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· Grade 4
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· World Geography
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· US History: First Semester
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· US Government/Economics
· US Gov't/Econ: First Semester
· US Gov't/Econ: Second Semester

Introduction
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OCPS ACADEMIC STANDARDS
Social Studies - US Government/Economics

Basic Economic Elements

7.1 Allocate: Resource/Goods/Services
The learner will be able to examine the different economic systems used to allocate resources, goods and services and wealth in other countries around the world.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
People Analysis Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 1.1 Classroom
  
7.2 Governments: Size/Responsibilities
The learner will be able to compare the relative size and responsibilities of governments in different countries.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
People Analysis Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 1.2 Classroom
  
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Process Skills

8.1 Sources: Primary/Secondary
The learner will be able to identify, analyze, and interpret primary and secondary sources, such as artifacts, letters, photographs, art, documents, newspapers, and contemporary media (e.g., television, motion pictures, and computer-based technologies) that reflect events in United States government and politics.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Using Resources Knowledge Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 1.1 Classroom
  
8.2 Economic/Political: Issues
The learner will be able to interpret economic and political issues as expressed in maps, tables, diagrams, charts, political cartoons, and economic graphs.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Using Resources Comprehension Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 1.2 Classroom
  
8.3 Documentary: Propaganda/Fact
The learner will be able to make distinctions among propaganda, fact and opinion; evaluate cause and effect relationships; and draw conclusions in examining documentary sources.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Using Resources Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 1.3 Classroom
  
8.4 Enduring Issues: Discuss/Debate
The learner will be able to develop discussion, debate, and persuasive writing and speaking skills, focusing on enduring issues (e.g., individual rights versus the common good, and problems of intolerance toward cultural, ethnic, and religious groups).
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Using Resources Synthesis Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 1.4 Classroom
  
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Supply and Demand

62.1 Shortages/Surpluses: Causes
The learner will be able to explain what causes shortages and surpluses, including government imposed price floors and price ceilings; and determine the impact they have on prices and people's decisions to buy or sell.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 2.2 Classroom
  
62.2 Price/Nonprice: Marketplace/Goods
The learner will be able to determine how price and nonprice factors affect the demand and supply of goods and services available in the marketplace.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 2.1 Classroom
  
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Competition

63.1 Sellers/Buyers: Lower/Increase
The learner will be able to explain how competition among sellers lowers costs and prices while encouraging producers to produce more, and competition among buyers increases prices and allocates goods and services to those persons willing and able to pay higher prices.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 3.1 Classroom
  
63.2 Markets: People/Decisions
The learner will be able to explain how people's own self-interest helps markets make decisions.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 3.2 Classroom
  
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Economic Institutions

64.1 Institutions: Impact/Economy
The learner will be able to evaluate the impact of different institutions in a market economy (e.g., the legal system ensuring private property rights, banks matching savers with borrowers, and corporations allowing people to pool their incomes and provide future income through investing in stocks).
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economic Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 4.1 Classroom
  
64.2 Interest Groups: Goals/Promote
The learner will be able to describe how some institutions (e.g., labor unions, religious organizations, and not-for-profits) work to promote the goals of certain interest groups.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economic Knowledge Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 4.2 Classroom
  
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Money

65.1 Money: Benefit/Use
The learner will be able to explain how individuals, businesses and the overall economy benefit from using money.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 5.1 Classroom
  
65.2 Money Supply: Components/US
The learner will be able to determine the components of the money supply in the United States (e.g., currency, coins, and checking account deposits).
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 5.2 Classroom
  
65.3 Money: Functions/Examples
The learner will be able to identify the different functions of money and give examples of each.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Knowledge Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 5.3 Classroom
  
65.4 Value: Determined/Goods/Services
The learner will be able to explain how the value of money is determined by the goods and services it can buy.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 5.4 Classroom
  
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Interest Rates

66.1 Interest Rates: Compare/Current
The learner will be able to identify current interest rates on different kinds of savings instruments and loans, and compare those rates with current interest rates on credit cards.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Knowledge Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 6.1 Classroom
  
66.2 Interest/Inflation/Rates: Relation
The learner will be able to discuss the relationship between interest rates and inflation rates, and determine how changes in real interest rates impact people's decisions to borrow money and purchase goods.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Comprehension Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 6.2 Classroom
  
66.3 Interest Rates: Factors/Affect
The learner will be able to determine the factors affecting the differences in interest rates (e.g., new versus used car loans, home mortgages, and "good" versus "bad" credit ratings).
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 6.3 Classroom
  
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Entrepreneurs

67.1 Entrepreneur: Decisions/Affect
The learner will be able to identify an entrepreneur and describe how his/her decisions affect job opportunities for others.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Edonomics Knowledge Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 7.1 Classroom
  
67.2 Risk/Gains: Business/Product
The learner will be able to analyze the potential risks and potential gains of entrepreneurs opening new businesses or inventing a new product, and determine the nonfinancial incentives that motivate them, and the risks or disincentives they face.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Edonomics Analysis Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 7.2 Classroom
  
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Role of Government

68.1 Government: Poverty/Pollution
The learner will be able to explain the role that government has in dealing with issues, such as poverty, pollution, and medical research.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 8.1 Classroom
  
68.2 Programs: Cost/Benefits/Projects
The learner will be able to describe the costs and benefits of government assistance programs, education and other government-funded projects.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Knowledge Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 8.2 Classroom
  
68.3 Policies: Exceeded/Support/Project
The learner will be able to identify projects or programs where the cost of government policies may have exceeded the economic benefits received, and explain why government would continue supporting such projects.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 8.3 Classroom
  
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Conditions

69.1 GDP: Explain/Use/Output/Over Time
The learner will be able to explain what gross domestic product (GDP) is and how it can be used to describe economic output over time.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 9.1 Classroom
  
69.2 Compare: GDP/Countries
The learner will be able to compare the GDP per capita in the United States with the same data for other countries.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Analysis Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 9.2 Classroom
  
69.3 Impact: GDP/Growing/Declining
The learner will be able to describe the impact on the economy when GDP is growing or declining.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Knowledge Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 9.3 Classroom
  
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Inflation and Unemployment

70.1 Inflation/Unemployment: Impact
The learner will be able to define inflation and unemployment, and explain the impact they have on an economy.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Knowledge Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 10.1 Classroom
  
70.2 United States: Unemployment
The learner will be able to determine when the United States historically has faced high unemployment, high inflation, low unemployment, and low inflation; and identify the economic conditions that existed during those times.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 10.2 Classroom
  
70.3 Unemployment: Types/Differences
The learner will be able to give examples of the types of unemployment and analyze the differences among them.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Knowledge Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 10.3 Classroom
  
70.4 Inflation: Measured/Impact/Economy
The learner will be able to determine how inflation is measured and the impact it has on different sectors of the economy.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 10.4 Classroom
  
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Policy Change

71.1 Fiscal Policies: Examples/Adopted
The learner will be able to identify historical examples of fiscal policies, and explain why they were adopted.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Knowledge Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 11.1 Classroom
  
71.2 Deficits/Surpluses: Difference
The learner will be able to determine the differences between federal deficits and surpluses, and their impact on the economy.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 11.2 Classroom
  
71.3 Monetary Policy: Tools/Impact
The learner will be able to examine the tools of monetary policy and its impact on the economy.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Analysis Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 11.3 Classroom
  
71.4 Policies: Expansionary
The learner will be able to determine when the federal government and the Federal Reserve should use expansionary or contractionary policies.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Economics Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 11.4 Classroom
  
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Government as an Institution

72.1 Democracy: Development/Greece
The learner will be able to discuss the development of democracy in ancient Greece and Rome, the United Kingdom, and the American colonies.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Government Comprehension Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 3.1 Classroom
  
72.2 Contributions: Locke/Rousseau
The learner will be able to examine and interpret the contributions of Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Blackstone to contemporary political theory and governmental structure.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Government Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 3.2 Classroom
  
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Government Purpose

73.1 Life: Civic/Private
The learner will be able to distinguish between civic life (e.g., the public life of the citizen concerned with community and national affairs) and private life (e.g., the personal life of the individual devoted to the pursuit of private interests).
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Powers Analysis Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 4.1 Classroom
  
73.2 Authority: Sources/Functions/Power
The learner will be able to examine political authority, its sources and functions, and the difference between authority and power without authority.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Powers Evaluation Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 4.2 Classroom
  
73.3 Governments: Limited/Unlimited
The learner will be able to distinguish between and explain the essential characteristics of limited and unlimited governments, and identify historical and contemporary examples of each.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Powers Analysis Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 4.3 Classroom
  
73.4 Research: Formal/Institutions
The learner will be able to research examples of formal institutions with the authority to control and direct the behavior of those in a society (e.g., tribal councils, courts, monarchies, and democratic legislatures).
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Powers Application Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 4.4 Classroom
  
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Fundamental Concepts

75.1 Citizens: Equality/Law
The learner will be able to identify and explain the equality of all citizens under the law.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Government Knowledge Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 7.1 Classroom
  
75.2 Majority/Minority: Rules/Rights
The learner will be able to identify and explain the majority rule and minority rights.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Government Knowledge Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 7.2 Classroom
  
75.3 Individual: Worth/Dignity
The learner will be able to identify and explain the fundamental worth and dignity of the individual.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source Activities
Government Knowledge Master 1.0 OK: PASS Standard 7.3