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CA-Economics CA History-Social Science Content Standards 2009

Standard ID Standard Text Edgenuity Lesson Name

1 Chronological and Spatial Thinking1.1 Students compare the present with the past, evaluating the consequences of past events and

decisions and determining the lessons that were learned.

Inflation and StagflationTrade Barriers

1.2 Students analyze how change happens at different rates at different times; understand that

some aspects can change while others remain the same; and understand that change is

complicated and affects not only technology and politics but also values and beliefs.

Economic DevelopmentGlobalization

1.3 Students use a variety of maps and documents to interpret human movement, including

major patterns of domestic and international migration, changing environmental preferences

and settlement patterns, the frictions that develop between population groups, and the

diffusion of ideas, technological innovations, and goods.

Economic DevelopmentGlobalization

1.4 Students relate current events to the physical and human characteristics of places and

regions.Economic DevelopmentGlobalization

2 Historical Research, Evidence, and Point of View

2.1 Students distinguish valid arguments from fallacious arguments in historical interpretations.

2.2 Students identify bias and prejudice in historical interpretations.Entrepreneurship

2.3 Students evaluate major debates among historians concenring alternative interpretations of

the past, including an analysis of authors' use of evidence and the distinctions between sound

generalizations and misleading oversimplifications.2.4 Students construct and test hypotheses; collect, evaluate, and employ information from

multiple primary and secondary sources; and apply it in oral and written presentations.Writing Workshop: The Effects of Globalization

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3 Historical Interpretation3.1 Students show the connections, causal and otherwise, between particular historical events

and larger social, economic, and political trends and developments.Economic Policy: Influential TheoriesLaborTrade Barriers

3.2 Students recognize the complexity of historical causes and effects, including the limitations on

determining cause and effect.LaborMonetary Policy: The Federal ReserveTrade Barriers

3.3 Students interpret past events and issues within the context in which an event unfolded

rather than solely in terms of present-day norms and values.LaborTrade Barriers

3.4 Students understand the meaning, implication, and impact of historical events and recognize

that events could have taken other directions.LaborMonetary Policy: The Federal ReserveTrade Barriers

3.5 Students analyze human modifications of landscapes and examine the resulting

environmental policy issues.Writing Workshop: The Effects of Globalization

3.6 Students conduct cost-benefit analyses and apply basic economic indicators to analyze the

aggregate economic behavior of the U.S. economy.The Three Questions of Economics

E Principles of EconomicsE.12.1 Students understand common economic terms and concepts and economic reasoning.

E.12.1.1 Examine the causal relationship between scarcity and the need for choices.Introduction to EconomicsResources and Scarcity

E.12.1.2 Explain opportunity cost and marginal benefit and marginal cost.Comparative and Absolute AdvantageOpportunity CostProfit

E.12.1.3 Identify the difference between monetary and nonmonetary incentives and how changes in

incentives cause changes in behavior.Elasticity and IncentivesMoney




E.12.1.4 Evaluate the role of private property as an incentive in conserving and improving scarce

resources, including renewable and nonrenewable natural resources. Resources and Scarcity

E.12.1.5 Analyze the role of a market economy in establishing and preserving political and personal

liberty (e.g., through the works of Adam Smith).Competition and Free EnterpriseEconomic Policy: Influential TheoriesEntrepreneurshipRegulatory Policy

Writing Workshop: The Importance of Free Enterprise

E.12.2 Students analyze the elements of America's market economy in a global setting.E.12.2.1 Understand the relationship of the concept of incentives to the law of supply and the

relationship of the concept of incentives and substitutes to the law of demand.Elasticity and IncentivesThe Law of Demand

E.12.2.2 Discuss the effects of changes in supply and/or demand on the relative scarcity, price, and

quantity of particular products.Determining Market PriceElasticity and IncentivesIntroduction to MacroeconomicsProfitThe Business CycleThe Law of DemandThe Law of Supply

E.12.2.3 Explain the roles of property rights, competition, and profit in a market economy.Competition and Free EnterpriseEconomic Systems

Economic Systems and Daily Life Profit

E.12.2.4 Explain how prices reflect the relative scarcity of goods and services and perform the

allocative function in a market economy.Determining Market Price

E.12.2.5 Understand the process by which competition among buyers and sellers determines a market

price.Determining Market Price

E.12.2.6 Describe the effect of price controls on buyers and sellers.Elasticity and Incentives




E.12.2.7 Analyze how domestic and international competition in a market economy affects goods and

services produced and the quality, quantity, and price of those products.Competition and Free EnterpriseDetermining Market Price

Market Structures and CompetitionThe Law of DemandThe Law of Supply

E.12.2.8 Explain the role of profit as the incentive to entrepreneurs in a market economy.

Business StructuresEntrepreneurshipProfit

E.12.2.9 Describe the functions of the financial markets.

Investing and Financial Markets

E.12.2.10 Discuss the economic principles that guide the location of agricultural production and industry

and the spatial distribution of transportation and retail facilities.GlobalizationResources and ScarcityTechnology and EconomicsThe Three Questions of Economics

E.12.3 Students analyze the influence of the federal government on the American economy.

E.12.3.1 Understand how the role of government in a market economy often includes providing for

national defense, addressing environmental concerns, defining and enforcing property rights,

attempting to make markets more competitive, and protecting consumers' rights.Economic PolicyFiscal Policy: Spending

Fiscal Policy: TaxesRegulatory PolicyThe Business Cycle

E.12.3.2 Identify the factors that may cause the costs of government actions to outweigh the benefits.

Fiscal Policy: SpendingRegulatory Policy

E.12.3.3 Describe the aims of government fiscal policies (taxation, borrowing, spending) and their

influence on production, employment, and price levels.Fiscal Policy: SpendingFiscal Policy: Taxes

E.12.3.4 Understand the aims and tools of monetary policy and their influence on economic activity

(e.g., the Federal Reserve).Monetary Policy: The Federal ReserveMoney




E.12.4 Students analyze the elements of the U.S. labor market in a global setting.E.12.4.1 Understand the operations of the labor market, including the circumstances surrounding the

establishment of principal American labor unions, procedures that unions use to gain benefits

for their members, the effects of unionization, the minimum wage, and unemployment

insurance.Labor

E.12.4.2 Describe the current economy and labor market, including the types of goods and services

produced, the types of skills workers need, the effects of rapid technological change, and the

impact of international competition.Economic DevelopmentEmployment and Education

GlobalizationInternational TradeTechnology and EconomicsTrade AgreementsTrade BarriersWriting Workshop: The Effects of Globalization

E.12.4.3 Discuss wage differences among jobs and professions, using the laws of demand and supply

and the concept of productivity.Employment and Education

E.12.4.4 Explain the effects of international mobility of capital and labor on the U.S. economy.

Economic DevelopmentGlobalizationTrade AgreementsTrade Barriers

E.12.5 Students analyze the aggregate economic behavior of the U.S. economy.E.12.5.1 Distinguish between nominal and real data.

Inflation and Stagflation

E.12.5.2 Define, calculate, and explain the significance of an unemployment rate, the number of new

jobs created monthly, an inflation or deflation rate, and a rate of economic growth.

Economic GrowthInflation and Stagflation

E.12.5.3 Distinguish between short-term and long-term interest rates and explain their relative

significance.Banking




E.12.6 Students analyze issues of international trade and explain how the U.S. economy affects, and

is affected by, economic forces beyond the United States's borders.E.12.6.1 Identify the gains in consumption and production efficiency from trade, with emphasis on the

main products and changing geographic patterns of twentieth-century trade among countries

in the Western Hemisphere.Economic DevelopmentGlobalization

International TradeTrade Agreements

E.12.6.2 Compare the reasons for and the effects of trade restrictions during the Great Depression

compared with present-day arguments among labor, business, and political leaders over the

effects of free trade on the economic and social interests of various groups of Americans.Trade Barriers

E.12.6.3 Understand the changing role of international political borders and territorial sovereignty in a

global economy.

GlobalizationTrade AgreementsTrade Barriers

E.12.6.4 Explain foreign exchange, the manner in which exchange rates are determined, and the

effects of the dollar's gaining (or losing) value relative to other currencies.Currencies and Exchange Rates

Money

Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies

Key Ideas and DetailsRH.11-12.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources,

connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.Market Structures and CompetitionThe Three Questions of EconomicsTrade Barriers

RH.11-12.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an

accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.Market Structures and CompetitionThe Three Questions of EconomicsTrade Barriers

RH.11-12.3 Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best

accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain.




Craft and Structure

RH.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including analyzing

how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term over the course of a text (e.g., how

Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).Inflation and Stagflation

Integration of Knowledge and IdeasRH.11-12.5 Analyze in detail how a complex primary source is structured, including how key sentences,

paragraphs, and larger portions of the text contribute to the whole.RH.11-12.6 Evaluate authors' differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing

the authors' claims, reasoning, and evidence.RH.11-12.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and

media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve Case Study: Starting a BusinessEconomic DevelopmentElasticity and IncentivesFiscal Policy: TaxesLaborProfit

RH.11-12.8 Evaluate an author's premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them

with other information.Entrepreneurship

RH.11-12.9 Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent

understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.Monetary Policy: The Federal Reserve

Range of Reading and Level of Text ComplexityRH.11-12.10 By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 11-CCR

text complexity band independently and proficiently.Fiscal Policy: SpendingInflation and Stagflation

Market Structures and CompetitionThe Three Questions of EconomicsTrade Barriers




CA.CC.11-12.WHST. Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social StudiesText Types and Purposes

11-12.WHST.1. Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.11-12.WHST.1.a. Introduce precise, knowledgeable claim(s), establish the significance of the claim(s),

distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and create an organization that

logically sequences the claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.

Competition and Free EnterpriseEntrepreneurship


11-12.WHST.1.b. Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly and thoroughly, supplying the most relevant data

and evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both claim(s) and

counterclaims in a discipline-appropriate form that anticipates the audience's knowledge

level, concerns, values, and possible biases.Competition and Free Enterprise

Entrepreneurship


11-12.WHST.1.c. Use words, phrases, and clauses as well as varied syntax to link the major sections of the text,

create cohesion, and clarify the relationships between claim(s) and reasons, between reasons

and evidence, and between claim(s) and counterclaims.Competition and Free EnterpriseEntrepreneurship


11-12.WHST.1.d. Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and

conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.



11-12.WHST.1.e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from or supports the argument

presented.Competition and Free EnterpriseEntrepreneurship





11-12.WHST.2. Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific

procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.11-12.WHST.2.a. Introduce a topic and organize complex ideas, concepts, and information so that each new

element builds on that which precedes it to create a unified whole; include formatting (e.g.,

headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding

comprehension.GlobalizationIntroduction to Economics

Investing and Financial MarketsWriting Workshop: The Effects of Globalization

11-12.WHST.2.b. Develop the topic thoroughly by selecting the most significant and relevant facts, extended

definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to

the audience's knowledge of the topic.

GlobalizationIntroduction to EconomicsInvesting and Financial MarketsWriting Workshop: The Effects of Globalization

11-12.WHST.2.c. Use varied transitions and sentence structures to link the major sections of the text, create

cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts.

GlobalizationIntroduction to Economics


11-12.WHST.2.d. Use precise language, domain-specific vocabulary and techniques such as metaphor, simile,

and analogy to manage the complexity of the topic; convey a knowledgeable stance in a style

that responds to the discipline and context as well as to the expertise of likely readers.


11-12.WHST.2.e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or

explanation provided (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).





11-12.WHST.3. (See note; not applicable as a separate requirement)

11-12.WHST.3.a. Note: Students' narrative skills continue to grow in these grades. The Standards require that

students be able to incorporate narrative elements effectively into arguments and

informative/explanatory texts. In history/social studies, students must be able to incorporate

narrative accounts into their analyses of individuals or events of historical import.


Globalization

Production and Distribution of Writing11-12.WHST.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are

appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.EntrepreneurshipIntroduction to EconomicsWriting Workshop: The Effects of Globalization


11-12.WHST.5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a

new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and

audience.EntrepreneurshipIntroduction to EconomicsWriting Workshop: The Effects of Globalization


11-12.WHST.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared

writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.Entrepreneurship

Introduction to EconomicsWriting Workshop: The Effects of Globalization


Research to Build and Present Knowledge11-12.WHST.7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a

self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when

appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the

subject under investigation.GlobalizationInvesting and Financial MarketsWriting Workshop: The Effects of Globalization





11-12.WHST.8. Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using

advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of

the specific task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to

maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and

following a standard format for citation.Globalization



11-12.WHST.9. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

GlobalizationInvesting and Financial MarketsWriting Workshop: The Effects of Globalization


Range of Writing11-12.WHST.10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for reflection and revision) and shorter time

frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and

audiences.

Case Study: Starting a BusinessCompetition and Free EnterpriseEntrepreneurshipGlobalizationIntroduction to EconomicsInvesting and Financial MarketsWriting Workshop: The Effects of Globalization



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