3.6-8.MC Analyze how people's perspectives influenced what information is available in the historical sources they created. Use other historical sources to infer a plausible maker, date, place of origin, and intended audience for historical sources where this information is not easily identified.
    - Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (6-JJ.4)
    - Source analysis: the Gettysburg Address (6-JJ.6)
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SS.CV Civics

Civic and Political Institutions

Less Complex

SS.CV.1.6-8LC Identify roles played by citizens (examples: voters, jurors, taxpayers, military, protesters, and office-holders).

SS.CV.2.6-8LC Describe the origins, purposes, and impact of constitutions, laws, treaties, and international agreements.

Moderately Complex

SS.CV.1.6-8.MdC Describe the roles of political, civil, and economic organizations in shaping people's lives.

SS.CV.2.6-8.MdC Explain the origins, functions, and structure of government with reference to the U.S. Constitution, Illinois Constitution, and other systems of government.

More Complex

SS.CV.1.6-8.MC Evaluate the powers and responsibilities of citizens, political parties, interest groups, and the media.

SS.CV.2.6-8.MC Analyze the powers and limits of governments, public officials, and bureaucracies at different levels in the United States and other countries.

Participation and Deliberation: Applying Civic Virtues and Democratic Principles

Less Complex

SS.CV.3.6-8.LC Compare the means by which individuals and groups change societies, promote the common good, and protect rights.

SS.CV.4.6-8.LC Explain the connection between interests and perspectives, civic virtues, and democratic principles when addressing issues in government and society.

SS.CV.5.6-8.LC Apply civic virtues and democratic principles in school and community settings.

Moderately Complex

SS.CV.3.6-8.MdC Compare the means by which individuals and groups change societies, promote the common good, and protect rights.

SS.CV.4.6-8.MdC Analyze ideas and principles contained in the founding documents of the United States and other countries, and explain how they influence the social and political system.

SS.CV.5.6-8.MdC Apply civic virtues and democratic principles in school and community settings.

More Complex

SS.CV.3.6-8.MC Compare the means by which individuals and groups change societies, promote the common good, and protect rights.

SS.CV.4.6-8.MC Critique deliberative processes used by a wide variety of groups in various settings.

SS.CV.5.6-8.MC Apply civic virtues and democratic principles in school and community settings.

Processes, Rules, and Laws

Less Complex

SS.CV.6.6-8.LC Determine whether specific rules and laws (both actual and proposed) resolve the problems they were meant to address.

Moderately Complex

SS.CV.5.6-8.MdC Analyze the purposes, implementation, and consequences of public policies in historic and contemporary settings.

More Complex

SS.CV.5.6-8.MC Develop procedures for making decisions in historic and contemporary settings (such as the school, civil society, or local, state, or national government).

SS.G Geography

Geographic Representations

Less Complex

SS.G.1.6-8.LC Use geographic representations (maps, photographs, satellite images, etc.) to explain relationships between the locations (places and regions) and changes in their environment.

Moderately Complex

SS.G.1.6-8.MdC Use mapping and graphing to represent and analyze spatial patterns of different environmental and cultural characteristics.

More Complex

SS.G.1.6-8.MC Construct different representations to explain the spatial patterns of cultural and environmental characteristics.

Human/Environment Interaction

Less Complex

SS.G.2.6-8.LC Explain how humans and their environment affect one another.

Moderately Complex

SS.G.2.6-8.MdC Compare and contrast the cultural and environmental characteristics of different places or regions.

More Complex

SS.G.2.6-8.MC Evaluate how cultural and economic decisions influence environments and the daily lives of people in both nearby and distant places.

Human Population

Less Complex

SS.G.3.6-8.LC Explain how environmental characteristics impact human migration and settlement.

Moderately Complex

SS.G.3.6-8.MdC Explain how changes in transportation and communication influence the spatial connections among human settlements and affect the spread of ideas and culture.

More Complex

SS.G.3.6-8.MC Evaluate the influences of long-term human-induced environmental change on spatial patterns of conflict and cooperation.

Global Interconnections

Less Complex

SS.G.4.6-8.LC Identify how cultural and environmental characteristics vary among regions of the world.

Moderately Complex

SS.G.4.6-8.MdC Explain how global changes in population distribution patterns affect changes in land use.

More Complex

SS.G.4.6-8.MC Analyze how the environmental characteristics of places and production of goods influence patterns of world trade.

SS.EC Economics and Financial Literacy

Economic Decision Making

Less Complex

SS.EC.1.6-8.LC Explain how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals, businesses, and society.

Moderately Complex

SS.EC.1.6-8.MdC Explain how external benefits and costs influence choices.

More Complex

SS.EC.1.6-8.MC Evaluate alternative approaches or solutions to current economic issues in terms of benefits and costs for different groups and society as a whole.

Exchange and Markets

Less Complex

SS.EC.2.6-8.LC Analyze the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in a market economy.

Moderately Complex

SS.EC.2.6-8.MdC Describe the roles of institutions, such as corporations, non-profits, and labor unions, in a market economy.

More Complex

SS.EC.2.6-8.MC Explain how changes in supply and demand cause changes in prices and quantities of goods and services, labor, credit, and foreign currencies.

National and Global Economy

Less Complex