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Social Studies: 4 Years
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Political Science
Peoples of the Nation and the World
Geography
Economics
History
Social Studies Skills and Processes
1
Students will understand the historical development and current status of the democratic principles and the development of skills and attitudes necessary to become responsible citizens.
2
Students will understand how people in Maryland, the United States and around the world are alike and different.
3
Students will use geographic concepts and processes to understand location and its relationship to human activities.
4
Students will identify the economic principles and processes that are helpful to producers and consumers when making good decisions.
5
Students will use historical thinking skills to understand how individuals and events have changed society over time.
6
Students shall use reading, writing, and thinking processes and skills to gain knowledge and understanding of political, historical, and current events using chronological and spatial thinking, economic reasoning, and historical interpretation, by framing and evaluating questions from primary and secondary sources.
1.A
The Foundations and Function of Government
1.B
Individual and Group Participation in the Political System
1.C
Protecting Rights and Maintaining Order
2.A
Elements of Culture
2.B
Cultural Diffusion
2.C
Conflict and Compromise
3.A
Using Geographic Tools
3.B
Geographic Characteristics of Places and Regions
3.C
Movement of People, Goods and Ideas
3.D
Modifying and Adapting to the Environment
4.A
Scarcity and Economic Decision- Making
4.B
Economic Systems and the Role of Government in the Economy
5.A
Change Over Time
6.A
Learn to Read and Construct Meaning about Social Studies
6.B
Learn to Write and Communicate Social Studies Understandings
6.C
Ask Social Studies Questions
6.D
Acquire Social Studies Information
6.E
Organize Social Studies Information
6.F
Analyze Social Studies Information
6.G
Answer Social Studies Questions
1.A.1
Identify the importance of rules.
1.A.2
Identify symbols and practices associated with the United States of America.
1.B.1
Recognize people important to the American political system.
1.C.1
Identify the roles, rights, and responsibilities of being a member of the family and school.
2.A.1
Identify themselves as individuals and members of families that have the same human needs as others.
2.C.1
Identify how groups of people interact.
3.A.1
Recognize that a globe and maps are used to help people locate places.
3.B.1
Recognize that places in the immediate environment have specific physical and human-made features.
3.C.1
Identify the role of transportation in the community.
3.D.1
Describe how people adapt to their immediate environment.
4.A.1
Recognize that people have to make choices because of unlimited economic wants.
4.A.2
Identify that materials/resources are used to make products.
4.A.3
Explain how technology affects the way people live, work, and play.
4.B.1
Identify types of local markets.
4.B.2
(Indicator begins in Grade 3)
4.B.3
Identify how goods are acquired.
5.A.1
Distinguish among past, present, and future time.
6.A.1
Develop and apply social studies vocabulary through exposure to a variety of text and portions of text.
6.A.2
Use strategies to prepare for reading (before reading.)
6.A.3
Use strategies to monitor understanding and derive meaning from text and portions of text (during reading).
6.A.4
Use strategies to demonstrate understanding of the text (after reading).
6.B.1
Compose oral, written, and visual presentations that express personal ideas, inform, and persuade.
6.B.2
Locate, retrieve, and use information from various sources to accomplish a purpose.
6.C.1
Identify a topic that requires further study.
6.C.2
Identify a situation or problem that requires study.
6.D.1
Identify primary and secondary sources of information that relate to the topic/situation/ problem being studied.
6.D.2
Engage in field work that relates to the topic/ situation/ problem being studied.
6.E.1
Organize information from non-print sources.
6.E.2
Organize information from print sources.
6.F.1
Interpret information from secondary sources including pictures, graphics, maps, atlases, and timelines.
6.G.1
Describe how the community has changed over time and how people have contributed to its change, drawing from maps, photographs, newspapers, and other sources.
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