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Grade Six 6.5 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious and social structures of the early civilizations of India. (Future division of Pakistan and India)
Grade Seven 7.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious and social structures of the civilization of Islam in the Middle Ages. 7.2:4 Discuss the expansion of Muslim rule through military conquests and treaties, emphasizing the cultural blending within Muslim civilization and the spread and acceptance of Islam and the Arabic language. 7.2.5 Describe the growth of cities and the establishment of trade routes among Asia, Africa and Europe (Silk Route – Afghanistan, Pakistan, India etc.)
Grade Eight 8.1 Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy. (Democracy in Pakistan?) 8.3 Students understand the foundation of the American political system and the ways in which citizens participate in it. (Comparison) 8.5 Students analyze U.S. foreign policy in the early Republic
Grade Ten Students study major turning points that shaped the modern world from the late 18th century through the present. 10.1.2 Trace the development of the Western political ideas of the rule of law and illegitimacy of tyranny, using selections from Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Politics 10.1. Consider the influence of the U.S. Constitution on political systems in the contemporary world. (How does the American Constitution compare with Pakistan’s constitution?) 10.4 Students analyze patterns of global change in the era of New Imperialism in… India 10.4.4 Describe the independence struggles of the colonized regions of the world, including the roles of leaders and the roles of ideology and religion.
Grade Eleven 11.3 Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral, social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty (Separation of India and Pakistan, Hindu-Islam) 11.3.5 Describe the principles of religious liberty found in the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses of the First Amendment, including the debate on the issue of separation of church and state. 11.3.4 Describe the expanding religious pluralism in the US and California that resulted from large-scale immigration in the 20th century (Muslim-Pakistani immigration after Partition) 11.4 Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century 11.9 Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II (Afghan war, U.S. support of Mujaheddin etc.)
Grade Twelve 12.1 Students explain the fundamental principles and moral values of American democracy as expressed in the US Constitution and other essential documents of American democracy (compare with violation of democracy in Pakistan) 12.2 Students evaluate and defend rights as democratic citizens. 12.2.1 Discuss the meaning and importance of rights guaranteed under Bill of Rights (freedoms of speech, press etc.) (How has Pakistan violated those rights?) 12.3 Students evaluate and defend positions on fundamental values and principles of civil society. 12.3.4 Compare the relationship of government and civil society in constitutional democracies to the relationship of government and civil society in authoritarian and totalitarian regimes. 12.4 Students analyze the unique roles and responsibilities of the three branches of government as established by the US Constitution. 12.9 Compare the various ways in which power is distributed, shared and limited in systems of shard powers and in parliamentary systems.
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