History and Social Science
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| Standard Group: Civics and Government |
| Standard: Give examples of several well-known international organizations (e.g., the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the
British Commonwealth, and the United Nations) and explain their purposes and
functions. |
| How is this standard referenced? Players will in fact JOIN the aboved referenced groups and must effectively use them to further their nation's goals. |
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| Standard Group: General economic skills |
| Standard: Define and use correctly gross domestic product, economic growth, recession, depression, unemployment, and inflation. |
| How is this standard referenced? All of these terms are key indicators in Modern Command. Players must not only understand, but work to influence these variables in order to be successful. |
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| Standard Group: History and Geography |
| Standard: Use geographic terms correctly, such as delta, glacier, location, settlement, region,
natural resource, human resource, mountain, hill, plain, plateau, river, island, isthmus,
peninsula, erosion, climate, drought, monsoon, hurricane, ocean and wind currents,
tropics, rain forest, tundra, desert, continent, region, country, nation, and urbanization. |
| How is this standard referenced? Players must constanly reference a political map of the world in order to make informed and sound judgements about potential trade partners and advesaries. |
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| Standard Group: History and Geography |
| Standard: Distinguish historical fact from opinion. |
| How is this standard referenced? Players regularly (very regularly) debate and argue about unfolding events in the context of nation's best interest. In this process is a regular unfolding of fact from fiction (the line is very fuzzy sometimes!). |
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| Standard Group: The Role of Government |
| Standard: Explain how government responds to perceived social needs by providing public goods and services. |
| How is this standard referenced? Players, acting as world leaders, must provide public goods and services, or face the consequences of an angry constituency! |
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