Essential understandings for social studies
#1 Explains cause and effect relationships: rubric
#2 Uses historical evidence to formulate positions about the past and presen: rubric
#3 Identifies and explains major periods in the past and the role they play in understanding the present: rubric
#4 Demonstrates the relationship between geography and human activity: rubric
#5 Explains the role participatory citizenship plays in the modern world and its connection to civil rights: rubric
#6 Explains the relationship between people and authority in different types of government in the present and the past: rubric
#7 Demonstrates the relationship between economic principles and human activity: rubric
Other useful rubrics