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Students will identify appropriate methods for communicating with elected officials.
Generate resourceStudents will identify how government is organized at the local and state level including, but not limited to, legislative branch (e.g., legislature, city or county commission), executive branch (e.g., governor, mayor) and judicial branch (e.g., county and circuit courts).
Generate resourceStudents will explain how the Declaration of Rights in the Florida Constitution protects the rights of citizens.
Generate resourceStudents will explain how public issues, such as taxation, roads, zoning, and schools, impact citizens’ daily lives.
Generate resourceStudents will explain how voting, public service, and volunteerism contribute to the preservation of the republic.
Generate resourceStudents will explain the relationship between a written constitution, the government established, and the citizens.
Generate resourceStudents will describe how citizens can help solve community and state problems (e.g., attending government meetings, communicating with their elected representatives).
Generate resourceAnalyze primary and secondary resources to identify significant individuals and events throughout Florida history.
Generate resourceSynthesize information related to Florida history through print and electronic media.
Generate resourceIdentify explorers who came to Florida and the motivations for their expeditions.
Generate resourceDescribe causes and effects of European colonization on the Native American tribes of Florida.
Generate resourceIdentify the significance of St. Augustine as the oldest permanent European settlement in the United States.
Generate resourceExplain the purpose of and daily life on missions (San Luis de Talimali in present-day Tallahassee).
Generate resourceIdentify the significance of Fort Mose as the first free African community in the United States.
Generate resourceIdentify nations (Spain, France, England) that controlled Florida before it became a United States territory.
Generate resourceExplain how the Seminole tribe formed and the purpose for their migration.
Generate resourceExplain how Florida (Adams-Onis Treaty) became a United States territory.
Generate resourceDescribe Florida’s involvement (secession, blockades of ports, the battles of Ft. Pickens, Olustee, Ft. Brooke, Natural Bridge, food supply) in the Civil War.
Generate resourceDescribe the causes and effects of the 1920's Florida land boom and bust.
Generate resourceDescribe the effect of the United States’ space program on Florida’s economy and growth.
Generate resourceIdentify African American community leaders who made positive contributions in the state of Florida (e.g., Zora Neale Hurston, Florida Highwaymen, Mary McLeod Bethune, Evan B. Forde, Bessie Coleman, Gen. Daniel “Chappie” James, Bob Hayes, Sylvia Fowles).
Generate resourceIdentify and describe how citizens work with local and state governments to solve problems.
Generate resourceExplain the importance of voting, public service, and volunteerism to the state and nation.
Generate resourceIdentify individuals who represent the citizens of Florida at the state level.
Generate resourceExplain the structure and functions of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government in Florida.
Generate resourceCompare the structure, functions, and processes of local and state government.
Generate resourceIdentify entrepreneurs from various demographic backgrounds who have influenced Florida and local economy.
Generate resourceExplain Florida’s role in the national and international economy and the conditions that attract businesses to the state.
Generate resourcePeople have many different types of jobs from which to choose. Identify different jobs requiring people to have different skills.
Generate resourcePeople earn an income when they are hired by an employer to work at a job. Explain why employers are willing to pay people to do their work.
Generate resourceWorkers are paid for their labor in different ways such as wages, salaries, or commissions. Explain the ways in which workers are paid. Example: Explain how a waitress, a teacher, and a realtor are paid.
Generate resourcePeople can earn interest income from letting other people borrow their money. Explain why banks and financial institutions pay people interest when they deposit their money at those institutions.
Generate resourcePeople can earn income by renting their property to other people. Identify different types of property (such as apartments, automobiles, or tools) that people own and on which rent is paid.
Generate resourceDescribe ways that people who own a business can earn a profit, which is a source of income.
Generate resourceEntrepreneurs are people who start new businesses. Entrepreneurs do not know if their new businesses will be successful and earn a profit. Identify ways in which starting a business is risky for entrepreneurs.
Generate resourceIncome earned from working and most other sources of income are taxed. Describe ways that the revenue from these taxes is used to pay for government provided goods and services.
Generate resourceExplain that economic wants are desires that can be satisfied by consuming a good, a service, or a leisure activity.
Generate resourceExplain that people make choices about what goods and services they buy because they can’t have everything they want. This requires individuals to prioritize their wants.
Generate resourceIdentify some of the ways that people spend a portion of their income on goods and services in order to increase their personal satisfaction or happiness.
Generate resourceDiscuss that whenever people buy something, they incur an opportunity cost. Opportunity cost is the value of the next best alternative that is given up when a person makes a choice.
Generate resourceExplain that costs are things that a decision maker gives up; benefits are things that a decision maker gains. Make an informed decision by comparing the costs and benefits of spending alternatives.
Generate resourcePredict how people’s spending choices are influenced by prices as well as many other factors, including advertising, the spending choices of others, and peer pressure.
Generate resourcePlanning for spending can help people make informed choices. Develop a budget plan for spending, saving, and managing income.
Generate resourceIdentify ways that income is saved, spent on goods and services, or used to pay taxes.
Generate resourceExplain that when people save money, they give up the opportunity to buy things now in order to buy things later.
Generate resourceIdentify ways that people can choose to save money in many places - for example, at home in a piggy bank or at a commercial bank, credit union, or savings and loan.
Generate resourceIdentify savings goals that people set as incentives to save. One savings goal might be to buy goods and services in the future.
Generate resourceExplain that when people deposit money into a bank (or other financial institution), the bank may pay them interest. Banks attract savings by paying interest. People also deposit money into banks because banks are safe places to keep their savings.
Generate resourceDiscuss that interest is the price the borrower pays for using someone else’s money.
Generate resourceIdentify instances when people use credit, that they receive something of value now and agree to repay the lender over time, or at some date in the future, with interest.
Generate resourceExplain that after people have saved some of their income, they must decide how to invest their savings so that it can grow over time.
Generate resourceExplain that a financial investment is the purchase of a financial asset, such as a stock, with the expectation of an increase in the value of the asset and/or increase in future income.
Generate resourceExplain that risk from accidents and unexpected events is an unavoidable part of daily life.
Generate resourceDescribe ways that individuals can either choose to accept risk or take steps to protect themselves by avoiding or reducing risk.
Generate resourceDiscuss that one method to cope with unexpected losses is to save for emergencies.
Generate resourceInterpret political and physical maps using map elements (title, compass rose, cardinal directions, intermediate directions, symbols, legend, scale, longitude, latitude).
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