Instruction Set: Common Core Achieve Instructor Resource Guide, Common Core Achieve Module Textbook Social Studies, Common Core Achieve Exercise Book Social Studies The Common Core Achieve: Social Studies program does not only teach students the conceptual, procedural, and problem solving skills they need to succeed on the high school equivalency test. This program also teaches important skills related to test taking, 21 st Century Skills, and Workplace Skills. These skills appear in the print Core Subject Module and are supplemented by additional content in the Instructor Resource Guide. Copyright 2015 McGraw Hill Education Social Studies Standards Content Topic Government and Civics Chapter 1 Government Week 1 Types of modern and historical governments SSP.3 1.1.a. Types of Government Autocracy Dictatorship Oligarchy Democracy 1.1.b. Documents That Influenced American Democracy The Declaration of Independence The Virginia Declaration of Rights The Magna Carta The U.S. Constitution Preamble Articles Amendments American Constitutional Democracy. SSP.2, SSP.10 1.2.a. The Need for a Constitution 1.2.b. A Nation Built on Compromise 1.2.c. Amending the Constitution The Bill of Rights The Amendment Process
Structure of American Government SSP.2, SSP.10 1.3.a. The Three Branches of Government The Executive Branch The Legislative Branch The Judicial Branch 1.3.b. The Power of State Government 1.3.c. The Structure of State Government Chapter 1 Review Write About Social Studies: Expository Essay SSP.1, SSP.9 Chapter 2 Civics Week 1 Individual Rights and Responsibilities SSP.3, SSP.5 2.1.a. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties First Amendment Other Amendment 2.1.b. Civil Rights for African Americans Separate But Equal Warren Court Civil Rights Act 2.1.c. Women s Rights Nineteenth Amendment Women Push for More Rights Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections SSP.3, SSP.6 2.2.a. American Political Parties Two Party System Functions of Political Parties Independents 2.2.b. Political Campaigns and Elections Presidential Elections The Campaign Trail 2.2.c. The Influence of Interest Groups Working for Issues (Interest Groups) Lobbying Lawmakers (Lobbyists) Contemporary Public Policy SSP.1, SSP.7 2.3.a. What is Contemporary Public Policy? Rules and Guidelines Types of Public Policy
2.3.b. How National Policy is Made Policy Making Process 2.3.c. Influences on Public Policy Interest Groups Special Interest Groups Public Interest Groups Economic Interest Groups Regulating Interest Groups Lobbyists Chapter 2 Review Write About Social Studies: Sequencing SSP.9 Content Topic United States History Chapter 3 American History: Revolutionary War Through Civil War Week 2 American Revolution SSP.2, SSP.3 3.1.a. English Colonies in America Pilgrims Puritans 3.1.b. The American Revolution Stamp Act Boston Massacre Boston Tea Party The Continental Congress The Second Continental Congress 3.1.c. The Confederation Period Articles of Confederation Great Compromise A New Nation SSP.3, SSP. 8 3.2.a. The Growth of a Nation A New President European and Native American Troubles The Louisiana Purchase 3.2.b. War of 1812 Declaration of War Outcome of War
3.2.c. Manifest Destiny Westward Expansion Removing Native Americans Civil War and Reconstruction SSP.5, SSP.7 3.3.a. Slavery in the United States Political Changes Labor in the South Economic Changes Abolition Movement 3.3.b. Civil War Battles Begin The End of War The Two Sides Compared European Settlement and Population of the Americas SSP.1 3.4.a. The Growth of Immigration 3.4.b. Life in America The Social Classes The Challenges of Cities 3.4.c. Discrimination Against Immigrants Chapter 3 Review Write About Social Studies: Cause and Effect Essay SSP.3, SSP.6, SSP.9 Chapter 4 American History: World War I Through Modern Times Week 2 World War I SSP.1, SSP.3 4.1.a. The United States Becomes a World Power 4.1.b. World War I Tensions in Europe United States Response to War Steps to War The Home Front The Battlefield 4.1.c. After the War Wilson s Peace Plan The Paris Peace Conference World War II SSP.2, SSP. 4, SSP.5 4.2.a. The Rise of Dictators Fascism in Italy
Hitler s Germany War in Europe 4.2.b. World War II The United States Enters the War Fighting the Axis Powers The Holocaust War in the Pacific Peace Agreements Japanese Internment The Cold War SSP. 4, SSP.5, SSP.5 4.3.a. A Broken Alliance Different Goals The United Nations 4.3.b. The West Responds to Communism Truman s Containment Policy The Berlin Wall 4.3.c. Communism Outside of Europe The Cuban Revolution The Cuban Missile Crisis The Vietnam War Societal Changes SSP.4, SSP.6 4.4.a. The Great Society The War on Poverty Civil Rights The Vietnam War 4.4.b. The Nixon Administration The Watergate Scandal 4.4.c. Communism in China and the Soviet Union Foreign Policy in the 21 st Century SSP.6, SSP.7 4.5.a. Terrorism in the United States The Attacks of 9/11 The Iraq War The Election of 2008 Chapter 4 Review Write About Social Studies Identifying Propaganda SSP.1, SSP.4, SSP. 5, SSP.6, SSP.7, SSP.9
Content Topic Economics Chapter 5 Fundamentals of Economics Week 3 Markets, Monopolies, and Competition SSP.1, SSP.8 5.1.a. Markets Exchanges Between Buyers and Sellers Market Economy 5.1.b. Competition Competitive Markets The Number of Buyers and Sellers in the Industry Whether Products Are Identical or Unique The Degree to Which Individual Firms Control the Price The Amount of Information Available to Producers and Consumers The Ease of Entry and Exit from the Industry The Role of Government 5.1.c. Monopolies Characteristics of Monopolies Antitrust Acts The Factors of Production SSP.1, SSP.3 5.2.a. Scarcity and Choice Value and Scarcity Making Choices The Four Factors of Production 5.2.b. Natural and Human Resources Natural Resources Human Resources 5.2.c. Capital and Entrepreneurship Capital Entrepreneurship Profits and Productivity SSP.6, SSP.10 5.3.a. Risks and Profits Taking Risks Controlling Expenses 5.3.b. Productivity and Profits Productivity Production Costs 5.3.c. Incentives and Risk Taking
Incentives in a Market Economy Incentive in a Traditional Economy Incentive in Business Specialization and Comparative Advantage SSP.3, SSP.7, SSP. 10 5.4.a. Specialization Focusing on a Few Goods and Services Absolute Advantage 5.4.b. Comparative Advantage Low Opportunity Cost How Comparative Advantage Works Advantage of Specializing 5.4.c. Interdependence Chapter 5 Review Write About Social Studies Process Essay SSP.3, SSP.9 Chapter 6 Microeconomics and Macroeconomics Week 3 Microeconomics SSP.6, SSP.10, SSP.11 6.1.a. Market Influences 6.1.b. Laws of Supply and Demand Demand Schedule Profit Motive Supply Schedule 6.1.c. Market Equilibrium Macroeconomics and Government Policy SSP.6, SSP.10 6.2.a. Federal Revenue and Expenditures Revenue Expenditures 6.2.b. Federal Fiscal and Monetary Policies Fiscal Policies Tariffs Subsidies and Other Spending Regulations Market Failures Monetary Policies Macroeconomics, the GDP, and Price Fluctuation SSP.6, SSP.10 6.3.a. Gross Domestic Product Calculating GDP Limits of GDP
6.3.b. Inflation and Deflation Inflation and GDP 6.3.c. Unemployment Causes and Effects of Unemployment Chapter 6 Review Write About Social Studies Compare and Contrast Essay SSP.2, SSP.3, SSP.8, SSP.9 Chapter 7 Economics and History Week 4 Major Economic Events SSP.5, SSP.6 7.1.a. Booms and Busts The Roaring Twenties 7.1.b. The Great Depression Life During the Depression 7.1.c. The Government Responds Roosevelt s New Deal The Relationship Between Politics and Economics SSP.1, SSP.3, SSP.8 7.2.a. Political and Economic Freedom Government Influence Economic Stimulus 7.2.b. The Politics of Imperialism New Markets Foreign Markets 7.2.c. The Economics of War Destruction Unstable Governments The Scientific and Industrial Revolutions SSP.3, SSP.4 7.3.a. The Scientific Revolution 7.3.b. The Industrial Revolution The Factory System 7.3.c. The Rise of Cities The New Middle Class Chapter 7 Review Write About Social Studies Persuasive Essay SSP.1, SSP.2, SSP.9 Chapter 8 Consumer Credit Week 4 Savings and Banking SSP.3, SSP.4 8.1.a. Banks Keeping Money Safe
Transferring funds Loaning Money 8.1.b. Types of Banks 8.1.c. Personal Banking Checking Accounts Savings Accounts Types of Credit SSP.3, SSP.7 8.2.a. Credit Types of Credit Installment Loans Secured Loans Credit Score 8.2.b. Comparing Types of Credit Consumer Credit Laws SSP. 4, SSP.5 8.3.a. Consumer Credit Protections The Truth in Lending Act The Consumer Credit Protection Act The Fair Credit Reporting Act The Equal Credit Opportunity Act The Fair Credit Billing Act 8.3.b. Recent Credit Protections The Fair Credit and Charge Card Disclosure Act Credit CARD Act 8.3.c. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Chapter 8 Review Write About Social Studies Evaluating Data SSP.6, SSP.10 Content Topic Geography and the World Chapter 9 Societal Development Week 5 Development of Ancient Civilizations SSP.1, SSP.3, SSP.7 9.1.a. Ancient North Africa and the Indian Subcontinent Egyptian Civilization and Agriculture Egyptian Religion and Culture Civilizations on the Indian Subcontinent Aryan Invasion 9.1.b. Early Chinese Civilizations
Agriculture and Chinese Civilization The First Chinese Dynasties The Zhou Dynasty and the Mandate of Heaven The Family in China Early Writing in China 9.1.c. Ancient Greece and Rome Greece and the Rise of City States Sparta and Athens The Roman Republic Nationhood and Statehood SSP.5, SSP.6, SSP.8, SSP.10 9.2.a. Boundaries and Borders Physical Boundaries Physical Boundaries and Borders in the United States Relationships Between Physical and Political Boundaries 9.2.b. Geometric Borders Lines of Latitude and Longitude Political Decisions and Geometric Borders 9.2.c. The Creation of Borders The First Borders Borders and Conflict Borders and Cooperation Human Activity and the Environment SSP.1, SSP.2, SSP.3 9.3.a. Population Growth and Economic Development A Developing World Natural Resources Carrying Capacity 9.3.b. Global Warming and Climate Change 9.3.c. Sustainability Chapter 9 Review Write About Social Studies Descriptive Essay SSP.1, SSP.2, SSP.9 Chapter 10 Borders Between People and Nations Week 5 Concepts of Region and Place SSP.6, SSP.10 10.1.a. Earth s Structure and Regions Regions Defined by Resources Cultural Regions Ecosystems Weather and Climate
Natural and Cultural Diversity SSP.1, SSP.7 10.2.a. Physical Diversity Climate 10.2.b. Cultural Diversity 10.2.c. Landforms and Human Settlement Population Trends and Issues SSP.6, SSP.10, SSP.11 10.3.a. Demography Statistics Population Information 10.3.b. Migration and Population 10.3.c. Urban Growth Chapter 10 Review Write About Social Studies Presenting an Argument Essay SSP.1, SSP.2, SSP.9 Instructor/EMT Resources: Goal Setting Chart Individual Student Learning Plan Class Tracking Chart Extended Response Editing Checklist Writing Rubric Graphic Organizers Notes: Information on the GED tests is based on the Assessment Guide for Educators, GED Testing Service.
Key Terms/Vocabulary DOK Level 2 DOK Level 3 Test Words Week 1 Week 1 Democracy Analyze Executive branch Judicial branch Legislative branch Week 1 Amendment Autocracy Dictatorship Oligarchy Relevant Determine House of Representatives Senate Civil liberties Civil rights Segregation Suffrage Independents Interest group Lobbyist Political party Domestic Issues Public policy Week 2 Colony Charter Boycott Minutemen Land grant Louisiana Purchase Manifest Destiny Abolitionists Sectional Slave codes Nativists Pull factors Federalism Separation of powers Bicameral Referendum Veto Persevere Symbol Accountable Week 2 Unicameral Occupy Territory Surrender Triangular trade Tenements Settlement houses Social class Alliance Revolution Depression Internment Propaganda Point of view Synthesize Bias Conclude Week2 Declaration Sequence Occupy Persuasive language Negotiate Media Conduct Outcome Week 3 Inference Strategy Interdependence Median Contrast
Push factors Imperialism League of Nations Militarism Nationalism Fascism Isolationism Totalitarian government Marshall Plan NATO Truman Doctrine Détente Great Society Poverty line Containment Refugee Impeach Scandal Embassy Insurgents Week 3 Competition Monopoly Entrepreneurship Scarce Incentive Productivity Integrate Week4 Humanitarian Innovation Rationale Judge Liability Week 5 Coincide Deplete Foreign policy Militants Terrorism Week 3 Goods Service Market Capital Labor Natural resources Depreciation Market economy Net income Absolute advantage Comparative advantage Opportunity cost Specialization Fiscal policy Monetary policies Efficient Demand curve Law of demand Market equilibrium Supply and demand Supply curve Expenditures Subsidy Gross domestic product (GDP) Unemployment rate Week 4 Business cycle Recession Laissez faire Annexation Urbanization Scientific method Infer Displaced
Tariff Cyclical Deflation Inflation Week 4 Expansion Great depression Standard of living Stimulus Open Door Policy Industrialized nations Foreign aid Scientific revolution Industrial revolution Cottage industry Deposit Interest Reserve Credit Default Consumer Credit Protection Act Credit CARD Act Equal Credit Opportunity Act Truth in Lending Act Week 5 Civilization Consuls Dynasty Meridians Parallels Nonrenewable Renewable Sustainability Commercial bank Credit union Credit score Installment loan Secured loan Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Week 5 Castes Mandate Polis Geometric boundary Physical boundary Political boundary Climate change Greenhouse effect Carbon dioxide Ecosystem Density Landform Mortality rate Outlying
Culture Isthmus Plain Plateau Continent Diversity Multicultural Demography Population Migration
Vocabulary Assessments Vocabulary Assessments can be accessed at www.vocabtest.com. Students will create a user account. Once an account is created, students will be given the Test ID number of the assessment that corresponds with lessons of the same week. This assessment can be done during class time or during their tutor sessions. Assessments will also be on paper. Social Studies Vocabulary Assessment Ch.1-2 (TID 209528) Social Studies Vocabulary Assessment Ch. 3-4 (TID 209534) Social Studies Vocabulary Assessment Ch. 5-6 (TID 209539) Social Studies Vocabulary Assessment Ch. 7-8 (TID 209752) Social Studies Vocabulary Assessment Ch. 9-10 (TID 209756) *There are several ways that students can practice their weekly vocabulary aside from an assessment. These include: Learning Definitions Spelling Practice Play VocaBuzz! Crosswords Word Search Reverse Definitions Flash Cards Copyright 2002-2014 UBSchooled, LLC
Social Studies Practice Tests Students will be given the Social Studies Pretest pgs. 1 10 and Posttest pgs. 288 300 in the Common Core Achieve: Mastering Essential Test Readiness Skills for High School Equivalency Exams Social Studies. 2015 McGraw Hill Education Pretest 40 Multiple Choice Questions Posttest 60 Multiple Choice Questions