Academic Knowledge and Skills
High School Social Studies
United States History - Eleventh Grade
Abbreviated Academic Knowledge and Skills
Academic Skills
1. (HSGT, QCC)
Use cardinal and intermediate directions to determine relative location
Use cardinal and intermediate directions to determine relative location2. (HSGT, QCC)Use a grid system (letter/number, latitude/longitude) to determine absolute location
Use a grid system (letter/number, latitude/longitude) to determine absolute location3. (QCC) Identify and distinguish between cultural and natural features of the Earth
Identify and distinguish between cultural and natural features of the Earth4. (HSGT, QCC)Analyze symbols and keys to acquire information from resource, product, historic,
Analyze symbols and keys to acquire information from resource, product, historic, physical, political and economic maps5. (HSGT, QCC)Use map scales to determine distance
Use map scales to determine distance6. (HSGT, QCC)Identify issues and/or problems
Identify issues and/or problems7. (HSGT, QCC)Compare similarities and differences
Compare similarities and differences8. (HSGT, QCC)Formulate appropriate research questions
Formulate appropriate research questions9. (HSGT, QCC)Identify social studies reference resources to use for a specific purpose
Identify social studies reference resources to use for a specific purpose10. (HSGT, QCC) Read for analysis of main idea, detail, sequence of events and cause and effect in a
social studies context11. (HSGT, QCC)Identify and interpret primary and secondary sources
Identify and interpret primary and secondary sources12. (HSGT, QCC)Analyze graphs and diagrams
Analyze graphs and diagrams13. (HSGT, QCC)Analyze charts and tables
Analyze charts and tables14. (HSGT, QCC)Interpret timelines
Interpret timelines15. Interpret political cartoons
Interpret political cartoons16. (HSGT, QCC)Distinguish between fact and opinion
Distinguish between fact and opinion17. (HSGT, QCC)Determine the adequacy and/or relevancy of information
Determine the adequacy and/or relevancy of information18. (HSGT, QCC)Check for consistency of information
Check for consistency of information19. (HSGT, QCC)Draw conclusions and make generalizations
Draw conclusions and make generalizations20. (HSGT, QCC)Compute differences in time zones
Compute differences in time zones21. (HSGT, QCC)Translate dates into centuries
Translate dates into centuriesAcademic Knowledge Fall Semester
22. (HSGT, QCC)Identify cultures which inhabited the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans; determine how geography affected their development, and describe their significant accomplishments
Identify cultures which inhabited the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans; determine how geography affected their development, and describe their significant accomplishments23. (HSGT, QCC)Examine life in the early Spanish, French, Dutch, and English colonies, and how these colonies reflect and differ from their mother countries
Examine life in the early Spanish, French, Dutch, and English colonies, and how these colonies reflect and differ from their mother countries24. (HSGT, QCC)Describe the differences which developed between the New England, the Middle, and the Southern colonies
Describe the differences which developed between the New England, the Middle, and the Southern colonies25. (HSGT, QCC)Determine how the concept of limited government originated in England and developed in the American colonies
Determine how the concept of limited government originated in England and developed in the American colonies26. (HSGT, QCC)Analyze the causes and the immediate and long-range results of the American Revolution
Analyze the causes and the immediate and long-range results of the American Revolution27. (HSGT, QCC)Analyze the development of the American Constitutional government, and explain how it has been an outgrowth of the Enlightenment and the Age of Revolutions
Analyze the development of the American Constitutional government, and explain how it has been an outgrowth of the Enlightenment and the Age of Revolutions28. (HSGT, QCC)Examine the major political, social, cultural, and economic issues faced by the United States in its formative years
Examine the major political, social, cultural, and economic issues faced by the United States in its formative years29. (HSGT, QCC)Examine the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Examine the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution30. (HSGT, QCC)Determine the causes of the rise of Jacksonian Democracy, and how the United States was changed by it
Determine the causes of the rise of Jacksonian Democracy, and how the United States was changed by it31. (HSGT, QCC)Identify the major factors and events which lead to the continental growth of the United States in the 19th Century
Identify the major factors and events which lead to the continental growth of the United States in the 19th Century32. (HSGT, QCC)Describe the events, trends, and conditions which led to the development of sectionalism in the United States prior to 1861
Describe the events, trends, and conditions which led to the development of sectionalism in the United States prior to 186133. Assess the advantages and disadvantages of the North and the South in the American Civil War, their military strategies and the significance of the major battles of the war
34. (HSGT, QCC)Evaluate the short and long term effects of the Civil War on the politics, economics, and society of the United States
Evaluate the short and long term effects of the Civil War on the politics, economics, and society of the United StatesAcademic Knowledge Spring Semester
35. (HSGT, QCC)Examine the conditions which led to urbanization, and how this movement affected lifestyles then and now
Examine the conditions which led to urbanization, and how this movement affected lifestyles then and now36. (HSGT, QCC)Describe ways in which the major reform movements prior to World War I impacted the world
Describe ways in which the major reform movements prior to World War I impacted the world37. (HSGT, QCC)Examine the ways business and technology changed society after the American Civil War
Examine the ways business and technology changed society after the American Civil War38. (HSGT, QCC)Describe the relationships between Imperialism and Nationalism at the turn of the century
Describe the relationships between Imperialism and Nationalism at the turn of the century39. (HSGT, QCC)Determine how the advent of technology and ideas in science and the humanities influenced the thought and life patterns of people in the post-war world
Determine how the advent of technology and ideas in science and the humanities influenced the thought and life patterns of people in the post-war world40. (HSGT, QCC)Analyze the major themes of American political and economic life during the 1920s
Analyze the major themes of American political and economic life during the 1920s41. (HSGT, QCC)Determine the causes of the Great Depression and the impact it had on the United States and the rest of the world
Determine the causes of the Great Depression and the impact it had on the United States and the rest of the world42. (HSGT, QCC)Explain the steps taken to alleviate the Great Depression
Explain the steps taken to alleviate the Great Depression43. (HSGT, QCC)Cite examples of conditions on the homefront during World War II
Cite examples of conditions on the homefront during World War II44. (HSGT, QCC)Determine the repercussions of the struggle between the super powers during the Cold War
Determine the repercussions of the struggle between the super powers during the Cold War45. (HSGT, QCC)Identify the dominant themes in American domestic affairs since 1945
Identify the dominant themes in American domestic affairs since 194546. (HSGT, QCC)Analyze the effects of minority groups actively seeking political and economic equality
Analyze the effects of minority groups actively seeking political and economic equality47. (HSGT, QCC)Examine trends which are impacting the United States and the world as the twentieth century ends
Examine trends which are impacting the United States and the world as the twentieth century ends