Social Studies Core Curriculum as listed in EL Education Unit:

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• The rights of citizens in the United States are similar to and different from the right of citizens in other nations of the Western Hemisphere.

• Constitutions, rules, and laws are developed in democratic societies in order to maintain order, provide security, and protect individual rights.

• Different people living in the Western Hemisphere may view the same event or issue from different perspectives.

• The migration of groups of people in the United States, Canada, and Latin America has led to cultural diffusion because people carry their ideas and way of live with them when they move from place to place.

• Connections and exchanges exist between and among the peoples of Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States. These connections and exchanges include social/cultural, migration/immigration, and scientific/technological.

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