Standards
Geography
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Generate resourceSeventh Grade
Generate resourceExplore opportunities to be an ally and describe ways in which stereotyping can be a barrier to acting as an ally.
Generate resourceEngage in positive civic behaviors to make decisions and take action in classrooms, schools, and communities.
Generate resourceExplain the role of the political decision-making process at the tribal, state, and local levels of government.
Generate resourceDescribe the relationships of tribal, state, and local governments with the national government under the federal system.
Generate resourceExplain how tribal, state, and local government agencies work to sustain resources in New Mexico.
Generate resourceExplain the physical and human characteristics of New Mexico using the Five Themes of Geography.
Generate resourceCreate supporting questions from credible sources to expand on the compelling question.
Generate resourceAnalyze how groups maintain their cultural heritage and how we see this heritage through the symbols, traditions, and culture of our state.
Generate resourceEvaluate how society's responses to different social identities lead to access and barriers for various demographic groups in relation to various societal institutions, including but not limited to education, healthcare, government, and industry.
Generate resourceDemonstrate how early humans compete and cooperate to gather and use resources.
Generate resourceDiscuss patterns of migration of early people as they settled across New Mexico and the Southwest region.
Generate resourceExplain the importance of artifacts and oral histories in understanding how prehistoric people lived.
Generate resourceDescribe the technical limitations of historians and archeologists studying the distant past.
Generate resourceDescribe the role of citizens in ensuring the long-term survival of their community, including cooperation, obligations, rights, and responsibilities.
Generate resourceDefine the relationship between specialization and interdependence between c. 1200 BCE and c. 1500 CE.
Generate resourceIdentify, locate, and gather reliable and relevant primary and secondary sources from a variety of media, such as print, digital, multimedia, artifacts, and oral traditions.
Generate resourceAnalyze land use patterns of Ancestral Pueblo, Mogollon, and Athabaskan peoples.
Generate resourceDiscuss the importance of resource shortages on the lifestyles of the Mogollon and Ancestral Puebloans.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast Athabascan culture, agricultural practices, and settlement patterns with those of the Pueblos.
Generate resourceAnalyze who have been key figures that have contributed to an individual culture and what they did.
Generate resourceDescribe the relationship between cultural heritage(s) and personal identity or identities.
Generate resourceIdentify what tribal leaders want the world to see when their culture is on display, and how to address negative perceptions.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast global and historical government systems to the U.S. federal system.
Generate resourceExplain the economic motivation of Spaniards as they enter the lands of, and interact with, the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Generate resourceEvaluate primary and secondary sources for fact, opinion, author's bias, perspective of the creator, and relevance to the topic.
Generate resourceDemonstrate connections between the economies of Spain and the Indigenous People of the Americas.
Generate resourceAnalyze the movement of people, goods, and ideas across the world during the Age of Exploration.
Generate resourceExplain the political and religious motivations of Spaniards as they encounter the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Generate resourceAnalyze the patterns of colonization, exploration, destruction, and creation that came with the occupation of the Americas by Spaniards.
Generate resourceDemonstrate how diversity includes the impact of unequal power relations on the development of group identities and cultures.
Generate resourceBrainstorm ways in which New Mexicans might heal from past and current injustices.
Generate resourceDraw conclusions about how the policies of the Spanish monarchy in New Spain impacted the people of New Spain.
Generate resourceDescribe Spanish economic policies that led to colonial isolation and their impact on the people of New Mexico.
Generate resourceAnalyze various forms of media to identify polarizing language, logical fallacy, and reasonable judgment.
Generate resourceDiscuss the role of El Camino Real as a significant corridor for movement of people, goods, and ideas.
Generate resourceExplain how differing places, people, and resources affected events in New Mexico during the Spanish Colonial period.
Generate resourceEvaluate and compare practices of land usage and ownership between Indigenous peoples and Spaniards.
Generate resourceDescribe key figures that have made significant contributions to an individual culture.
Generate resourceDiscuss the importance of respecting individual cultures and explore how to address stereotypes.
Generate resourceExamine how conflict over social class (castas), land and culture led to Mexican independence from Spain.
Generate resourceSummarize the relationship between specialization and interdependence between 1821 CE and 1850 CE.
Generate resourceUse a coherent system or structure to evaluate the credibility of a source by determining its relevance and intended use.
Generate resourceInvestigate the use of trade routes and systems to analyze the economic impact they had on New Mexico as well as those who traded with New Mexicans.
Generate resourceDescribe how the movement of people influenced the division and control of resources.
Generate resourceDemonstrate how troubles between Texas and the government of Mexico impacted New Mexico.
Generate resourceInterpret the factors that led people in New Mexico to resist and rebel against political leadership between 1821 CE and 1850 CE.
Generate resourceUse primary and secondary sources to evaluate the lasting impacts of unequal power relations and disenfranchisement of persons and groups.
Generate resourceAnalyze US policies on expansion into the Southwest, including how they reflected US civic ideals of the time and conflicted with those that resided in New Mexico already and had historically made their home here.
Generate resourceShow the correlation between the territorial and Indigenous economies, including how both were impacted by US federal policies.
Generate resourceDistinguish land use patterns of Anglo-Americans during the American westward expansion period.
Generate resourceEvaluate the significance of short- and long-range trails throughout the lands gained in the Mexican Cession.
Generate resourceUse primary and secondary sources to develop an argument and cite specific textual evidence to support the claim.
Generate resourceCategorize causes and consequences of the U.S. military invasion of Mexico and New Mexico.
Generate resourceIdentify how stereotyping influences social perspectives about members of a group.
Generate resourceEvaluate New Mexico's transition into a US territorial government from the perspectives of the various groups residing in the territory at the time.
Generate resourceIdentify causes and consequences of US government policies that impacted the territory of New Mexico.
Generate resourceIdentify and describe the traditions, rites, and norms of the groups to which the student identifies as belonging and explore how these traditions, rights, and norms may have changed over time.
Generate resourceSummarize how the distribution of resources impacts consumerism and individual financial decisions.
Generate resourceMake connections between current events, historical materials, and personal experience.
Generate resourcePresent student-developed texts communicating thinking and understanding, including but not limited to written text, oral presentation, visual representation, and multimedia.
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