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WHG Era 4- Hemispheric Interactions, 300 to 1500 C.E./A.D.

(4.1.1) Crisis in the Classical World
(4.1.2) World Religions
(4.1.3) Trade Networks and Contacts
(4.2.1) Growth of Islam and Dar al-Islam
(4.2.2) Unification of Eurasia under the Mongols
(4.2.3) The Plague
(4.3.1) Africa to 1500
(4.3.2) The Americas to 1500
(4.3.3) China to 1500
(4.3.4) The Eastern European System and the Byzantine Empire to 150
(4.3.5) Western Europe to 1500

WHG Era 5 - The Emergence of the First Global Age, 15th to 18th Centuries

(5.1.1) Emerging Global System
(5.1.2) World Religions
(5.2.1) European Exploration/Conquest & Columbian Exchange
(5.2.2) Trans-African & Trans-Atlantic Slave Systems
(5.3.1) Ottoman Empire Through the 18th Century
(5.3.2) East Asia Through the 18th Century
(5.3.3) South Asia/India Through the 18th Century
(5.3.4) Russia Through the 18th Century
(5.3.5) Europe Through the 18th Century
(5.3.6) Latin America Through the 18th Century

WHG Era 6 - An Age of Global Revolutions, 18th Century-1914

(6.1.1) Global Revolutions
(6.1.2) World-wide Migrations & Population Changes
(6.1.3) Increasing Global Interconnections
(6.1.4) Changes in Economic & Political Systems
(6.1.5) Interpreting Europe's Increasing Global Power
(6.2.1) Political Revolutions
(6.2.2) Growth of Nationalism & Nation States
(6.2.3) Industrialization
(6.2.4) Imperialism
(6.3.1) Europe
(6.3.2) East Asia Through the 18th Century
(6.3.3) East Asia Through the 18th Century

WHG Era 7 - Global Crisis and Achievement, 1900-1945

(7.1.1) Increasing Government & Political Power
(7.1.2) Comparative Global Power
(7.1.3) Twentieth Century Genocide
(7.1.4) Global Technology
(7.1.5) Total War
(7.2.1) World War I
(7.2.2) Inter-war Period
(7.2.3) World War II
(7.2.4) Revolutionary and/or Independence Movements
(7.3.1) Russian Revolution
(7.3.2) Europe & Rise of Fascism & Totalitarian States
(7.3.3) Asia
(7.3.4) The Americas, 1900-1945
(7.3.5) Middle East

WHG Era 8 - The Cold War and Its Aftermath: The 20th Century Since 1945

(8.1.1) Origins of the Cold War
(8.1.2) Cold War Conflicts
(8.1.3) End of the Cold War
(8.1.4) Mapping the 20th Century
(8.2.1) The Legacy of Imperialism
(8.2.2) Independence, Decolonzation, & Democratization Movements

USHG Era 6 - The Development of an Industrial, Urban, & Global United States (1870 -1930)

(6.1.1) Factors in the American Industrial Revolution
(6.1.2) Labor's Response to Industrial Growth
(6.1.3) Urbanization
(6.1.4) Population Changes
(6.1.5) A Case Study of American Industrialism
(6.2.1) Growth of U.S. Global Power
(6.2.2) WWI
(6.2.3) Domestic Impact of WWI
(6.2.4) Wilson & His Opponents
(6.3.1) Social Issues
(6.3.2) Causes & Consequences of Progressive Reform
(6.3.3) Women's Suffrage

USHG Era 7 - The Great Depression & World War II (1920 -1945)

(7.1.1) The Twenties
(7.1.2) Causes & Consequences of the Great Depression
(7.1.3) The New Deal
(7.2.1) Causes of WWII
(7.2.2) U.S. & the Course of WWII
(7.2.3) Impact of WWII on American Life
(7.2.4) Responses to Genocide

USHG Era 8 - Post-World War II United States (1945 -1989)

(8.1.1) Origins & Beginnings of Cold War
(8.1.2) Foreign Policy During the Cold War
(8.1.3) End of the Cold War
(8.2.1) Demographic Changes
(8.2.2) Policy Concerning Domestic Issues
(8.2.3) Comparing Domestic Policies
(8.2.4) Domestic Conflicts & Tensions
(8.3.1) Civil Rights Movement
(8.3.2) Ideals of the Civil Rights Movement
(8.3.3) Women's Rights
(8.3.4) Civil rights accomplishments
(8.3.5) Tensions & Reactions to Poverty & Civil Rights

USHG Era 9 - America in a Global Age

(9.1.1) Economic Changes
(9.1.2) Transformation of American Politics
(9.2.1) U.S. in the Post-Cold War World
(9.2.2) 9/11 and Responses to Terrorism
(9.3.1) Policy Debates

C 1 - Conceptual Foundations of Civic & Political Life

(1.1.1) Roles of the Citizen
(1.1.2) Concepts of Governing
(1.1.3) Need for Government
(1.2.1) Forms of Government
(1.2.2) Constitutions: Uses & Purposes
(1.2.3) Systems of Government
(1.2.4) Democracy

C 2 - Origins & Foundations of Government of the United States of America

(2.1.1) Origins of America's Constitution
(2.1.2) Constitutional Ratification
(2.1.3) Principles of American Government
(2.1.4) The Changing Constitution
(2.2.1) Constitutional Values
(2.2.2) Constitutional Ideals & Realities
(2.2.3) Values in Conflict
(2.2.4) Ideals in Important Documents
(2.2.5) Ideals vs. Specifics

C 3 - Structure & Function of Government in the United States of America

(3.1.1) Article I
(3.1.2) Article II
(3.1.3) Article III
(3.1.4) Independent Regulatory Agencies
(3.1.5) Conflict Between the Three Branches
(3.1.6) Federal Government Revenue
(3.1.7) Enumerated vs. Reserved Powers
(3.2.1) Limits on Government's Power
(3.2.2) "The Supreme Law of the Land"
(3.2.3) Constitutional Limits of Power
(3.2.4) Bill of Rights
(3.2.5) Amendments & Government Power
(3.3.1) Limits of State Powers
(3.3.2) Reserved & Concurrent Powers
(3.3.3) Tensions Between Levels of Government
(3.3.4) State & Local Government Organization
(3.3.5) Monitoring State & Local Governments
(3.3.6) State & Local Government Revenue
(3.3.7) State Constitutions
(3.4.1) Rule of Law
(3.4.2) Corruption & Crime
(3.4.3) Equal Protection Under Law
(3.4.4) Denial of Individual Rights
(3.4.5) The Court System
(3.5.1) Influencing the Public Agenda
(3.5.2) Origins of Political Parties
(3.5.3) Associations in American Politics
(3.5.4) Public Opinion
(3.5.5) Evaluate Public Opinion
(3.5.6) Campaigns & Elections
(3.5.7) The Media
(3.5.8) Current Issues
(3.5.9) Analyze Media

C 4 - The United States of America & World Affairs

(4.1.1) Major Foreign Policy Positions
(4.1.2) Making Foreign Policy
(4.1.3) Implementing Foreign Policy
(4.1.4) Historical Foreign Policy
(4.2.1) Differing Political Interactions
(4.2.2) America's International Influences
(4.2.3) International Influences on the U.S.
(4.2.4) International Organizations
(4.2.5) International Agreements
(4.2.6) Impact of American Political Values

C 5 - Citizenship in the United States of America

(5.1.1) The Meaning of Citizenship
(5.1.2) Comparing Rights
(5.2.1) Types of Citizenship
(5.2.2) Legal & Illegal Immigration
(5.2.3) Criteria for Citizenship
(5.3.1) Personal Rights
(5.3.2) Political Rights
(5.3.3) Economic Rights
(5.3.4) Relationship Between Rights
(5.3.5) Limits on Rights
(5.3.6) First Amendment Rights
(5.3.7) Rights of the Accused
(5.3.8) Fourteenth Amendment
(5.3.9) Limits
(5.4.1) Personal & Civic Responsibilities
(5.4.2) Civic Responsibilities
(5.4.3) Importance of Responsibilities
(5.5.1) Dispositions of Citizenship
(5.5.2) Encouraging Citizen Involvement
(5.5.3) Developing Members of Society

C 6 - Citizenship in Action

(6.1.1) Viewpoints on Issues
(6.1.2) Locating Evidence
(6.1.3) Developing Criteria
(6.1.4) Addressing Issues
(6.1.5) Making Persuasive Arguments
(6.2.1) Collective vs. Individual
(6.2.2) Political & Social Participation
(6.2.3) Situations for Political Participation
(6.2.4) Election Participation
(6.2.5) Citizen Movements
(6.2.6) Civil Disobedience
(6.2.7) Service Participation
(6.2.8) Leadership Characteristics
(6.2.9) Constitutional Democracy
(6.2.10) Participate in Hearings
(6.2.11) Identifying Needs

E 1 - The Market Economy

(1.1.1) Scarcity, Choice Opportunity Costs, & Comparative Advantage
(1.1.2) Entrepreneurship
(1.2.1) Business Structures
(1.2.2) Price in the Market
(1.2.3) Investment, Productivity and Growth
(1.3.1) Law of Supply
(1.3.2) Law of Demand
(1.3.3) Price, Equilibrium, Elasticity, & Incentives
(1.4.1) Public Policy & the Market
(1.4.2) Government & Consumers
(1.4.3) Government Revenue and Services
(1.4.4) Functions of Government
(1.4.5) Economic Incentives and Government

E 4 - Personal Finance

(4.1.1) Scarcity and Opportunity Costs
(4.1.2) Marginal Benefit and Cost
(4.1.3) Personal Finance Strategy
(4.1.4) Key Components of Personal Finance
(4.1.5) Personal Decisions
(4.1.6) Risk Management Plan

E 3 - International Economy

(3.1.1) Major Economic Systems
(3.1.2) Developing Nations
(3.1.3) International Organizations and the World Economy
(3.1.4) GDP and Standard of Living
(3.1.5) Comparing Economic Systems
(3.1.6) Impact of Transitional Economies
(3.2.1) Absolute and Comparative Advantage
(3.2.2) Domestic Activity and World Trade
(3.2.3) Exchange Rates and the World Trade
(3.2.4) Monetary Policy and International Trade
(3.2.5) The Global Economy and the Marketplace

E 2 - The National Economy

(2.1.1) Income
(2.1.2) Circular Flow and the National Economy
(2.1.3) Financial Institutions and Money Supply
(2.1.4) Money Supply, Inflation, and Recession
(2.1.5) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Economic Growth
(2.1.6) Unemployment
(2.1.7) Economic Indicators
(2.1.8) Relationship Between Expenditures and Revenue (Circular Flow)
(2.1.9) American Economy in the World
(2.2.1) Federal Government and Macroeconomic Goals
(2.2.2) Macroeconomic Policy Alternatives
(2.2.3) Fiscal Policy and its Consequences
(2.2.4) Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy
(2.2.5) Government Revenue and Services

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