NORTH CAROLINA ESSENTIAL STANDARDS

African American Studies

NCES.AAS.H.1 - Apply historical thinking in order to understand the African American life in the United States over time.
- NCES.AAS.H.1.1 - Use primary and secondary sources to interpret various historical perspectives.
- NCES.AAS.H.1.2 - Analyze competing historical narratives and debates among historians.
- NCES.AAS.H.1.3 - Integrate evidence from multiple relevant historical sources and interpretations into a reasoned argument about the past.
- NCES.AAS.H.1.4 - Analyze how historical context shape and continue to shape people’s perspectives.

NCES.AAS.H.2 - Understand the significance of historical personalities, groups, institutions, and events in shaping African American life over time.
- NCES.AAS.H.2.1 - Analyze how key turning points in history have affected the lives of African Americans.
- NCES.AAS.H.2.2 - Explain how key historical figures have shaped the lives of African Americans.
- NCES.AAS.H.2.3 - Explain how various forms of resistance by individuals and groups have influenced change in the lives of African Americans.

NCES.AAS.G.1 - Analyze the role of geography in the lives of African Americans over time.
- NCES.AAS.G.1.1 - Analyze the physical and human characteristics of various places and regions to understand the connection to African American identities and cultures.
- NCES.AAS.G.1.2 - Explain the reasons for and effects of forced and voluntary migration on societies, individuals and groups throughout African American history.
- NCES.AAS.G.1.3 - Analyze how environmental changes have impacted African American communities in terms of land use, settlement patterns and urban development.
- NCES.AAS.G.1.4 - Explain how region has impacted political perspectives, economic decisions and cultural practices of African American communities.

NCES.AAS.G.2 - Apply geographic tools to understand African American groups and societies over time.
- NCES.AAS.G.2.1 - Use geographic data in order to understand economic, political, cultural and social patterns within African American communities.
- NCES.AAS.G.2.2 - Use maps, charts, graphs, photographs, geographic data and available technology tools to make inferences about African American life.

NCES.AAS.E.1 - Understand the ways in which African Americans addressed opportunities, challenges, and strategies concerning economic well being over time.
- NCES.AAS.E.1.1 - Analyze the economic development of African American groups and communities in terms of challenges to standard of living.
- NCES.AAS.E.1.2 - Explain how economic policies have impacted the socio-economic status of African Americans.
- NCES.AAS.E.1.3 - Analyze various geographic, cultural, social, political, and financial factors in terms of their impact on the economic mobility of African Americans.
- NCES.AAS.E.1.4 - Use cost-benefit analysis to assess the effectiveness of various approaches African Americans have used to solve economic issues.

NCES.AAS.C&G.1 - Understand the African American quest for full citizenship over time.
- NCES.AAS.C&G.1.1 - Analyze African American politics in terms of the quest for self-governance, social separatism, contests for power, and electoral and global alliances.
- NCES.AAS.C&G.1.2 - Analyze the relationship between African-Americans and other groups in terms of conflict and cooperation in the pursuit of individual freedoms and civil rights
- NCES.AAS.C&G.1.3 - Analyze political, constitutional and legal decisions and de facto practices to understand their impact on the lives of African Americans.
- NCES.AAS.C&G.1.4 - Explain how various philosophies and ideologies have played a role in the African American struggle for social, political and legal equality
- NCES.AAS.C&G.1.5 - Analyze civic participation of African Americans in terms of leadership and strategic planning at various levels.

NCES.AAS.C.1 - Analyze the lives of African Americans to understand the impact of shared and differing experiences and identities.
- NCES.AAS.C.1.1 - Analyze the impact of assimilation, stereotypes, and oppression on the lives of African Americans.
- NCES.AAS.C.1.2 - Analyze ways in which African Americans have retained cultural identity over time while adapting to mainstream American culture.
- NCES.AAS.C.1.3 - Explain how various artistic expressions of African Americans have contributed to the shared identity of various groups.
- NCES.AAS.C.1.4 - Analyze the various cultural practices that have shaped the individual and collective identity of African Americans over time to understand shared and differing experiences.