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[|Social Studies Standards] - Follow this link directly to the Idaho State Department of Education Content Standards website.
6-9.GEH.1.8.1 Describe the civilizations of the Eastern Hemisphere prior to European contact, such as Muslim civilization, China, Japan, and sub-Sahara Africa 6-9.GEH.1.8.2 Examine the impact of Europeans on indigenous cultures in the Eastern Hemisphere 6-9.GEH.1.8.3 Identify various colonial powers in the Eastern Hemisphere 6-9.GEH.1.8.4 Recognize historical perspective by identifying the context in which events occurred. 6-9.GEH.1.8.5 Describe the historical origins, central beliefs, and spread of major religions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism 6-9.GEH.1.8.6 Examine multiple points of view by analyzing a current event relating to Africa or Asia. 6-9.GEH.2.1.1 Explain and use the components of maps, compare different map projections, and explain the appropriate uses for each 6-9.GEH.2.1.2 Apply latitude and longitude to locate places on Earth and describe the uses of locational technology, such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems 6-9.GEH.2.1.3 Use mental maps to answer geographic questions and to analyze how they reflect an individual’s attitude toward places 6-9.GEH.2.1.4 Analyze visual and mathematical data presented in charts, tables, graphs, maps, and other graphic organizers to assist in interpreting a historical event. 6-9.GEH.2.2.1 Explain how Earth/sun relationships, ocean currents, and winds influence climate differences on Earth. 6-9.GEH.2.2.2 Locate and map the climate regions of the Eastern Hemisphere. Describe the characteristics of each and explain how they differ. 6-9.GEH.2.2.3 Identify major biomes and explain ways in which the natural environment of places in the Eastern Hemisphere relates to their climate. 6-9.GEH.2.2.4 Explain how physical processes have shaped Earth’s surface. Classify these processes according to those that have built up Earth’s surface (mountain-building and alluvial deposition) and those that wear away at Earth’s surface 6-9.GEH.2.3.2 Describe major physical characteristics of regions in the Eastern Hemisphere. 6-9.GEH.2.3.3 Compare major cultural characteristics of regions in the Eastern Hemisphere. 6-9.GEH.2.4.1 Use maps, charts, and graphs to compare rural and urban populations in selected countries in the Eastern Hemisphere. 6-9.GEH.2.4.2 Compare and contrast cultural patterns in the Eastern Hemisphere, such as language, religion, and ethnicity. 6-9.GEH.2.4.3 Analyze the locations of the major manufacturing and agricultural regions of the Eastern Hemisphere. 6-9.GEH.2.5.1 Analyze the distribution of natural resources in the Eastern Hemisphere. || || 6-9.GEH.2.5.2 Analyze and give examples of the consequences of human impact on the physical environment and evaluate ways in which technology influences human capacity to modify the physical environment. 6-9.GEH.2.5.3 Give examples of how both natural and technological hazards have impacted the physical environment and human populations in specific areas of the Eastern Hemisphere. 6-9.GEH.2.5.4 Give examples of how land and water forms, climate, and natural vegetation have influenced historical trends and developments in the Eastern Hemisphere. 6-9.GEH.2.5.5 Identify contrasting perspectives of environmental issues that affect the Eastern Hemisphere. 6-9.GEH.2.5.6 Explain how human-induced changes in the physical environment in one place cause changes in another place, such as acid rain, air and water pollution, deforestation. 6-9.GEH.3.2.1 Describe how different economic systems in the Eastern Hemisphere answer the basic economic questions on what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce. 6-9.GEH.3.2.2 Compare the standard of living of various countries of the Eastern Hemisphere today using Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita as an indicator. 6-9.GEH.3.2.3 Analyze current economic issues in the countries of the Eastern Hemisphere using a variety of information resources. 6-9.GEH.3.2.4 Identify economic connections between a local community and the countries of the Eastern Hemisphere. 6-9.GEH.3.2.5 Identify specific areas of the Eastern Hemisphere with important natural resource deposits. 6-9.GEH.3.2.6 Investigate how physical geography, productive resources, specialization, and trade have influenced the way people earn income. 6-9.GEH.4.5.1 Identify the major forms of government in the Eastern Hemisphere and compare them with the United States. 6-9.GEH.4.5.2 Give examples of the different routes to independence from colonial rule taken by countries. 6-9.GEH.5.1.1 Discuss how social institutions, including the family, religion, and education, influence behavior in different societies in the Eastern Hemisphere. 6-9.GEH.5.1.2 Give examples of how language, literature, and the arts shaped the development and transmission of culture in the Eastern Hemisphere. 6-9.GEH.5.1.3 Define ethnocentrism and give examples of how this attitude can lead to cultural misunderstandings. 6-9.GEH.5.1.4 Discuss present conflicts between cultural groups and nation-states in the Eastern Hemisphere. 6-9.GEH.5.1.5 Give examples of the benefits of global connections, such as developing opportunities for trade, cooperating in seeking solutions to mutual problems, learning for technological advances, acquiring new perspectives, and benefiting from developments in architecture, music, and the arts. 6-9.GEH.5.1.6 Give examples of the causes and consequences of current global issues, such as the expansion of global markets, the urbanization of the developing world, the consumption of natural resources, and the extinction of species, and speculate possible responses by various individuals, groups, and nations.
 * 6-9.GEH.2.3.1 Identify the names and locations of countries and major cities in the Eastern Hemisphere.

[|Science Standards]
Goal 1.1: Understand Systems, Order, and Organization 7.S.1.1.1 Define small systems as a part of a whole system. 7.S.1.1.2 Determine how small systems contribute to the function of the whole. 7.S.1.1.3 Identify the different structural levels of an organism (cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems). Goal 1.2: Understand Concepts and Processes of Evidence, Models, and Explanations 7.S.1.2.1 Describe how observations and data are evidence on which to base scientific explanations and predictions. 7.S.1.2.2 Use observations to make defendable inferences. 7.S.1.2.3 Use models to explain or demonstrate a concept. Goal 1.3: Understand Constancy, Change, and Measurement 7.S.1.3.1 Identify concepts of science that have been stable over time. 7.S.1.3.2 Recognize changes that occur within systems. 7.S.1.3.3 Make metric measurements using appropriate tools. 7.S.1.6.1 Identify controls and variables used in scientific investigations. 7.S.1.6.2 Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather and display data. 7.S.1.6.3 Evaluate data in order to form conclusions. 7.S.1.6.4 Use evidence and critical thinking to accept or reject a hypothesis. 7.S.1.6.5 Evaluate alternative explanations or predictions. 7.S.1.6.6 Communicate and defend scientific procedures and explanations. || || Goal 3.1: Understand the Theory of Biological Evolution 7.S.3.1.1 Describe how natural selection explains species change over time Goal 3.2: Understand the Relationship between Matter and Energy in Living Systems 7.S.3.2.1 Describe how energy stored in food is primarily derived from the Sun through photosynthesis. 7.S.3.2.2 Describe how the availability of resources (matter and energy) limits the distribution and abundance of organisms. 7.S.3.2.3 Illustrate how atoms and molecules cycle among the living and nonliving components of the biosphere. 7.S.3.2.4 Identify how energy flows through ecosystems in one direction, from photosynthetic organisms to herbivores, carnivore, and decomposers. Goal 3.3: Understand the Cell is the Basis of Form and Function for All Living Things 7.S.3.3.1 Explain the relationships among specialized cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms. 7.S.3.3.2 Identify the parts of specialized plant and animal cells. 7.S.3.3.3 Identify the functions of cell structures. 7.S.3.3.4 Describe cell functions that involve chemical reactions. 7.S.3.3.5 Describe how dominant and recessive traits are inherited. Goal 5.2: Understand the Relationship between Science and Technology 7.S.5.2.1 Explain how science and technology are interrelated. 7.S.5.2.2 Explain how science advances technology. Goal 5.3: Understand the Importance of Natural Resources and the Need to Manage and Conserve Them 7.S.5.3.1 Identify alternative sources of energy.
 * Goal 1.6: Understand Scientific Inquiry and Develop Critical Thinking Skills