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Home | Elementary School | Middle School | High School | SLCs/Academies/Magnets Bill of Rights in Action (BRIA) aligned with HSS StandardsGrade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12| Principles of EconomicsGrade Ten — World History, Culture, and Geography: The Modern World10.1 Students relate the moral and ethical principles in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, in Judaism, and in Christianity to the development of Western political thought. BRIA 22.4 — Making a Just Society 10.2 Students compare and contrast the Glorious Revolution of England, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution and their enduring effects worldwide on the political expectations for self-government and individual liberty. BRIA 27:1 10.3 Students analyze the effects of the Industrial Revolution in England, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States. 10.4 Students analyze patterns of global change in the era of New Imperialism in at least two of the following regions or countries: Africa, Southeast Asia, China, India, Latin America, and the Philippines. BRIA 21.2 — American Interventions 10.5 Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War. BRIA 26:4 10.6 Students analyze the effects of the First World War. BRIA 25.3 — Revolution and Change 10.7 Students analyze the rise of totalitarian governments after World War I. BRIA 26:4 10.8 Students analyze the causes and consequences of World War II. 10.9 Students analyze the international developments in the post-World World War II world. BRIA 24.1 — Reform 10.10 Students analyze instances of nation-building in the contemporary world in at least two of the following regions or countries: the Middle East, Africa, Mexico and other parts of Latin America, and China. BRIA 21.2 — American Interventions 10.11 Students analyze the integration of countries into the world economy and the information, technological, and communications revolutions (e.g., television, satellites, computers). Grade Eleven — United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century11.1 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence. BRIA 27:1 11.2 Students analyze the relationship among the rise of industrialization, large-scale rural-to-urban migration, and massive immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe. BRIA 24.1 — Reform 11.3 Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral, social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty. 11.4 Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century. BRIA 24.4 — Reform and Change 11.5 Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural developments of the 1920s. BRIA 24.4 — Reform and Change 11.6 Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government. BRIA 26:3 11.7 Students analyze America's participation in World War II. 11.8 Students analyze the economic boom and social transformation of post-World War II America. BRIA 23.2 — Rights Reconsidered 11.9 Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II. 11.10 Students analyze the development of federal civil rights and voting rights. 11.11 Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society. BRIA 26:3 Grade Twelve — Principles of American Democracy12.1 Students explain the fundamental principles and moral values of American democracy as expressed in the U.S. Constitution and other essential documents of American democracy. BRIA 27.1 12.2 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on the scope and limits of rights and obligations as democratic citizens, the relationships among them, and how they are secured. BRIA 24.4 — Reform and Change 12.3 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on what the fundamental values and principles of civil society are (i.e., the autonomous sphere of voluntary personal, social, and economic relations that are not part of government), their interdependence, and the meaning and importance of those values and principles for a free society. 12.4 Students analyze the unique roles and responsibilities of the three branches of government as established by the U.S. Constitution. BRIA 25.2 — Building Democracy 12.5 Students summarize landmark U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution and its amendments. BRIA 22.3 — The Rule of Law in Dangerous Times 12.6 Students evaluate issues regarding campaigns for national, state, and local elective offices. 12.7 Students analyze and compare the powers and procedures of the national, state, tribal, and local governments. BRIA 22.4 — Making a Just Society 12.8 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on the influence of the media on American political life. BRIA 23.1 — Free Markets and Antitrust Law 12.9 Students analyze the origins, characteristics, and development of different political systems across time, with emphasis on the quest for political democracy, its advances, and its obstacles. BRIA 26:4 12.10 Students formulate questions about and defend their analyses of tensions within our constitutional democracy and the importance of maintaining a balance between the following concepts: majority rule and individual rights; liberty and equality; state and national authority in a federal system; civil disobedience and the rule of law; freedom of the press and the right to a fair trial; the relationship of religion and government. Principles of Economics12.1 Students understand common economic terms and concepts and economic reasoning. BRIA 23.4 — Intellectual Property 12.2 Students analyze the elements of America's market economy in a global setting. BRIA 26:3 12.3 Students analyze the influence of the federal government on the American economy. BRIA 26:3 12.4 Students analyze the elements of the U.S. labor market in a global setting. 12.5 Students analyze the aggregate economic behavior of the U.S. economy. 12.6 Students analyze issues of international trade and explain how the U.S. economy affects, and is affected by, economic forces beyond the United States's borders. |
