Social studies · 2018 framework
Lessons
- 01Defend a civic claim using credible sources and different perspectivesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 02Compare government labels with authority and citizens’ actual rolesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 03Explain why people, products and ideas move through networksExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 04Trace Hindu and Buddhist traditions through travel and local adaptationExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 05Trace Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities with historical evidenceExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 06Compare economic data sets without confusing association and causeExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 07Evaluate present and future consequences from several perspectivesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 08Connect production decisions, regional specialization and tradeExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 09Use market schedules to explain price and production pressuresExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 10Compare goods and services using total cost and quality evidenceExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 11Use geographic tools and coordinates to answer a defined questionExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 12Classify and compare regions using explicit geographic criteriaExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 13Explain how environments and human activities affect one anotherExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 14Use multiple-tier timelines to compare historical intervalsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 15Compare early Egypt and Mesopotamia through material and written evidenceExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 16Compare Indus cities and Shang China using different kinds of evidenceExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
Social studies · 2026 framework
Lessons
- 01Order events across the B.C./A.D. and B.C.E./C.E. boundary, and explain how maps and globes reflect the perspective of the people who make themExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 02Explain how advances in transportation, communication and technology by Eastern Hemisphere civilizations influenced global cultures and remain evident todayExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 03Explain how different productive resources lead regions to specialize and trade in global markets, increasing goods and creating interdependenceExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 04Compare citizens' rights and responsibilities under democracies, dictatorships, monarchies and theocracies, and test whether a government functions the way its category saysExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 05Compare the governments, economies, social structures, religions, technologies and farming of early India, Egypt, China and Mesopotamia, and use their practices and products to help understand the Eastern Hemisphere todayExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 06Collect and interpret information from multiple sources about a public issue, evaluate each source for bias and credibility, and consume and communicate only accurate informationExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 07Use data on landforms, climate, population, economics and culture to determine regions within the Eastern Hemisphere, and explain how changing the criterion changes the regionExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
- 08Trace how trade routes connecting Africa, Europe and Asia helped spread ideas, technology, goods and five major world religions, and explain their impact on the Eastern HemisphereExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers