NCSS.1.

NCSS.1.STANDARD / BENCHMARK CULTURE
BENCHMARK / GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION
SOCIAL STUDIES PROGRAMS SHOULD INCLUDE EXPERIENCES THAT PROVIDE FOR THE STUDY OF CULTURE AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY.
1.1.GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION
KNOWLEDGE - Learners will understand:
1.1.1.EXPECTATION
'Culture'' refers to the socially transmitted behaviors, beliefs, values, traditions, institutions, and ways of living together of a group of people.
1.1.2.EXPECTATION
Concepts such as: beliefs, values, mores, institutions, cohesion, diversity, accommodation, adaptation, assimilation, and dissonance.
1.1.3.EXPECTATION
How culture develops and changes in ways that allow human societies to address their needs and concerns.
1.1.6.EXPECTATION
How people from different cultures develop diverse cultural perspectives and frames of reference.
1.2.GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION
PROCESSES - Learners will be able to:
1.2.1.EXPECTATION
Ask questions related to culture and find, select, organize, and interpret data from research to address research questions.
1.2.4.EXPECTATION
Evaluate how data and experiences may be interpreted by people from diverse cultural perspectives and frames of reference.
1.2.5.EXPECTATION
Analyze data from various cultural perspectives and evaluate the consequences of interpretations associated with the world views of different cultures.
1.2.7.EXPECTATION
Construct reasoned judgments about specific cultural responses to persistent human issues.
1.2.8.EXPECTATION
Analyze historic and current issues to determine the role that culture has played.