Unit 7

Standard 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the contemporary global economic, social, and political roles of the United States and South Carolina from 1980–present.

5.5.CX

5.5.CE

5.5.CO

5.5.P

5.5.E

Instructional Guidance:

Contextualize: Place events in the proper context, allowing students to understand the historical period. Context: Contextualize the changes in rural communities in South Carolina within national and global industries.

Causation: Analyze multiple causes and effects, to include distinguishing long-term and short-term examples. Cause and Effect: Analyze the impact of digital technologies in the United States, and describe the impact that those technologies had on its global influence.

Comparison: Generate comparisons based on common or differing characteristics or contexts. Compare: Compare and contrast the focus of the United States as a World Leader before and after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Periodization: Study the past in blocks of time in order to understand how they are linked. Periodization: Summarize the global involvement of the United States using the fall of the Soviet Union as a turning point.

Evidence: Identify, source, and utilize different forms of evidence, including primary and secondary sources, used in an inquiry-based study of history. Evidence: Analyze multiple perspectives on the economic, political, and social effects of global interdependence after 1980 using primary and secondary sources.