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HSS-7.9 Students analyze the historical developments of the Reformation.

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Describe the theological, political, and economic ideas of the major figures during the Reformation (e.g., Desiderius Erasmus, Martin Luther, John Calvin, William Tyndale).

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HSS-7.9 Students analyze the historical developments of the Reformation.

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Explain Protestants’ new practices of church self-government and the influence of those practices on the development of democratic practices and ideas of federalism.

Overarching Standard:
HSS-7.9 Students analyze the historical developments of the Reformation.

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Identify and locate the European regions that remained Catholic and those that became Protestant and explain how the division affected the distribution of religions in the New World.

Overarching Standard:
HSS-7.9 Students analyze the historical developments of the Reformation.

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Analyze how the Counter-Reformation revitalized the Catholic church and the forces that fostered the movement (e.g., St. Ignatius of Loyola and the Jesuits, the Council of Trent).

Overarching Standard:
HSS-7.9 Students analyze the historical developments of the Reformation.

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Understand the institution and impact of missionaries on Christianity and the diffusion of Christianity from Europe to other parts of the world in the medieval and early modern periods; locate missions on a world map.

Overarching Standard:
HSS-7.9 Students analyze the historical developments of the Reformation.

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Describe the Golden Age of cooperation between Jews and Muslims in medieval Spain that promoted creativity in art, literature, and science, including how that cooperation was terminated by the religious persecution of individuals and groups (e.g., the Spanish Inquisition and the expulsion of Jews and Muslims from Spain in 1492).

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Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

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HSS-8.1 Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

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Describe the relationship between the moral and political ideas of the Great Awakening and the development of revolutionary fervor.

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HSS-8.1 Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

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Analyze the philosophy of government expressed in the Declaration of Independence, with an emphasis on government as a means of securing individual rights (e.g., key phrases such as “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights”).

Overarching Standard:
HSS-8.1 Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

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Analyze how the American Revolution affected other nations, especially France.