(1) A graduating student at the novice level is beginning to attain prerequisite knowledge and skills that are fundamental at each benchmark in social studies. He/she:

(a) inconsistently uses and seldom analyzes or adapts an inquiry process to locate information even from limited sources, evaluates information with assistance, and rarely applies information to decision making situations;

(b) incompletely analyzes and, with difficulty, critiques the principles and structure of power, authority, and governance;

(c) demonstrates limited civic responsibility;

(d) seldom makes meaningful geographic inferences and requires assistance conducting geography-related research to develop and support a position on an issue;

(e) sometimes identifies historical patterns and, with assistance, conducts research, but has difficulty developing or defending a position on an issue;

(f) analyzes, with much assistance, obvious impacts of the application of economic principles on decision making in national and global economies; and

(g) seldom analyzes the impact of human interaction on society and exhibits limited ability to evaluate the effects of cultural diversity on individuals and society.