Idaho K–6 social studies standards

Describe how individuals have similarities and differences by sharing stories, pictures, and music of one’s own personal life, family, and culture.

Sequence events in the past and present and begin to recognize that things change over time.

Demonstrate an understanding of maps and globes by: a. identifying the similarities and differences between a map and a globe; b. identifying basic map symbols; Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 6

Describe the relative location of people, places, and objects by using positional words, including but not limited to near/far, over/under, above/below, left/right, behind/in front, next to, and in between.

Distinguish between wants and needs.

Explain the benefits of saving money and give examples of how people use money to make purchases.

Recognize and describe different types of jobs, including work done in the home, school, and community.

Practice citizenship in the classroom by: a) taking responsibility for one’s actions; b) practicing honesty and showing kindness to oneself and others; c) recognizing the purpose of rules and practicing self-control; d) caring for one’s personal property and respecting other students’ property; and Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 7

Identify symbols of the United States including but not limited to the flag, Pledge of Allegiance, Bald Eagle, red, white, and blue, and the Statue of Liberty.

Understand the meaning and purpose of the Pledge of Allegiance.

Describe holidays and tell why they are commemorated in the United States, including, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Thanksgiving, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Independence Day, and Presidents’ Day.

Name traditions that came to the United States from other parts of the world.

Compare differences in the ways families in the United States live today to how they lived in the past.

Use timelines to show personal or family history.

Compare personal histories, pictures, and music of other selected times and places in America’s past. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 8

Develop geographic skills by: a) using basic map symbols, including references to land, water, cities, and roads; b) using cardinal directions on maps; c) locating Idaho, the United States, continents, and oceans on maps and globes; and d) constructing simple maps and including a title, map legend or key, and compass rose.

Identify ways people adjust to their environment as well as modify their environment.

Identify ways people meet their needs by sharing, trading, and using money to buy goods and services.

Distinguish between wants and needs and provide examples of each.

Identify ways to save money for future needs and wants

Define citizenship, and recognize traits of good citizens, such as respecting the rights of others, voting, following laws, etc.

Explain the importance of patriotic traditions and symbols, including the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem, and respectful behavior during both.

Provide all students the opportunity to be able to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

Describe holidays and events and tell why they are commemorated in the United States.

Identify individuals who are helpful to people in their everyday lives.

Name some responsibilities that students have at home and school.

Compare family life, structures, and daily routines of various cultures around the world.

Recognize that each person belongs to many groups such as family, school, friends, and community.

Identify different groups that a person belongs to, such as family and community, and how those roles and/or groups have changed or stayed the same.

Compare the lives and contributions of two of the five federally recognized American Indian tribes in Idaho: the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, Shoshone Bannock Tribes, Nez Perce Tribe, and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes.

Analyze and interpret events placed chronologically on a timeline.

Develop geographic mapping skills using maps and globes by a) showing that map elements such as key, legend, and scale show how the map represents natural objects or places; b) applying knowledge of cardinal directions to use a compass rose; c) locating the countries of North America and the bordering oceans; d) Identifying and locating the seven continents and the five oceans; e) identifying major rivers, mountain ranges, lakes, and other physical features; f) identifying boundary lines to separate states; and g) locating man-made features.

Compare how environmental conditions affect living styles and clothing in different parts of the country.

Describe how humans depend on the environment to meet their basic needs.

Define city/suburb/town and urban/rural. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 11

Differentiate between the wants and needs of families and understand the purpose of a budget.

Explain what employment means and define income, wages, and salary.

Examine different types of producers and consumers as well as goods and services.

Explain how natural resources affect economic activities in the local community.

Explore the concept of democracy by understanding the role of citizens and the United States government and connecting it to their role as citizens within their community where people can explore issues, create solutions and make decisions together.

Recognize that Idaho has a constitution, which is the basis for our state’s laws, and that there are consequences for breaking those laws.

Identify the people or groups that make, apply, and enforce rules and laws at home, school, communities, and our state.

Identify and examine the significance of well-known national symbols and landmarks, including The White House, the flag, the Statue of Liberty, and the bald eagle.

Examine the meaning of keywords in the Pledge of Allegiance. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 12

Identify characteristics of good citizenship, such as courage, honesty, and responsibility, and identify the responsibilities of being a United States citizen.

Identify historical and contemporary people who model characteristics of good citizenship.

Compare your community with others in various parts of the world.

Compare traditions in your community with those practiced in other parts of the world.

Investigate your community's history and determine the chronological importance of local events.

Analyze distinctive foods, clothing styles, and traditions of various cultural groups within the community, including but not limited to the five federally recognized tribes of Idaho. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 13

Conduct interviews with family members, neighbors, friends, or school staff to discover why they call Idaho home.

Describe how migration and immigration are continuous processes and how they are influenced by voluntary and involuntary movement of people.

Develop an understanding of map reading by analyzing maps and globes using standard terms, including country, North Pole, Equator, Prime Meridian, hemisphere, region, latitude, South Pole, longitude, and time zones.

Use cardinal directions, map scales, legends, and grids to locate the United States, Washington D.C., Idaho, the state capital, Boise, and their own community on a map.

Analyze past and present settlement patterns of the community in which you live and how geographic features influenced those patterns.

Compare and contrast city/suburb/town and urban/rural farm/factory, as well as agriculture/industry.

Explain the concepts of supply and demand and the role of the consumer and producer.

Explain the difference between public and private property.

Explain how land, natural resources, labor, trade, and/or technology affect economic activities in the local community.

Identify different examples of making an economic choice, including consumption of goods and services, using a bank, investing, and budgeting.

Explain the benefits of following the laws and the consequences of breaking the rules and laws of our local and national communities.

Identify the people or groups that make, apply, and enforce laws in our local and national communities.

Identify and explain the basic functions of local and state governments.

Explain how local government officials are chosen, e.g., election, or appointment.

Describe services commonly and primarily provided by governments for the community.

Identify local government officials.

Identify ways children and adults can participate in their community and/or local governments.

Explain that people in the United States share a national identity through patriotic symbols and holidays. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 15

Explore connections that the local community has with other communities throughout the world.

Examine the contributions of various cultures from other parts of the world to the development of the community and how they make that community unique.

Describe ways that cultural groups in Idaho influenced and impacted each other.

Explain the role of explorers and missionaries in the development of Idaho.

Identify the major groups and significant individuals and their motives in the western expansion and settlement in Idaho.

Describe the role of fur trading and the discovery of gold and silver in the settlement of Idaho.

Analyze and describe the different immigrant experiences across Idaho.

Analyze and describe how interactions and conflicts during westward expansion impacted the American Indians in Idaho.

Identify American Indian tribes in Idaho: Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai, Shoshone-Bannock, Nez Perce, and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and current reservation boundaries.

Discuss that although there are five federally recognized tribes in Idaho, there are many others in the state.

Identify characteristics of American Indian tribes and other cultural groups in Idaho.

Compare and contrast how Idaho American Indian life today differs from the life of these same groups many years ago.

Identify how American Indian tribes in Idaho govern themselves.

Describe American Indian cultural materials and their use in everyday life.

Identify current issues related to American Indians in present day Idaho.

Use geographic skills to collect, analyze, interpret, and communicate data.

Show on a map of the world the continents, oceans, landforms, poles, hemispheres, equator, and prime meridian in relation to Idaho.

Use a number/letter grid to find specific locations on a map of Idaho.

Describe the physical regions of Idaho and identify major natural resources.

Analyze past and present settlement patterns in Idaho.

Discuss the impact of settlement in Idaho on American Indian tribal lands, such as aboriginal and/or ceded territories, and the Treaties of 1855 and 1863.

Identify the geographic features of Idaho and explain their impact on settlement.

Compare and contrast: city/suburb/town, urban/rural, farm/factory, and agriculture/industry.

Compare how American Indians and early settlers met their basic needs of food, shelter and water.

Explain the concepts of supply and demand and scarcity.

Explain the concepts of specialization and division of labor.

Identify goods and services in early Idaho settlements.

Explain the concept of public and private property in the development of Idaho.

Describe examples of historic and current technological innovations in relation to economic growth in Idaho.

Describe how geographic features of Idaho have determined the economic base of Idaho’s regions.

Define entrepreneurship and identify reasons for starting a business.

Identify the people and groups who make, apply, and enforce laws within state and tribal governments.

Explain that rules and laws can be used to protect rights, provide benefits, and assign responsibilities.

Explain the significance of Idaho symbols.

Compare and contrast state, local, and tribal governments.

Identify and explain the basic functions of state and tribal governments.

Identify the three branches of state government and explain the major responsibilities of each.

Discuss current governmental organization of American Indian tribes in Idaho.

Name elected state officials.

Explain ways to contact elected state officials.

Identify ways people can monitor and influence the decisions and actions of their state and tribal governments.

Discuss the concepts of citizenship, popular sovereignty, respect for the individual, equality of opportunity, and personal liberty.

Analyze the roles and relationships of diverse groups of people from various parts of the world who have contributed to Idaho’s cultural heritage and impacted the state’s history.

Discuss the challenges experienced by people from various cultural, racial, and religious groups that settled in Idaho from various parts of the world.

Identify Idaho’s role in the global economy.

Describe the interactions between European colonists and established societies in North America.

Identify significant individuals who have been responsible for bringing about cultural and social changes in the United States including the founding fathers and presidents.

Identify and explain influential political and cultural groups and their impact on American history.

Identify different examples of how religion has been an important influence in American history.

Describe how the establishment of the 13 original colonies contributed to the founding of the nation. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 16

Analyze the causes and effects of various compromises and conflicts in American history, including the various events leading to the American Revolution.

Explain the religious, political, and economic motives of immigrants to the United States.

Explain the history of indentured servitude and the slave trade in the United States.

Analyze or distinguish the geographic, economic, and religious motivations that influenced the movement of people.

Review that American Indians were the first inhabitants of the United States and analyze the impact of westward expansion on Indigenous peoples.

Describe the impact of scientific and technological advances on westward expansion including but not limited to the cotton gin, the reaper, the steam engine, and steam locomotive.

Develop and use different kinds of maps, globes, graphs, charts, databases, and models to display and obtain information.

Identify the regions of the United States and their resources.

Name and locate the 50 States and their Capitals, and United States Territories.

Read, analyze, and interpret maps, including the use of latitude and longitude aerial photography, satellite images, and other geospatial products. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 17

Describe examples of improved transportation and communication networks and how they encourage economic growth.

Explain the concepts of tariffs, taxation, and embargo.

Describe the basic characteristics of a market economy.

Explain the economic policies that contributed to rebellion within the North American colonies.

Identify economic incentives and risks of entrepreneurship.

Explain the impact of taxation on personal finance.

Identify the people and groups who make, apply, and enforce laws within federal and tribal governments.

Identify and explain the important concepts in the Declaration of Independence.

Explain the significance of the Articles of Confederation as the transitional form of government. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 18

Identify the basic principles of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, including popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, and federalism.

Distinguish and compare responsibilities among state, national, and tribal governments in a federal system.

Identify the three branches of government and the functions and powers of each.

Explain the difference between reservations, State public lands, and Federal public lands.

Identify the President and Vice President of the United States and the U.S. Senators and Representatives to Congress from Idaho.

Identify some of the personal responsibilities and basic rights of individual freedoms that belong to American citizens.

Describe ways in which citizens participate in public life.

Explain how the United States is a republic.

State the difference between direct democracy and the constitutional republic of today’s United States.

Explain the concepts of popular sovereignty, majority rule with minority rights, respect for the individual, equality of opportunity, rule of law, and personal liberty.

Explain how the world is divided into many different countries and each has its own government and how they interact with each other.

Explain how countries try to resolve problems. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 19

Identify the role of the United States in a global economy. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 20 WORLD GEOGRAPHY AND CIVILIZATIONS GRADES 6-9 WORLD GEOGRAPHY

Describe major aspects of the civilizations in regions throughout the world prior to European contact including government, religion/belief systems, arts/architecture, technology, physical geography, economics, and social order.

Examine the impact of Europeans and indigenous cultures on one another in regions throughout the world.

Describe and compare various motivations of European colonization in regions throughout the world.

Investigate the historical origins, central beliefs, and spread of major religions and belief systems, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism and Indigenous knowledge and belief systems. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 21

Apply latitude and longitude to locate places on Earth.

Describe the uses of technology, such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and satellite and aerial imaging.

Describe the relative location of people, places, and objects by using positional words, including but not limited to cardinal directions and distance.

Locate, map, and describe the climate of regions throughout the world and analyze their impact on human activity and living conditions.

Identify major biomes and explain ways in which the natural environment and climate of places in regions throughout the world are related to affect settlement patterns and everyday life.

Analyze and give examples of the consequences of human impact on the physical environment, including the role of technology.

Identify the names and locations of countries and major cities in regions around the world.

Describe major physical characteristics of regions throughout the world.

Identify patterns of population distribution and growth in regions throughout the world and explain changes in these patterns that have occurred over time.

Compare and contrast cultural patterns in regions throughout the world, such as language, religion, and ethnicity. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 22

Analyze the locations of the major manufacturing and agricultural areas in regions throughout the world.

Analyze the availability of natural resources in regions throughout the world.

Give examples of how both natural and technological hazards have impacted the physical environment and human populations in regions throughout the world.

Give examples of how landforms, water, climate, and natural vegetation have influenced historical trends and developments in regions throughout the world.

Describe various views that affect environmental issues in regions throughout the world.

Explain how human-caused changes in the physical environment in one place can cause changes in another place such as irrigation, air pollution, water pollution, and deforestation.

Describe abundance, scarcity, and distribution of resources; explain their impact on decision making such as trade, settlement, stewardship of the natural environment, and development of infrastructure.

Describe how different economic systems guide decisions about what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce.

Compare the standard of living of various regions today using quality of life indicators and discuss their impact on everyday life locally, nationally, and globally.

Analyze current economic issues using a variety of sources representing multiple perspectives. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 23

Identify economic connections between local, national, and global economies in regions throughout the world.

Explain how the demand for important natural resources evolved in regions throughout the world.

Investigate how physical geography, natural resources, specialization, and trade have influenced the way people meet their material needs.

Identify the major forms of government in regions throughout the world and compare them with the government of the United States.

Discuss how social institutions, including the family, religion, and education, influence behavior in different societies in regions throughout the world.

Give examples of how language, literature, and the arts shape the development and transmission of culture in regions throughout the world.

Define ethnocentrism and give examples of how it can lead to miscommunication and cultural misunderstandings.

Discuss present conflicts between cultural groups and nation-states in regions throughout the world. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 24

Describe the costs and benefits of global connections including trading, seeking solutions to mutual problems, learning from technological advances, acquiring new perspectives, and benefiting from developments in culture.

Explain the causes and consequences of current global issues, including the expansion of global markets, the urbanization of the developing world, the consumption of natural resources, and the extinction of species.

Explain how and why events may be interpreted differently according to the points of view of participants and observers.

Explain and use the components of maps, compare different map projections, and explain the appropriate uses for each.

Analyze visual and statistical data presented in charts, tables, graphs, maps, and other graphic organizers to assist in interpreting a historical event. WORLD HISTORY AND CIVILIZATIONS

Analyze types of evidence used by anthropologists, archaeologists, and other scholars to reconstruct early human and cultural development.

Describe the characteristics of early hunter-gatherer communities. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 25

Describe how hunter-gatherer communities developed into agricultural sedentary settlements.

Analyze the characteristics of early civilizations throughout the world including government, religion/belief systems, arts/architecture, technology, physical geography, economics, and social order.

Explain how humans adapted the environment to maintain population growth and develop the first civilizations.

Identify the technological advances developed by Ancient, Middle Age, Early- Modern, and Modern societies and civilizations throughout the world.

Identify examples of how writing, art, architecture, mathematics, and science have evolved over time, such as in Ancient, Middle Age, Early-Modern, or Modern societies and civilizations throughout the world.

Analyze different social classes and their impact on societies and civilizations throughout the world, including Ancient, Middle Age, Early-Modern, and Modern.

Explain the relationship between religion and belief systems and people’s understanding of the natural world.

Explain how religion and belief systems shaped the development of civilizations.

Discuss how religion, belief systems, economics, and politics influenced social behavior and were used to maintain social order.

Examine why the diversity of religion and belief systems across cultural, social, political, and economic institutions have been sources of conflict.

Develop and interpret different kinds of maps, globes, graphs, charts, databases, and models.

Identify the main reasons for major migrations of people.

Explain how climate affects human migration and settlement.

Describe how physical features, such as mountain ranges, fertile plains, and rivers led to the development of cultural regions.

Explain how transportation routes stimulate the growth of cities and the exchange of goods, knowledge, and technology.

Explain the impact of waterways on civilizations.

Explain how the resources of an area can be the source of conflict between competing groups.

Illustrate how the population growth rate impacts a nation's resources.

Explain how the rapid growth of cities can lead to economic, social, political, and technological problems and innovations.

Describe why the conservation of resources is necessary to maintain a healthy environment.

Explain how people historically relied on their natural resources to meet their needs.

Describe examples that show how economic opportunity and a higher standard of living are important factors in human migration.

Analyze the role of money and alternative means of exchange. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 27

Analyze the impact of economic growth on society.

Identify influential economic thinkers and the impact of their philosophies.

Describe the role of government in historical human migration, such as push and pull factors.

Analyze the various political systems that shaped civilizations throughout the world, including the City-State, Monarchy, Republic, Nation-State, or Democracy.

Analyze and evaluate the global expansion of liberty and democracy through revolution and reform movements.

Explain the political, economic, religious, or cultural causes of conflicts in various civilizations and their consequences.

Identify and compare major modern world conflicts and explain their global consequences and impacts including European colonialism, World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and decolonialism movements.

Explain why people unite for political, economic, and humanitarian reasons.

Analyze the causes, events, and consequences of the Holocaust while exploring the impacts of discrimination and prejudice. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 28

Synthesize evidence from information sources including, but not limited to artifacts, primary and secondary sources, charts, graphs, and/ or images to interpret historical events.

Determine and explain the cause and effect of historical events or developments.

Explain how and why events may be interpreted differently according to the points of view of participants and observers.

Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant, accurate data and evidence that demonstrate an understanding of the topic or text, using credible sources.

Analyze the context of historical events to determine the motivations of people in those events. Idaho Social Studies Content Standards / Content and Curriculum / 29 UNITED STATES HISTORY II GRADES 9-12 Federal Indian Policy Period, 1879 - Present