Social Studies Standards by Grade

Study culture and shared symbols that help people express identity and belonging.

Study people, places, and environments by examining familiar places in a neighborhood.

Study individuals, groups, and institutions and how they work together in families, classrooms, and communities.

Examine why groups have rules and how rules help people live and learn together.

Explore civic ideals and practices such as fairness, helping others, and responsibility.

Study time, continuity, and change by comparing the past and present.

Study people, places, and environments by using maps and geographic representations of familiar places.

Study how places such as homes, schools, and neighborhoods are organized and connected.

Examine power, authority, and governance through simple examples of leadership and decision-making.

Study production, distribution, and consumption and how people make choices about goods and services.

Explore civic ideals and practices such as fairness, responsibility, and participation.

Study culture and how communities express shared ways of living over time.

Study time, continuity, and change through sequencing and comparisons between past and present.

Study people, places, and environments and use geographic tools to understand location and place.

Study individuals, groups, and institutions and how they work together in communities.

Examine power, authority, and governance in civic life.

Study production, distribution, and consumption and how people meet wants and needs.

Explore civic ideals and practices such as participation, responsibility, and cooperation.

Study culture and the ways groups express their shared ideas, practices, and traditions.

Study time, continuity, and change by sequencing events and using evidence from the past.

Study people, places, and environments and use geographic tools to understand regions and location.

Study individual development and identity and how people belong to many groups and communities.

Study how groups and institutions work together to support communities and larger systems.

Examine power, authority, and governance and how different levels of government help organize civic life.

Study how people use resources, work, and trade to meet needs and wants.

Explore civic ideals and practices such as participation, responsibility, and cooperation.

Study culture and how symbols, traditions, and shared stories help communities and states express identity.

Study time, continuity, and change by organizing historical events and examining how the past shapes the present.

Study people, places, and environments and how local and state places develop over time.

Examine power, authority, and governance and how state government organizes civic life.

Study production, distribution, and consumption and how geography and resources affect economies.

Explore civic ideals and practices such as participation, responsibility, and informed action.

Study culture and the ways groups develop and adapt shared ways of living.

Study continuity and change by examining societies that existed before later historical developments.

Study people, places, and environments and how geography shapes settlement and daily life.

Examine power, authority, and governance through questions of representation, laws, and political conflict.

Study science, technology, and society through transportation, tools, and innovation that affect movement and change.

Explore civic ideals and practices related to rights, participation, and self-government.

Use culture themes to compare beliefs, customs, and social organization across civilizations.

Apply time, continuity, and change concepts to interpret early societies and historical development.

Apply people, places, and environments concepts to interpret world maps and regional patterns.

Use global connections to explain how geography influences movement, exchange, and interaction.

Use power, authority, and governance concepts to explain government structure and law.

Use production, distribution, and consumption concepts to explain trade, markets, and economic decisions.

Apply civic ideals and practices to citizenship, participation, rights, and responsibilities.

Apply culture concepts to compare identity, exchange, and interaction across societies.

Apply people, places, and environments concepts to compare world regions and human geography patterns.

Use global connections to explain migration, urbanization, and regional interdependence.

Apply power, authority, and governance concepts to compare government systems and institutions.

Apply production, distribution, and consumption concepts to explain trade systems and development patterns.

Use civic ideals and practices to explain participation, rights, responsibilities, and public action.

Apply time, continuity, and change concepts to explain revolutions and modern political change.

Use global connections to explain how communication, trade, and interdependence shape public issues.

Use power, authority, and governance concepts to compare revolutions, reform, and state change.

Apply civic ideals and practices to analyze participation, advocacy, and expansion of rights.