By the end of Grade 8, individually and with others, students will… D2.Eco.1.6-8. Explain how economic decisions affect the of individuals, businesses, and society. D2.Eco.2.6-8. Evaluate alternative approaches or solutions to current economic issues in terms of benefits and costs for different groups and society as a whole. D2.Eco.3.6-8. Explain the roles of buyers and sellers in product, labor, and financial markets. D2.Eco.4.6-8. Describe the role of competition in the determination of prices and wages in a market economy. D2.Eco.5.6-8. Explain ways in which money facilitates exchange by reducing transactional costs. D2.Eco.6.6-8. Explain how changes in supply and demand cause changes in prices and quantities of goods and services, labor, credit, and foreign currencies. D2.Eco.7.6-8. Analyze the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in a market economy. D2.Eco.8.6-8. Explain how external benefits and costs influence market outcomes. D2.Eco.9.6-8. Describe the roles of institutions such as corporations, non-profits, and labor unions in a market economy. D2.Eco.10.6-8. Explain the influence of changes in interest rates on borrowing and investing. D2.Eco.11.6-8. Use appropriate data to evaluate the state of employment, unemployment, inflation, total production, income, and economic growth in the economy. D2.Eco.12.6-8. Explain how inflation, deflation, and unemployment affect different groups. D2.Eco.13.6-8. Explain why standards of living increase as productivity improves. D2.Eco.14.6-8. Explain barriers to trade and how those barriers influence trade among nations. D2.Eco.15.6-8. Explain the benefits and the costs of trade policies to individuals, businesses, and society. APPLICATION CONNECTIONS TO THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS C3 Framework INDICATORS: Grades 6-8 GEOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS: SPATIAL VIEWS OF THE HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION: PLACE, REGIONS, AND CULTURE HUMAN POPULATION: SPATIAL PATTERNS AND MOVEMENTS GLOBAL INTERCONNECTIONS: CHANGING SPATIAL
Gathering and Evaluating Sources Individually and with others, students… D3.1.6-8. Gather relevant information from multiple sources while using the origin, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the sources to guide the selection. D3.2.6-8. Evaluate the credibility of a source by determining its relevance and intended use. Developing Claims and Using Evidence Individually and with others, students… D3.3.6-8. Identify evidence that draws information from multiple sources to support claims, noting evidentiary limitations. D3.4.6-8. Develop claims and counterclaims while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both. Whether students are constructing opinions, explanation, or arguments, they will gather information from a variety of sources and evaluate the relevance of that information. In this section, students are asked to work with the sources that they gather and/or are provided for them. It is important for students to use online and print sources, and they need to be mindful that not all sources are relevant to their task. They also need to understand that there are general Common Core literacy skills, such as identifying an author’s purpose, main idea, and point of view, that will help in evaluating the usefulness of a source. This subsection focuses on argumentation. In contrast to opinions and explanations, argumentation involves the ability to understand the source-to-evidence relationship. That relationship emphasizes the development of claims and counterclaims and the purposeful selection of evidence in support of those claims and counterclaims. Students will learn to develop claims using evidence, but their initial claims will often be tentative and probing. As students delve deeper into the available sources, they construct more sophisticated claims and counterclaims that draw on evidence from multiple sources. Whether those claims are implicitly or explicitly stated in student products, they will reflect the evidence students have selected from the sources they have consulted. C3 Framework INDICATORS: Grades 6-8 C3 INDICATORS DESCRIPTION APPLICATION CONNECTIONS TO THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
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