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Skills available for Illinois high school social studies standards
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- Illinois Social Science Standards: Grades 9-12: Civics Illinois Social Science Standards: Grades 9-12: Civics
- Illinois Social Science Standards: Grades 9-12: U.S. History Illinois Social Science Standards: Grades 9-12: U.S. History
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Change, Continuity, and Context
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SS.9-12.H.1 Evaluate the context of time and place as well as structural factors that influence historical developments.
- The Southern Colonies (US-A.)
- The Constitutional Convention (US-C.1)
- The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)
- Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)
- Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
- Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
- The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
- World War I: causes and U.S. entry (US-I.1)
- Causes of the Great Depression (US-K.1)
- Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)
- The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)
- Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)
- Read and create timelines (US-Q.3)
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SS.9-12.H.2 Analyze change and continuity across historical eras and identify what perspectives have typically influenced how historical eras are constructed.
- The French and Indian War (US-B.1)
- The Constitutional Convention (US-C.1)
- Antebellum reform movements (US-D.1)
- Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
- Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
- Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
- The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
- World War I: causes and U.S. entry (US-I.1)
- World War I: the home front and battlefront (US-I.2)
- Prohibition (US-J.1)
- Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)
- Causes of the Great Depression (US-K.1)
- Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)
- The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)
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SS.9-12.H.3 Evaluate the methods used to promote change and the effects and outcomes of these methods on diverse groups of people.
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SS.9-12.H.4 Analyze how people and institutions have interacted with environmental, scientific, technological, and societal challenges.
Perspectives
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SS.9-12.H.5 Analyze the factors and historical context, including overarching movements, that influenced the perspectives of people during different historical eras.
- The Southern Colonies (US-A.)
- Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (US-B.2)
- The Constitutional Convention (US-C.1)
- Antebellum reform movements (US-D.1)
- Source analysis: What to the slave is the Fourth of July? (US-D.2)
- The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)
- Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)
- Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
- Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
- World War I: causes and U.S. entry (US-I.1)
- Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)
- Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)
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SS.9-12.H.6 Analyze the concept and pursuit of the "American Dream" and identify the factors that could promote or present barriers to the pursuit of the "American Dream" for multiple groups of people.
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SS.9-12.H.7 Identify and analyze the role of individuals, groups, and institutions in people's struggle for safety, freedom, equality, and justice.
- Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (US-B.2)
- Antebellum reform movements (US-D.1)
- Source analysis: What to the slave is the Fourth of July? (US-D.2)
- Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
- The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
- Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)
- Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)
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SS.9-12.H.8 Analyze key historical events and contributions of individuals through a variety of perspectives, including those of historically underrepresented groups.
- The French and Indian War (US-B.1)
- Antebellum reform movements (US-D.1)
- Source analysis: What to the slave is the Fourth of July? (US-D.2)
- Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)
- The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
- World War I: causes and U.S. entry (US-I.1)
- Prohibition (US-J.1)
- Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)
- Japanese American internment (US-L.2)
- Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)
Historical Sources and Evidence
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SS.9-12.H.9 Analyze the relationship between historical sources and the secondary interpretations made from them.
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SS.9-12.H.10 Identify and analyze ways in which marginalized communities are represented in historical sources and seek out sources created by historically oppressed peoples.
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SS.9-12.H.11 Analyze primary and secondary historical sources from multiple vantage points and perspectives to identify and explain dominant narratives and counternarratives of historical events.
Causation and Argumentation
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SS.9-12.H.12 Analyze the causes and effects of global conflicts and economic crises.
- The French and Indian War (US-B.1)
- The War of 1812 (US-C.2)
- The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
- Causes of the Great Depression (US-K.1)
- Identify New Deal agencies (US-K.2)
- Source analysis: fireside chats (US-K.3)
- Causes of World War II (US-L.1)
- Japanese American internment (US-L.2)
- Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)
- The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)
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SS.9-12.H.13 Analyze multiple and complex causes and effects of events in the past.
- The French and Indian War (US-B.1)
- Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (US-B.2)
- The Constitutional Convention (US-C.1)
- The War of 1812 (US-C.2)
- Antebellum reform movements (US-D.1)
- The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)
- Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)
- Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
- Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
- Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
- The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
- The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
- World War I: causes and U.S. entry (US-I.1)
- Prohibition (US-J.1)
- Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)
- Causes of the Great Depression (US-K.1)
- Causes of World War II (US-L.1)
- Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)
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SS.9-12.H.14 Analyze the geographic and cultural forces that have resulted in conflict and cooperation. Identify the cause and effects of imperialism and colonization.
- The Southern Colonies (US-A.)
- The French and Indian War (US-B.1)
- Antebellum reform movements (US-D.1)
- The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)
- Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)
- Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
- The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
- The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
- The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (US-H.2)
- World War I: causes and U.S. entry (US-I.1)
- Causes of the Great Depression (US-K.1)
- Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)
- The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)