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Challenges to Liberalism

  • Identify the most prominent complaints about liberal practices.
  • Create a visual essay that represents a position on the viability of communism and fascism.

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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Curriculum Outcomes Addressed: 30-1

Specific Outcome 1.8 - Students will analyze collectivism as a foundation of ideology (principles of collectivism: collective responsibility, collective interest, cooperation, economic equality, adherence to collective norms, public property) (PADM, ER, C)
Specific Outcome 2.2 - Students will appreciate how citizens and citizenship are impacted by the promotion of ideological principles (C, TCC)
Specific Outcome 2.3 - Students will appreciate that individuals and groups may adhere to various ideologies (I, C, PADM
Specific Outcome 2.7 - Students will analyze ideologies that developed in response to classical liberalism (classic conservatism, Marxism, socialism, welfare capitalism) (PADM, ER, TCC)
Specific Outcome 2.9 - Students will evaluate ideological systems that rejected principles of liberalism (Communism in the Soviet Union, fascism in Nazi Germany) (PADM, ER, TCC)
Specific Outcome S.1.1 - Students will evaluate ideas and information from multiple sources
Specific Outcome S.1.2 - Students will determine relationships among multiple and varied sources of information
Specific Outcome S.1.5 - Students will evaluate personal assumptions and opinions to develop an expanded appreciation of a topic or an issue
Specific Outcome S.1.6 - Students will synthesize information from contemporary and historical issues to develop an informed position
Specific Outcome S.1.7 - Students will evaluate the logic of assumptions underlying a position
Specific Outcome S.1.8 - Students will assemble seemingly unrelated information to support an idea or to explain an event
Specific Outcome S.2.1 - Students will analyze multiple historical and contemporary perspectives within and across cultures
Specific Outcome S.2.2 - Students will analyze connections among patterns of historical change by identifying cause and effect relationships
Specific Outcome S.2.3 - Students will compare similarities and differences among historical narratives
Specific Outcome S.2.4 - Students will evaluate the impact of significant historical periods and patterns of change on the contemporary world
Specific Outcome S.2.6 - Students will identify reasons underlying similarities and differences among historical narratives
Specific Outcome S.2.7 - Students will develop a reasoned position that is informed by historical and contemporary evidence
Specific Outcome S.3.2 - Students will make inferences and draw conclusions from maps and other geographical sources
Specific Outcome S.3.3 - Students will locate, gather, interpret and organize information, using historical maps
Specific Outcome S.4.1 - Students will demonstrate leadership in groups to achieve consensus, solve problems, formulate positions and take action, if appropriate, on important issues
Specific Outcome S.4.2 - Students will develop inquiry strategies to make decisions and solve problems
Specific Outcome S.4.3 - Students will generate and apply new ideas and strategies to contribute to decision making and problem solving
Specific Outcome S.5.4 - Students will demonstrate leadership during discussions and group work
Specific Outcome S.7.1 - Students will develop, express and defend an informed position on an issue
Specific Outcome S.7.2 - Students will reflect on changes of perspective or opinion based on information gathered and research conducted
Specific Outcome S.7.3 - Students will draw pertinent conclusions based on evidence derived from research
Specific Outcome S.7.4 - Students will demonstrate proficiency in the use of research tools and strategies to investigate issues
Specific Outcome S.7.5 - Students will consult a wide variety of sources, including oral histories, that reflect varied viewpoints on particular issues
Specific Outcome S.7.6 - Students will integrate and synthesize argumentation and evidence to provide an informed opinion on a research question or an issue of inquiry
Specific Outcome S.7.7 - Students will develop, refine and apply questions to address an issue
Specific Outcome S.7.8 - Students will select and analyze relevant information when conducting research
Specific Outcome S.7.9 - Students will plan and perform complex searches, using digital sources
Specific Outcome S.7.11 - Students will generate new understandings of issues by using some form of technology to facilitate the process
Specific Outcome S.7.12 - Students will record relevant data for acknowledging sources of information, and cite sources correctly
Specific Outcome S.7.13 - Students will respect ownership and integrity of information
Specific Outcome S.8.1 - Students will communicate effectively to express a point of view in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.8.5 - Students will use a variety of oral, visual and print sources to present informed positions on issues
Specific Outcome S.8.9 - Students will apply general principles of graphic layout and design to a document in process
Specific Outcome S.8.10 - Students will understand that different types of information may be used to manipulate and control a message (e.g., graphics, photographs, graphs, charts and statistics)

Curriculum Outcomes Addressed: 30-2

Specific Outcome 1.8 - Students will examine collectivism as a foundation of ideology (values of collectivism: collective responsibility, collective interest, cooperation, economic equality, adherence to collective norms, public property) (PADM, ER, C)
Specific Outcome 2.2 - Students will appreciate how citizens and citizenship are impacted by the promotion of ideological principles (C, TCC)
Specific Outcome 2.3 - Students will appreciate that individuals and groups may adhere to various ideologies (I, C, PADM)
Specific Outcome 2.7 - Students will examine ideologies that developed in response to liberalism (socialism, Marxism) (PADM, ER, TCC)
Specific Outcome 2.9 - Students will analyze ideological systems that rejected liberalism (Communism in the Soviet Union, fascism in Nazi Germany) (PADM, ER, TCC)
Specific Outcome S.1.1 - Students will analyze ideas and information from multiple sources
Specific Outcome S.1.2 - Students will determine relationships among multiple sources of information
Specific Outcome S.1.5 - Students will evaluate personal assumptions and opinions
Specific Outcome S.1.7 - Students will identify seemingly unrelated ideas to explain a concept or event
Specific Outcome S.1.9 - Students will identify main ideas underlying a position or issue
Specific Outcome S.2.1 - Students will understand diverse historical and contemporary perspectives within and across cultures
Specific Outcome S.2.2 - Students will analyze connections among patterns of historical change by identifying cause and effect relationships
Specific Outcome S.2.3 - Students will compare and contrast historical narratives
Specific Outcome S.2.4 - Students will identify and describe the impact of significant historical periods and patterns of change on society today
Specific Outcome S.2.7 - Students will develop reasoned arguments supported by historical and contemporary evidence
Specific Outcome S.3.2 - Students will draw conclusions from maps and other geographic sources
Specific Outcome S.3.3 - Students will locate, gather, interpret and organize information, using historical maps
Specific Outcome S.4.1 - Students will demonstrate skills needed to reach consensus, solve problems and formulate positions
Specific Outcome S.4.2 - Students will use inquiry processes to make decisions and solve problems
Specific Outcome S.4.3 - Students will apply ideas and strategies to contribute to decision making and problem solving
Specific Outcome S.5.2 - Students will make meaningful contributions to discussion and group work
Specific Outcome S.7.1 - Students will develop and express an informed position on an issue
Specific Outcome S.7.2 - Students will develop conclusions based on evidence gathered through research of a wide variety of sources
Specific Outcome S.7.3 - Students will use research tools and methods to investigate issues
Specific Outcome S.7.4 - Students will consult a wide variety of sources, including oral histories, that reflect varied viewpoints on particular issues
Specific Outcome S.7.5 - Students will revise questions on an issue as new information becomes available
Specific Outcome S.7.6 - Students will select relevant information when conducting research
Specific Outcome S.7.7 - Students will cite sources correctly to respect the ownership and integrity of information
Specific Outcome S.7.9 - Students will plan and perform searches, using digital sources
Specific Outcome S.7.10 - Students will generate understandings of issues by using some form of technology to facilitate the process
Specific Outcome S.8.1 - Students will communicate effectively in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.8.3 - Students will use a variety of oral, visual and print sources to present informed positions on issues
Specific Outcome S.8.6 - Students will use technology to compose, revise and edit text

Assessment of Specific Outcomes

These tables for 30-1 and 30-2 identify only learning outcomes that are assessed by using the summative student task. Other outcomes for this critical challenge are addressed through instruction.

Assessed Curriculum Outcomes: 30-1

Specific Outcome 1.8 - Students will analyze collectivism as a foundation of ideology (principles of collectivism: collective responsibility, collective interest, cooperation, economic equality, adherence to collective norms, public property) (PADM, ER, C)
Specific Outcome 2.2 - Students will appreciate how citizens and citizenship are impacted by the promotion of ideological principles (C, TCC)
Specific Outcome 2.3 - Students will appreciate that individuals and groups may adhere to various ideologies (I, C, PADM
Specific Outcome 2.7 - Students will analyze ideologies that developed in response to classical liberalism (classic conservatism, Marxism, socialism, welfare capitalism) (PADM, ER, TCC)
Specific Outcome 2.9 - Students will evaluate ideological systems that rejected principles of liberalism (Communism in the Soviet Union, fascism in Nazi Germany) (PADM, ER, TCC)
Specific Outcome S.1.1 - Students will evaluate ideas and information from multiple sources
Specific Outcome S.1.2 - Students will determine relationships among multiple and varied sources of information
Specific Outcome S.1.5 - Students will evaluate personal assumptions and opinions to develop an expanded appreciation of a topic or an issue
Specific Outcome S.1.6 - Students will synthesize information from contemporary and historical issues to develop an informed position
Specific Outcome S.1.7 - Students will evaluate the logic of assumptions underlying a position
Specific Outcome S.1.8 - Students will assemble seemingly unrelated information to support an idea or to explain an event
Specific Outcome S.2.1 - Students will analyze multiple historical and contemporary perspectives within and across cultures
Specific Outcome S.2.2 - Students will analyze connections among patterns of historical change by identifying cause and effect relationships
Specific Outcome S.2.3 - Students will compare similarities and differences among historical narratives
Specific Outcome S.2.4 - Students will evaluate the impact of significant historical periods and patterns of change on the contemporary world
Specific Outcome S.2.6 - Students will identify reasons underlying similarities and differences among historical narratives
Specific Outcome S.2.7 - Students will develop a reasoned position that is informed by historical and contemporary evidence
Specific Outcome S.3.2 - Students will make inferences and draw conclusions from maps and other geographical sources
Specific Outcome S.3.3 - Students will locate, gather, interpret and organize information, using historical maps
Specific Outcome S.4.1 - Students will demonstrate leadership in groups to achieve consensus, solve problems, formulate positions and take action, if appropriate, on important issues
Specific Outcome S.4.2 - Students will develop inquiry strategies to make decisions and solve problems
Specific Outcome S.4.3 - Students will generate and apply new ideas and strategies to contribute to decision making and problem solving
Specific Outcome S.5.4 - Students will demonstrate leadership during discussions and group work
Specific Outcome S.7.1 - Students will develop, express and defend an informed position on an issue
Specific Outcome S.7.2 - Students will reflect on changes of perspective or opinion based on information gathered and research conducted
Specific Outcome S.7.3 - Students will draw pertinent conclusions based on evidence derived from research
Specific Outcome S.7.4 - Students will demonstrate proficiency in the use of research tools and strategies to investigate issues
Specific Outcome S.7.5 - Students will consult a wide variety of sources, including oral histories, that reflect varied viewpoints on particular issues
Specific Outcome S.7.6 - Students will integrate and synthesize argumentation and evidence to provide an informed opinion on a research question or an issue of inquiry
Specific Outcome S.7.7 - Students will develop, refine and apply questions to address an issue
Specific Outcome S.7.8 - Students will select and analyze relevant information when conducting research
Specific Outcome S.7.9 - Students will plan and perform complex searches, using digital sources
Specific Outcome S.7.11 - Students will generate new understandings of issues by using some form of technology to facilitate the process
Specific Outcome S.7.12 - Students will record relevant data for acknowledging sources of information, and cite sources correctly
Specific Outcome S.7.13 - Students will respect ownership and integrity of information
Specific Outcome S.8.1 - Students will communicate effectively to express a point of view in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.8.5 - Students will use a variety of oral, visual and print sources to present informed positions on issues
Specific Outcome S.8.9 - Students will apply general principles of graphic layout and design to a document in process
Specific Outcome S.8.10 - Students will understand that different types of information may be used to manipulate and control a message (e.g., graphics, photographs, graphs, charts and statistics)


Assessed Curriculum Outcomes: 30-2

Specific Outcome 1.8 - Students will examine collectivism as a foundation of ideology (values of collectivism: collective responsibility, collective interest, cooperation, economic equality, adherence to collective norms, public property) (PADM, ER, C)
Specific Outcome 2.2 - Students will appreciate how citizens and citizenship are impacted by the promotion of ideological principles (C, TCC)
Specific Outcome 2.3 - Students will appreciate that individuals and groups may adhere to various ideologies (I, C, PADM)
Specific Outcome 2.7 - Students will examine ideologies that developed in response to liberalism (socialism, Marxism) (PADM, ER, TCC)
Specific Outcome 2.9 - Students will analyze ideological systems that rejected liberalism (Communism in the Soviet Union, fascism in Nazi Germany) (PADM, ER, TCC)
Specific Outcome S.1.1 - Students will analyze ideas and information from multiple sources
Specific Outcome S.1.2 - Students will determine relationships among multiple sources of information
Specific Outcome S.1.5 - Students will evaluate personal assumptions and opinions
Specific Outcome S.1.7 - Students will identify seemingly unrelated ideas to explain a concept or event
Specific Outcome S.1.9 - Students will identify main ideas underlying a position or issue
Specific Outcome S.2.1 - Students will understand diverse historical and contemporary perspectives within and across cultures
Specific Outcome S.2.2 - Students will analyze connections among patterns of historical change by identifying cause and effect relationships
Specific Outcome S.2.3 - Students will compare and contrast historical narratives
Specific Outcome S.2.4 - Students will identify and describe the impact of significant historical periods and patterns of change on society today
Specific Outcome S.2.7 - Students will develop reasoned arguments supported by historical and contemporary evidence
Specific Outcome S.3.2 - Students will draw conclusions from maps and other geographic sources
Specific Outcome S.3.3 - Students will locate, gather, interpret and organize information, using historical maps
Specific Outcome S.4.1 - Students will demonstrate skills needed to reach consensus, solve problems and formulate positions
Specific Outcome S.4.2 - Students will use inquiry processes to make decisions and solve problems
Specific Outcome S.4.3 - Students will apply ideas and strategies to contribute to decision making and problem solving
Specific Outcome S.5.2 - Students will make meaningful contributions to discussion and group work
Specific Outcome S.7.1 - Students will develop and express an informed position on an issue
Specific Outcome S.7.2 - Students will develop conclusions based on evidence gathered through research of a wide variety of sources
Specific Outcome S.7.3 - Students will use research tools and methods to investigate issues
Specific Outcome S.7.4 - Students will consult a wide variety of sources, including oral histories, that reflect varied viewpoints on particular issues
Specific Outcome S.7.5 - Students will revise questions on an issue as new information becomes available
Specific Outcome S.7.6 - Students will select relevant information when conducting research
Specific Outcome S.7.7 - Students will cite sources correctly to respect the ownership and integrity of information
Specific Outcome S.7.9 - Students will plan and perform searches, using digital sources
Specific Outcome S.7.10 - Students will generate understandings of issues by using some form of technology to facilitate the process
Specific Outcome S.8.1 - Students will communicate effectively in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.8.3 - Students will use a variety of oral, visual and print sources to present informed positions on issues
Specific Outcome S.8.6 - Students will use technology to compose, revise and edit text
Specific Outcome S.8.7 - Students will employ technologies to adapt information for context (situation, audience and purpose)
C Citizenship
ER Economics and Resources
CC Culture and Community
I Identity
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
TCC Time, Continuity and Change
PADM Power, Authority, and Decision Making

 
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