TASC Social Studies Blueprint Overview
TASC Social Studies Blueprint OverviewDomain/ReportingCategorySubdomain/Core IdeaHS-US01 Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)HS-US02 Expansion and Reform (1801–1861)HS-US03 Civil War and Reconstruction (1850–1877)HS-US04 The Development of the Industrial United States (1870–1900)01 U.S. HistoryHS-US05 The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)HS-US06 The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)HS-US07 Postwar United States (1945–1970s)HS-US08 Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)HS-WH01 The Beginnings of Human SocietyHS-WH02 Early Civilizations and the Emergence of Pastoral People, 4000–1000 BCEHS-WH03 Classical Traditions, Major Religions, and Giant Empires, 1000 BCE–300 CEHS-WH04 Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter, 300–1000 CEHS-WH05 Intensified Hemispheric Interactions, 1000–1500 CE02 World HistoryHS-WH06 The Emergence of the First Global Age, 1450–1770HS-WH07 An Age of Revolutions, 1750–1914HS-WH08 A Half-Century of Crisis and Achievement, 1900–1945HS-WH09 The 20th Century Since 1945: Promises and ParadoxesHS-WH10 World History Across the ErasHS-CG01 Civic Life, Politics, and GovernmentHS-CG02 Foundations of the American Political System03 Civics andHS-CG03 U.S. Constitution: Embodies Purpose, Values, and Principles of American DemocracyGovernmentHS-CG04 Relationship of the United States to Other Nations and to World AffairsHS-CG05 Role of the Citizen in American ed and published by Data Recognition Corporation, 13490 Bass Lake Road, Maple Grove, MN 55311. Copyright 2020 by Data Recognition Corporation. Allrights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the priorwritten permission of the publisher.TASC Test Assessing Secondary Completion is a trademark of Data Recognition Corporation. Data Recognition Corporation is not affiliated with The After-School Corporation,which is known as TASC. The After-School Corporation has no affiliation with the Test Assessing Secondary Completion (“TASC Test”) offered by Data RecognitionCorporation, and has not authorized, sponsored or otherwise approved of any of Data Recognition Corporation’s products and services, including TASC Test.
TASC Social Studies Blueprint Overview, continuedDomain/ReportingCategory04 Geography05 EconomicsSubdomain/Core IdeaHS-GE01 World in Spatial TermsHS-GE02 Places and RegionsHS-GE03 Physical SystemsHS-GE04 Human SystemsHS-GE05 Environment and SocietyHS-EC01 Basic EconomicsHS-EC02 Trade and International PoliticsHS-EC03 MicroeconomicsHS-EC04 MacroeconomicsHS-EC05 Government and 10%20%Page 2
TASC Social Studies Detailed Blueprint, continuedDomain/ReportingCategorySubdomain/Core 1Revolution andthe New Nation(1754–1820s)HS-US01.BHS-US02.A01 U.S. HistoryHS-US02Expansion andReform (1801–1861)HS-US02.BHS-US02.CHS-US02.DStandard DescriptionThe examinee should be able to evaluate the causesof the American Revolution, the ideas and interestsinvolved in forging the revolutionary movement, andthe reasons for the American victory.The examinee should be able to evaluate theinstitutions and practices of government createdduring the Revolution and how they were revisedbetween 1787 and 1815 to create the foundation ofthe American political system based on the U.S.Constitution and the Bill of Rights.The examinee should be able to evaluate UnitedStates territorial expansion between 1801 and 1861and how it affected relations with external powersand Native Americans.The examinee should be able to evaluate how theindustrial revolution, increasing immigration, therapid expansion of slavery, and the westwardmovement changed the lives of Americans and ledtoward regional tensions.The examinee should be able to evaluate theextension, restriction, and reorganization of politicaldemocracy after 1800.The examinee should be able to evaluate the sourcesand character of cultural, religious, and social reformmovements in the antebellum period.TASC Emphasisfor FormsMediumMediumLowLowLowLowPage 3
TASC Social Studies Detailed Blueprint, continuedDomain/ReportingCategorySubdomain/Core 3 CivilWar US04.A01 U.S. HistorycontinuedHS-US04 TheDevelopment ofthe IndustrialUnited S05 TheEmergence ofModern ndard DescriptionThe examinee should be able to evaluate the causesof the Civil War.The examinee should be able to evaluate the courseand character of the Civil War and its effects on theAmerican people.The examinee should be able to evaluate why variousReconstruction plans succeeded or failed.The examinee should be able to evaluate how therise of corporations, heavy industry, and mechanizedfarming transformed the American people.The examinee should be able to evaluate massiveimmigration after 1870 and how new social patterns,conflicts, and ideas of national unity developed amidgrowing cultural diversity.The examinee should be able to evaluate the rise ofthe American labor movement and how politicalissues reflected social and economic changes.The examinee should be able to evaluate howProgressives and others addressed problems ofindustrial capitalism, urbanization, and politicalcorruption.The examinee should be able to evaluate thechanging role of the United States in world affairsthrough World War I.The examinee should be able to evaluate how theUnited States changed from the end of World War Ito the eve of the Great Depression.The examinee should be able to evaluate the federalIndian policy and United States foreign policy afterthe Civil War.TASC Emphasisfor iumMediumPage 4
TASC Social Studies Detailed Blueprint, continuedDomain/ReportingCategorySubdomain/Core 6 TheGreat Depressionand World War II(1929–1945)HS-US06.BHS-US06.CHS-US07.A01 U.S. HistorycontinuedHS-US07 PostwarUnited US08ContemporaryUnited States(1968 to thepresent)HS-US08.AHS-US08.BStandard DescriptionThe examinee should be able to evaluate the causesof the Great Depression and how it affectedAmerican society.The examinee should be able to evaluate how theNew Deal addressed the Great Depression,transformed American federalism, and initiated thewelfare state.The examinee should be able to evaluate the causesand course of World War II, the character of the warat home and abroad, and its reshaping of the U.S.role in world affairs.The examinee should be able to evaluate theeconomic boom and social transformation of postwarUnited States.The examinee should be able to evaluate how theCold War and conflicts in Korea and Vietnaminfluenced domestic and international politics.The examinee should be able to evaluate domesticpolicies after World War II.The examinee should be able to evaluate the strugglefor racial and gender equality and for the extensionof civil liberties.The examinee should be able to evaluate recentdevelopments in foreign policy and domestic politics.The examinee should be able to evaluate economic,social, and cultural developments in contemporaryUnited States.TASC Emphasisfor age 5
TASC Social Studies Detailed Blueprint, continuedDomain/ReportingCategorySubdomain/Core Idea02 World HistoryHS-WH01 TheBeginnings ofHuman SocietyHS-WH02 EarlyCivilizations andthe Emergence ofPastoral People,4000–1000 BCEHS-WH03ClassicalTraditions, MajorReligions, andGiant Empires,1000 BCE–300 CEHS-WH04Expanding Zonesof Exchange andEncounter, 300–1000 �1500 CEHS-WH06 TheEmergence of theFirst Global Age,1450–1770HS-WH07 An Ageof tionStandard DescriptionTASC Emphasisfor FormsHS-WH01.AThe examinee understands the processes that gaverise to the earliest human communities and theemergence of agricultural societies around the world.LowHS-WH02.AThe examinee understands the major trends inEurasia and Africa from 4000 to 1000 BCE.LowHS-WH03.AThe examinee understands the major global trendsfrom 1000 BCE to 300 CE.LowHS-WH04.AThe examinee understands the major global trendsfrom 300 to 1000 CE.LowHS-WH05.AThe examinee understands the major global trendsfrom 1000 to 1500 CE.LowHS-WH06.AThe examinee understands the major global trendsfrom 1450 to 1770.MediumHS-WH07.AThe examinee understands the major global trendsfrom 1750 to 1914.MediumPage 6
TASC Social Studies Detailed Blueprint, continuedDomain/ReportingCategorySubdomain/Core Idea02 World HistorycontinuedHS-WH08 A HalfCentury of CrisisandAchievement,1900–1945HS-WH09 The20th CenturySince 1945:Promises andParadoxesHS-WH10 The21st Century:Challenges in aGlobal he examinee understands the major global trendsfrom World War II to 1999.HS-WH09.AHS-WH10.AHS-CG01.BHS-CG01 CivicLife, Politics, andGovernmentTASC Emphasisfor FormsThe examinee understands the major global trendsfrom 1900 to the end of World War II.HS-CG01.A03 Civics andGovernmentStandard DescriptionHS-CG01.CHS-CG01.DHS-CG01.EHighThe examinee understands the major global trendssince 2000.The examinee should be able to explain the meaningof the terms civic life, politics, and government.The examinee should be able to explain the majorarguments advanced for the necessity of politics andgovernment.The examinee should be able to explain the essentialcharacteristics of limited and unlimited governments.The examinee should be able to explain the variouspurposes served by constitutions.The examinee should be able to describe the majorcharacteristics of systems of shared powers(presidential) and of parliamentary systems.HighHighHighHighHighHighPage 7
TASC Social Studies Detailed Blueprint, continuedDomain/ReportingCategorySubdomain/Core 2.BHS-CG02Foundations ofthe AmericanPolitical SystemHS-CG02.CHS-CG02.D03 Civics andGovernmentcontinuedHS-CG02.EHS-CG03 U.S.Constitution:EmbodiesPurpose, Values,and Principles ofAmericanDemocracyHS-CG03.AHS-CG03.BStandard DescriptionThe examinee should be able to explain the centralideas of American constitutional government andtheir history.The examinee should be able to explain how certaincharacteristics tend to distinguish American societyfrom most other societies.The examinee should be able to explain theimportance of shared political and civic beliefs andvalues to the maintenance of constitutionaldemocracy in an increasingly diverse Americansociety.The examinee should be able to explain how and whyideas of classical republicanism are reflected in thevalues and principles of American constitutionaldemocracy.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions on what the fundamental valuesand principles of American political life are, theirimportance to the maintenance of constitutionaldemocracy, and instances in which fundamentalvalues and principles may be in conflict.The examinee should be able to explain how theUnited States Constitution grants and distributespower to national and state governments and how itseeks to prevent the abuse of power.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions on issues regarding the distributionof powers and responsibilities within the federalsystem.TASC Emphasisfor FormsHighHighHighHighHighHighHighPage 8
TASC Social Studies Detailed Blueprint, continuedDomain/ReportingCategorySubdomain/Core 3.D03 Civics andGovernmentcontinuedHS-CG03 U.S.Constitution:EmbodiesPurpose, Values,and Principles G03.GHS-CG03.HHS-CG03.IHS-CG03.JHS-CG03.KStandard DescriptionThe examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions on issues regarding the purposes,organization, and functions of the institutions of thenational government.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions on issues regarding the relationshipsbetween state and local governments and citizenaccess to those governments. The examinee shouldalso be able to identify the major responsibilities oftheir state and local governments.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions on the role and importance of law inthe American political system.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions on current issues regarding thejudicial protection of individual rights.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions about how the public agenda is set.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions about the role of public opinion inAmerican politics.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions on the influence of the media onAmerican political life.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions about the roles of political parties,campaigns, and elections in American politics.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions about the formation andimplementation of public policy.TASC Emphasisfor FormsHighHighHighHighHighHighHighHighHighPage 9
TASC Social Studies Detailed Blueprint, continuedDomain/ReportingCategorySubdomain/Core 4Relationship ofthe United Statesto Other Nationsand to WorldAffairsHS-CG04.BHS-CG04.CHS-CG04.DHS-CG05.A03 Civics andGovernmentcontinuedHS-CG05.BHS-CG05.CHS-CG05 Role ofthe Citizen G05.GStandard DescriptionThe examinee should be able to explain how nationstates interact with each other.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions on the purposes and functions ofinternational organizations in the world today.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions about how United States foreignpolicy is made and the means by which it is carriedout.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions about the effects of significantinternational political developments on the UnitedStates and other nations.The examinee should be able to explain the meaningof citizenship in the United States.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions on issues regarding the criteria usedfor naturalization.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions on issues regarding personal rights.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions on issues regarding political rights.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions on issues regarding economic rights.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions on issues regarding the properscope and limits of rights.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions on issues regarding the personalresponsibilities of citizens in American constitutionaldemocracy.TASC Emphasisfor ighHighPage 10
TASC Social Studies Detailed Blueprint, continuedDomain/ReportingCategorySubdomain/Core IdeaStandard/PerformanceExpectationHS-CG05.H03 Civics andGovernmentcontinuedHS-CG05 Role ofthe Citizen E01 Worldin Spatial TermsHS-GE01.AHS-GE01.BHS-GE02.A04 GeographyHS-GE02 Placesand RegionsHS-GE02.BHS-GE02.CHS-GE03 PhysicalSystemsHS-GE03.AHS-GE03.BStandard DescriptionThe examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions on issues regarding civicresponsibilities of citizens in American constitutionaldemocracy.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions on the importance to Americanconstitutional democracy of dispositions that fosterrespect for individual worth and human dignity.The examinee should be able to evaluate, take, anddefend positions about the means that citizensshould use to monitor and influence the formationand implementation of public policy.Students should be able to use maps and othergeographic tools to gather information and drawconclusions.The examinee should be able to use mental maps toanswer complex geographic problems.The examinee should be able to explain how placesare characterized by both physical and humancharacteristics.The examinee should be able to describe how regionsare formed and what makes them distinct.The examinee should be able to describe howphysical and human characteristics of places andregions change over time.The examinee should be able to describe howphysical processes have shaped Earth's surface andhuman settlement.The examinee should be able to describe howenvironmental changes can affect ecosystems.TASC Emphasisfor e 11
TASC Social Studies Detailed Blueprint, continuedDomain/ReportingCategorySubdomain/Core 4 HumanSystemsHS-GE04.BHS-GE04.C04 ment andSocietyHS-GE05.BHS-GE05.CHS-EC01.AHS-EC01.B05 EconomicsHS-EC01 BasicEconomicsHS-EC01.CHS-EC01.DStandard DescriptionThe examinee should be able to identify and explainhow factors such as technology, politics, theeconomy, the environment, and history haveinfluenced population distribution.The examinee should be able to identify and describethe characteristics of cultures.The examinee should be able to evaluate thefunctions of settlements over time.The examinee should be able to describe how conflictand cooperation influence the division of Earth'ssurface.The examinee should be able to explain the impact ofhuman changes on the environment.The examinee should be able to describe how thephysical environment provides opportunities for andhinders human activities.The examinee should be able to describe the changesthat occur in the use, distribution, and importance ofa resource.Scarcity: Identify what is gained and what is given upwhen choices are made.Incentives: Identify incentives that affect people’sbehavior and explain how incentives affect their ownbehavior.Allocation: Evaluate different methods of allocatinggoods and services, by comparing the benefits to thecosts of each method.Decision Making: Make effective decisions asconsumers, producers, savers, investors, and citizens.TASC Emphasisfor ighHighPage 12
TASC Social Studies Detailed Blueprint, continuedDomain/ReportingCategorySubdomain/Core 2 Tradeand InternationalPoliticsHS-EC02.BHS-EC03.AHS-EC03.B05 C04.CStandard DescriptionSpecialization: Explain the benefits of developingspecial skills and strengths.Trade: Negotiate exchanges and identify the gains tothemselves and others. Compare the benefits andcosts of policies that alter trade barriers betweennations, such as tariffs and quotas.Role of Prices: Predict how changes in factors such asconsumers’ tastes or producers’ technology affectprices.Markets and Prices: Identify markets in which buyersand sellers participate and describe how theinteraction of all buyers and sellers influences prices.Also, predict how prices change when there is eithera shortage or surplus of the product available.Competition and Market Structure: Explain howchanges in the level of competition in differentmarkets can affect price and output levels.Institutions: Describe the roles of various economicinstitutions and explain the importance of propertyrights in a market economy.Money and Inflation: Explain how people's liveswould be more difficult in a world with no money,
01_U.S. History HS -US01 Revolution and the New Nation (1754 –1820s) HS-US01.A The examinee should be able to evaluate the causes of the American Revolution, the ideas and interests involved in forging the revolutionary movement, and the reasons for the American victory. Medium HS-US01.B The examinee should be able to evaluate the
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