ALL TERRAIN BRAIN
ACTIVITY STANDARDS ALIGNMENT BY UNIT
1. Core Subjects & 21st Century Themes
Core subjects
Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy
2. Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration
4. Life and Career Skills
Initiative & Self-Direction
Social & Cross-Cultural Skills
Personal Social Development
GOAL PS2: Develop positive interpersonal skills including respect for diversity.
Career Management
GOAL CM4: Master academic, occupational, and general employability skills in order
to obtain, create, maintain, and/or advance your employment.
Standard 14: Profit and the Entrepreneur
Standard 11. Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative,
and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.
Standard 12. Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish
their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange
of information).
1 Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.
1.1 Skills
1.2 Dispositions in Action
1.3 Responsibilities
1.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
2 Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and
create new knowledge.
2.1 Skills
2.2 Dispositions in Action
2.3 Responsibilities
2.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
Problem Solving Standard
Connections Standard
IV. Individual Development and Identity: Social studies programs should include
experiences that provide for the study of individual development and identity.
Essential Social Studies Skills
Organizing & Using Information
A. Thinking Skills
B. Decision-Making Skills
C. Metacognitive Skills
Interpersonal Relationships & Social Participation
A. Personal Skills
B. Group Interaction Skills
1. Core Subjects & 21st Century Themes
Core subjects
Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy
2. Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration
4. Life and Career Skills
Initiative & Self-Direction
Social & Cross-Cultural Skills
Personal Social Development
GOAL PS2: Develop positive interpersonal skills including respect for diversity.
Career Management
GOAL CM4: Master academic, occupational, and general employability skills in order
to obtain, create, maintain, and/or advance your employment.
Standard 14: Profit and the Entrepreneur
Standard 11. Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative,
and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.
Standard 12. Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish
their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange
of information).
1 Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.
1.1 Skills
1.2 Dispositions in Action
1.3 Responsibilities
1.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
2 Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and
create new knowledge.
2.1 Skills
2.2 Dispositions in Action
2.3 Responsibilities
2.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
Problem Solving Standard
Connections Standard
IV. Individual Development and Identity: Social studies programs should include
experiences that provide for the study of individual development and identity.
Essential Social Studies Skills
Organizing & Using Information
A. Thinking Skills
B. Decision-Making Skills
C. Metacognitive Skills
Interpersonal Relationships & Social Participation
A. Personal Skills
B. Group Interaction Skills
1. Core Subjects & 21st Century Themes
Core subjects
Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy
2. Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration
4. Life and Career Skills
Social & Cross-Cultural Skills
Personal Social Development
GOAL PS2: Develop positive interpersonal skills including respect for diversity.
Career Management
GOAL CM4: Master academic, occupational, and general employability skills in order
to obtain, create, maintain, and/or advance your employment.
Standard 14: Profit and the Entrepreneur
Standard 6. Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions
(e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre
to create, critique, and discuss print and non-print texts.
Standard 11. Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative,
and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.
Standard 12. Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish
their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange
of information).
1 Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.
1.1 Skills
1.2 Dispositions in Action
1.3 Responsibilities
1.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
2 Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and
create new knowledge.
2.1 Skills
2.2 Dispositions in Action
2.3 Responsibilities
2.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
Problem Solving Standard
Connections Standard
IV. Individual Development and Identity: Social studies programs should include
experiences that provide for the study of individual development and identity.
Essential Social Studies Skills
Organizing & Using Information
A. Thinking Skills
B. Decision-Making Skills
C. Metacognitive Skills
Interpersonal Relationships & Social Participation
A. Personal Skills
B. Group Interaction Skills
1. Core Subjects & 21st Century Themes
Core subjects
Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy
2. Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration
4. Life and Career Skills
Initiative & Self-Direction
Social & Cross-Cultural Skills
Theater
Content Standard #2: Acting by assuming roles and interacting in improvisations
Personal Social Development
GOAL PS2: Develop positive interpersonal skills including respect for diversity.
Career Management
GOAL CM4: Master academic, occupational, and general employability skills in order
to obtain, create, maintain, and/or advance your employment.
Standard 14: Profit and the Entrepreneur
Standard 4. Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language
(e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety
of audiences and for different purposes.
Standard 6. Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions
(e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre
to create, critique, and discuss print and non-print texts.
Standard 11. Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative,
and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.
Standard 12. Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish
their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange
of information).
1 Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.
1.1 Skills
1.2 Dispositions in Action
1.3 Responsibilities
1.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
2 Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and
create new knowledge.
2.1 Skills
2.2 Dispositions in Action
2.3 Responsibilities
2.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
Number and Operations Standard
Problem Solving Standard
Communication Standard
Connections Standard
Representation Standard
IV. Individual Development and Identity: Social studies programs should include
experiences that provide for the study of individual development and identity.
Essential Social Studies Skills
Organizing & Using Information
A. Thinking Skills
B. Decision-Making Skills
C. Metacognitive
Interpersonal Relationships & Social Participation
A. Personal Skills
B. Group Interaction Skills
1. Core Subjects & 21st Century Themes
Core subjects
Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy
2. Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration
4. Life and Career Skills
Initiative & Self-Direction
Social & Cross-Cultural Skills
Dance
Content Standard #7: Making connections between dance and other disciplines
Music
Content Standard #8: Understanding relationships between music, the other
arts, and disciplines outside the arts
Visual Arts
Content Standard #6: Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines.
Personal Social Development
GOAL PS2: Develop positive interpersonal skills including respect for diversity.
Career Management
GOAL CM4: Master academic, occupational, and general employability skills in order
to obtain, create, maintain, and/or advance your employment.
Standard 14: Profit and the Entrepreneur
Standard 1. Students read a wide range of print and non-print texts to build
an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States
and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of
society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction
and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
Standard 3. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret,
evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions
with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts,
their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features
(e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
Standard 4. Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language
(e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety
of audiences and for different purposes.
Standard 6. Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions
(e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre
to create, critique, and discuss print and non-print texts.
Standard 11. Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative,
and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.
Standard 12. Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish
their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange
of information).
1 Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.
1.1 Skills
1.2 Dispositions in Action
1.3 Responsibilities
1.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
2 Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and
create new knowledge.
2.1 Skills
2.2 Dispositions in Action
2.3 Responsibilities
2.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
3 Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic
society.
3.1 Skills
3.2 Dispositions in Action
3.3 Responsibilities
4 Pursue personal and aesthetic growth.
4.1 Skills
4.2 Dispositions in Action
4.3 Responsibilities
Unifying Concepts and Processes Standard
Form and Function
Science and Technology Standard E
Abilities of Technological Design
Understanding About Science and Technology
Science in Personal and Social Perspectives Standard F
Science and Technology in Local Challenges
IV. Individual Development and Identity: Social studies programs should include
experiences that provide for the study of individual development and identity.
Essential Social Studies Skills
Acquiring Information
A. Reading Skills
Organizing & Using Information
A. Thinking Skills
B. Decision-Making Skills
C. Metacognitive
Interpersonal Relationships & Social Participation
A. Personal Skills
B. Group Interaction Skills
1. Core Subjects & 21st Century Themes
Core subjects
Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy
2. Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration
4. Life and Career Skills
Initiative & Self-Direction
Social & Cross-Cultural Skills
Theater
Content Standard #2: Acting by assuming roles and interacting in improvisations.
Personal Social Development
GOAL PS2: Develop positive interpersonal skills including respect for diversity.
Career Management
GOAL CM4: Master academic, occupational, and general employability skills in order
to obtain, create, maintain, and/or advance your employment.
Standard 14: Profit and the Entrepreneur
Standard 1. Students read a wide range of print and non-print texts to build
an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States
and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of
society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction
and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
Standard 3. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret,
evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions
with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts,
their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features
(e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
Standard 4. Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language
(e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety
of audiences and for different purposes.
Standard 6. Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions
(e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre
to create, critique, and discuss print and non-print texts.
Standard 11. Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative,
and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.
1 Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.
1.1 Skills
1.2 Dispositions in Action
2 Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and
create new knowledge.
2.1 Skills
2.3 Responsibilities
2.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
3 Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic
society.
3.1 Skills
3.2 Dispositions in Action
3.3 Responsibilities
3.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
4 Pursue personal and aesthetic growth.
4.1 Skills
4.2 Dispositions in Action
4.3 Responsibilities
4.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
Problem Solving Standard
Communication Standard
Connections Standard
Representation Standard
Science as Inquiry Standard A
Understandings about scientific inquiry
IV. Individual Development and Identity: Social studies programs should include
experiences that provide for the study of individual development and identity.
Essential Social Studies Skills
Acquiring Information
A. Reading Skills
Organizing & Using Information
A. Thinking Skills
B. Decision-Making Skills
C. Metacognitive
Interpersonal Relationships & Social Participation
A. Personal Skills
B. Group Interaction Skills
1. Core Subjects & 21st Century Themes
Core subjects
Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy
2. Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration
4. Life and Career Skills
Initiative & Self-Direction
Social & Cross-Cultural Skills
Personal Social Development
GOAL PS2: Develop positive interpersonal skills including respect for diversity.
Career Management
GOAL CM4: Master academic, occupational, and general employability skills in order
to obtain, create, maintain, and/or advance your employment.
Standard 14: Profit and the Entrepreneur
Standard 1. Students read a wide range of print and non-print texts to build
an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States
and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of
society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction
and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
Standard 3. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret,
evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions
with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts,
their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features
(e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
Standard 4. Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language
(e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety
of audiences and for different purposes.
Standard 11. Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative,
and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.
Standard 12. Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish
their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange
of information).
1 Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.
1.1 Skills
1.3 Responsibilities
2 Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and
create new knowledge.
2.1 Skills
2.2 Dispositions in Action
2.3 Responsibilities
2.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
3 Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic
society.
3.1 Skills
3.2 Dispositions in Action
3.3 Responsibilities
4 Pursue personal and aesthetic growth.
4.1 Skills
4.2 Dispositions in Action
4.3 Responsibilities
IV. Individual Development and Identity: Social studies programs should include
experiences that provide for the study of individual development and identity.
Essential Social Studies Skills
Acquiring Information
A. Reading Skills
Organizing & Using Information
A. Thinking Skills
B. Decision-Making Skills
C. Metacognitive
Interpersonal Relationships & Social Participation
A. Personal Skills
B. Group Interaction Skills
1. Core Subjects & 21st Century Themes
Core subjects
Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy
2. Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration
4. Life and Career Skills
Initiative & Self-Direction
Social & Cross-Cultural Skills
Visual Arts
Content Standard #1: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes.
Content Standard #6: Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines
Personal Social Development
GOAL PS2: Develop positive interpersonal skills including respect for diversity.
Career Management
GOAL CM4: Master academic, occupational, and general employability skills in order
to obtain, create, maintain, and/or advance your employment.
II. What are the Basic Values and Principles of American Democracy?
A. What are the most important values and principles of American democracy?
1. Fundamental values and principles.
B. What are some important beliefs Americans have about themselves and their government?
1. Distinctive characteristics of American society.
• Importance of their school, community, state, nation.
V. What are the Roles of the Citizen in American Democracy?
D. What are important responsibilities of Americans.
1. Responsibilities of individuals.
• Personal responsibilities
• Civic responsibilities
E. What dispositions or traits of character are important to the preservation and
improvement of American democracy?
1. Dispositions that enhance citizen effectiveness and promote the healthy functioning
of American democracy.
G. What is the importance of political leadership and public service?
1. Political leadership and public service.
Standard 14: Profit and the Entrepreneur
Standard 1. Students read a wide range of print and non-print texts to build
an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States
and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of
society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction
and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
Standard 3. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret,
evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions
with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts,
their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features
(e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
Standard 4. Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language
(e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety
of audiences and for different purposes.
Standard 6. Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions
(e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre
to create, critique, and discuss print and non-print texts.
Standard 11. Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative,
and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.
Standard 12. Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish
their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange
of information).
1 Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.
1.1 Skills
1.2 Dispositions in Action
1.3 Responsibilities
1.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
2 Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and
create new knowledge.
2.1 Skills
2.2 Dispositions in Action
2.3 Responsibilities
2.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
3 Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic
society.
3.1 Skills
3.2 Dispositions in Action
3.3 Responsibilities
4 Pursue personal and aesthetic growth.
4.1 Skills
4.3 Responsibilities
Problem Solving Standard
Communication Standard
Connections Standard
Representation Standard
Unifying Concepts and Processes Standard
Form and Function
Science and Technology Standard E
Abilities of Technological Design
Understanding About Science and Technology
Science in Personal and Social Perspectives Standard F
Types of Resources
Science and Technology in Local Challenges
IV. Individual Development and Identity: Social studies programs should include
experiences that provide for the study of individual development and identity.
VII. Production, Distribution, and Consumption: Social studies programs should
include experiences that provide for the study of how people organize for the production,
distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
VIII. Science, Technology, and Society
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of
relationships among science, technology, and society.
X. Civic Ideals and Practices
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of
the ideals, principles, and practices of citizenship in a democratic republic.
Essential Social Studies Skills
Acquiring Information
A. Reading Skills
Organizing & Using Information
A. Thinking Skills
B. Decision-Making Skills
C. Metacognitive Skills
Interpersonal Relationships & Social Participation
A. Personal Skills
B. Group Interaction Skills
1. Core Subjects & 21st Century Themes
Core subjects
Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy
2. Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration
3. Information, Media and Technology Skills
Information Literacy
ICT (Information, Communications & Technology) Literacy
4. Life and Career Skills
Initiative & Self-Direction
Social & Cross-Cultural Skills
Music
Content Standard #8: Understanding relationships between music, the other
arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
Visual Arts
Content Standard #6: Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines.
Personal Social Development
GOAL PS1: Develop understanding of yourself to build and maintain a positive self-concept.
Educational Achievement and Lifelong Learning
GOAL ED2: Participate in ongoing, lifelong learning experiences to enhance your
ability to function effectively in a diverse and changing economy.
Career Management
GOAL CM2: Use a process of decision-making as one component of career development
II. What are the Basic Values and Principles of American Democracy?
B. What are some important beliefs Americans have about themselves and their government?
1. Distinctive characteristics of American society.
V. What are the Roles of the Citizen in American Democracy?
D. What are important responsibilities of Americans?
1. Responsibilities of individuals.
• Personal responsibilities
• Civic responsibilities
E. What dispositions or traits of character are important to the preservation and
improvement of American democracy?
1. Dispositions that enhance citizen effectiveness and promote the healthy functioning
of American democracy.
Standard 14: Profit and the Entrepreneur
2. Communication and Collaboration
4. Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving & Decision-Making
6. Technology Operations and Concepts
Standard 1. Students read a wide range of print and non-print texts to build
an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States
and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of
society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction
and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
Standard 3. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret,
evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions
with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts,
their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features
(e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
Standard 4. Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language
(e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety
of audiences and for different purposes.
Standard 6. Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions
(e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre
to create, critique, and discuss print and non-print texts.
Standard 7. Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating
ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They gather, evaluate, and synthesize
data from a variety of sources (e.g., print and non-print texts, artifacts, people)
to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience.
Standard 8. Students use a variety of technological and information resources
(e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize
information and to create and communicate knowledge.
Standard 11. Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative,
and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.
Standard 12. Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish
their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange
of information).
Standard 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making
skills to enhance health.
Standard 6: Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills
to enhance health.
1 Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.
1.1 Skills
1.2 Dispositions in Action
1.3 Responsibilities
1.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
2 Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and
create new knowledge.
2.1 Skills
2.2 Dispositions in Action
2.3 Responsibilities
2.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
3 Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic
society.
3.1 Skills
3.2 Dispositions in Action
3.3 Responsibilities
3.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
4 Pursue personal and aesthetic growth.
4.1 Skills
4.2 Dispositions in Action
4.3 Responsibilities
4.4 Self-Assessment Strategies
Problem Solving Standard
Connections Standard
Science as Inquiry Standard A
Understandings about scientific inquiry
V. Individuals, Groups, and Institutions: Social studies programs should
include experiences that provide for the study of interactions among individuals,
groups, and institutions.
VII. Production, Distribution, and Consumption: Social studies programs should
include experiences that provide for the study of how people organize for the production,
distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
X. Civic Ideals and Practices
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of
the ideals, principles, and practices of citizenship in a democratic republic.
Essential Social Studies Skills
Acquiring Information
A. Reading Skills
Organizing & Using Information
A. Thinking Skills
B. Decision-Making Skills
C. Metacognitive
Interpersonal Relationships & Social Participation
A. Personal Skills
B. Group Interaction Skills
C. Social and Political Participation Skills
