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Voting and Consensus-Building in Democratic Action
Apply voting procedures, compromise, and consensus-building techniques to make collective democratic decisions.
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Citizenship, Academic Deliberation, and Civic Action
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Investigate citizen rights and responsibilities, participate in evidence-based discussions, and apply democratic procedures to address community and national challenges.
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SS.5.10West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesCompare the industrial North and the agricultural South prior to the Civil War, the geographic characteristics and boundaries of each region and the basic way of life in each region.
SS.5.24West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze the people and the factors that led to Industrialization in the late 19th century United States. • Examine how the Industrial Revolution was furthered by new inventions and technologies (e.g., light bulb, telegraph, automobile, assembly line, etc.). • Identify prominent inventors and scientists of the period and summarize their inventions or discoveries (e.g., Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright Brothers, Henry Ford and Albert Einstein, etc.). • Explain the causes and effects of immigration and urbanization on the American economy during the Industrial Revolution (e.g., role of immigrants, the growth of cities, the shift to industrialization, the rise of big business and reform movements, etc.).