Listen, observe and use
community resources to get information.
Locate, select, and organize
information.
Use technology to retrieve
and analyze information.
Read and interpret maps,
globes, models, diagrams, graphs, charts, tables, pictures, and
political cartoons.
Judge information related to
a problem, concept, or bias.
Solve problems and draw
conclusions.
Change:
Predict social effects
that will result from certain actions/events.
Examine the effects
that a certain action has on the Americas.
Analyze the effects of
Pacific Rim Countries upon the Pacific
Northwest.
Interdependence:
Express personal
convictions.
Develop ability to adjust own
behavior to work effectively.
Participate with others in
making group decisions and goal setting.
Exhibit the ability to work
within a group: (voting, persuading, debating, compromising,
bargaining,negotiating, resolving conflict, and forming
coalitions).
Understand the ways in which
different societies have tried to resolve ethical
issues.
Realize the concern for
ethics and human rights is universal.
Develop a multicultural
perspective which respects the dignity and worth of all
people.
Understand the unique
experiences of immigrants from Canada, Mexico, Central and South
America, and the Pacific Rim.
Citizenship
Understand the basic
principles of democracy.
Explain what is required by
citizens in a democracy.
Act responsibly within our
democracy.
Understand the relationship
between society and the law.
Examine and understand
comparative political systems.
Heritage:
Predict the impact of current
developments on the future.
Understand the importance of
religion, philosophy, and other major belief system in
history.
Learn about the mythology,
legends, values and beliefs of other people.
Develop location skills and
understandings.
Understand human interaction
with the environment.
Compare the cultural
development of eastern and western civilization to present day
society.