North Dakota K–6 social studies standards

Explain reasons for, and purposes of, rules, laws, and positions of authority.*

Explain why people form governments.

Identify services provided by the local government and how they affect the lives of its citizens/residents.

Describe the core values represented by symbols of the United States.

Identify ways citizens/residents participate in community decisions.

Describe important rights and responsibilities of citizens/residents.

Explain and/or participate in a project to help or inform others about an issue.

Describe the characteristics of the American economic system.

Compare and contrast producers and consumers of goods and services.

Identify consumer decisions and the difference between needs and wants.

Identify how community helpers impact others.

Explain how people earn income and save money.

Construct maps, graphs, and other representations that contain symbols, labels, and legends.

Describe how the physical environment affects people and how people affect the physical environment.

Compare perspectives of people in the past to those of people in the present.

Describe national holidays or days of observance in the United States and explain the reason they are celebrated.

Describe current events.

Demonstrate chronological thinking by describing changes in the community over time.

Explain how individuals and groups have made significant historical changes.

Compare and contrast the responsibilities and powers of government officials at various levels and branches of government.

Describe the structure of government and how it functions to serve citizens/residents. (e.g., Constitution, Amendments, government leaders).

Describe the structure of government in North Dakota and how it functions to serve citizens/residents.*

Explain the importance of the basic principles that provide the foundation of the American system of government (e.g., symbols, patriotic traditions, values of liberty, equality, justice, etc.).

Describe procedures for making decisions in a variety of settings.

Compare and contrast personal and civic responsibilities and explain why they are important in community life.

Develop and implement an action plan to address or inform others about an issue.

Utilize fundamental principles and concepts of economics to understand economic activity (e.g., needs and wants, goods and services, opportunity cost).

Describe how goods and services are produced and distributed.

Identify factors that influence saving and spending choices.

Describe the necessity and impact of community services.

Describe and analyze how North Dakota’s location, culture, and natural resources influence its economic decisions and development.*

Compare and contrast the economic development of the geographical regions of theUnited States.

Explain how natural resources affect the economies of the geographical regions of the United States.

Describe how economics have changed over time.

Construct maps, graphs, and other representations of both familiar and unfamiliar places.

Use geographic tools and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.

Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places, regions, and their environmental characteristics.

Explain how North Dakota regions have been influenced by physical and human characteristics.*

Compare and contrast the three geographical regions of North Dakota.*

Explain how United States regions are created from common physical and human characteristics.

Analyze patterns of human settlement in North Dakota.*

Analyze patterns of human settlement in North America.

Compare and contrast multiple perspectives during the same time, event, or historical period.

Describe how people’s perspectives shape history.

Describe the North Dakota Native American Essential Understandings.*

Analyze national holidays or days of observance in the United States and explain how they impact culture.

Describe multiple causes and effects of contemporary global events and developments in relation to North Dakota.*

Describe multiple causes and effects of contemporary global events and developments in relation to the United States.

Explain cause and effect relationships among historical events in the United States using primary and secondary sources.

Explain how individuals contributed to the United States throughout different historical eras using primary and secondary sources.

Explain how individuals and groups contributed to North Dakota.*

Describe the events and developments that led to the statehood of North Dakota.*

Evaluate the thoughts of major political philosophers.

Explain the influence of British and colonial history on early United States.

Evaluate the creation and impact of primary sources on political thought in the United States.*

Differentiate/compare forms and origins of governments.

Examine the role and purposes of government.

Analyze the structure, principles, and interpretation of the Constitution of the United States.

Explain the relationship among federal, state, tribal, and local governmental powers.

Explain the purposes, organization, powers, and processes of tribal and local governments.

Describe and examine the amendments to the United States Constitution and their application in the United States.

Describe the impact of court cases on the rights and liberties of individuals.

Explain how citizens can influence government.

Describe and evaluate the criteria and process for naturalization in the United States.*

Explain how citizens’ personal and civic responsibilities are important to the preservation and improvement of United States constitutional republic.

Identify bias and evaluate its role in media sources.

Demonstrate active participation in civic life.

Analyze the basic concepts of economic thinking.

Explain the factors of production.

Describe the difference between a command/centrally planned economy and market economy.

Explain the law of supply and demand.

Compare and contrast perfect and imperfect competition.

Analyze the impact of the supply and demand on prices.

Explain the role of businesses and financial institutions in a market economy.

Evaluate the role of government in a market economy.

Explain the functions and role of money.

Describe various measurements of macroeconomics.

Describe how trade generates economic development and interdependence.

Analyze the benefits and costs for individuals, producers, and governments in international trade.

Evaluate career choices and the effect on the standard of living.*

Evaluate the effect of taxes and other factors on income.*

Develop short- and long-term financial goals.*

Analyze the cost and benefits of different types of credit and debt; and the rights and responsibilities of borrowers.*

Develop strategies to avoid and manage debt effectively.*

Describe the physical processes that shape the Earth’s surface.

Explain the factors that cause different types of climates and ecosystems, and their latitudes/locations.

Identify how major ecosystems provide raw materials.

Analyze the physical and human characteristics of a place.

Describe how combinations of human decisions and natural forces can lead to (or help people avoid) a natural disaster.

Explain how movement of goods, information, and population are affected by technology.

Describe patterns of settlement and explain why people settle where they do and how they make their living.

Explain the patterns, causes, and consequences of major human migrations.

Describe the differences and similarities among cultures around the world.

Analyze the physical and human characteristics of a region.

Interpret how culture and experience influence people’s perception of places and regions.

Identify factors that contribute to conflict and cooperation between cultural groups from multiple perspectives.

Explain and use a variety of geographic tools to study the world on global, regional, and local scales and draw conclusions.

Apply the skills of geographic inquiry to analyze a geographic problem or issue.

Explain how people have modified the environment and used technology to make places more suitable for humans.

Analyze how human changes to the environment in one region or place can affect another.

Identify the three landscape regions of North Dakota and describe the major features of the regions and the forces that formed them.

Explain the human settlement patterns in North Dakota.

Interpret current thematic maps to identify where people live and work and how land is used.

Describe the structure, role, and formation of tribal governments, both present and past, in North Dakota.

Describe the formation, structure, and modern role of the territorial, state, county, and local government of North Dakota.

Explain the impact of political organizations and individual citizens on the political systems and institutions of North Dakota.

Describe the early economic activities of our state prior to 1900 and how they developed into North Dakota's modern economy.

Identify the current economic activities in the state of North Dakota and evaluate their positive and negative impact.

Identify the Native American groups in North Dakota before European contact and describe their culture.

Analyze European exploration and early settlement of North Dakota and its impact on Native American groups.

Describe the major factors that brought settlers to North Dakota.

Analyze the effect of government policy, both historical and modern, toward Native American groups in North Dakota.

Evaluate the growth and struggles of the modernization of North Dakota and the role the state has played in modern America.

Use various primary and secondary resources to acquire, analyze, and evaluate information.

Explain the social, political, and cultural causes and immediate consequences of the American Revolution.

Explain the development of early United States government.

Explain the development of United States society after the American Revolution.

Explain the importance of foreign and domestic decisions of the early United States government, its leaders, and political parties.

Analyze the impacts of social, religious, and/or cultural movements.

Compare and contrast how the causes of the sectional divide within the United States impacted federal policy.

Explain how westward expansion affected the social, economic, and political landscape of the United States.

Explain the changing Native American federal policy and the impact on tribal sovereignty.

Explain the social, economic, and political causes and effects of the Civil War.

Explain the social, economic, and political effects of Reconstruction.

Explain the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution on American society.

Explain the social, cultural, and economic impact of local, state, and federal government policy on American people.

Explain the causes and effects of the United States’ entrance into World War I.

Explain the political, social and economic changes of the 1920s.

Explain the political, social and economic events of the 1930s.

Explain the causes and consequences of U.S. involvement in World War II.

Explain the economic and/or social issues of the era and their long-lasting effects.

Explain the United States’ reactions toward the growth of communism.

Explain the impact of rapid technological change on society.

Compare and contrast how different groups competed for equality and the effectiveness of various movements.

Identify and explain how domestic issues changed United States’ perceptions of government.

Connect the changing political and social climate to United States’ involvement as a global superpower.

Explain the social, cultural, and economic impact of changes as a result of technology.

Explain the social, political, and cultural influences on government policies regarding global immigration.

Explain the impact of the United States’ transformation into an imperialist power.

Explain multiple achievements of civilizations and connect them to the present.

Describe the belief systems or religions of early civilizations.

Explain the impact of the development of agriculture on the social, cultural, and economic lives of individuals.

Explain how political systems impacted the people in Greece and Rome and how those political systems connect to the present.

Explain the causes and effects of Medieval social structures using primary and secondary sources.

Explain how the relationship between religious and political bodies impacted the social, cultural, or economic developments of individuals.

Explain the emergence of cultural interaction between Europe and other civilizations.

Explain the causes and global effects of religious division.

Explain the global connections developed during this era as a result of exploration.

Examine and explain the influence of revolutions on social and political aspects of individuals’ lives.

Explain advancements related to science and technology and the global impact of these advancements.

Analyze the causes and global effects of the world wars.

Explain how political or social ideologies shaped the 20th century.

Explain the social, cultural, or economic changes influenced by globalization.