An Introduction to Ohio's
Social Studies
Academic Content Standards
BENCHMARKS
Benchmarks
History
Students use materials drawn from the diversity of human experience to analyze
and interpret significant events, patterns and themes in the history of Ohio,
the United States and the world.
People in Societies
Students use knowledge of perspectives, practices and products of cultural,
ethnic and social groups to analyze the impact of their commonality and
diversity within local, national, regional and global settings.
Geography
Students use
knowledge of geographic locations, patterns and processes to show the
interrelationship between the physical environment and human activity, and to
explain the interactions that occur in an increasingly interdependent world.
Economics
Students use economic reasoning skills and knowledge of major economic concepts,
issues and systems in order to make informed choices as producers, consumers,
savers, investors, workers and citizens in an interdependent world.
Government
Students use knowledge of the purposes, structures and processes of political
systems at the local, state, national and international levels to understand
that people create systems of government as structures of power and authority to
provide order, maintain stability and promote the general welfare.
Citizenship Rights and
Responsibilities
Students use knowledge of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in
order to examine and evaluate civic ideals and to participate in community life
and the American democratic system.
Social Studies Skills and
Methods
Students collect, organize, evaluate and synthesize information from multiple
sources to draw logical conclusions. Students communicate this information using
appropriate social studies terminology in oral, written or multimedia form and
apply what they have learned to societal issues in simulated or real-world
settings.
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