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OHIO SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS


K-12 Social Studies Benchmarks

By the end of the 9-10 program:

Government
  1. Analyze the evolution of the Constitution through post-Reconstruction amendments and Supreme Court decisions.
  2. Analyze the differences among various forms of government to determine how power is acquired and used.
Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
  1. Analyze ways people achieve governmental change, including political action, social protest and revolution.
  2. Explain how individual rights are relative, not absolute, and describe the balance between individual rights, the rights of others, and the common good.
Social Studies Skills and Methods
  1. A. Evaluate the reliability and credibility of sources.
  2. Use data and evidence to support or refute a thesis.
Grade 9

Government

Systems of Government
  1. Explain how various systems of governments acquire, use and justify their power.
  2. Analyze the purposes, structures and functions of various systems of government including:
    1. Absolute monarchies;
    2. Constitutional monarchies;
    3. Parliamentary democracies;
    4. Presidential democracies;
    5. Dictatorships;
    6. Theocracies.
Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
Participation

  1. Analyze and evaluate the influence of various forms of citizen action on public policy including:
    1. The French Revolution;
    2. The international movement to abolish the slave trade and slavery;
    3. The Russian Revolution;
    4. The independence movement in India;
    5. The fall of communism in Europe
    6. The end of apartheid.
  2. Describe and compare opportunities for citizen participation under different systems of government including:
    1. Absolute monarchies;
    2. Constitutional monarchies;
    3. Parliamentary democracies;
    4. Presidential democracies;
    5. Dictatorships;
    6. Theocracies.
  3. Analyze how governments and other groups have used propaganda to influence public opinion and behavior.
Grade 10

Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

Participation
  1. Describe the ways in which government policy has been shaped and set by the influence of political parties, interest groups, lobbyists, the media and public opinion with emphasis on:
    1. Extension of suffrage;
    2. Labor legislation;
    3. Civil rights legislation;
    4. Military policy;
    5. Environmental legislation;
    6. Business regulation;
    7. Educational policy.
  2. Explain how civil disobedience differs from other forms of dissent and evaluate its application and consequences including:
    1. Women's suffrage movement of the late 1800s;
    2. Civil rights movement of the 1960s;
    3. Student protests during the Vietnam War.

    3. Rights and Responsibilities

  3. Explain the considerations and criteria commonly used in determining what limits should be placed on specific rights including:
    1. Clear and present danger;
    2. Compelling government interest;
    3. National security;
    4. Libel or slander;
    5. Public safety;
    6. Equal opportunity.
  4. Analyze instances in which the rights of individuals were restricted including:
    1. Conscientious objectors in World War I;
    2. Immigrants during the Red Scare;
    3. Intellectuals and artists during the McCarthy Era;
    4. African-Americans during the civil rights movement.
K-12 Social Studies Benchmarks

By the end of the 11-12 program:

Government
  1. Evaluate, take and defend positions about issues concerning the alignment of the characteristics of American democracy with realities in the United States today.
  2. Explain how the U.S. Constitution has evolved including its philosophical foundations, amendments and court interpretations.
  3. Analyze how citizens participate in the election process in the United States
Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
  1. Evaluate various means for citizens to take action on a particular issue.
  2. Explain how the exercise of a citizen's rights and responsibilities helps to strengthen a democracy.
Social Studies Skills and Methods
  1. Obtain and evaluate information from public records and other resources related to a public policy issue.
  2. Critique data and information to determine the adequacy of support for conclusions.
  3. Develop a research project that identifies the various perspectives on an issue and explain a resolution of that issue.
  4. Work in groups to analyze an issue and make decisions.