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Created by the EIU History Department to assist students of Eastern Illinois University in meeting the Illinois state standards for specialization in the social sciences.
Social Science - Standard 18
The competent social science teacher understands major political developments and compares patterns of continuity and change in the United States and the State of Illinois.
Knowledge Indicators - The competent social science teacher:
18A. Understands the evolution of American democracy; including its ideas, institutions, and practices from the colonial period to the present.  
18B. Understands the evolution of United States foreign policy and its relationship to domestic affiars and foreign policy.  
18C. Understands the development of political institutions in Illinois.  
Performance Indicators - The competent social science teacher:
18D. Describes the origins and development of democracy in the United States.
18E. Explains the emergence of the United States as a world power.
18F. Describes the influence of domestic affairs on foreign policy.
18G. Describes the development of government in Illinois.
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