| Area |
Goal |
Standard |
Benchmark |
Benchmark Number |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand trade as an exchange of goods or services. |
Explain how workers can affect their productivity through training and by using tools, machinery and technology. |
15.D.3c |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand trade as an exchange of goods or services. |
Explain the meaning and importance of “balance of trade” and how trade surpluses and deficits between nations are determined. |
15.D.4a |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand trade as an exchange of goods or services. |
Describe the relationships between the availability and price of a nation’s resources and its comparative advantage in relation to other nations. |
15.D.4b |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand trade as an exchange of goods or services. |
Describe the impact of worker productivity (output per worker) on business, the worker and the consumer. |
15.D.4c |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand trade as an exchange of goods or services. |
Explain how transaction costs affect decisions to produce or consume. |
15.D.5a |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand trade as an exchange of goods or services. |
Analyze why trade barriers and exchange rates affect the flow of goods and services among nations. |
15.D.5b |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand trade as an exchange of goods or services. |
Explain how technology has affected trade in the areas of transportation, communication, finance and manufacturing. |
15.D.5c |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand the impact of government policies and decisions on production and consumption in the economy. |
Identify goods and services provided by government. |
15.E.1 |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand the impact of government policies and decisions on production and consumption in the economy. |
Explain how and why public goods and services are provided. |
15.E.2a |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand the impact of government policies and decisions on production and consumption in the economy. |
Identify which public goods and services are provided by differing levels of government. |
15.E.2b |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand the impact of government policies and decisions on production and consumption in the economy. |
Identify the types of taxes levied by differing levels of governments (e.g., income tax, sales tax, property tax). |
15.E.3a |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand the impact of government policies and decisions on production and consumption in the economy. |
Explain how laws and government policies (e.g., property rights, contract enforcement, standard weights/measurements) establish rules that help a market economy function effectively. |
15.E.3b |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand the impact of government policies and decisions on production and consumption in the economy. |
Explain why government may intervene in a market economy. |
15.E.4a |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand the impact of government policies and decisions on production and consumption in the economy. |
Describe social and environmental benefits and consequences of production and consumption. |
15.E.4b |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand the impact of government policies and decisions on production and consumption in the economy. |
Analyze the relationship between a country’s science/technology policies and its level and balance of trade. |
15.E.4c |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand the impact of government policies and decisions on production and consumption in the economy. |
Explain how and why government redistributes income in the economy. |
15.E.5a |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand the impact of government policies and decisions on production and consumption in the economy. |
Describe how fiscal, monetary and regulatory policies affect overall levels of employment, output and consumption. |
15.E.5b |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 15: Understand economic systems, with an emphasis on the United States. |
Understand the impact of government policies and decisions on production and consumption in the economy. |
Describe key schools of thought (e.g., classical, Keynesian, monetarist, supply-side) and explain their impact on government policies. |
15.E.5c |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 16: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States and other nations. |
Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation. |
Explain the difference between past, present and future time; place themselves in time. |
16.A.1a |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE |
Goal 16: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States and other nations. |
Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation. |
Ask historical questions and seek out answers from historical sources (e.g., myths, biographies, stories, old photographs, artwork, other visual or electronic sources). |
16.A.1b |
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