AASD Goals for K-12 Social Studies

• Develop a chronological sense of time, continuity and change and awareness of geographic place
• Recognize that history and culture influence a society
• Discern cause and effect relationships
• Understand reasons for conflicting ideas and to develop possible resolutions
• Adopt a wider perspective
• Interpret visually-oriented content
• Recognize the rights and responsibilities of individuals and of society
• Analyze and evaluate information/data
• Accept democratic beliefs
• Develop an awareness of current affairs
• Recognize facts and vocabulary pertinent to the grade and/or discipline