SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS AND GRADE LEVEL BENCHMARKS

SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS AND GRADE LEVEL BENCHMARKS

LATER ELEMENTARY: GRADES 3-5

I = INTRODUCE M = MAJOR EMPHASIS R = REVIEW AND REINFORCE

There are seven goals in the social studies curriculum framework. For each goal a set of standards and benchmarks were introduced to establish expectations for student achievement of that goal. Benchmarks specify what students are expected to know and be able to do to indicate satisfactory progress toward meeting these standards and thereby achieving the goals of the social studies curriculum by a specific time in the student’s educational career. (*MEAP U.S. History Test Context to 1763.)

STRAND 1: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Standard 1.1 (Time & Chronology)	Communities 3	State 4	U.S. 5	Integration Area	Resources
1.1.1 measure chronological time by decades and centuries.	I	M	R	Math	www.michiganepic.org/historythemes/overview_mi.html www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Seeber,Lynn/Unit1/Lesson2/attach1.html
1.1.2 place major events in the development of their local community and the state of Michigan in chronological order.	I	I M	M	Language Arts	www.learningtogive.com/ click on: Westward Movement
1.1.3 place major events in the early history of the *United State in chronological order.		I	M	Math Language Arts	www.learningtogive.com/ click on: Westward Movement
Standard 1.2 (Comprehending the Past)
1.2.1 summarize the sequence of key events in stories describing life from the past in their local community, the state of Michigan, and other parts of the *United States.	I	I	M	Language Arts	www.learningtogive.com/ click on: Squanto click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Purdy,Ramona/Unit1/lesson1.html
1.2.2 use narratives and graphic data to compare the past of their local community, the state of Michigan, and other parts of the United States with present day life in those places.	I	I	M	Language Arts	www.learningtogive.com/ click on: Squanto click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Rogers,Joyce/Unit1/lesson2.html
1.2.3 recount the lives and characters of a variety of individuals from the past representing their local community, the state of Michigan, and other parts of the United States*	I	I	I	Language Arts Math	www.learningtogive.com/ click on: A piece of Bread www.learningtogive.com/ go to: ELA: It’s a Matter of Freedom www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Engleman,Sally/Unit1/lesson2.html www.learningtogive.com/ click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Engleman,Sally/Unit1/lesson3.html
1.2.4 identify and explain how individuals in history demonstrated good character and personal virtue.	M	M	M	Language Arts	www.school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/leadersofearlyamerica/ www.learningtogive.com/ go to: westward movement www.learningtogive.com/ click on squanto www.school.discovery.com/lessonplans/k-5.html
Standard 1.3 Analyzing and Interpreting the Past
1.3.1 use primary sources to reconstruct past events in their local community.	I	I	I	Language Arts	www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/state/orphan/cass/
1.3.2 interpret conflicting accounts of events in both Michigan and *United States history and analyze the viewpoints of the authors.	I	I	M	Language Arts	www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Engleman,Sally/Unit1/lesson3.html
1.3.3 compose simple narratives of events from the history of the state.	I	M	M R	Language Arts
Standard 1.4 Judging Decisions from the Past
1.4.1 identify problems from the past that divide their local community, the state of Michigan, and the *United States and analyze the interest and values of those involved.	I	I	M	Language Arts	www.learningtogive.com/ click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy click on: ELA: It’s a Matter of Freedom
1.4.2 select decisions made to solve past problems and evaluate those decisions in terms of ethical considerations, the interests of those affected by the decisions and consider alternative courses of action.	I	I	M	Language Arts Science	www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Engleman,Sally/Unit1/lesson5.html www.learningtogive.com/ click on: Squanto
STRAND 2: GEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE Standard 2.1 People, Places and Cultures
2.1.1 locate and describe cultures and compare the similarities and differences among the roles of women, men, and families.	I	M	M	Language Arts S. Studies	www.school.discovery.com/lessonplans/k-5.html (Click on: comparing countries) www.school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/tlc-twochildren/
2.1.2 locate and describe diverse kinds of communities and explain the reasons for their characteristics and locations.	M	M	R	Language Arts S. Studies	www.learningtogive.com/ (click on: individuals and their communities)
2.1.3 locate and describe the major places, cultures and communities of the nation, and compare their characteristics.	I	M	M	Language Arts S. Studies Science
Standard 2.2 Human/Environmental Interaction
2.2.1 explain basic ecosystem concepts and processes.	I	M	M	Science
2.2.2 describe the major physical patterns, ecosystems, resources, and land uses of the state, region, and country and explain the processes that created them.	I	M	R	Science
2.2.3 explain how various people and cultures have adapted to and modified the environment.	I	M	R	Science S. Studies
Standard 2.3 Location, Movement, and Connections
2.3.1 describe major kinds of economic activity and explain the factors influencing their location.	I	M	R	Math S. Studies
2.3.2 describe the causes, consequences, routes, and movement of major migration to the United States.	I M	M	M	Language Arts	www.learningtogive.com/ click on: Westward Movement www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Rogers,Joyce/Unit1/lesson5.html
2.3.3 explain how transportation and communication link people and communities.	I M	M	R	Language Arts Writing Technology
2.3.4 describe some of the major movements of goods, people, jobs, and information within Michigan and the United States and explain the reasons for the movement.	I	M	M	Language Arts	www.learningtogive.com/ click on: Westward Movement www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Rogers,Joyce/Unit1/lesson5.html
Standard 2.4 Regions, Patterns, and Processes
2.4.1 draw sketch maps of the community, region, and nation.	M	M	M	S. Studies	www.eduplace.com/rdg/ www.eduplace.com/activity/mapit.html
2.4.2 describe places, cultures, and communities in the United States and compare them with those in other regions and countries.	I	M	R	Science
2.4.3 describe the geography of Michigan at major times in its history and explain the reasons for its change.	I	M	R	Science S. Studies
2.4.4 describe the physical, economic, and cultural geography of contemporary Michigan and its causes, advantages, and disadvantages.	I	M	R	Math Science Language Arts
2.4.5 describe the Great Lakes ecosystem, and explain physical and human processes that act upon them.	I	M	M	Science Language Arts
2.4.6 describe the geography of major United States regions, compare the regions, and explain the processes that created them.	I	I	M	S. Studies
Standards 2.5 Global Issues and Events
2.5.1 locate major world events and explain how they impact people and the environment.	I	I M	M	Language Arts Technology	www.learningtogive.com/ (click on: squanto) (click on:ELA: go to: getting the hang of philanthropy www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Purdy,Ramona/Unit1/lesson1.html www.timeforkids.com (current events)
STRAND 3: CIVIC PERSPECTIVE Standards 3.1 Purposes of Government
3.1.1 distinguish among local, state, and national government and the United States and describe the roles of government institutions at all three levels.	I	I M	M	S. Studies	www.learningtogive.com/ (click on: a piece of bread)
3.1.2 give examples of authority and the use of power without authority.	I	I M	M	Counseling S. Studies Language Arts	www.learningtogive.com/ www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Purdy,Ramona/Unit1/Lesson4/
3.1.3 give reasons for limiting the power of government.	I	I	M	S. Studies Language Arts
Standards 3.2 Ideas of American Democracy
3.2.1 interpret the development and summarize the main points in the Declaration of Independence.	I	I	M	Language Arts S. Studies
3.2.2 interpret the meaning of specific rights guaranteed by the Constitution including religious liberty, free expression, privacy, property, due process of law and equal protection of the law.	I	I	M	S. Studies Language Arts	www.bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/citizenship/rights.html www.civn
3.2.3 explain responsibilities citizens have to uphold constitutional rights.	I	I	M	S. Studies Language Arts
Standard 3.3 Democracy in Action
3.3.1 describe what state and federal courts are expected to do.	I	I	M	Counseling Language Arts
3.3.2 describe issues that arise over constitutional rights	-	-	I	S. Studies
Standard 3.4 American Government and Politics
3.4.1 distinguish among making, enforcing, and interpreting laws.	-	I	I M	S. Studies	www.bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/citizenship/rights.html
3.4.2 explain how law used is to manage conflict in American society.	I	I	I	S. Studies
3.4.3 explain the basic organization of the local, state, and federal governments.	I	I	M	S. Studies	www.bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/citizenship/rights.html
3.4.4 describe how citizens participate in election campaigns.	I	I	I	S. Studies	www.bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/citizenship/rights.html www.bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/documents/constitution/about.html
Standard 3.5 American Government & World Affairs
3.5.1 explain various ways that nations of the world interact with each other.	-	-	I	Language Arts S. Studies
3.5.2 describe events in other countries that have affected Americans and, conversely, events within the United States that have affected other countries.	-	-	I	Language Arts S. Studies	www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Homrich,Christel/Unit2/Lesson4/
STRAND 4: ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE Standard 4.1 Individual and Household Choices
4.1.1 explain why people must face scarcity when making decisions.	I	I M	M	Math	www.michecon.org/ (click on: standards and benchmarks - go to grade level ) www.learningtogive.com/ click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy
4.1.2 identify the opportunity costs in personal decision making situations.	I	I M	M	Math	www.michecon.org/ (click on: standards and benchmarks - go to grade level ) www.learningtogive.com/ click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy
4.1.3 use a decision making model to explain a personal choice.	I	I M	M	Math	www.goodcharacter.com/YCC/DoingRight.html www.michecon.org/ (click on: standards and benchmarks - go to grade level ) www.learningtogive.com/ click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy
4.1.4 analyze the costs, benefits, and alternatives to using consumer credit.	I	I	I	Math	www.michecon.org/ (click on: standards and benchmarks - go to grade level ) www.learningtogive.com/ (click on: standards and benchmarks - go to grade level ) www.learningtogive.com/ click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy
Standard 4.2 Business Choices
4.2.1 distinguish between natural resources, human capital, and equipment in the production of a good or service.	I	I M	M	Science	www.michecon.org/ (click on: standards and benchmarks - go to grade level ) www.learningtogive.com/ click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy
4.2.2 distinguish among individual ownership, partnership, and corporation.	-	I	I	S. Studies Language Arts	www.michecon.org/ (click on: standards and benchmarks - go to grade level ) www.learningtogive.com/ click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy
4.2.3 examine the historical and contemporary role a major industry has played in the state of Michigan and the United States.	I	M	M	Language Arts	www.michecon.org/ (click on: standards and benchmarks - go to grade level ) www.learningtogive.com/ click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy
Standard 4.3 Role of Government
4.3.1 use a decision making model to explain a choice involving a public good or service.	I	I	I M	Language Arts	www.goodcharacter.com
4.3.2 distinguish between the economic roles of local, state and federal governments and cite examples of each.	I	I	I	Language Arts	www.michecon.org/ (click on: standards and benchmarks - go to grade level ) www.learningtogive.com/ click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy
4.3.3 use a local example to assess the effectiveness of government at providing public goods or resolving an economic dispute.	I	I	I	Language Arts Math	www.michecon.org/ (click on: standards and benchmarks - go to grade level ) www.learningtogive.com/ (click on:ELA: go to getting the hang of Philanthropy)
Standard 4.4 Economic Systems
4.4.1 explain how prices are determined in a market economy and how they serve as a means of allocating resources.	-	-	I	Math	www.michecon.org/ (click on: standards and benchmarks - go to grade level ) www.learningtogive.com/ click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy
4.4.2 describe how they act as a producer and a consumer.	I	M	E	Science S. Studies	www.michecon.org/ (click on: standards and benchmarks - go to grade level ) www.learningtogive.com/ click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy
4.4.3 analyze how Michigan’s location has impacted its economic development.	I	M	R	Language Arts	www.michecon.org/ (click on: standards and benchmarks - go to grade level )
Standard 4.5 Trade
4.5.1 trace the national origin of common household items and trade flows which brought them to the United States.	I	I M	M	Language Arts	www.michecon.org/ (click on: standards and benchmarks - go to grade level ) www.learningtogive.com/ click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy
4.5.2 describe benefits of international trade to consumers and producers.	I	I	I M	Language Arts	www.michecon.org/ (click on: standards and benchmarks - go to grade level ) www.learningtogive.com/ click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy
4.5.3 describe how businesses are involved in trade as producers, distributors, importers and exporters.	-	I	I	Language Arts	www.michecon.org/ (click on: standards and benchmarks - go to grade level ) www.learningtogive.com/ click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy
STRAND 5: INQUIRY Standard 5.1 Information Processing
5.1.1 locate information using people, books, audio/video recordings, photos, simple maps, graphs and tables.	I	I M	M	Language Arts	www.learningtogive.com/ (go to ELA: go to: It’s a matter of freedom) www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Purdy,Ramona/Unit2/Lesson4
5.1.2 acquire information from observation of local environment.	I	M	M	Math Language Arts	www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Purdy,Ramona/Unit3/lesson2
5.1.3 organize information to make and interpret simple maps of their local surroundings and simple graphs and tables of social data drawn from their experience.	I	I	M	Math Language Arts Science	www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Homrich,Christel/Unit1/Lesson4
Standard 5.2 Conducting Investigations
5.2.1 pose a question about life in their school or local community.	I	M	M	Language Arts	www.learningtogive.com/ click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy
5.2.2 gather and analyze information in order to answer the question posed.	I	M	M	Language Arts	www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Homrich,Christel/Unit2/Lesson2/
5.2.3 construct an answer to the question posed and support their answer with evidence.	I	I	M	Language Arts Science/Math	www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Seeber,Lynn/Unit1/Lesson4/
5.2.4 report the results of their investigation.	I	I	M	Language Arts
STRAND 6: PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND DECISION MAKING Standard 6.1 Identifying and Analyzing Issues
6.1.1 pose local, state, and national policy issues as questions.	I	I	M	Language Arts Science	www.learningtogive.com/ click on: Squanto
6.1.2 explain how a particular public issue became a problem and why people disagree about it.	I	I	M	Language Arts Science	www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Engleman,Sally/Unit1/Lesson5/ www.learningtogive.com/ click on: Squanto www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Engleman,Sally/Unit2/Lesson2/
6.1.3 evaluate possible resolutions of a public issue.	I	I	M	Language Arts Science	www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Engleman,Sally/Unit1/Lesson2/
Standard 6.2 Group Discussion
6.2.1 engage each other in conversations which attempt to clarify and resolve issues pertaining to local, state, and national policy.	M	M	M	Language Arts	www.learningtogive.com/ click on: ELA:go to: getting the hang of Philanthropy www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Engleman,Sally/Unit1/lesson3.html
Standard 6.3 Persuasive Writing
6.3.1 compose a short essay expressing a decision on local, state or national policy issue.	I M	M	M	Language Arts	www.learningtogive.com/ (go to ELA: go to: It’s a matter of freedom) www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Engleman,Sally/Unit1/lesson3.html
STRAND 7: CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT Standard 7.1 Responsible Personal Conduct
7.1.1 help to determine, interpret and enforce school rules.	M	M	M	Counseling
7.1.2 participate in projects designed to help others in their local community.	I	M	M	Counseling	www.learningtogive.org/lessons/3-5/Engleman,Sally/Unit1/lesson5.html www.learningtogive.com/ click on: Squanto

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