Concepts in the Medium Emphasis items will be fully assessed within TASC as well, though there will be fewer questions aligned to these standards.

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1 TASC Scial Studies Withut a cmmn cre fr scial studies, the TASC will use natinal standards created by grups that specialize in fur f the five dmains that the TASC will assess: U.S. Histry, Wrld Histry, Civics and Gvernment, and Ecnmics. CTB is creating a cntent framewrk that draws dmain standards frm the fllwing natinal resurces: Natinal Center fr Histry in the Schl, Natinal Standards fr Histry Basic Editin, 1996; Center fr Civic Educatin, Natinal Standards fr Civics and Gvernment, 2010;Ecnmics Cuncil fr Ecnmic Educatin, Vluntary Natinal Cntent Standards in Ecnmics, 2nd Editin. Fr the Gegraphy dmain, CTB wrte the targets fr the TASC based n the standards created by the Natinal Cuncil fr the Scial Studies and the Natinal Cuncil fr Gegraphic Educatin. After identifying these targets fr the TASC framewrk, the Scial Studies team at CTB cnducted an analysis f the targets by cmparing them t a few states 1 high schl standards fr these dmains, as well as the GED 2002 and the GED The TASC emphasizes the targets fr scial studies that appear mst frequently n state standards fr the specified dmains, as indicated by the categries in the belw High Emphasis categry. Cncepts in the Medium Emphasis items will be fully assessed within TASC as well, thugh there will be fewer questins aligned t these standards. The Lw Emphasis categry will have n mre than ne r tw items n any given test. High Emphasis: U.S. Histry: Pst War United States ( s) The ecnmic bm and scial transfrmatin f pstwar United States Hw the Cld War and cnflicts in Krea and Vietnam influenced dmestic and internatinal plitics Dmestic plicies after Wrld War II The struggle fr racial and gender equality and fr the extensin f civil liberties U.S. Histry: The Great Depressin and Wrld War II ( ) The causes f the Great Depressin and hw it affected American sciety Hw the New Deal addressed the Great Depressin, transfrmed American federalism, and initiated the welfare state 1 We cmpared the TASC Framewrk t the high schl standards fr the fllwing states: Flrida (US Histry, Wrld Histry, Civics and Gvernment, Gegraphy, Ecnmics), New Yrk* (US Histry, Wrld Histry), Califrnia (US Histry, Civics and Gvernment), Texas (Wrld Histry, Civics and Gvernment, Gegraphy, Ecnmics), Missuri (Civics and Gvernment, Gegraphy), Arizna (Ecnmics, US Histry), New Mexic (Gegraphy) New Hampshire (Gegraphy ) Massachusetts (Ecnmics), Maine (Wrld Histry), New Jersey (Wrld Histry)

2 The causes and curse f Wrld War II, the character f the war at hme and abrad, and its reshaping f the U.S. rle in wrld affairs U.S. Histry: Civil War and Recnstructin ( ) The causes f the Civil War The curse and character f the Civil War and its effects n the American peple Varius recnstructin plans succeeded r failed Civics and Gvernment: U.S. Cnstitutin: Embdies the Purpse, Values, and Principles f American Demcracy Describe the purpses, rganizatin, and functins f the institutins f the natinal gvernment Explain hw the United States Cnstitutin grants and distributes pwer t natinal and state gvernment and hw it seeks t prevent the abuse f pwer Evaluate, take, and defend psitins n issues regarding the prper relatinship between the natinal gvernment and the state and lcal gvernments Identify the majr respnsibilities f their state and lcal gvernments and evaluate hw well they are being fulfilled Evaluate, take, and defend psitins n the rle and imprtance f law in the American plitical system Explain the imprtance f the judicial prtectin f individual rights Describe hw the public agenda is set Evaluate, take, and defend psitins abut the rle f public pinin in American plitics Evaluate, take, and defend psitins n the influence f the media n American plitical life Describe the rles f plitical parties, campaigns, and electins in American plitics Civics and Gvernment: Civic Life, Plitics, and Gvernment Explain the meaning f the terms civic life, plitics, and gvernment Explain the essential characteristics f limited and unlimited gvernments Explain the varius purpses served by cnstitutins Describe the majr characteristics f systems f shared pwers and f parliamentary systems Explain the advantages and disadvantages f federal, cnfederal, and unitary systems f gvernment Civics and Gvernment: Fundatins f the American Plitical System Explain the central ideas f American cnstitutinal gvernment and their histry Explain the extent t which Americans have internalized the values and principles f the Cnstitutin and attempted t make its ideals realities Explain the imprtance f shared plitical and civic beliefs and values t the maintenance f cnstitutinal demcracy in an increasingly diverse American sciety Explain the meaning f the terms liberal and demcracy in the phrase liberal demcracy

3 Explain hw and why ideas f classical republicanism are reflected in the values and principles f American cnstitutinal demcracy Evaluate, take, and defend psitins n what the fundamental values and principles f American plitical life are and their imprtance t the maintenance f cnstitutinal demcracy Ecnmics: Gvernment and Ecnmics Identify and evaluate the benefits and csts f alternative public plicies, and assess wh enjys the benefits and wh bears the csts Identify sme public plicies that may cst mre than the benefits they generate, and assess wh enjys the benefits and wh bears the csts. Explain why the plicies exist. Interpret media reprts abut current ecnmic cnditins and explain hw these cnditins can influence decisins made by cnsumers, prducers, and gvernment plicy makers Make infrmed decisins by anticipating the cnsequences f inflatin and unemplyment Anticipate the impact f federal gvernment and Federal Reserve System macrecnmic plicy decisins n themselves and thers Ecnmics: Micrecnmics Identify markets in which peple participate as a buyer and as a seller and describe hw the interactin f all buyers and sellers influences prices. Als, predict hw prices change when there is either a shrtage r surplus f the prduct available Predict hw changes in factrs such as cnsumers tastes r prducers technlgy affect prices Explain hw changes in the level f cmpetitin in different markets can affect price and utput levels Describe the rles f varius ecnmic institutins and explain the imprtance f prperty rights in a market ecnmy Medium Emphasis: U.S. Histry: The Develpment f the Industrial United States ( ) Hw the rise f crpratins, heavy industry, and mechanized farming transfrmed the American peple Massive immigratin after 1870 and hw new scial patterns, cnflicts, and ideas f natinal unity develped amid grwing cultural diversity The rise f the American labr mvement and hw plitical issues reflected scial and ecnmic changes Federal Indian plicy and United States freign plicy after the Civil War Civics and Gvernment: Rle f the Citizen in American Demcracy Explain the meaning f citizenship in the United States Evaluate, take, and defend psitins n issues regarding the criteria used fr naturalizatin

4 Evaluate, take, and defend psitins n issues regarding persnal, ecnmic and plitical rights Evaluate, take, and defend psitins n issues regarding civic respnsibilities f citizens in American cnstitutinal demcracy Ecnmics: Macrecnmics Identify the risks and ptential returns t entrepreneurship, as well as the skills necessary t engage in it. Understand the imprtance f entrepreneurship and innvatin t ecnmic grwth, and hw public plicies affect incentives fr and, cnsequently, the success f entrepreneurship in the United States. Explain hw peple s lives wuld be mre difficult in a wrld with n mney, r in a wrld where mney sharply lst its value. Predict the cnsequences f investment decisins made by individuals, businesses, and gvernments. Predict future earnings based n smene s current plans fr educatin, training, and career ptins. Ecnmics: Basic Ecnmics Identify what peple gain and what they give up when they make chices. Make effective decisins as cnsumers, prducers, savers, investrs, and citizens. Identify incentives that affect peple s behavir and explain hw incentives affect their wn behavir. Evaluate different methds f allcating gds and services, by cmparing the benefits t the csts f each methd. Gegraphy: Places and Regins Explain hw places are characterized by bth physical and human characteristics Describes hw regins are frmed and what makes them distinct. Describe hw physical and human characteristics f places and regins change ver time. Gegraphy: Envirnment and Sciety Explain the impact f human changes t the envirnment. Describe hw the physical envirnment prvides pprtunities and hindrances n human activities. Describe the changes that ccur in the use, distributin, and imprtance f a resurce. Gegraphy: Human Systems Identify and explain hw factrs such as technlgy, plitics, the ecnmy, the envirnment, and histry have influenced ppulatin distributin. Identify and describe the characteristics f cultures. Evaluate the functins f settlements vertime Describe hw cnflict and cperatin influence the divisin f the Earth's surface Wrld Histry: Age f Revlutins ( ) The causes and cnsequences f plitical revlutins in the late 18th and early 19th centuries

5 The causes and cnsequences f the agricultural and industrial revlutins, Patterns f natinalism, state building, and scial refrm in Eurpe and the Americas, Patterns f glbal change in the era f Western military and ecnmic dminatin, Wrld Histry: A Half Century f Crisis and Achievement ( ) The causes and glbal cnsequences f Wrld War I The search fr peace and stability in the 1920s and 1930s The causes and glbal cnsequences f Wrld War II Wrld Histry: The 20th Century Since 1945: Prmises and Paradxes Hw pst Wrld War II recnstructin ccurred, new internatinal pwer relatins tk shape, and clnial empires brke up. The search fr cmmunity, stability, and peace in an interdependent wrld Lw Emphasis: U.S. Histry: Revlutin and the New Natin ( s) U.S. Histry: Expansin and Refrm ( ) U.S. Histry: The Emergence f Mdern America ( ) U.S. Histry: Cntemprary United States (1968 t the present) Civics and Gvernment: Relatinship f the United States t ther Natins and t Wrld Affairs Ecnmics: Trade and Internatinal Plitics Gegraphy: Wrld in Spatial Terms Gegraphy: Physical Systems Wrld Histry: The Beginnings f Human Sciety Wrld Histry: Early Civilizatins and the Emergence f Pastral Peple ( BCE) Wrld Histry: Classical Traditins, Majr Religins, and Giant Empires (1000 BCE 300 CE) Wrld Histry: Intensified Hemispheric Interactins ( CE) Wrld Histry: Expanding Znes f Exchange and Encunter ( CE) Wrld Histry: The Emergence f the First Glbal Age ( )