Montana Content Standards

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MT.1.Students access, synthesize, and evaluate information to communicate and apply social studies knowledge to real world situations.

Students access, synthesize, and evaluate information to communicate and apply social studies knowledge to real world situations.
1.1. Students will apply the steps of an inquiry process (i.e., identify question or problem, locate and evaluate potential resources, gather and synthesize information, create a new product, and evaluate product and process).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Egypt
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Greece
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Trade Routes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Archaeology
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Colonial Period
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Exploration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Famous Explorers
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Famous Treaties
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Native People of the U.S.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Timelines, Graphs, Charts
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1.2. Students will assess the quality of information (e.g., primary or secondary sources, point of view and embedded values of the author).
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MT.2.Students analyze how people create and change structures of power, authority, and governance to understand the operation of government and to demonstrate civic responsibility.

Students analyze how people create and change structures of power, authority, and governance to understand the operation of government and to demonstrate civic responsibility.
2.1. Students will describe the purpose of government and how the powers of government are acquired, maintained and used.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Election Process
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Forming a Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Local & State Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Purposes of Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Presidency
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Congress
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Constitution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Senate
 
2.2. Students will identify and describe basic features of the political system in the United States and identify representative leaders from various levels (e.g., local, state, tribal, federal, branches of government).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Citizenship and Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Election Process
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Forming a Government
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Local & State Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Purposes of Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Presidency
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Types of Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Congress
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Constitution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Senate
 
2.3. Students will identify the significance of tribal sovereignty and Montana tribal governments' relationship to local, state and federal governments.
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2.4. Students will analyze and explain governmental mechanisms used to meet the needs of citizens, manage conflict, and establish order and security.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Election Process
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Forming a Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Local & State Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Purposes of Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Presidency
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Congress
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Constitution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Senate
 
2.5. Students will identify and explain the basic principles of democracy (e.g., Bill of Rights, individual rights, common good, equal opportunity, equal protection of the laws, majority rule).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Citizenship and Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Election Process
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Forming a Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Local & State Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Purposes of Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Presidency
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Congress
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Constitution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Senate
 
2.6. Students will explain conditions, actions and motivations that contribute to conflict and cooperation within and among groups and nations (e.g., discrimination, peer interaction, trade agreements).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Greece
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Class Systems
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Great Migration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Harlem Renaissance
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Holidays, Landmarks, & Symbols
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Holocaust
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Market Economy
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
 

MT.3.Students apply geographic knowledge and skills (e.g., location, place, human/environment interactions, movement, and regions).

Students apply geographic knowledge and skills (e.g., location, place, human/environment interactions, movement, and regions).
3.1. Students will analyze and use various representations of the Earth (e.g., physical, topographical, political maps; globes; geographic information systems; aerial photographs; satellite images) to gather and compare information about a place.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Map Skills
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game New York Map - Political
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3.2. Students will locate on a map or globe physical features (e.g., continents, oceans, mountain ranges, landforms) natural features (e.g., flora, fauna) and human features (e.g., cities, states, national borders) and explain their relationships within the ec
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Geography
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Map Skills
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Middle Western Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game New York Map - Physical
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game New York Map - Political
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Social Studies Skills
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Southwestern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Timelines, Graphs, Charts
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3.5. Students will use appropriate geographic resources to interpret and generate information explaining the interaction of physical and human systems (e.g., estimate distance, calculate scale, identify dominant patterns of climate and land use, compute popula
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MT.4.Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.

Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.
4.1. Students will interpret the past using a variety of sources (e.g., biographies, documents, diaries, eyewitnesses, interviews, internet, primary source material) and evaluate the credibility of sources used.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Social Studies Skills
 
4.2. Students will describe how history can be organized and analyzed using various criteria to group people and events (e.g., chronology, geography, cause and effect, change, conflict, issues).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Archaeology
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Class Systems
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Colonial Period
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Exploration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Famous Americans
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Famous Explorers
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Famous Treaties
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Great Depression
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Great Migration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Harlem Renaissance
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Holocaust
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Industrial Revolution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Leading Up to the Revolution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Revolution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Timelines, Graphs, Charts
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Presidents
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Urbanization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
 
4.3. Students will use historical facts and concepts and apply methods of inquiry (e.g., primary documents, interviews, comparative accounts, research) to make informed decisions as responsible citizens.
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4.4. Students will identify significant events and people and important democratic values (e.g., freedom, equality, privacy) in the major eras/civilizations of Montana, American Indian, United States, and world history.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide European/Native American Encounter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide First Americans
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Forming a Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Iroquois
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Native People of the U.S.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Purposes of Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Timelines, Graphs, Charts
 
4.5. Students will identify major scientific discoveries and technological innovations and describe their social and economic effects on society.
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4.6. Students will explain how and why events (e.g., American Revolution, Battle of the Little Big Horn, immigration, Women's Suffrage) may be interpreted differently according to the points of view of participants, witnesses, reporters, and historians.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide American Symbols & Holidays
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonial Life
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Colonial Period
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide European/Native American Encounter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Great Depression
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Great Migration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Harlem Renaissance
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Immigration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Industrial Growth & Expansion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Industrialization/Economics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Iroquois
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Leading Up to the Revolution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Middle Western Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Northeastern Region US
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Notable People-Westward Expansion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Panama Canal
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Presidential History
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Progressive Movement
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Southeastern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Southwestern Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spanish American War
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Revolution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide TVA
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Presidents
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Urbanization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Urbanization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Western Region US
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Westward Expansion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Westward Expansion
 
4.7. Students will summarize major issues affecting the history, culture, tribal sovereignty, and current status of the American Indian tribes in Montana and the United States.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide European/Native American Encounter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide First Americans
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Iroquois
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Native People of the U.S.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Timelines, Graphs, Charts
 

MT.5.Students make informed decisions based on an understanding of the economic principles of production, distribution, exchange, and consumption.

Students make informed decisions based on an understanding of the economic principles of production, distribution, exchange, and consumption.
5.1. Students will identify and explain basic economic concepts (e.g., supply, demand, production, exchange and consumption; labor, wages, and capital; inflation and deflation; and private goods and services).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Industrialization/Economics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Laws of Supply & Demand
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Market Economy
 
5.2. Students will apply economic concepts to explain historical events, current situations, and social issues in local, Montana, tribal, national, or global concerns.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Economics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Great Depression
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Industrialization/Economics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Iroquois
 
5.3. Students will compare and contrast the difference between private and public goods and services.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Economics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Laws of Supply & Demand
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Market Economy
 
5.4. Students will analyze how various personal and cultural points of view influence economic decisions (e.g., land ownership, taxation, unemployment).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Citizenship and Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Economics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Great Depression
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Purposes of Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Constitution
 

MT.6.Students demonstrate an understanding of the impact of human interaction and cultural diversity on societies.

Students demonstrate an understanding of the impact of human interaction and cultural diversity on societies.
6.1. Students will compare and illustrate the ways various groups (e.g., cliques, clubs, ethnic communities, American Indian tribes) meet human needs and concerns (e.g., self esteem, friendship, heritage) and contribute to personal identity.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide African American History
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Great Migration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Harlem Renaissance
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Social Studies Review Gr. 1-4
 
6.3. Students will identify and differentiate ways regional, ethnic and national cultures influence individual's daily lives and personal choices.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Iroquois
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Social Studies Review Gr. 1-4
 
6.5. Students will explain the cultural contributions of, and tensions between, racial and ethnic groups in Montana, the United States, and the world.
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6.6. Students will identify and describe the stratification of individuals within social groups (e.g., status, social class, haves and have nots).
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