Standards
STATE GOAL 14: Understand political systems, with an emphasis on the United States.
- 14.C.2 Describe and evaluate why rights and responsi¬bilities are important to the individual, family, community, workplace, state and nation (e.g., voting, protection under the law).
- 14.F.2 Identify consistencies and incon¬sistencies between expressed United States political traditions and ideas and actual practices (e.g., freedom of speech, right to bear arms, slavery, voting rights).
STATE GOAL 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States.
- 15.A.2c Describe unemployment.
STATE GOAL 16: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States and other nations.
- Standard 16.A.2c Ask questions and seek answers by collecting and analyzing data from historic documents, images and other literary and non-literary sources.
STATE GOAL 17: Understand world geography and the effects of geography on society, with an emphasis on the United States.
- 17.A.2b Use maps and other geographic representations and instruments to gather information about people, places and environments.
Working on Teams: Learn and contribute productively as individuals and as members of groups.
Using Technology: Use appropriate instruments, electronic equipment, computers and networks to access information, process ideas and communicate results.