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Kindergarten
Grade 1
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Grade 3
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Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
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Grade 9-12: US History | American Government

Kindergarten back to top

Standards	Benchmarks
1. Culture	Knows the holiday in the month relating to our country's
	holidays.
2. Time, Continuity, and Change	Knows yesterday, today, and tomorrow
	Understands present, past, and long ago
	Understands relationships between cause/effect.
	Understands events of their own past history
3. People, Places & Environments	Examine the interaction of people and their
	physical environment.
4. Individual Development & Identity	Understands family roles
	Understands Pillars of Character: respect, responsibility
	fairness, trustworthy, caring, and citizenship.
5. Individuals, Groups, & Institutions	· Understands knowledge of good/bad behavior and
	consequences.
	· Understands that behavior affects others.
	· Understands reasons for rules.
6. Power, Authority & Governance	· Identify the responsibilities of self in relations to
	family and school.
7. Production, Distribution, and	· Understands the need for money to buy things.
Consumption	· Understands that people earn money by working.
8. Science, Technology, & Society	· Knows about the use of graphs, maps and globes.
	· Knows local locations such as home, school, and town
	they live in.
9. Global Connections	· Knows about individuality of others.
	· Knows there are similarities and differences in families.
10. Civic Ideals & Practices	· Identify responsibilities of citizens
	· Identify flag, Pledge of Allegiance as symbols
	of a democratic society.
	Understanding everyone has a voice in the
	democratic classroom - voting, class
	meetings, etc.
	Understands sharing responsibilities, manners,
	roles pertaining to sportsmanship and
	cooperation

First Grade back to top

Standards	Benchmarks
1. Culture	· Knows the holiday in the month relating to our country's
	holidays.
2. Time, Continuity, and Change	· Knows yesterday, today, and tomorrow
	· Understands present, past, and long ago
	· Understands relationships between cause/effect.
	· Understands events of their own past history
3. People, Places & Environments	· Examine the interaction of people and their
	physical environment.
4. Individual Development & Identity	· Understands family roles
	· Understands Pillars of Character: respect, responsibility
	fairness, trustworthy, caring, and citizenship.
5. Individuals, Groups, & Institutions	· Understands knowledge of good/bad behavior and
	consequences.
	· Understands that behavior affects others.
	· Understands reasons for rules.
6. Power, Authority & Governance	· Identify the responsibilities of self in relations to
	family and school.
7. Production, Distribution, and	· Understands the need for money to buy things.
Consumption	· Understands that people earn money by working.
8. Science, Technology, & Society	· Knows about the use of graphs, maps and globes.
	· Knows local locations such as home, school, town
	they live in.
9. Global Connections	· Knows about individuality of others.
	· Knows there are similarities and differences in families.
10. Civic Ideals & Practices	· Identify responsibilities of citizens
	· Identify flag, Pledge of Allegiance as symbols
	of a democratic society.
	Understanding everyone has a voice in the
	in the democratic classroom - voting, class
	meetings, etc.
	Understands sharing responsibilities, manners,
	roles pertaining to sportsmanship and
	cooperation.

Second Grade back to top

Standards	Benchmarks
1. Culture	· Knows about personal and physical individuality of
	others.
	· Demonstrates a knowledge of similarities and
	differences of families.
2. Time, Continuity, and Change	· Demonstrate and construct simple timeline within a
	given year (months).
	· Identify and use various items to show the past (photos)
	· Knows month and date of our country's holidays.
3. People, Places & Environments	· Use maps to interpret information.
	· Identify land and water on a given map.
4. Individual Development & Identity	· Understands family roles.
	· Understands Pillars of Character: respect, responsibility
	fairness, trustworthy, caring, and citizenship.
	· Understands social rules.
5. Individuals, Groups, & Institutions	· Understands knowledge of good/bad behavior and
	consequences.
	· Understands that behavior affects others.
	· Understands reasons for rules.
6. Power, Authority & Governance	· Understands the purpose of government -why
	government is needed.
7. Production, Distribution, and	· Understands the need for money to buy things.
Consumption	· Understands that people earn money by working.
8. Science, Technology, & Society	· Knows about the use of graphs, maps and globes.
	· Knows town, state, country, and continent.
	· Has ability to locate USA and Iowa on a map.
9. Global Connections	· Has an awareness of endangered animals.
10. Civic Ideals & Practices	· Identify responsibilities of citizens
	· Knows flag, pledge, national anthem, eagle as
	symbols of our democratic society.
	· Understanding everyone has a voice in the
	democratic classroom - voting, class meetings, etc.
	· Understands sharing responsibilities, manners,
	roles pertaining to sportsmanship and
	cooperation.

Third Grade back to top

Standards	Benchmarks
1. Culture	· Recognize that there are different cultures within
	a community.
2. Time, Continuity, and Change	· Demonstrate an ability to recognize time such as
	past, present, future using simple timelines.
	· Compare and contrast different information about
	past events, identifying how they contribute to our
	understanding of the past.
3. People, Places & Environments	· Use maps and globes to interpret information.
	· Describe how people create places that reflect ideas,
	culture, and wants and needs.
	· Explore ways that the earth's physical features have
	changed over time in the local region and beyond and
	how these changes may be connected.
4. Individual Development & Identity	· Describe personal connections to place as associated
	with community.
	· Understands Pillars of Character: respect, responsibility
	fairness, trustworthy, caring, and citizenship.
	· Identify and describe ways family, groups, and
	community influence the individual's daily life and
	personal choices.
	· Explore factors that contribute to one's personal
	identity such as interests and capabilities.
	· Work independently and cooperatively to
	accomplish goals.
5. Individuals, Groups, & Institutions	· Give examples of and explain group influences such as
	responsibilities, rules, and laws.
	· Give examples of the role of institutions in furthering
	continuity and change.
	· Show how groups and institutions work to meet
	individual needs and promote the common good.
6. Power, Authority & Governance	· Examine the rights and responsibilities of the
	individual in relation to his/her social groups; such as
	family, peer group, and school class.
	· Recognize how groups and organizations encourage
	unity an deal with diversity to maintain order and
	and security.
7. Production, Distribution, and	· Identify examples of goods and services.
Consumption	· Describe how we depend upon workers with
	specialized jobs and the ways in which they contribute
	to the production and exchange of goods and services.
8. Science, Technology, & Society	· Identify and describe examples in which science
	and technology have changed the lives of people.
	· Identify and describe examples in which science
	and technology have led to changes in the physical
	environment.
9. Global Connections	· Examine the effects of changing technologies on the
	global community.
10. Civic Ideals & Practices	· Identify examples of rights and responsibilities of
	citizens in a peer group or a community.
	· Recognize how the common good can be
	strengthened through various forms of citizen action.

Fourth Grade back to top

Standards	Benchmarks
1. Culture	Compare ways in which people interact from different cultures.
	Describe the importance of cultural unity and diversity in
	different groups and under different environment
	and social conditions.
2. Time, Continuity, and Change	Read and construct timelines.
	Understand communities that change from origination to
	present day.
	Compare and contrast different information about past events,
	identifying how they contribute to our understanding of the past.
3. People, Places & Environments	Use mental maps of images of locales, regions and the world to
	demonstrate understanding of location, direction and size.
	Interpret and use various representations of the earth,
	maps and globes.
	Identify and name varying landforms and geographic features,
	such as mountains, plateaus, islands, lakes and oceans.
	Examine the interaction of human beings and their physical
	environment, the use of land, building of cities, and ecosystems
	changes in selected locales and regions.
4. Individual Development & Identity	Describe personal changes over time (I.e. physical development
	and personal interest.)
	Understand that a persons occupation is influenced by the
	diversity of land and its location.
	Work independently and cooperatively to accomplish goals.
5. Individuals, Groups, & Institutions	Give examples of and explain group influences such as religious
	beliefs, laws on people, events, and elements of culture.
	Identify and describe examples of tensions between and among
	individuals and groups.
	Identify and describe examples of tension between an individual
	beliefs and government policies or laws.
	Understand conflict resolution, cooperation, and personal
	reposes in the community.
6. Power, Authority & Governance	Identify and describe factors that cause positive and negative
	relations among groups.
	Explore the role of technology in communication,
	transportation and information processing.
	Recognize that wants and needs differ among groups and that
	they may cause tensions due to lack of fairness, equity
	and justice.
7. Production, Distribution, and	Give examples that show how scarcity and choice govern our
Consumption	economic decisions.
	Describe the relationship of price to supply and demand, and
	relate to life.
	Describe the variety of products and how they relate to regions.
8. Science, Technology, & Society	Identify and describe examples in which science and technology
	have changed the lives of people.
	Describe instances in which changes have resulted from new
	scientific and technological knowledge.
9. Global Connections	Give examples of conflict, cooperation, and interdependence
	among individuals, groups, and nations.
	Examine the effects of technological, social and environmental
	changes on the global community.
10. Civic Ideals & Practices	Identify examples of rights and responsibilities of being
	a U.S. citizen.
	Identify how the democratic value came to be and how
	they have been exemplified by people, events, and symbols.

Fifth Grade back to top

Standards	Benchmarks
1. Culture	Compare ways in which people from different cultures think
	about and deal with their physical environment and social
	conditions.
	Demonstrates an awareness of similarities and differences of
	cultures within their own country.
	Demonstrates an understanding and appreciation of cultural
	influences on the development of a nation.
2. Time, Continuity, and Change	Demonstrate an understanding that different people may
	describe the same event or situation in divers ways, citing
	reasons for the differences in views.
	Demonstrate an ability to read and construct timelines.
	Identify examples of change.
	Recognize examples of cause and effect relationships.
	Identify and use various sources for reconstruction of the past,
	such as documents, maps, references, photos, and others.
3. People, Places & Environments	Use maps of locales, regions, and the world that demonstrate
	understanding of relative location, direction, size, and shape.
	Interpret and use various representations of the earth such as
	historical, rainfall, and product maps.
	Use geographic tools such as atlases, grid systems, charts,
	graphs and maps to interpret information
	Estimate distance on maps.
	Identify and distinguish varying landforms and geographic
	features, such as mountains, plateaus, islands, and oceans.
	Examine the interaction of human beings and their physical
	environment, the use of land, building of cities, and changes
	in selected locales and region.
4. Individual Development & Identity	Analyze a particular event to identify reasons individuals
	might respond to it in different ways.
	Work independently and cooperatively to accomplish goals.
5. Individuals, Groups, & Institutions	Give examples of and explain group and institutional
	influences such as religious beliefs, laws and peer pressure,
	on people, events, and elements of culture.
	Understands motives for exploration and settlement.
	Identify and describe examples of tensions between and
	among individuals, groups, or institutions, and how belonging
	to more than one group can cause internal conflicts.
	Identify and describe examples of tension between an
	individual’s beliefs and government policies and laws.
6. Power, Authority & Governance	Explain the purpose of government.
	Give examples of how government does or does not provide
	for needs and wants of people, establish order and security
	and manage conflict.
	Distinguish among local, state, and national government and
	identify representative leaders at these levels such as
	governor, and president.
	Recognize the tensions between the wants and needs of
	individuals and groups, and concepts such as fairness, equity,
	and justice.
	Demonstrates an understanding of taxation.
7. Production, Distribution and	Demonstrates an understanding of interdependence between
Consumption	states.
	Demonstrates knowledge of supply and demand and the
	importance of trade.
	Demonstrates knowledge of the variety of products and how
	they relate to regions.
8. Science, Technology, & Society	Identify and describe examples in which science and
	technology have changed the lives of people, such as in work
	transportation and communication.
9. Global Connections	Give examples of conflicts, cooperation, and interdependence
	among individuals, groups and nations.
10. Civic Ideals & Practices	Identify examples of rights and responsibilities of citizens.
	Understands how citizens participate in the democratic
	process.

6th Grade back to top

Standards	Benchmarks
1. Culture	Understands about early civilizations and cultures in the
	Western Hemisphere.
	Understands how culture and experiences influence people's
	perceptions of places and regions in the Western Hemisphere.
2. Time, Continuity, and Change	Understands our world Is continually changing.
	Understands how cultural experiences influence people's
	perceptions of places and regions.
3. People, Places & Environments	Understand various landforms and geographic features.
	Knows how the environment and physical changes upon
	it influence people and their way of living.
4. Individual Development & Identity	Understands that family, gender, ethnicity, and nationality
	contribute to a person's identify.
	Understands that regional, ethnic, and national cultures influence
	individual's daily lives.
5. Individuals, Groups, & Institutions	Understand that role, status, and social class may be used
	to describe the interactions of individuals and social groups.
	Understand groups and institutional influences on people,
	events, and elements of culture.
6. Power, Authority & Governance	Identify and describe the basic features of the political system
	of the United States.
	Understand how certain conditions and actions may contribute
	to conflict and/or cooperation within and among nations.
7. Production , Distribution, and	Understand the difference between goods and services.
Consumption	Identify the elements needed for economic production to occur.
8. Science, Technology, & Society	Understands there are both positive and negative effects of new
	technology and scientific discoveries.
	Explain the need for laws and policies to govern new scientific
	and technological applications.
9. Global Connections	Understand the globalization of culture.
	Understand the need for universal human rights.
	Understand the causes and consequences of global issuers.
10. Civic Ideals & Practices	Identifies the rights and responsibilities of being citizens of
	the United States.
	Understand how citizen action influences public policy
	decisions.

7th Grade back to top

Standards	Benchmarks
1. Culture	· Understands that natural resources should be
	conserved
	· Understands that geography and environment
	influence the cultural and economic development of
	societies.
	· Understands how human action/choices impact
	the global environment
	· Understands future impact of choices on environment
2. Time, Continuity, and Change	· Understands relationships between cause/effect
	· Understands communities change from origination
	to present
	· Understands sequencing of historical events within
	a time period
	· Understands about early civilizations and cultures
	· Understands the world has conflicts based on
	past history and present events
	· Understands that it is inappropriate to judge the
	actions of another time period by our standards
	· Understands that historical concepts are subject
	to change as new information becomes available
3. People, Places & Environments	· Understands that behavior effect others
	· Understands that a person's occupation is influenced
	by the diversity of land and its location
	Understands motives for exploration and settlement
	Understands progression from simplistic to more
	advanced societies
	· Knows the importance of technological systems
	upon human behavior
	· Understands how technological systems have
	revolutionized human behavior
4. Individual Development & Identity	· Understands how culture experiences influences
	people's perception of places and regions
	· Understands and appreciated the cultural influence
	on the development of a nation
	· Understands interdependence of cultures in
	relationship to their own culture
5. Individuals, Groups, & Institutions	Understands supply and demand from their own
	cultural perspective.
	· Understands that most nations have a desire for
	liberty, independence, and peace in their own
	cultural experiences .

Social Studies Standards & Benchmarks