| Galena City School District | ||
| Standards and Skills | ||
| SS.09 | Social Studies - Grade 9 | |
| SS.09.01 | compare the structure and function of the 3 branches of government. | |
| SS.09.01.01 | - diagram the three part structure of the federal government. | |
| SS.09.01.02 | - diagram and explain the function of each branch of government. | |
| SS.09.01.03 | - identify examples of tasks of members of the cabinet. | |
| SS.09.01.04 | - identify examples of role of the federal judiciary. | |
| SS.09.01.05 | - identify examples of the role of both House and Senate. | |
| SS.09.01.06 | - contrast how the different branches of government would address an issue. | |
| SS.09.02 | compare American democracy to other types of government. | |
| SS.09.02.01 | - list, define, and identify primary principles of American democracy. | |
| SS.09.02.02 | - identify examples of majority rule, checks and balances, jury trial, judicial precedent. | |
| SS.09.02.03 | - define, identify examples of direct democracy. | |
| SS.09.02.04 | - define, identify examples of dictatorships. | |
| SS.09.02.05 | - define, identify examples of oligarchy. | |
| SS.09.02.06 | - define, identify examples of monarchy. | |
| SS.09.02.07 | - define, identify examples of constitutional monarchy. | |
| SS.09.02.08 | - classify types of government found in ancient societies. | |
| SS.09.03 | identify, analyze, and summarize the Documents of Freedom. | |
| SS.09.03.01 | - read the Constitution including Bill of Rights. | |
| SS.09.03.02 | - read and place on a timeline the Amendments. | |
| SS.09.03.03 | - read the Declaration of Independence. | |
| SS.09.03.04 | - read the Gettysburg Address. | |
| SS.09.03.05 | - read the Emancipation Proclamation. | |
| SS.09.03.06 | - evaluate the political, economic, and social effects of the Amendments. | |
| SS.09.03.07 | - identify excerpts from the Documents of Freedom. | |
| SS.09.04 | analyze economic information. | |
| SS.09.04.01 | - analyze economic data presented in graphs, charts, maps and records. | |
| SS.09.04.02 | - evaluate economic statistics (measures of central tendency). | |
| SS.09.04.03 | - analyze economic trends presented on line graphs, bar graphs, and scattergrams. | |
| SS.09.05 | analyze international trade issues. | |
| SS.09.05.01 | - define: trade balance, duty, import, export, favored nation status, trade agreement. | |
| SS.09.05.02 | - define: cash crop, VAT, NAFTA, EU, quotas, price supports, protectionism. | |
| SS.09.06 | explain the significance of key economic indicators. | |
| SS.09.06.01 | - trace patterns of economic growth and decline. | |
| SS.09.06.02 | - define: recession, depression, bubble, inflation, deflation, bull and bear market. | |
| SS.09.06.03 | - define: productivity, CPI, GDP, unemployment rate, savings rate, new housing starts. | |
| SS.09.07 | analyze the functioning of a free market economy. | |
| SS.09.07.01 | - apply concepts relating to a free market economy. | |
| SS.09.07.02 | - identify agricultural and industrial production. | |
| SS.09.07.03 | - analyze effect of changes in the distribution infrastructure. | |
| SS.09.07.04 | - tell how employment rate can affect consumption. | |
| SS.09.07.05 | - analyze process diagrams of the Production/Consumption/Distribution model. | |
| SS.09.07.06 | - differentiate the roles of owners, management, and labor. | |
| SS.09.07.07 | - define and identify examples of labor unions. | |
| SS.09.07.08 | - define: trade union, white collar, blue collar, wages, benefits, contract negotiations. | |
| SS.09.07.09 | - trace the development of the labor movement from the 19-21st centuries. | |
| SS.09.07.10 | - analyze the role of competition in a free enterprise economy. | |
| SS.09.07.11 | - identify examples of monopoly, cartel, price fixing, unfair trade practice. | |
| SS.09.08 | identify the infrastructure required for the functioning of a free economy. | |
| SS.09.08.01 | - analyze how changes in transportation technology have affected the economy. | |
| SS.09.08.02 | - analyze how changes in transportation infrastructure can help or hurt the economy. | |
| SS.09.08.03 | - trace changes in transportation technology from ancient to modern times. | |
| SS.09.09 | apply global geographic facts. | |
| SS.09.09.01 | - locate and name the continents, their major rivers, mountain ranges, and geographic features. | |
| SS.09.09.02 | - locate major geographic features (e.g.) San Andreas Fault, Gobi Desert etc. | |
| SS.09.09.03 | - describe the geographic features and climates of each continent. | |
| SS.09.09.04 | - locate and describe planetary zones and markers (e.g. Arctic Circle, Tropics of Cancer). | |
| SS.09.09.05 | - local and describe global regions. | |
| SS.09.09.06 | - identify the countries found in each global region. | |
| SS.09.09.07 | - identify the climate found in global regions. | |
| SS.09.09.08 | - identify the topographical features and rivers found in global regions. | |
| SS.09.10 | apply advanced map skills. | |
| SS.09.10.01 | - evaluate and apply information found on economic product maps. | |
| SS.09.10.02 | - evaluate and apply information found on road maps. | |
| SS.09.10.03 | - evaluate and apply information found on demographic. | |
| SS.09.10.04 | - evaluate and apply information found on climate maps. | |
| SS.09.10.05 | - evaluate and apply information found on topographic maps. | |
| SS.09.10.06 | - compare functional uses of different kinds of maps. | |
| SS.09.10.07 | - identify examples of uses of each kind of map. | |
| SS.09.10.08 | - compare information from two kinds of maps to develop a conclusion. | |
| SS.09.11 | define, describe, and compare regions of the United States. | |
| SS.09.11.01 | - label regions of the United States on a unmarked map. | |
| SS.09.11.02 | - identify the states of a region. | |
| SS.09.11.03 | - describe the climate of regions | |
| SS.09.11.04 | - describe the major industries of regions. | |
| SS.09.11.05 | - identify major cities of a region. | |
| SS.09.12 | apply information skills to historical investigation. | |
| SS.09.12.01 | - analyze timelines, graphs, maps, charts and lists, archeological site reports. | |
| SS.09.12.02 | - analyze primary sources: photographs, diaries, letters, inventories, political cartoons. | |
| SS.09.12.03 | - synthesize information from several kinds of sources. | |
| SS.09.12.04 | - synthesize information to develop hypotheses about history, change, and continuity. | |
| SS.09.13 | trace the development of aviation and space flight. | |
| SS.09.13.01 | - place on a timeline the accomplishments of pioneers of aviation and space. | |
| SS.09.13.02 | - analyze the relationship between aviation accomplishment and concurrent events. | |
| SS.09.13.03 | - analyze the relationship between aviation accomplishments and science discovery. | |
| SS.09.14 | analyze the major events and people of American history. | |
| SS.09.14.01 | - place on a timeline the major wars fought by the United States. | |
| SS.09.14.02 | - describe the presidents, generals, battles, political issues associated with each war. | |
| SS.09.14.03 | - identify the economic, political, and constitutional ramifications of each war. | |
| SS.09.14.04 | - analyze how different wars have affected life in the USA today. | |
| SS.09.15 | trace the history of the labor movement in the United States. | |
| SS.09.15.01 | - describe how working conditions have changed from colonial times to the present. | |
| SS.09.15.02 | - analyze changes in pay, safety, work week, rights of workers over time. | |
| SS.09.15.03 | - place on a timeline landmarks of labor legislation with labor and political leaders. | |
| SS.09.16 | analyze European feudal society. | |
| SS.09.16.01 | - describe feudal society and tell how it functioned. | |
| SS.09.16.02 | - analyze the role of serfs, nobles, cleric in feudal society. | |
| SS.09.16.03 | - describe the role of manor and monastery in feudal society. | |
| SS.09.16.04 | - describe the role of merchants and artisans in the late middle ages. | |
| SS.09.16.05 | - identify modern countries where feudal society appeared in the middle ages. | |
| SS.09.16.06 | - place the middle ages on a timeline of the history of Europe. | |
| SS.09.17 | identify and describe major periods in the history of Western Culture. | |
| SS.09.17.01 | - identify and place on a timeline major historical periods of Western culture from 2000 B.C. | |
| SS.09.17.02 | - name the peoples, cultures, leaders, inventions, and historical events associated with each period. | |
| SS.09.17.03 | - place on a timeline the famous political, philosophical, and religious leaders of each period. | |
| SS.09.17.04 | - match the names and accomplishments of famous leaders of the West. | |
| SS.09.17.05 | - associate famous leaders with concurrent events and philosophies. | |
| SS.09.17.06 | - identify artifacts and art from major periods of western history. | |
| SS.09.17.07 | - identify the contributions to modern culture of Greeks, Romans, Egyptians. | |
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