(D) identify how selected symbols, customs, and celebrations
reflect an American love of individualism, inventiveness, and freedom.
(12) Culture. The student understands ethnic and/or
cultural celebrations. The student is expected to:
(A) identify the significance of various ethnic and/or
cultural celebrations; and
(B) compare ethnic and/or cultural celebrations.
(13) Science, technology, and society. The student
understands how science and technology have affected life, past and
present. The student is expected to:
(A) describe how science and technology have affected
communication, transportation, and recreation; and
(B) explain how science and technology have affected
the ways in which people meet basic needs.
(14) Science, technology, and society. The student
identifies individuals who exhibited individualism and inventiveness.
The student is expected to identify individuals who have exhibited
individualism and inventiveness such as Amelia Earhart and George
Washington Carver.
(15) Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking
skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of
valid sources, including technology. The student is expected to:
(A) gather information about a topic using a variety
of valid oral and visual sources such as interviews, music, pictures,
maps, and artifacts; and
(B) interpret oral, visual, and print material by sequencing,
categorizing, identifying the main idea, predicting, comparing, and
contrasting.
(16) Social studies skills. The student communicates
in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:
(A) describe the order of events by using designations
of time periods such as historical and present times;
(B) apply vocabulary related to chronology, including
past, present, and future;
(C) create and interpret timelines for events in the
past and present;
(D) use social studies terminology correctly;
(E) express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences;
and
(F) create written and visual material such as stories,
maps, and graphic organizers to express ideas.
(17) Social studies skills. The student uses problem-solving
and decision-making skills, working independently and with others.
The student is expected to use problem-solving and decision-making
processes to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider
options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement
a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution.
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