High School – Grade 11
Core Content Guide
1.1.2
Democratic governments preserve and
protect the rights and liberties of their
constituents through different sources
(e.g., U.N. Charter, Declaration of the Rights
of Man, U.N. Declaration of Human Rights,
U.S. Constitution).
2.2.1
All cultures develop institutions, customs,
beliefs, and holidays reflecting their unique
histories, situations, and perspectives.
2.4.1
As cultures emerge and develop, conflict
and competition (e.g., violence, difference of
opinion, stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination,
and genocide) may occur.
3.4.1
An entrepreneur is a person who organizes
and manages a business and/or enterprise
usually with considerable initiative and risk.
4.2.4
People from different cultures or with
different, perspectives view regions (e.g.,
Middle East, Balkans) in different ways,
sometimes resulting in conflict.
4.3.2
Human migration has major physical and
cultural impacts and can be the result of
pressures or events that push populations
from one place or pull them to another
(e.g., push factors such as famines or military
conflicts; pull factors such as climate or
economic opportunity).
5.1.1
Interpretations of history are subject to
change as new information is uncovered.
5.1.2
Primary sources allow individuals to
experience history from the perspectives
of people who lived it.
5.2.1
Disagreements over how Reconstruction
should be approached and its various
programs led to conflict, constitutional crisis,
and limited success.
5.2.4
During the Progressive Movement,
World War I, and the Twenties, Americans
experienced significant social, political,
and economic changes (e.g., imperialism to
isolationism, industrial capitalism, urbanization,
political corruption, initiation of reforms).
