New Standards
English Language Arts
Reading E1a, E1c
Writing E2a
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing E3b
Conventions, Grammar and Usage E4a
Applied Learning
Information Tools and Techniques A3a, A3b
Tools and Techniques for Working with Others A5a

Social Studies Standards
II. Time, Continuity and Change
2.1 Demonstrate that different scholars may describe the same event or situation in different ways but must provide reasons or evidence for their view
2.2 Identify and use key concepts such as chronology, causality, change and conflict to analyze and show connections among patterns of historical change and continuity.
2.3 Identify and describe selected historical periods and patterns of change within and across cultures.
2.4 Identify and use processes important to reconstructing and reinterpreting the past while searching for causality.
2.5 Develop critical sensitivities towards attitudes and behaviors of people in different historical contexts.

III. People, Places and Environments
3.3 Use appropriate resources to generate, manipulate and interpret information from materials such as atlases, charts, graphs and maps
3.8 Examine, interpret, and analyze physical and cultural patterns and their interactions, such as land use, settlement patterns, cultural transmission of customs and ideas, and ecosystem changes.
3.9 Describe ways historical events have been influenced by, and have influenced natural and manmade geographic factors in local, regional, natural and global settings.

IV. Individual Development and Identity
4.7 Work independently and cooperatively to accomplish goals.

VI. Power, Authority, and Governance
6.4 Describe the ways nations and organizations respond to forces of unity and diversity affecting order and security

VII. Production, Distribution and Consumption
7.9 Use economic concepts to help explain historical and current developments and issues in local, national, or global contexts

VIII. Science, Technology and Society
8.1 Examine and describe the influence of culture on scientific and technological choices and advancement, such as in transportation, medicine and warfare

IX. Global Connections
9.1 Describe instance in which language, art, music, belief systems and other cultural elements can facilitate global understanding or cause misunderstanding.
9.2 Explain examples of international trade and interdependence among groups, societies and nations.
9.3 Describe and analyze the effects of changing technologies on the global community