This document is part of a series of materials meant to promote understanding of the knowledge and skills students must have and the kinds of work they must produce to be successful on the Graduation Exit Examination for the 21st Century (GEE 21). For GEE 21, student scores are reported at five achievement levels: advanced; mastery; basic; approaching basic; and unsatisfactory. This document presents student work in the Social Studies test, which was completed as part of a GEE 21 assessment. The document includes multiple?choice and constructed?response items that exemplify what students scoring at specified achievement levels should know and be able to do. A discussion of each item highlights knowledge and skills it is intended to measure, as well as strengths and weaknesses in the student work on the item.