NYSED LEARNING STANDARDS

Social Studies Standard 1: History of the United States and New York
Social Studies Standard 2: World History
Social Studies Standard 3: Geography
Social Studies Standard 4: Economics
English Language Arts Standard 1 Reading, Speaking & Writing for Information and Understanding
English Language Arts Standard 3 Reading, Speaking, & Writing for Critical Analysis and Evaluation

SOCIAL STUDIES CORE CURRICULUM

Global History and Geography Methodology

• B. Geography
• C. Economics

Unit 4: The First Global Age (1450-1770)

• E. The Encounter Between Europeans and the Peoples of Africa, the Americas and Asia
• Grade 10 Global History and Geography

Global History and Geography Unit 5 An Age of Revolution (1750 - 1770)

• G. Economic and Social Revolutions

United States History and Government Unit 1: Geography

• The physical and cultural setting of the Americas
• role and influence of geography on historical and cultural developments

SKILLS

Thinking Skills – Evaluating sources, drawing inferences and making conclusions
Research and Writing Skills – Synthesizing and evaluating information
Sequencing and Chronology Skills – Understanding the concepts of time, continuity, and change, sequencing major events on a timeline
Maps and Globe Skills – Interpreting and analyzing different kinds of maps
Graph and Image Analysis Skills – Drawing Conclusions

CONCEPTS

Change
Choice Culture
Diversity
Empathy
Environment and Societies
Human Systems
Identity
Movement of People and Goods
Place and Regions
Power
Uses of Geography