NC+SCOS

Standards

SOCIAL STUDIES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
 * ~ Competency Goal 7 ||~ The learner will investigate how and why individuals and groups make economic choices. ||
 * || **Objectives**
 * 7.01** Describe the basic factors of production such as land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial skills and their impact on economic activities.
 * 7.02** Explain how scarcity influences producers and consumers to make choices.
 * 7.03** Compare examples of tradeoffs and opportunity costs of economic choices.
 * 7.04** Analyze the impact on economic activities of specialization, division of labor, consumption and production increases.
 * 7.05** Explain the impact of investment on human, capital, productive, and natural resources.
 * 7.06** Compare and contrast how different economic systems address key economic factors. ||
 * ~ Competency Goal 4 ||~ The learner will critically interpret and evaluate experiences, literature, language, and ideas. ||
 * || **4.01** Interpret a real-world event in a way that: * makes generalizations about the event supported by specific references.
 * reflects on observation and shows how the event affected the current viewpoint.
 * distinguishes fact from fiction and recognizes personal bias.
 * 4.02** Analyze thematic connections among literary works by: * showing an understanding of cultural context.
 * using specific references from texts to show how a theme is universal.
 * examining how elements such as irony and symbolism impact theme.
 * 4.03** Analyze the ideas of others by identifying the ways in which writers: * introduce and develop a main idea.
 * choose and incorporate significant, supporting, relevant details.
 * relate the structure/organization to the ideas.
 * use effective word choice as a basis for coherence.
 * achieve a sense of completeness and closure.
 * 4.04** Evaluate the information, explanations, or ideas of others by: * identifying clear, reasonable criteria for evaluation.
 * applying those criteria using reasoning and substantiation..
 * 4.05** Demonstrate the ability to read, listen to and view a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print critical texts appropriate to grade level and course literary focus, by: * selecting, monitoring, and modifying as necessary reading strategies appropriate to readers' purpose.
 * identifying and analyzing text components (such as organizational structures, story elements, organizational features) and evaluating their impact on the text.
 * providing textual evidence to support understanding of and reader's response to text.
 * demonstrating comprehension of main idea and supporting details.
 * summarizing key events and/or points from text.
 * making inferences, predicting, and drawing conclusions based on text.
 * identifying and analyzing personal, social, historical or cultural influences, contexts, or biases.
 * making connections between works, self and related topics.
 * analyzing and evaluating the effects of author's craft and style.
 * analyzing and evaluating the connections or relationships between and among ideas, concepts, characters and/or experiences.
 * identifying and analyzing elements of critical environment found in text in light of purpose, audience, and context. ||