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All Standards English Language Arts History and Social Science Common Sense For Teachers




This is the History and Social Studies Massachusetts State Educational Standard. Players assume the role of a world leader, and deal with a myriad of issues which impact a contemporary nation. It is in this spirit these standards are presented. Please make sure to look at the common sense standards.


History and Social Science

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.

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.

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.

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!).

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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