What does a student learn in StateVermont,GradeGrade 12,SubjectSocial Studies?

Develop compelling and supporting questions and plan inquiries that promote sustained investigation of social studies topics.

Apply civics, economics, geography, and history concepts and tools to investigate compelling and supporting questions.

Evaluate the credibility of primary and secondary sources and use evidence to develop and support claims.

Communicate conclusions through writing, speaking, and other media, and take informed action on issues at the school, community, state, or national level.

Understand the structures and functions of civic and political institutions at the local, state, federal, and international levels.

Apply civic virtues and democratic principles to participation in school, community, and political life.

Apply civic processes, rules, and laws to current public issues and decision-making.

Analyze how scarcity, incentives, and trade-offs shape personal and policy decisions.

Analyze how markets, prices, and competition allocate resources in a free-market economy.

Analyze how government, central banks, and the global economy influence economic outcomes.

Apply principles of personal financial literacy, including saving, spending, credit, and investing.

Use maps, photographs, and geographic information to investigate places, regions, and human-environment interactions.

Analyze how physical environments shape and are shaped by human activity, including in Vermont's working landscapes.

Analyze patterns of human movement, settlement, and cultural diffusion across regions.

Analyze change, continuity, and context across historical eras and across regions of the world.

Analyze multiple perspectives on historical events and the ways those perspectives have shaped understanding.

Evaluate historical sources and use evidence to develop and support historical claims.

Analyze causes and consequences of historical events and construct arguments using historical evidence.