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US / Canada 🇺🇸High-school equivalency for the US & Canada — Mathematical Reasoning, RLA, Science and Social Studies.
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Beginner
Beginner skill
First contact with how GED Social Studies presents historical and civic passages and vocabulary.
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StartConstitutional Principles, Separation of Powers & Federalism
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The Three Branches, Amendments, Civil Liberties, Elections & Public Policy
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Reading Social Studies Passages
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Social Studies Vocabulary
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Intermediate
Intermediate skill
Drawing conclusions from historical, civic and economic data.
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US History I: Founding Documents, the Early Republic, Civil War & Reconstruction
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US History II: Civil Rights, World Wars I & II, the Cold War & Modern Era
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Social Studies Reasoning
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Social Studies Data & Graphs
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Advanced
Advanced skill
Evaluating arguments and authorial purpose in social studies texts at college-ready difficulty.
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StartEconomics: Markets, Supply & Demand, Fiscal/Monetary Policy & Consumer FinanceFree preview
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PremiumGeography & the World: Civilizations, Environment, Borders & Migration
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PremiumCritical Reasoning
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PremiumAuthor's Purpose in Social Studies
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Syllabus coverage · Social Studies
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- Civics CG.a: types of modern and historical governments (direct, representative, parliamentary and presidential democracy; monarchy; oligarchy; authoritarianism)Reading Social Studies Passages →Social Studies Vocabulary →
- Civics CG.b: natural rights, popular sovereignty and consent of the governedConstitutional Principles, Separation of Powers & Federalism →
- Civics CG.b: constitutionalism, rule of law, majority rule and minority rightsConstitutional Principles, Separation of Powers & Federalism →
- Civics CG.b: checks and balances and separation of powersConstitutional Principles, Separation of Powers & Federalism →
- Civics CG.b/CG.c: federalism — powers of federal and state governments and shared powersConstitutional Principles, Separation of Powers & Federalism →
- Civics CG.c: structure, powers and authority of the legislative, executive and judicial branches and key positionsThe Three Branches, Amendments, Civil Liberties, Elections & Public Policy →
- Civics CG.c: the amendment process and federal departments and agenciesThe Three Branches, Amendments, Civil Liberties, Elections & Public Policy →
- Civics CG.d: the Bill of Rights, personal and civil liberties, and civic responsibilitiesThe Three Branches, Amendments, Civil Liberties, Elections & Public Policy →
- Civics CG.e: political parties, interest groups, campaigns, elections and the electoral processThe Three Branches, Amendments, Civil Liberties, Elections & Public Policy →
- Civics CG.f: contemporary public policyThe Three Branches, Amendments, Civil Liberties, Elections & Public Policy →
- US History USH.a: key historical documents (Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, US Constitution, Federalist Papers)US History I: Founding Documents, the Early Republic, Civil War & Reconstruction →
- US History USH.e/USH.b: European settlement, the Revolutionary War and the Articles of ConfederationUS History I: Founding Documents, the Early Republic, Civil War & Reconstruction →
- US History USH.b: the Early Republic — Washington, Jefferson, the War of 1812, Manifest Destiny and US Indian policyUS History I: Founding Documents, the Early Republic, Civil War & Reconstruction →
- US History USH.c: slavery, sectionalism, the Civil War, the Civil War Amendments and ReconstructionUS History I: Founding Documents, the Early Republic, Civil War & Reconstruction →
- US History USH.d: civil rights — Jim Crow laws, women's suffrage, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, the Civil Rights MovementUS History II: Civil Rights, World Wars I & II, the Cold War & Modern Era →
- US History USH.f: World Wars I and II — causes, Wilson and the League of Nations, isolationism, the Holocaust, Japanese-American internmentUS History II: Civil Rights, World Wars I & II, the Cold War & Modern Era →
- US History USH.g/USH.h: the Cold War (Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, the Great Society, Watergate, the collapse of the USSR) and foreign policy since 9/11US History II: Civil Rights, World Wars I & II, the Cold War & Modern Era →
- Economics E.a/E.b: key economic events in US history and the relationship between political and economic freedomsEconomics: Markets, Supply & Demand, Fiscal/Monetary Policy & Consumer Finance →
- Economics E.c: fundamental concepts — markets, incentives, opportunity cost, profit, entrepreneurship, comparative advantage, specializationEconomics: Markets, Supply & Demand, Fiscal/Monetary Policy & Consumer Finance →
- Economics E.d: microeconomics — supply, demand and price; monopoly and competition; regulationEconomics: Markets, Supply & Demand, Fiscal/Monetary Policy & Consumer Finance →
- Economics E.d: macroeconomics — fiscal and monetary policy, inflation, GDP, unemployment, tariffsEconomics: Markets, Supply & Demand, Fiscal/Monetary Policy & Consumer Finance →
- Economics E.e: consumer economics — types of credit, saving and banking, consumer credit lawsEconomics: Markets, Supply & Demand, Fiscal/Monetary Policy & Consumer Finance →
- Geography G.a/E.g/E.h: classical civilizations, exploration and colonization, the Scientific and Industrial RevolutionsGeography & the World: Civilizations, Environment, Borders & Migration →
- Geography G.b: environment and societal development — natural resources, sustainability, human changes to the environmentGeography & the World: Civilizations, Environment, Borders & Migration →
- Geography G.c: borders, region and place, natural and cultural diversityGeography & the World: Civilizations, Environment, Borders & Migration →
- Geography G.c: geographic tools and skills — reading maps, scale, latitude and longitudeReading Social Studies Passages →
- Geography G.d: human migration, cultural diffusion, population trends, rural and urban settlementGeography & the World: Civilizations, Environment, Borders & Migration →
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