World History and Culture: Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Anchor and Inquiry Standards
- 1.
Developing Questions and Planning Inquiries9-12.1
- 1.
Create compelling questions representing key ideas of the disciplinesSS.9-12.1.1
- 2.
Critique compelling questions that reflect an enduring issue in the fieldSS.9-12.1.2
- 3.
Create supporting questions that address key ideas identified in compelling questionsSS.9-12.1.3
- 4.
Explain how new compelling and supporting questions emergeSS.9-12.1.4
- 1.
- 2.
Gathering and Evaluating Sources9-12.2
- 1.
Evaluate the credibility of a source by examining its origin, author, context, content, and corroborative valueSS.9-12.2.1
- 2.
Gather relevant information from credible sources representing a wide range of views, and note any inconsistencies in the informationSS.9-12.2.2
- 1.
- 3.
Creating Claims9-12.3
- 1.
Develop claims and counterclaims using evidence that draws directly and substantively from multiple sources while pointing out the strengths and limitations of bothSS.9-12.3.1
- 2.
Analyze evidence to detect inconsistencies within the evidence in order to revise or strengthen claimsSS.9-12.3.2
- 1.
- 4.
Communicating Conclusions9-12.4
- 1.
Construct arguments and explanations using sound reasoning, appropriate structure, and examples and details while acknowledging counterclaims and evidentiary weaknessesSS.9-12.4.1
- 2.
Present arguments and explanations that reach a range of audiences using print and oral technologies (e.g., posters, essays, letters, debates, speeches, reports, maps) and digital technologies (e.g., Internet, social media, digital documentary)SS.9-12.4.2
- 1.
- 5.
Taking Informed Action9-12.5
- 1.
Identify local, regional and/or global problems or issues by using interdisciplinary lensesSS.9-12.5.1
- 2.
Analyze the origins of a problem or issue and explain the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address itSS.9-12.5.2
- 3.
Apply a range of deliberative strategies and procedures to make decisions and propose feasible solutions to address local, regional, and/or global concernsSS.9-12.5.3
- 4.
Create an action plan to address a solution to a problem or issue and demonstrate substantive evidence of implementationSS.9-12.5.4
- 1.
Content Standards
- 1.
Explain how the ideas of the Renaissance and Reformation motivated exploration and conquestSS.WH.1.17.1
- 2.
Analyze the political and economic impacts of European expeditions in the 15th and 16th centuriesSS.WH.1.19.2
- 3.
Assess the effects of the Atlantic slave tradeSS.WH.1.15.3
- 4.
Evaluate the impact of the Columbian Exchange of food crops, diseases, and trade goods between Europe and the AmericasSS.WH.1.16.4
- 2.
Explain the economic motives of the British and Dutch empires in the conquest of India and Southeast AsiaSS.WH.2.16.2
- 1.
Explain how social changes and technological innovations in Britain led to the rise and spread of the Industrial Revolution in the late 1700sSS.WH.3.19.1
- 2.
Analyze the positive and negative impacts of the Industrial Revolution in the Americas, Asia, and AfricaSS.WH.3.12.2
- 1.
Analyze the motives that drove European and Japanese imperialismSS.WH.4.17.1
- 2.
Compare methods of imperialism during the late 1800s in Asia and AfricaSS.WH.4.16.2
- 3.
Analyze the impact of colonial rule in Asia and AfricaSS.WH.4.16.3
- 1.
Explain the impact of the Scientific Revolution on the rise of the EnlightenmentSS.WH.5.19.1
- 2.
Explain how Enlightenment ideas influenced the rule of monarchiesSS.WH.5.18.2
- 3.
Compare causes and effects of modern revolutionsSS.WH.5.19.3
- 1.
Distinguish between short and long-term causes leading to WWISS.WH.6.19.1
- 2.
Explain the causes of the rise of totalitarian regimes during the post-WWI periodSS.WH.6.19.2
- 3.
Analyze the turning points in the Pacific and European theatres of combat during WWIISS.WH.6.17.3
- 4.
Explain the significance of the Holocaust and other atrocities in WWII and subsequent war crimes tribunalsSS.WH.6.17.4
- 1.
Analyze the causes and effects of decolonization in India, Algeria, and Kenya after WWIISS.WH.7.19.1
- 2.
Analyze the impacts of nationalist revolutionary leaders and movements in achieving independenceSS.WH.7.17.2
- 3.
Analyze the role of the United Nations on state-building and negotiation of conflicts after WWIISS.WH.7.17.3
- 4.
Analyze how the Cold War led to global conflict in Asia, the Middle East, and Latin AmericaSS.WH.7.18.4
- 1.
Analyze the factors affecting climate change and global sustainabilitySS.WH.8.12.1
- 2.
Analyze human rights violations and propose solutions to themSS.WH.8.7.2
Frequently asked questions
- What grade levels do these standards cover?
- Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12
- When were these standards adopted?
- 2018
- Where can I read the official document?
- Hawaii Core Standards for Social Studies - Grades 9-12: World History and Culture
Keep exploring
Keep exploring Social Studies standards
Sibling grade bands, other subjects in this jurisdiction, and the same subject across other states.
More Hawaii Social Studies sets
Social StudiesOther Hawaii subjects
HawaiiSocial Studies in other jurisdictions
Social Studies- National Council for the Social Studies
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin