Florida K–6 social studies standards

Develop an understanding of how to use and create a timeline.

Develop an awareness of a primary source.

Compare children and families of today with those in the past.

Recognize the importance of celebrations and national holidays as a way of remembering and honoring people, events, and our nation's ethnic heritage.

Compare our nation’s holidays with holidays of other countries’ cultures.

Listen to and retell stories about people in the past who have shown character ideals and principles including honesty, courage, and responsibility.

Recognize the importance of U.S. symbols.

Use words and phrases related to chronology and time to explain how things change and to sequentially order events that have occurred in school.

Explain that calendars represent days of the week and months of the year.

Recognize African American inventors and explorers (i.e., Lonnie Johnson [inventor], Mae C. Jemison, George Washington Carver).

Identify the purpose of rules and laws in the home and school.

Identify people who have the authority and power to make and enforce rules and laws.

Describe and demonstrate the characteristics of being a responsible citizen.

Describe ways for groups to make decisions.

Define patriotism as the allegiance to one’s country.

Recognize symbols that represent the United States.

Recognize symbols that represent Florida.

Describe different kinds of jobs that people do and the tools or equipment used.

Recognize that United States currency comes in different forms.

Recognize that people work to earn money to buy things they need or want.

Identify the difference between basic needs and wants.

Describe the relative location of people, places, and things by using positional words.

Explain that maps and globes help to locate different places and that globes are a model of the Earth.

Identify cardinal directions (north, south, east, west).

Differentiate land and water features on simple maps and globes.

Locate and describe places in the school and community.

Know one’s own phone number, street address, city, or town and that Florida is the state in which the student lives.

Identify basic landforms.

Identify basic bodies of water.

Describe and give examples of seasonal weather changes and illustrate how weather affects people and the environment.

Develop an understanding of a primary source.

Understand how to use the media center and other sources to find answers to questions about a historical topic.

Understand that history tells the story of people and events of other times and places.

Compare life now with life in the past.

Identify celebrations and national holidays as a way of remembering and honoring past events, our nation’s ethnic heritage, and the heroism and achievements of the people.

Identify people from the past who have shown character ideals and principles including honesty, courage, and responsibility.

Distinguish between historical fact and fiction using various materials.

Use terms related to time to sequentially order events that have occurred in school, home, or community.

Create a timeline based on the student’s life or school events, using primary sources.

Identify African American artists (i.e., Aretha Franklin, Charles White [Abraham Lincoln portrait artist], James Earl Jones, Maya Angelou).

Explain the purpose of rules and laws in the home, school, and community.

Describe how the absence of rules and laws impacts individuals and the community.

Explain the rights and responsibilities students have in the school community.

Describe the characteristics of citizenship in the school community.

Recognize ways citizens can demonstrate patriotism.

Recognize symbols and individuals that represent the United States.

Recognize symbols and individuals that represent Florida.

Recognize that the United States and Florida have Constitutions.

Explain responsible ways for individuals and groups to make decisions.

Recognize that money is used in the exchange of goods and services.

Define opportunity costs as giving up one thing for another.

Distinguish between examples of goods and services.

Distinguish people as buyers, sellers, and producers of goods and services.

Recognize the importance of saving money for future purchases.

Identify that people need to make choices because of scarce resources.

Use physical, political, and cultural maps to locate places in Florida.

Identify key elements (i.e., compass rose, cardinal directions, title, key, or legend with symbols) of maps and globes.

Construct a basic map using key elements including cardinal directions and map symbols.

Identify a variety of physical features using a map and globe.

Locate on maps and globes the student’s local community, the state of Florida, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico).

Describe how location, weather, and physical environment affect the way people live in our community.

Examine primary and secondary sources.

Utilize the media center, technology, or other informational sources to locate information that provides answers to questions about a historical topic.

Recognize that Native Americans were the first inhabitants in North America.

Compare the cultures of Native American tribes from various geographic regions of the United States.

Describe the impact of immigrants on the Native Americans.

Explore ways the daily life of people living in Colonial America changed over time.

Identify reasons people came to the United States throughout history.

Discuss the importance of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty to immigration from 1892-1954.

Discuss why immigration continues today.

Explain the cultural influences and contributions of immigrants today.

Identify terms and designations of time sequence.

Identify African Americans who demonstrated civic service (i.e., Secretary of State Colin Powell, Civil Air Patrol [CAP] Lt. Willa Beatrice Brown, Carter G. Woodson, Senator Hiram Revels).

Identify oral traditions and folktales of African Americans (e.g., Anansi the Spider, Tale of the Midnight Goat Thief).

Explain why people form governments.

Explain how the U.S. government protects the liberty and rights of American citizens.

Explain what it means to be a U.S. citizen.

Describe the characteristics of responsible citizenship at the local and state levels.

Explain how citizens demonstrate patriotism.

Recognize symbols, individuals, and documents that represent the United States.

Recognize symbols, individuals, and documents that represent Florida.

Identify the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of the land.

Recognize that people make choices because of limited resources.

Recognize that people supply goods and services based on consumer demands.

Recognize that the United States trades with other nations to exchange goods and services.

Explain the personal benefits and costs involved in saving and spending.

Use different types of maps (political, physical, and thematic) to identify map elements.

Using maps and globes, locate the student’s hometown, Florida, North America, and both the state and national capitals.

Label on a map or globe the continents, oceans, Equator, Prime Meridian, North and South Poles.

Use a map to locate the countries in North America (Canada, United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean Islands).

Analyze primary and secondary sources.

Utilize technology resources to gather information from primary and secondary sources.

Define terms related to the social sciences.

Identify African Americans who demonstrated heroism and patriotism (e.g., Booker T. Washington, Jesse Owens, Tuskegee Airmen, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, President Barack Obama, 1st Lt. Vernon Baker, Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris).

Explain how the U.S. Constitution establishes the purpose and fulfills the need for government.

Describe how the U.S. government gains its power from the people.

Describe how citizens demonstrate civility, cooperation, volunteerism, and other civic virtues.

Describe the importance of voting in elections.

Explain the history and meaning behind patriotic holidays and observances.

Recognize symbols, individuals, documents, and events that represent the United States.

Recognize symbols, individuals, documents, and events that represent the State of Florida.

Explain how the U.S. and Florida Constitutions establish the structure, function, powers, and limits of government.

Recognize that government has local, state, and national levels.

Give examples of how scarcity results in trade.

List the characteristics of money.

Recognize that buyers and sellers interact to exchange goods and services through the use of trade or money.

Distinguish between currencies used in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Use thematic maps, tables, charts, graphs, and photos to analyze geographic information.

Review basic map elements (coordinate grid, cardinal and intermediate directions, title, compass rose, scale, key or legend with symbols).

Label the continents and oceans on a world map.

Name and identify the purpose of maps (physical, political, elevation, population).

Compare maps and globes to develop an understanding of the concept of distortion.

Use maps to identify different types of scale to measure distances between two places.

Label the countries and commonwealths in North America (Canada, United States, Mexico) and in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica).

Identify the five regions of the United States.

Label the states in each of the five regions of the United States.

Describe the physical features of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Identify natural and man-made landmarks in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Investigate how people perceive places and regions differently by conducting interviews, mental mapping, and studying news, poems, legends, and songs about a region or area.

Describe the climate and vegetation in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Describe the natural resources in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Explain how the environment influences settlement patterns in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Identify the cultures that have settled the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Compare the cultural characteristics of diverse populations in one of the five regions of the United States with Canada, Mexico, or the Caribbean.

Identify contributions from various ethnic groups to the United States.

Analyze primary and secondary resources to identify significant individuals and events throughout Florida history.

Synthesize information related to Florida history through print and electronic media.

Compare Native American tribes in Florida.

Identify explorers who came to Florida and the motivations for their expeditions.

Identify the causes and effects of the Seminole Wars.

Describe causes and effects of European colonization on the Native American tribes of Florida.

Identify the significance of St. Augustine as the oldest permanent European settlement in the United States.

Explain the purpose of and daily life on missions (San Luis de Talimali in present-day Tallahassee).

Identify the significance of Fort Mose as the first free African community in the United States.

Identify the effects of Spanish rule in Florida.

Identify nations (Spain, France, England) that controlled Florida before it became a United States territory.

Explain how the Seminole tribe formed and the purpose for their migration.

Explain how Florida (Adams-Onis Treaty) became a United States territory.

Explain the effects of technological advances on Florida.

Describe pioneer life in Florida.

Describe Florida’s involvement (secession, blockades of ports, the battles of Ft. Pickens, Olustee, Ft. Brooke, Natural Bridge, food supply) in the Civil War.

Summarize challenges that Floridians faced during Reconstruction.

Describe the economic development of Florida’s major industries.

Summarize contributions that immigrant groups made to Florida.

Describe the contributions of significant individuals to Florida.

Describe effects of the Spanish American War on Florida.

Describe the causes and effects of the 1920's Florida land boom and bust.

Summarize challenges Floridians faced during the Great Depression.

Identify Florida’s role in World War II.

Identify Florida’s role in the Civil Rights Movement.

Describe how and why immigration impacts Florida today.

Describe the effect of the United States’ space program on Florida’s economy and growth.

Explain how tourism affects Florida’s economy and growth.

Utilize timelines to sequence key events in Florida history.

Identify African American community leaders who made positive contributions in the state of Florida (e.g., Zora Neale Hurston, Florida Highwaymen, Mary McLeod Bethune, Evan B. Forde, Bessie Coleman, Gen. Daniel “Chappie” James, Bob Hayes, Sylvia Fowles).

Explain why the Florida government has a written Constitution.

Identify and describe how citizens work with local and state governments to solve problems.

Explain the importance of voting, public service, and volunteerism to the state and nation.

Identify individuals who represent the citizens of Florida at the state level.

Explain the structure and functions of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government in Florida.

Compare the structure, functions, and processes of local and state government.

Identify entrepreneurs from various demographic backgrounds who have influenced Florida and local economy.

Explain Florida’s role in the national and international economy and the conditions that attract businesses to the state.

People have many different types of jobs from which to choose. Identify different jobs requiring people to have different skills.

People earn an income when they are hired by an employer to work at a job. Explain why employers are willing to pay people to do their work.

Workers are paid for their labor in different ways such as wages, salaries, or commissions. Explain the ways in which workers are paid.

People can earn interest income from letting other people borrow their money. Explain why banks and financial institutions pay people interest when they deposit their money at those institutions.

People can earn income by renting their property to other people. Identify different types of property (such as apartments, automobiles, or tools) that people own and on which rent is paid.

Describe ways that people who own a business can earn a profit, which is a source of income.

Entrepreneurs are people who start new businesses. Entrepreneurs do not know if their new businesses will be successful and earn a profit. Identify ways in which starting a business is risky for entrepreneurs.

Income earned from working and most other sources of income are taxed. Describe ways that the revenue from these taxes is used to pay for government provided goods and services.

Explain that economic wants are desires that can be satisfied by consuming a good, a service, or a leisure activity.

Explain that people make choices about what goods and services they buy because they can’t have everything they want. This requires individuals to prioritize their wants.

Identify some of the ways that people spend a portion of their income on goods and services in order to increase their personal satisfaction or happiness.

Discuss that whenever people buy something, they incur an opportunity cost. Opportunity cost is the value of the next best alternative that is given up when a person makes a choice.

Explain that costs are things that a decision maker gives up; benefits are things that a decision maker gains. Make an informed decision by comparing the costs and benefits of spending alternatives.

Predict how people’s spending choices are influenced by prices as well as many other factors, including advertising, the spending choices of others, and peer pressure.

Planning for spending can help people make informed choices. Develop a budget plan for spending, saving, and managing income.

Identify ways that income is saved, spent on goods and services, or used to pay taxes.

Explain that when people save money, they give up the opportunity to buy things now in order to buy things later.

Identify ways that people can choose to save money in many places - for example, at home in a piggy bank or at a commercial bank, credit union, or savings and loan.

Identify savings goals that people set as incentives to save. One savings goal might be to buy goods and services in the future.

Explain that when people deposit money into a bank (or other financial institution), the bank may pay them interest. Banks attract savings by paying interest. People also deposit money into banks because banks are safe places to keep their savings.

Discuss that interest is the price the borrower pays for using someone else’s money.

Identify instances when people use credit, that they receive something of value now and agree to repay the lender over time, or at some date in the future, with interest.

Explain that after people have saved some of their income, they must decide how to invest their savings so that it can grow over time.

Explain that a financial investment is the purchase of a financial asset, such as a stock, with the expectation of an increase in the value of the asset and/or increase in future income.

Explain that risk is the chance of loss or harm.

Explain that risk from accidents and unexpected events is an unavoidable part of daily life.

Describe ways that individuals can either choose to accept risk or take steps to protect themselves by avoiding or reducing risk.

Discuss that one method to cope with unexpected losses is to save for emergencies.

Identify physical features of Florida.

Locate and label cultural features on a Florida map.

Explain how weather impacts Florida.

Interpret political and physical maps using map elements (title, compass rose, cardinal directions, intermediate directions, symbols, legend, scale, longitude, latitude).

Use primary and secondary sources to understand history.

Utilize timelines to identify and discuss American History time periods.

Compare cultural aspects of ancient American civilizations (e.g., Aztecs, Mayas, Mound Builders, Anasazi, Inuit).

Identify Native American tribes from different geographic regions of North America (e.g., cliff dwellers and Pueblo people of the desert Southwest, coastal tribes of the Pacific Northwest, nomadic nations of the Great Plains, woodland tribes east of the Mississippi River).

Compare cultural aspects of Native American tribes from different geographic regions of North America including but not limited to clothing, shelter, food, major beliefs and practices, music, art, and interactions with the environment.

Describe technological developments that shaped European exploration.

Investigate (nationality, sponsoring country, motives, dates and routes of travel, accomplishments) the European explorers.

Describe interactions among Native Americans, Africans, English, French, Dutch, and Spanish for control of North America.

Identify the economic, political, and socio-cultural motivation for colonial settlement.

Compare characteristics of New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.

Identify significant individuals responsible for the development of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.

Demonstrate an understanding of political, economic, and social aspects of daily colonial life in the thirteen colonies.

Explain the importance of Triangular Trade linking Africa, the West Indies, the British Colonies, and Europe.

Describe the introduction, impact, and role of slavery in the colonies.

Identify and explain significant events leading up to the American Revolution.

Examine the significance of the Constitution including its key political concepts, origins of those concepts, and their role in American democracy.

Identify significant individuals and groups who played a role in the American Revolution.

Explain the significance of historical documents including key political concepts, origins of these concepts, and their role in American independence.

Examine and explain the changing roles and impact of significant women during the American Revolution.

Examine and compare major battles and military campaigns of the American Revolution.

Identify the contributions of foreign alliances and individuals to the outcome of the Revolution.

Explain economic, military, and political factors which led to the end of the Revolutionary War.

Evaluate the personal and political hardships resulting from the American Revolution.

Discuss the impact and significance of land policies developed under the Confederation Congress (Northwest Ordinance of 1787).

Describe the causes and effects of the Louisiana Purchase.

Identify roles and contributions of significant people during the period of westward expansion.

Examine 19th century advancements (e.g., canals, roads, steamboats, flat boats, overland wagons, Pony Express, railroads) in transportation and communication.

Explain the importance of the explorations west of the Mississippi River.

Identify the causes and effects of the War of 1812.

Explain how westward expansion affected Native Americans.

Discuss the concept of Manifest Destiny.

Describe the causes and effects of the Missouri Compromise.

Describe the hardships of settlers along the overland trails to the west.

Examine the life of African Americans in the colonial era.

Examine the Underground Railroad and how former slaves partnered with other free people and groups in assisting those escaping from slavery.

Examine key figures and events in abolitionist movements.

Identify freedoms and rights secured for and by former slaves.

Examine the roles and contributions of significant African Americans during westward expansion (e.g., Benjamin “Pap” Singleton, James Beckwourth, Buffalo Soldiers, York [American explorer]).

Examine the experiences and contributions of African Americans in early Florida.

Recognize that the Declaration of Independence affirms that every U.S. citizen has certain unalienable rights.

Explain how and why the U.S. government was created by the U.S. Constitution.

Discuss arguments for adopting a representative form of government.

Describe the history, meaning, and significance of the Bill of Rights

Discuss the political ideas of Patriots, Loyalists, and other colonists about the American Revolution.

Compare forms of political participation in the colonial period to today.

Analyze how the U.S. Constitution expanded civic participation over time.

Evaluate the importance of civic duties and responsibilities to the preservation of the United States’ constitutional republic.

Identify individuals who represent the citizens of Florida at the national level.

Explain symbols and documents that represent the United States.

Describe the organizational structure and powers of the national government as defined in Articles I, II, and III of the U.S. Constitution.

Analyze how the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights limit the power of the national government and protect citizens from an oppressive government.

Explain the role of the court system in interpreting law and settling conflicts.

Describe the process for amending the U.S. Constitution.

Explain how the U.S. Constitution influenced the Florida Constitution.

Explain the relationship between the state and national governments.

Identify how trade promoted economic growth in North America from pre- Columbian times to 1850.

Describe a market economy and give examples of how the colonial and early American economy exhibited these characteristics.

Trace the development of technology and the impact of major inventions on business productivity during the early development of the United States.

Recognize the positive and negative effects of voluntary trade among Native Americans, European explorers, and colonists.

Interpret current and historical information using a variety of geographic tools.

Use latitude and longitude to locate places.

Identify major United States physical features on a map of North America.

Construct maps, charts, and graphs to display geographic information.

Identify and locate the original thirteen colonies on a map of North America.

Locate and identify states, capitals, and United States Territories on a map.

Describe the push-pull factors (e.g., economy, natural hazards, tourism, climate, physical features) that influenced boundary changes within the United States.

Describe the impact that past natural events have had on human and physical environments in the United States through 1850.

Use geographic knowledge and skills when discussing current events.

Use geography concepts and skills such as recognizing patterns, mapping, and graphing to find solutions for local, state, or national problems.

Define the Holocaust as the planned and systematic state-sponsored persecution and murder of European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945.

Analyze how democratic concepts developed in ancient Greece served as a foundation for the United States’ constitutional republic.

Analyze the influence of ancient Rome on the United States’ constitutional republic.

Examine rule of law in the ancient world and its influence on the United States’ constitutional republic.

Examine examples of civic leadership and virtue in ancient Greece and ancient Rome.

Identify the factors (e.g., new resources, increased productivity, education, technology, slave economy, territorial expansion) that increase economic growth.

Describe and identify traditional and command economies as they appear in different civilizations.

Describe the following economic concepts as they relate to early civilization: scarcity, opportunity cost, supply and demand, barter, trade, productive resources (e.g., land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship).

Evaluate how civilizations through clans, leaders, and family groups make economic decisions for that civilization providing a framework for future city-state or nation development.

Identify examples of mediums of exchange (currencies) used for trade (barter) for each civilization, and explain why international trade requires a system for a medium of exchange between trading both inside and among various regions.

Categorize products that were traded among civilizations, and give examples of barriers to trade of those products.

Describe traditional economies (e.g., Egypt, Greece, Rome, Kush) and elements of those economies that led to the rise of a merchant class and trading partners.

Describe the relationship among civilizations that engage in trade, including the benefits and drawbacks of voluntary trade.

Use latitude and longitude coordinates to understand the relationship between people and places on the Earth.

Analyze the purposes of map projections (e.g., political, physical, special purpose) and explain the applications of various types of maps.

Identify natural wonders of the ancient world.

Utilize tools geographers use to study the world.

Use scale, cardinal and intermediate directions, and estimation of distances between places on current and ancient maps of the world.

Use a map to identify major bodies of water of the world and explain ways they have impacted the development of civilizations.

Use maps to identify characteristics and boundaries of ancient civilizations that have shaped the world today.

Explain how major physical characteristics, natural resources, climate, and absolute and relative locations have influenced settlement, interactions, and the economies of ancient civilizations of the world.

Differentiate between continents, regions, countries, and cities in order to understand the complexities of regions created by civilizations.

Analyze the relationship of physical geography to the development of ancient river valley civilizations.

Explain how the geographical location of ancient civilizations contributed to the culture and politics of those societies.

Interpret how geographic boundaries invite or limit interaction with other regions and cultures.

Explain the concept of cultural diffusion and identify the influences of different ancient cultures on one another.

Interpret choropleths or dot-density maps to explain the distribution of population in the ancient world.

Explain how the physical landscape affected the development of agriculture and industry in the ancient world.

Analyze the impact of human populations on the ancient world's ecosystems.

Explain how family and ethnic relationships influenced ancient cultures.

Use maps to trace significant migrations and analyze their results.

Locate sites in Africa and Asia where archaeologists have found evidence of early human societies and trace their migration patterns to other parts of the world.

Map and analyze the impact of the spread of various belief systems in the ancient world.

Identify the methods used to compensate for the scarcity of resources in the ancient world.

Use geographic terms and tools to explain why ancient civilizations developed networks of highways, waterways, and other transportation linkages.

Use geographic tools and terms to analyze how famine, drought, and naturaldisasters plagued many ancient civilizations.

Describe the Six Essential Elements of Geography (The World in Spatial Terms, Places and Regions, Physical Systems, Human Systems, Environment, The Uses of Geography) as the organizing framework for understanding the world and its people.

Compare maps of the world in ancient times with current political maps.

Explain ancient communal systems and the effect on their respective societies.

Use timelines to identify chronological order of historical events.

Identify terms (e.g., decade, century, epoch, era, millennium, BC or BCE, AD or CE) and designations of time periods.

Interpret primary and secondary sources.

Describe the methods of historical inquiry and how history relates to the other social sciences.

Describe the roles of historians and recognize varying historical interpretations (historiography).

Describe how history transmits culture and heritage and provides models of human character.

Compare the lifestyles of hunter-gatherers with those of settlers of early agricultural communities.

Compare the emergence of advanced civilizations in Mesoamerica and South America with the four early river valley civilizations.

Describe how the developments of agriculture and metallurgy related to settlement, population growth, and the emergence of civilization.

Identify the characteristics of civilization.

Compare the economic, political, social, and religious institutions of ancient river civilizations.

Summarize important achievements of Egyptian civilization.

Determine the contributions of key figures from ancient Egypt.

Summarize the important achievements of Mesopotamian civilization.

Determine the impact of key figures from ancient Mesopotamian civilizations.

Identify key figures and basic beliefs of the Israelites and determine how these beliefs compare with those of others in the geographic area.

Analyze the cultural impact the ancient Phoenicians had on the Mediterranean world with regard to colonization (Carthage), exploration, maritime commerce (purple dye, tin), and written communication (alphabet).

Describe the government of the Roman Republic and its contribution to the development of democratic principles (i.e., separation of powers, rule of law, representative government, civic duty).

Explain the transition from Roman Republic to empire and Imperial Rome and compare Roman life and culture under each one.

Explain the causes for the growth and longevity of the Roman Empire.

Identify key figures and the basic beliefs of early Christianity and how these beliefs impacted the Roman Empire.

Describe the key achievements and contributions of Roman civilization.

Explain the reasons for the gradual decline of the Western Roman Empire after the Pax Romana.

Compare life in the Roman Republic for patricians, plebeians, women, children, and slaves.

Explain the spread and influence of the Latin language on Western Civilization.

Describe the rise and fall of the ancient east African kingdoms of Kush and Axum and Christianity's development in Ethiopia.

Explain the democratic concepts (i.e., polis, civic participation and voting rights, legislative bodies, written constitutions, rule of law) developed in ancient Greece.