Based on Maine's Learning Results Outcomes. The unit aligns well with several MLR Standards, as follows. It correlates well with other State Standards as well, and provides a foundation for evaluating and refining this curriculum to local or state needs.

Guiding Principles: All six of Maine's mandated principles are addressed within this curriculum.

• clear and effective communicators
• self-directed, life-long learners
• creative and practical problem solvers
• responsible and involved citizens
• collaborative, quality workers
• integrated and informed thinkers

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Social Studies: Secondary Content Standards and Performance Indicators

Civics & Government

A. Rights, Responsibilities, and Participation: Students will understand the rights and responsibilities of civic life and will employ the skills of effective civic participation. Students will be able to:

2. Assess the reasons why participation of an attentive, knowledgeable, and competent citizenry is important to constitutional democracy, using examples from personal or historical experience.

3. Describe the circumstances under which civil disobedience might be justified.

C. Fundamental Principles of Government and Constitutions: Students will understand the constitutional principles and the democratic foundations of the political institutions of the United States. Students will be able to:

6. Evaluate, take, and defend positions on current issues regarding judicial protection and individual rights.

D. International Relations: Students will understand the political relationships among the United States and other nations. Students will be able to:

4. Evaluate the benefits and difficulties of international cooperation, using specific examples.

Economics

D. International Trade and Global Interdependence: Students will understand the patterns and results of international trade. Students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate the competitive advantages and potential conflicts with democratic foundations when a nation can produce a product at a lower cost than its trading partner.

English Language Arts

D. Informational Texts: Students will apply reading, listening, and viewing strategies to informational texts across all areas of curriculum. Students will be able to:

3. Use discussions with peers as a way of understanding information.

6. Explain how new information from a text changes personal knowledge.

E. Processes of Writing and Speaking: Students will demonstrate the ability to use these skills: they will be able to:

4. Evaluate the remarks and oral presentations of others to find the key ideas, and react and respond in an adroit manner.

H. Research-related Writing and Speaking: Students will work, write, and speak effectively when doing research in all content areas. Students will be able to:

4. Identify and use library information services.

7. Identify and use a variety of news sources, informants, and other likely sources for research purposes.

8. Use search engines and other Internet resources to do research

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