Summarization
The following listed standards are in line with state national standards for Social Studies and Technology. The social studies content standards dictate the material that must be known for the advanced placement US History exam. The technology standards encourage innovation and creativity within the classroom meeting 21st century standards for the instructor and the student.
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Social Studies Standards |
Work, Exchange, and Technology (WXT – 8): Explain how and why the role of the federal government in regulating economic life and the environment has changed since the end of the nineteenth century.
Politics and Power (POL – 2): Explain how and why major party systems and political alignments arose and have changed from the early Republic through the end of the twentieth century. Politics and Power (POL – 4): Analyze how and why the New Deal, the Great Society, and the modern conservative movement al sought to change the federal government’s role in U.S. political, social, and economic life. Identity (ID-3): Analyze how U.S. involvement in international crises such as the Spanish – American War, World Wars I and II, the Great Depression, and the Cold War influenced public debates about American national identity in the twentieth century. Peopling (PEO – 7): Explain how and why debates over immigration to the United States have changed since the turn of the twentieth century. America in the World (WOR – 7): Analyze the goals of U.S. policymakers in major international conflicts, such as the Spanish – American War, World Wars I and II, and the Cold War, and explain how U.S. involvement in these conflicts have altered the U.S. role in world affairs. American in the World (WOR – 4): Explain how the U.S. involvement in global conflicts in the twentieth century set the stage for domestic social changes. Peopling (PEO – 3): Analyze the causes and effects of major internal migration patterns such as urbanization, suburbanization, westward expansion, and the Great Migration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. |
Technology Standards
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1 –Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
1a – Teachers promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness. 1b – Teachers engage students in exploring real – world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. 1c – Teachers promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes. 1d – Teachers model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face – to – face and virtual environments. 2 – Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments 2a – Teachers develop technology – enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress. 2b – Teachers develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress. 2c – Teachers customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, word strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources. 2d – Teachers provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching. 3 – Model Digital-Age Work and Learning 3a – Teachers demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations. 3b – Teachers collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation. 3c – Teachers communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats. 3d – Teachers model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning. 4 – Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility 4a – Teachers advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources. 4b – Teachers address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies and providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources. 4c – Teachers promote etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information. 4d – Teachers develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools. 5 – Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership 5a – Teachers participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning. 5b – Teaches exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others. 5c – Teachers evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning. 5d – Teachers contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self – renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community. |