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Arizona standards alignment

Designed for high school. Below is every Arizonastandard these courses cover: the exact code, the standard's own words, and the lesson that covers it. Where we only cover part of a standard, it says so, and says which part.

17
standards mapped
4
fully covered
13
partially covered
3
frameworks

Read this before you rely on it

  • We mapped this ourselves. This alignment was done by Better Vice Club against the published standards. It has not been reviewed, endorsed, or approved by Arizona's education authority or by anyone else.
  • Every code was fetched, then transcribed word for word. Each framework below shows the date its codes and text were retrieved from the publisher.
  • Standards get revised.A code can be renumbered or its wording changed without notice, and some states publish more than one live edition of the same document. Confirm anything you file against your own jurisdiction's current requirements, using the source links below.
  • We would rather claim less. Where the courses only partly cover a standard, this page says partially covered and explains the gap. Standards we considered and could not honestly claim are listed at the bottom, with the reasons.

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Arizona · Social Studies

Arizona History and Social Science Standards

2018 · modified 8/23/19 · Arizona Department of Education (ADE) · retrieved 2026-07-16

Arizona's one K-12 social-studies document. Unlike Indiana's per-course standards, Arizona's high-school codes are ANCHOR standards (Civics, Economics, Geography, History, and Disciplinary Skills), and LEAs build their courses from them — so one anchor can be met across several of our courses. Arizona requires all twenty-one anchor standards be taught by graduation.

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Arizona · English/Language Arts

Arizona's English Language Arts Standards — 11-12th Grade

2016 Final · Arizona Department of Education (ADE) · retrieved 2026-07-16

Arizona writes its own ELA standards; ADE's ELA page links these 2016 'Final' grade-band documents as current. The codes are Arizona's own — Arizona is not mapped through our shared Common Core file.

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  • 11-12.RI.7

    Partially covered
    Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in print in order to address a question or solve a problem.

    Covered by

    • · Ep 19 · Peer Review Versus Press Release
    • · Every course's Sources bibliography, with per-claim verification
    • · Ep 1 · Assignment, all four options are 2-3 week research projects requiring synthesis across sources

    What we do and don't cover: Partial: the curriculum models multi-source evaluation constantly and publishes a checkable bibliography, but the student is required to perform it only in the Coffee episode's project.

  • 11-12.SL.2

    Partially covered
    Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media and formats in order to make informed decisions and propose solutions, while evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies.

    Covered by

    • · Ep 19 · Peer Review Versus Press Release
    • · Every course's Sources bibliography, with per-claim verification
    • · Ep 10 · The Oral History That Survived (recovering Nathan “Nearest” Green's erased role)

    What we do and don't cover: Partial: 'noting any discrepancies' is the Nathan Green lesson's whole point — the documentary and oral records disagree, and the episode teaches how to resolve that. But this is a speaking-and-listening standard, and the discussion half happens in a classroom we don't run.

  • 11-12.W.1

    Partially covered
    Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

    Covered by

    • · Ep 1 · Assignment, Option D, a 1,200-1,500 word research paper with a required counterargument section

    What we do and don't cover: Partial: the Coffee project's Option D asks for exactly this (a thesis, primary sources, and a required counterargument section). It is one optional project in one episode — not a writing programme. Transcribed from the standard's lead sentence; sub-parts a-e detail the same expectations.

  • 11-12.W.7

    Partially covered
    Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

    Covered by

    • · Ep 1 · Assignment, all four options are 2-3 week research projects requiring synthesis across sources

    What we do and don't cover: Partial: only the Coffee episode currently ships a graded 2-3 week research project. Where it runs, it meets this standard squarely.

  • 11-12.W.8

    Partially covered
    Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation.

    Covered by

    • · Ep 1 · Assignment, Option B, 3+ peer-reviewed sources and an APA bibliography
    • · Ep 1 · Assignment, Option C, interview ethics: informed consent, right to review
    • · Ep 1 · Assignment, Option B, climate-vulnerability report, 3+ peer-reviewed sources, APA bibliography
    • · Ep 1 · Assignment, Option D, primary-source research paper with an APA bibliography

    What we do and don't cover: Partial, same reason: the project demands authoritative sources and APA citation, but only the Coffee episode currently ships one.

Arizona · Science

Arizona Science Standards

2018 · modified 12/22/21 · Arizona Department of Education (ADE) · retrieved 2026-07-16

Arizona is NOT an NGSS state: its 2018 standards were built from the NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education with Arizona's own codes, so our shared NGSS file does not apply here — we checked the Arizona document itself. This is not a science course; we claim two Earth-science standards, partially, and say exactly why on each.

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  • Essential HS.E1U3.14

    Partially covered
    Engage in argument from evidence about the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, changes in climate, and human activity and how they influence each other.

    Covered by

    • · Ep 1 · Climate Change Is Redrawing the Map
    • · Ep 3 · A Two-Degree Threat
    • · Ep 6 · Why Volcanic Soil Only
    • · Ep 10 · Karst Limestone and Bourbon
    • · Ep 1 · Assignment, Option B, assess a producing country's climate viability and defend the assessment

    What we do and don't cover: Read this before relying on it: this is NOT a science course — no laboratory work, no investigations, no modelling. What it has is the standard's substance: resources, hazards, and climate shaping human activity (and back), with published evidence. The engage-in-argument performance happens only in the Coffee project. This contributes to Arizona's assessed essential standard; it does not discharge it.

  • Plus HS+E.E1U3.9

    Partially covered
    Construct an explanation, based on evidence, for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

    Covered by

    • · Ep 1 · Climate Change Is Redrawing the Map
    • · Ep 3 · A Two-Degree Threat
    • · Ep 6 · Why Volcanic Soil Only
    • · Ep 10 · Karst Limestone and Bourbon
    • · Ep 1 · Assignment, Option B, assess a producing country's climate viability and defend the assessment

    What we do and don't cover: Arizona's plus standard for an Earth-and-space course, nearly word for word the content the curriculum supplies. Same honest limit as above: the lessons supply the evidence; the STUDENT constructs the explanation only in the Coffee project (Option B).

What we don't claim

A standards page is only worth reading if the omissions are honest too. We looked at these and left them out:

  • Mathematics — nothing. This catalog does no mathematics instruction, so it meets no Arizona mathematics standard.
  • Science — two partial claims, no more. Arizona is not an NGSS state; we verified that against the 2018 Arizona Science Standards document itself rather than assuming it. There is no laboratory work, no investigation, and no modelling in this catalog, so we claim exactly two Earth-science standards, partially, and explain the limit on each entry.
  • HS.C2.5 — the Arizona-rights comparison our Arizona course does not make. HS.C2.5 asks students to compare the rights guaranteed in the Arizona Constitution to those in the U.S. Constitution. Arizona Civics teaches Arizona's structure and direct democracy, not a clause-by-clause rights comparison — so despite being our Arizona flagship, it does not meet this standard and we do not claim it. HS.C2.6 (contributions of individuals and groups, including Arizonans) is likewise not taught.
  • Most of the Civics and Economics anchors we checked. HS.C1.1-C1.4 (civic virtues and deliberative processes as named content), HS.C2.2, HS.C3.3 (parties, interest groups, and media's impact on institutions — our media-literacy course is consumer protection, not political media analysis), HS.C3.4 (international order), HS.C4.4-C4.7 (public-policy decision analysis and in-classroom deliberation), all of HS.E1 (financial literacy), HS.E2 (scarcity and incentives as named concepts), HS.E3.1/E3.3/E3.4, HS.E4 (the domestic economy, fiscal and monetary policy), and HS.E5.2/E5.4 — the courses do not genuinely teach these, so we do not claim them.
  • Arizona's Economics anchors have no economic-systems standard. The curriculum contrasts traditional (reciprocity) and market economies directly and at length, but Arizona's high-school Economics anchors (HS.E1-E5) contain no economic-systems standard for it to meet — the closest homes are financial literacy and market mechanics. The gap is in the standards, not the lessons.
  • Arizona's 2016 ELA standards have no media-bias standard. Indiana's 9-10.CC.8 and 11-12.CC.8 (analyze bias in media; analyze media's impact on the public) are where our media-literacy work maps. Arizona's 2016 ELA standards contain no comparable standard — we searched the 9-10 and 11-12 documents. The closest, 11-12.SL.2, is about integrating sources, and we claim it for what it is. The gap is in the standards, not the lessons.
  • PE Standard 2 — no honest home for the sport-strategy courses. Arizona's high-school Standard 2 outcomes are specific: dance forms (S2.H1.L1, S2.H4), biomechanics vocabulary (S2.H2), practice planning (S2.H3), and the historical role of games in society (S2.H1.L2). None of them is the concepts-strategies-tactics knowledge our golf, tennis, football, pickleball, lacrosse, and croquet courses teach in depth, so — unlike Indiana, whose HSL1.2.1.A names exactly that — Arizona gets no Standard 2 claim. And every outcome that asks a student to DEMONSTRATE motor skill or participate is out of reach of an online course; we claim knowledge-side outcomes only.
  • Health strands beyond 1, 3, and 6. Strand 2 (analyzing influences), Strand 4 (interpersonal communication), Strand 5 (decision-making), Strand 7 (practicing health behaviors, as observed practice), and Strand 8 (advocacy) were checked against the Grades 9-12 performance objectives and are not genuinely taught by these courses. Strand 6 Concept 2 PO 3 (a long-term personal health plan) was considered and rejected: the blueprint is a 90-day plan, and we will not stretch '90 days' into 'long-term'.
  • The AI-literacy ladder, the language courses, and Learning How to Learn — deferred, not denied. Arizona's closest frameworks (Computer Science, World and Native Languages, Educational Technology) have not been fetched and verified yet. Our rule is fetch-or-don't-cite, so these courses carry no Arizona claims this pass.

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