Nebraska K–6 social studies standards

Describe a rule and analyze its purpose.

Identify roles in a family structure and explain their importance.

Model citizenship skills.

Communicate patriotic symbols, songs, actions, and cultural celebrations.

Communicate historical background and significance of national holidays.

Classify wants and needs and explain subsequent choices.

Explain the purposes of money.

Communicate personal directions to describe relative locations of people and objects.

Identify locations in the school and around the classroom.

Identify geographic tools as representations of local and distant places.

Identify the difference between land and water on a globe.

Identify physical characteristics of place.

Identify human characteristics of place.

Identify types of weather and the impact of weather on everyday life.

Identify the four seasons.

Inquire about how people prepare for and respond to severe weather.

Identify students as members of various groups.

Identify places in the community where people may live.

Apply geographic knowledge and techniques to navigate the classroom.

Identify concepts of time and chronology.

Identify the sequence of personal events and their impact.

Compare perspectives of self and others.

Recognize historical people from a variety of cultures.

Identify symbols of the United States.

Differentiate between stories from the present and the past.

Construct questions about personal history.

Identify and cite appropriate sources when conducting historical research.

Gather and communicate historical information.

Explain how rules reduce and help resolve conflicts between people with different perspectives.

Identify leaders within a school community and explain the importance of their roles.

Model and communicate citizenship skills.

Identify patriotic symbols, songs, actions, holidays, and cultural celebrations. For example: U.S. Flag, bald eagle, Pledge of Allegiance, national holidays, cultural songs

Communicate historical background and significance of national holidays.

Compare and contrast historical and current government figures that exemplify civic engagement.

Identify gains and losses when choices are made.

Give examples of situations where students and families could choose to save for future purchases.

Categorize human and natural resources used to create goods and services.

Identify the four cardinal directions.

Identify and describe locations in schools and homes and explain reasons for the locations.

Create and use maps.

Distinguish between continents and oceans.

Identify and differentiate between physical features on maps, globes, graphics, and in the physical world.

Identify and differentiate between human features.

Explain how places change over time.

Interpret the impact of environmental hazards and severe weather on everyday life.

Identify Earth's natural resources.

Describe how people adapt to their physical environment.

Identify cultural traits.

Describe the characteristics of individual culture.

Apply geographic knowledge and techniques to navigate the school.

List and describe life events over time.

Compare and contrast family life from earlier times and today.

Compare and contrast family traditions across cultures.

Identify the contributions of historical people.

Identify symbols of the United States.

Describe how oral traditions, books, letters, and other artifacts help us to understand the past.

Construct and answer questions about family history.

Identify and cite appropriate texts, letters, and other artifacts for research.

Gather and communicate historical information about families.

Contribute to developing rules by considering multiple points of view.

Demonstrate conflict management strategies as individuals, groups, and communities.

Identify and apply civic responsibilities that are important to individuals and their communities.

Explain how patriotic symbols, songs, actions, celebrations, and holidays reflect democratic traditions.

Communicate historical background and significance of national holidays.

Investigate ways to be actively engaged to improve family, school, and community.

Model and communicate characteristics of good citizenship.

Justify a decision made by providing evidence of possible gains and losses.

Make transactions using currency emphasizing its use as a medium of exchange.

Explain the role of goods and services and supply and demand in a community.

Describe how people in their communities earn income/wages through work.

Identify goods and services that local governments provide.

Explain how the local government uses taxes to pay for goods and services it provides.

Describe how people in their communities earn income/wages through work.

Compare and contrast maps and globes.

Identify and describe locations in neighborhoods.

Identify and apply map elements.

Locate communities, Nebraska, and the United States on maps and globes.

Explain why things are located where they are in neighborhoods.

Identify and differentiate between physical and human features of neighborhoods and communities.

Describe local places and regions.

Explain how places and regions change over time.

Identify examples of Earth's physical processes.

Describe how seasonal weather patterns, natural hazards, and natural resources affect human activities.

Match resources to their sources.

Describe how people adapt to their physical environment.

Apply geographic knowledge and techniques to navigate students' homes and neighborhoods.

Describe how a neighborhood has changed over the course of time using maps and other artifacts.

Compare and contrast how different neighborhoods have changed over time.

Compare and contrast perspectives from multiple sources regarding the same event.

Describe historical people, events, ideas, and symbols (including various cultures and ethnic groups) that impacted a neighborhood.

Construct and answer questions about neighborhood history.

Identify, obtain, and cite appropriate primary and secondary sources for research.

Gather and present historical information about a neighborhood.

Compare and contrast the structure and function of roles commonly found in local governments.

Communicate how and why a community creates laws.

Investigate and summarize the roles that leaders and other citizens serve in local communities.

Justify the importance of roles that leaders and citizens serve in local government.

Identify and model rights and responsibilities of citizens at the community level.

Explain how patriotic symbols, songs, actions, celebrations, and holidays are recognized in local communities.

Communicate the background of national holidays or historical events, their significance, and how they are recognized in the local community.

Identify and engage in opportunities to serve the local community.

Engage in discourse that demonstrates respect and consideration of multiple points of view.

Describe the decisions of local leaders and how they affect public policy.

Identify goods and services funded through state or local taxes.

Given a budget, make choices as to what to purchase, what to give up, and what to save.

Indicate various markets where buyers and sellers meet.

Identify local goods and services that could be traded with people everywhere.

Identify and apply map elements.

Use a map to identify location and distribution of physical and human features.

Determine why things are located where they are in the community.

Locate specific places on maps and globes.

Identify the continents, oceans, and hemispheres.

Identify and differentiate between physical and human features of neighborhoods and communities.

Compare and contrast local places and regions with other places and regions.

Explain how and why places and regions change over time.

Describe how the environment influences human activities and how humans alter the environment to suit their needs.

Identify ecosystems.

Explain the importance of Earth's natural resources.

Describe how humans develop communities in local settings.

Compare and contrast cultural traits within a community.

Describe examples of how and why cultures change in a community.

Identify and evaluate how changes in human and physical geography have shaped the community.

Describe community events over time using maps and other artifacts.

Compare and contrast how different communities have changed over time.

Describe the role of diverse groups of people, events, and ideas in the development of a community.

Compare and contrast conflicting perspectives about a past event in a community.

Determine factual information about community historical events through use of a variety of sources such as artifacts, pictures, and documents.

Identify how decisions affected events in a community.

Construct and answer questions about multiple community histories from viewpoints of that community.

Identify, obtain, and cite appropriate primary and secondary sources for research about the local community.

Gather and communicate historical information about the community.

Investigate and summarize the historical foundation and events that led to the formation and structure of Nebraska's Constitution and government.

Analyze the origin, structure, and function of Nebraska's state government.

Communicate how a bill becomes a law in the Nebraska unicameral.

Investigate and summarize the roles that leaders and other citizens serve in Nebraska to equitably represent all residents in the state.

Justify the importance of roles that leaders and citizens serve in Nebraska government.

Identify and model rights and responsibilities of citizens at the state level.

Investigate the meaning of state symbols, songs, and holidays.

Communicate background of Nebraska state holidays or historical events, their significance, and how they are recognized. For example: Arbor Day, George Norris Day and Nebraska Statehood Day, Native American Heritage Day

Identify and engage in opportunities to serve the state.

Explain how individuals and groups influence the way a state issue is viewed and resolved.

Analyze the decisions of state leaders and how they impact public policy.

Predict how consumers would react if the price of a good or service changed.

Predict how producers would react if the profit from selling a good or service changed.

Identify financial institutions in the community and their purposes.

Give examples of human, natural, capital, and entrepreneurial resources used in making goods and services in Nebraska and the United States.

Compare Nebraska with different regions and the goods and services each region produces.

Discuss how technology has affected the specialization of Nebraska's economy and surrounding states.

Use local and state maps and atlases to locate physical and human features in Nebraska.

Apply map skills to analyze physical/political maps of the state.

Determine why things are located where they are in Nebraska.

Differentiate between classifications of bodies of water, cities, and land masses.

Identify criteria used to define regions in the state of Nebraska and the United States.

Classify regions and places within the state of Nebraska using physical and human features.

Identify physical processes that shape Nebraska's features and patterns.

Identify examples of ecosystems in Nebraska and describe related environmental issues.

Describe the impact of extreme natural events on the human and physical environment in Nebraska.

Describe how humans have adapted to Nebraska's physical environment and use available natural resources.

Compare and contrast patterns of culture within the state of Nebraska.

Compare and contrast population characteristics of the state of Nebraska.

Identify and evaluate how changes in human and physical geography have shaped Nebraska.

Explain the interrelationships of human or physical geographic characteristics of places in Nebraska.

Analyze the chronology of key state and/or regional events and communicate their impact on the past, present, and future.

Compare and contrast primary and secondary sources to better understand multiple perspectives of the same event.

Identify and describe how various sources relate their perspectives of Nebraska history.

Analyze key sources in Nebraska history to determine credibility and context.

Identify key events in American history that shaped or were shaped by Nebraskans.

Construct and answer questions about Nebraska history.

Gather, analyze, and communicate historical information about Nebraska.

Investigate and summarize contributions that resulted in the historical foundation and formation of the United States constitutional government.

Identify and explain the structure and functions of the three branches of government.

Analyze how colonial and new states' governments' laws affected majority groups and marginalized groups within their population.

Evaluate how the decisions of the national government affect local and state government and citizens of diverse backgrounds.

Justify the principles of the American Republic.

Analyze and contrast forms of government.

Explore and communicate the constitutional rights and civic responsibilities of U.S. citizens.

Communicate origins of national and state holidays including historical background and significance.

Interpret and communicate the significance of patriotic symbols, songs, and activities.

Explore models of group and individual actions that illustrate civic ideas in the founding of the United States.

Examine how cooperation and conflict among people have contributed to political, economic, and social events and situations in the United States.

Determine how the roles of individuals and groups influenced government.

List examples of how additional education/training improves productivity and increases standards of living.

Describe the historical role of innovation and entrepreneurship in a market economy.

Describe the importance of financial institutions to households and businesses.

Explain the rules and laws that protect and support consumers.

Identify goods and services funded through federal taxes.

Describe how international trade promotes specialization and division of labor and increases the productivity of labor, output, and consumption.

Explain how trade impacts relationships between countries.

Use maps and atlases to locate major human and physical features in the United States.

Apply map skills to analyze physical/political maps of the United States.

Determine why things are located where they are in the United States.

Identify criteria used to define regions within the United States.

Identify and classify regions and places within the United States using physical and human features.

Identify examples of ecosystems and analyze issues related to the natural setting in the United States.

Describe the impact of extreme natural events in the United States on the human and physical environment.

Examine patterns of resource distribution and utilization in the United States.

Compare and contrast patterns of culture within the United States over time and space.

Compare and contrast population characteristics of the United States.

Explain reasons for historical and present day migrations to and within the United States.

Explain the influences of physical and human geographic features on events in the United States.

Analyze aspects of human and physical geography that have shaped the settlement and development of Early America.

Examine the chronology of key events in the United States and communicate their impact on various groups in the past, present, and future.

Compare and contrast primary and secondary sources to better understand multiple perspectives of the same event.

Identify and describe how multiple perspectives facilitate the understanding of US history.

Compare the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols on various cultures and ethnic groups in the Pre-Columbian era through the Constitution.

Construct and answer questions about the Pre-Columbian era through the Constitution based on multiple sources.

Evaluate and cite appropriate primary and secondary sources to research the Pre-Columbian era through the Constitution.

Gather, analyze, and communicate historical information from the Pre-Columbian era through the Constitution from multiple sources.

Analyze the different forms of government through the study of early civilizations.

Identify the development of written laws and artifacts.

Communicate the various ways governmental decisions have impacted people, places, and history.

Investigate important government principles.

Describe ways individuals participate in the political process.

Compare and contrast the roles and rights of individuals In Ancient Civilizations to those in the United States today.

Compare the benefits and costs of economic decisions made by Ancient Civilizations. For example: marginal benefits of the migration of the Swahili people throughout southern Africa, Constantine the Great's decision to convert the Roman Empire to Christianity, Ancient Mesopotamians that settled along the Tigris and Euphrates to sustain life in a desert

Examine how social and governmental decisions impact economic well-being.

Identify producers and consumers for Ancient civilizations.

Explain how the interaction between producers and consumers satisfied economic wants and needs.

Identify and illustrate the locations of the first cities, civilizations, and empires and the reasoning for their locations.

Investigate the human and physical characteristics of early patterns of civilizations and empires.

Describe the impact of natural processes on the human and physical environments. For example: precipitation, drought, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, mudslides

Summarize how early humans utilized and adapted to their physical environment.

Compare and contrast characteristics of groups of people/settlements. For example: characteristics of river civilizations

Explain how cultural diffusion occurs.

Examine the impact of people, events, and ideas, including various cultures and ethnic groups, on the world.

Analyze the impact of historical events in the world using symbols, maps, documents, and artifacts.

Identify evidence from multiple perspectives and sources to better understand the complexities of world history.

Explain the use of primary and secondary sources to better understand multiple perspectives of the same event.

Identify how differing experiences can lead to the development of perspectives.

Interpret perspectives of marginalized and underrepresented regions around the world.

Compare and contrast primary and secondary sources of history.

Analyze the relationships among historical events in the world and relevant contemporary issues.

Construct and answer inquiry questions using multiple historical sources.

Identify and cite appropriate sources for research about world history, including primary and secondary sources.

Gather, analyze, and communicate historical information about the world from multiple sources.