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2.B Behavioral Sciences
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2.B.1 Understand how values and beliefs shape culture in America.
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2.B.1.1 Identify the various values and beliefs of diverse cultures that have shaped American identity.
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2.B.1.2 Explain how belief systems of various indigenous, religious, and racial groups have influenced or contributed to culture in America.
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2.C&G Civics and Government
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2.C&G.1 Understand how freedom, equality, and democracy contribute to the government of America.
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2.C&G.1.1 Explain how principles of democracy have shaped the government of America.
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2.C&G.1.2 Summarize the role of government in protecting freedom and equality of individuals in America.
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2.C&G.1.3 Compare the structure and function of the three branches of government at the national level.
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2.C&G.1.4 Explain how various indigenous, religious, gender, and racial groups advocate for freedom and equality.
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2.E Economics
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2.E.1 Understand how the availability of resources impacts economic decisions.
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2.E.1.1 Explain how scarcity affects economic decisions.
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2.E.1.2 Explain how the availability of resources impacts the production of goods.
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2.G Geography
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2.G.1 Understand how interaction between humans and the physical environment is impacted by movement and settlement.
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2.G.1.1 Recognize absolute and relative location of various settlements, territories, and states in the development of the American nation.
- Identify states of the West (3-B.1)
- Select states of the West (3-B.2)
- Name states of the West (3-B.3)
- Identify states of the Midwest (3-B.4)
- Select states of the Midwest (3-B.5)
- Name states of the Midwest (3-B.6)
- Identify states of the Southeast (3-B.7)
- Select states of the Southeast (3-B.8)
- Name states of the Southeast (3-B.9)
- Identify states of the Northeast (3-B.10)
- Select states of the Northeast (3-B.11)
- Name states of the Northeast (3-B.12)
- Identify the 50 states (3-B.13)
- Select the 50 states (3-B.14)
- Name the 50 states (3-B.15)
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2.G.1.2 Explain how the environment has impacted settlement across America.
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2.G.1.3 Interpret how the movement of people, goods, and ideas has impacted the regional development of America.
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2.H History
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2.H.1 Understand how various people and events have shaped America.
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2.H.1.1 Summarize contributions of various women, indigenous, religious, racial, and other minority groups that have impacted American history.
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2.H.1.2 Explain ways in which various historical events have shaped American history.
- Benjamin Franklin (2-B.1)
- Paul Revere (2-B.2)
- Thomas Jefferson (2-B.3)
- Davy Crockett (2-B.4)
- John Deere (2-B.5)
- Abraham Lincoln (2-B.6)
- Frederick Douglass (2-B.7)
- Susan B. Anthony (2-B.8)
- Harriet Tubman (2-B.9)
- Sitting Bull (2-B.10)
- Thomas Edison (2-B.11)
- Theodore Roosevelt (2-B.12)
- George Washington Carver (2-B.13)
- Amelia Earhart (2-B.14)
- Thurgood Marshall (2-B.15)
- Rosa Parks (2-B.16)
- Jackie Robinson (2-B.17)
- Cesar Chavez (2-B.18)
- Martin Luther King Jr. (2-B.19)
- Neil Armstrong (2-B.20)
- Bill Gates (2-B.21)
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2.H.1.3 Compare various perspectives of the same time period using primary and secondary sources.
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