Course Description
Individually and with others, students examine the origins, purposes, and impact of constitutions, laws, treaties, and international agreements.
Essential Standards
- Individually and with others, students examine the origins, purposes, and impact of constitutions, laws, treaties, and international agreements. (D2.Civ.3.6-8)
- Individually and with others, students explain how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals, businesses, and society. (D2.Eco.1.6-8)
- Individually and with others, students explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are connected to human identities and cultures. (D2.Geo.6.6-8)
- Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally). (RH.6-8.5)
- Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts). (RH.6-8.6)
- Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts. (RH.6-8.7)
- Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content. (WHST.6-8.1)