(1) The benchmark for social studies content standard 4 for a student upon graduation is the ability to:

(a) select and analyze various documents and primary and secondary sources that have influenced the legal, political, and constitutional heritage of Montana and the United States;

(b) interpret how selected cultures, historical events, periods, and patterns of change influence each other;

(c) apply ideas, theories, and methods of inquiry to analyze historical and contemporary developments, and to formulate and defend reasoned decisions on public policy issues;

(d) analyze the significance of important people, events, and ideas (e.g., political and intellectual leadership, inventions, discoveries, the arts) in the major eras/civilizations in the history of Montana, American Indian tribes, the United States, and the world;

(e) analyze issues (e.g., freedom and equality, liberty and order, region and nation, diversity and civic duty) using historical evidence to form and support a reasoned position;

(f) analyze both the historical impact of technology (e.g., industrialization, communication, medicine) on human values and behaviors and how technology shapes problem solving now and in the future;

(g) investigate, interpret, and analyze the impact of multiple historical and contemporary viewpoints concerning events within and across cultures, major world religions, and political systems (e.g., assimilation, values, beliefs, conflicts) ; and

(h) analyze and illustrate the major issues concerning history, culture, tribal sovereignty, and current status of the American Indian tribes and bands in Montana and the United States (e.g., artifacts, repatriation, natural resources, language, jurisdiction) .