Illinois Social Studies Standards (History)

Evaluate the context of time and place as well as structural factors that influence historical developments.

Analyze change and continuity across historical eras and identify what perspectives have typically influenced how historical eras are constructed.

Evaluate the methods used to promote change and the effects and outcomes of these methods on diverse groups of people.

Analyze how people and institutions have interacted with environmental, scientific, technological, and societal challenges.

Analyze the factors and historical context, including overarching movements, that influenced the perspectives of people during different historical eras.

Analyze the concept and pursuit of the "American Dream" and identify the factors that could promote or present barriers to the pursuit of the "American Dream" for multiple groups of people.

Identify and analyze the role of individuals, groups, and institutions in people's struggle for safety, freedom, equality, and justice.

Analyze key historical events and contributions of individuals through a variety of perspectives, including those of historically underrepresented groups.

Analyze the relationship between historical sources and the secondary interpretations made from them.

Identify and analyze ways in which marginalized communities are represented in historical sources and seek out sources created by historically oppressed peoples.

Analyze primary and secondary historical sources from multiple vantage points and perspectives to identify and explain dominant narratives and counternarratives of historical events.

Analyze the causes and effects of global conflicts and economic crises.

Analyze multiple and complex causes and effects of events in the past.

Analyze the geographic and cultural forces that have resulted in conflict and cooperation. Identify the cause and effects of imperialism and colonization.