Kindergarten rules essential (needs) fairness classroom and community decisions civic Ownership items sharing non essential (wants) courtesy honesty fairness groups Order Life in different locations food conflict resolution environment clothing then and now past chronology Places location shelter(home) map order words globe
Pre School time words and phrases visual representations change over time sequence of events sequence and chronology Sequential and spatial understanding positional phrasing (e.g., over and under) spatial understanding Connections to the world membership groups medium of exchange work income Personal and group interactions rules interpersonal boundaries spend functions self control save money Income and money talents coins currency types bartering
days of week Social Studies First Grade months notable events time words related to time short term financial goals chronological order and sequence flag (American and Colorado) Financial life career options business types bald eagle Uncle Sam national anthem patriotic Civic ideals and cultural patterns sources of income holidays President Governor law enforcement officers Statue of Liberty people Symbols Groups traditions roles culture family leaders team member Capitol White House places community directions address maps and globes geographic land and water boundaries
Second Grade power and authority advocate civic responsibility Interaction Conflict resolution equality, justice, and responsibilities anti bullying map key skills for conflict resolution legends symbols Choices and decision making intermediate directions compass rose physical features on a map geography financial decisions long term and short term goals hemisphere Decision making geographic settlement equator poles on a globe Social studies tools scarcity and choice renewable and nonrenewable resources cultural, human, political, and natural features boundaries artifacts oral histories history historical timelines
civil discourse leaders respect for understanding and speaking in a respectful manner economic and personal rights rights and responsibilities services funding democratic society origins, structure, and function of local government Civics Social Studies Third Grade History distinguish fact from fiction using multiple sources interaction of communities and regions sequence and comparison of events contributions of people and cultures live in region migrate to region citizens roles oceans and continents other major countries producers and consumers goods and services Regions and Perspectives (The lenses of social studies) bodies of water mountains and urban areas trade and barter functions of money exchange spatial thinking state of Colorado neighboring states on maps interdependency of individuals and community sources of income ways to earn money costs and benefits of borrowing short term financial goals financial independence Economics Geography similarities and differences in places communitites on the maps natural and human features and landforms physical, political, cultural and human characteristics of a region cultural diversity industry and agriculture cultural regions industrial regions agricultural regions physical regions Social Studies Processes * Problem solving * Similarities and differences * Comparison
Fourth Grade Constitution opportunity costs branches positive and negative incentives risk Financial connections State government services roles of leaders and citizens choice interaction of local, state, and federal governments minerals water natural Colorado: Choices and Opportunities cultural physical geography political goods and services transportation human capital (financial) Resources Perspectives over time population technology immigration movement Social Studies Processes * Multiple perspectives * Debate * Chronology * Cause and effect
Fifth Grade exploration freedom Movement and settlement Columbian Exchange rule of law cultural patterns equality civility cooperation civic ideals cultural interactions respect Cooperation and conflict military development responsibility civic participation Foundations of national identity individual rights Stamp Act Origins three branches of government checking accounts U.S. Constitution Bill of Rights Articles of Confederation Declaration of Independence cartoons artwork charts graphs historical documents historical artifacts Structures and institutions products and services of financial institutions government and market structures process for citizenship savings accounts investments loans capitalism influence on financial institutions Social Studies Processes * Finding points of view * Making inferences and predictions * Gathering data * Using geographical tools
liberties of citizens government emergency fund Social Studies Sixth Grade human environment interaction physical systems adaptation social goals investing saving Keys to financial well being Systems comparison economics cultural standard of living forms of government economic systems available careers economic systems Inca colonizers Connections and interactions in the Western Hemisphere specialization technology development explorers documents early Native Americans Aztec regional development Origins art eyewitness accounts Inuit letters and diaries Maya Tools for researching history real or simulated historical sites Columbia Exchange national and global issues charts graphs diagrams written text
China Africa Greece Rome early civilization supply and demand profit trade patterns manufacturing culture and religion regional development settlement patterns market economy resources allocation Origins Understanding the Eastern Hemisphere through points of view asdf Social Studies Seventh Grade Inquiry create maps classify data technology solutions critique and formulate a thesis defend a thesis inference and prediction source discernment authority conflict Systems Interactions cultural diffusion trade Crusades citizen's roles, rights, and responsibilities forms of governments and organizations economic interdependence Silk Road ethics economic role personal role taxation
Eighth Grade differences between credit and debt sources credit history Personal credit and debt Interdependence trade productivity economic interdependence international trade policies cooperation and conflict expansion sectionalism resources Perspectives National identity changes over time culture Civil War Reconstruction Continuity and change law U.S. Constitution American Revolution immigration Cause and effect Social Studies Processes * Inquiry and investigation using primary and secondary documents * Hypotheses building * Argument * Researching changes over time
short and long term goals Social Studies Economics High School opportunity costs saving personal income Scarcity of resources marginal thinking costs benefits investing credit money management Financial planning choice banking insurance risk management Using the economic way of thinking to make decisions government and economic systems competition and economic systems monetary fiscal trade policies incentives economic policies Federal government economic influences Systems and interactions markets economic cycles econommic indicators producer consumer local and state governments
rights and responsibilities Social Studies United States Government High School perspective evaluation issues debate monitoring Civic values and participation Research, formulate, and justify positions critique advocacy and action evaluate common good individual rights Informed citizen policy Structure and function checks and balances forms of government Federalism roles and influence media role and influence Power, authority, and leadership rules of law
fundamentalism Social Studies United States History High School art imperialism literature anti communism Jim Crow Unity and diversity Cause and effect WWI patriotism Great Depression religion science and technology Views of our Nation in the world civil rights suffrage populism debate Complexity of cooperation, conflict, and compromise Continuity and change environmentalism isolationism progressivism political thought conservatism liberalism
World Geography High School settlement tools resource distribution predict draw conclusions investigations Spatial inquiry Place and region cultural groups diffusion question and solve Issues division and control change perceptions Connecting to the world to create spatial thinkers natural hazards migration and diffusion movement Human environment interaction environmental dilemmas sustainability environmental constraints cooperation and conflict
World History High School political thought classical contributions routes and trade Industrial Revolution Globalization Continuity and change over time state and empire building Interaction of ideas over time in order to understand how people view, construct, and interpret history social structures science and technology individual and civil rights the arts Unity and diversity Cause and effect to find patterns philosophy economic and political power religion Social Studies Processes * Historical inquiry * Written argument * Finding multiple perspectives