Social Studies

Competencies for High School Entrance

Students should be aware of the significance of national and state historical events and the importance of community in their own lives. They should demonstrate understanding, compassion, and support for those of different races, ethnicity, economic background, and religion. They need to become leaders who value peace and service in the global community in which they now live.

The Catholic high schools expect entering students to have basic competencies in the social studies areas. These competencies are in the areas of reading, writing, mapping skills, time references, understanding and use of primary sources, thinking skills, and a basic understanding of early American history as well as the development of culture in other areas of the world.

• Use of longitude and latitude to locate sites on a map or globe
• Locate the states of the Union and their capitals
• Use time-lines to reference past events
• Read actively, take notes, organize information, draw logical conclusions from facts
• Demonstrate correct use of grammar, spelling, punctuation in written work
• Write topic sentences and organize paragraphs
• Properly cite print, media and Internet sources used as references in written work
• Learn and apply rules of comparison and classification
• Show cause and effect

• Awareness of cultural contributions of peoples living in various times and places
• Some understanding of the structure of national, state and local governments
• Recognize contributions of the 17th, 18th, and early 19th century Americans in critical areas such as civil rights, economic and social development
• Recognize the contributions over time of peoples in Western and non-Western civilizations

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