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SOCIAL STUDIES PROCESS AND SKILLS STANDARDS K-5
SOCIAL STUDIES PROCESS AND SKILLS STANDARDS K-5
P1. READING AND COMMUNICATION – READ AND COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY
P1.1. Use appropriate strategies to read and interpret basic social science tables, graphs, graphics, maps, and texts.
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P3. PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND DECISION MAKING
P3.1. State an issue as a question of public policy and discuss possible solutions from different perspectives.
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P3.4. Explain the challenges people have faced and actions they have taken to address issues at different times and places.
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SOCIAL STUDIES CONTENT EXPECTATIONS: GRADE FIVE
SOCIAL STUDIES CONTENT EXPECTATIONS: GRADE FIVE
PUBLIC DISCOURSE, DECISION MAKING, AND CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT (P3, P4)
P3.1. Identifying and Analyzing Public Issues – Clearly state a problem as a public policy issue, analyze various perspectives, and generate and evaluate possible alternative resolutions.
5 – P3.1.1. Identify contemporary public issues related to the U.S. Constitution and their related factual, definitional, and ethical questions.
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5 – P3.1.2. Use graphic data and other sources to analyze information about a contemporary public issue related to the U.S. Constitution and evaluate alternative resolutions.
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5 – P3.1.3. Give examples of how conflicts over Democratic Values lead people to differ on contemporary Constitutional issues in the United States.
U1.1. Indigenous Peoples’ Lives in the Americas – Describe the lives of the Indigenous Peoples living in North America prior to European contact.
5 – U1.1.1. Use maps to locate peoples in the Eastern Woodland (the Woodland Peoples east of the Mississippi River), desert Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, and the nomadic nations of the Great Plains.
5 – U1.2.2. Use case studies of individual explorers and stories of life in Europe to compare the goals, obstacles, motivations, and consequences for European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
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U1.4. Three World Interactions – Describe the environmental, political, and cultural consequences of the interactions among European, African, and Indigenous Peoples in the late 15th century through the 17th century.
5 – U1.4.1. Describe the convergence of Europeans, Indigenous Peoples, and Africans in the Americas after 1492 from the perspective of these three groups.
5 – U1.4.2. Use primary and secondary sources to compare Europeans, Africans, and Indigenous Peoples who converged in the Western Hemisphere after 1492 with respect to governmental structure, and views on property ownership and land use.
U2. USHG ERA 2 – COLONIZATION AND SETTLEMENT (1585-1763)
U2.1. European Struggle for Control of North America – Compare the regional settlement patterns and describe significant developments in Southern, New England, and the Mid-Atlantic colonies.
5 – U2.1.1. Describe significant developments in the Southern colonies, including:
5 – U2.1.1.1. patterns of settlement and control, including the impact of geography (landforms and climate) on settlement.
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5 – U2.1.2.2. interactions with Indigenous Peoples, including the trading of goods, services, and ideas among Europeans and Indigenous Peoples, growth of agricultural (small farms) and non-agricultural (shipping, manufacturing) economies.
5 – U2.1.2.3. the development of government, including the establishment of town meetings, development of colonial legislatures, and growth of royal government.
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5 – U2.1.3.3. the growth of economies in the Middle colonies, the Dutch settlement in New Netherlands, Quaker settlement in Pennsylvania, and subsequent English takeover of the Middle colonies.
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5 – U2.2.3. Describe how enslaved and free Africans struggled to retain elements of their diverse African histories and cultures to develop distinct African-American identities.
U3. USHG ERA 3 – REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION (1754 - 1800)
U3.1. Causes of the American Revolution – Identify the major political, economic, and ideological reasons for the American Revolution.
5 – U3.1.1. Describe how the French and Indian War affected British policy toward the colonies and subsequent colonial dissatisfaction with the new policy.
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5 – U3.1.3. Using an event from the Revolutionary era, explain how British and colonial views on authority and the use of power without authority differed (views on representative government).
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5 – U3.1.5. Use the Declaration of Independence to explain why many colonists wanted to separate from Great Britain and why they believed they had the right to do so.
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5 – U3.1.6. Identify the role that key individuals played in leading the colonists to revolution, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, John Adams, and Thomas Paine.
5 – U3.1.8. Identify a problem that people in the colonies faced, identify alternative choices for addressing the problem with possible consequences, and describe the course of action taken.
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U3.2. The American Revolution and its Consequences – Explain the multi-faceted nature of the American Revolution and its consequences.
5 – U3.2.1. Describe the advantages and disadvantages each side had during the American Revolution with respect to military leadership, geography, types of resources, and motivations.
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U3.3. Creating New Government(s) and a New Constitution – Explain some of the challenges faced by the new nation under the Articles of Confederation, and analyze the development of the Constitution as a new plan for governing.
5 – U3.3.1. Describe the powers of the national government and state governments under the Articles of Confederation.
5 – U3.3.4. Describe the issues over representation and slavery the Framers faced at the Constitutional Convention and how they were addressed in the Constitution.