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HSS-6.7 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures during the development of Rome.

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Discuss the legacies of Roman art and architecture, technology and science, literature, language, and law.

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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”).

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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 how the American Revolution affected other nations, especially France.

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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 nation’s blend of civic republicanism, classical liberal principles, and English parliamentary traditions.

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Students analyze the multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War.

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HSS-8.10 Students analyze the multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War.

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Compare the conflicting interpretations of state and federal authority as emphasized in the speeches and writings of statesmen such as Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun.

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HSS-8.10 Students analyze the multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War.

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Trace the boundaries constituting the North and the South, the geographical differences between the two regions, and the differences between agrarians and industrialists.

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HSS-8.10 Students analyze the multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War.

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Identify the constitutional issues posed by the doctrine of nullification and secession and the earliest origins of that doctrine.