Social Science

HISTORY

Students will

• Recall information about the immediate past

POLITICAL SYSTEMS

Students will

• Begin to understand the reasons for rules
• Begin to participate in voting as a way of making individual choices
• Develop an awareness of the leaders in their immediate environment (i.e., parents and teachers)

GEOGRAPHY

Students will

• Locate objects and places in familiar environments
• Express beginning geographic thinking by using relative locations

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Students will

• Identify community workers and the services they provide
• Begin to understand the use of trade or money to obtain goods and services

SOCIAL SYSTEMS

Students will

• Recognize similarities and differences in people
• Understand that each of us belongs to a family

HISTORY

Students will

• Demonstrate knowledge of time and how the past influences people’s lives

POLITICAL SYSTEMS

Students will

• Recognize and demonstrate the reasons for rules
• Participate in voting as a way of making individual choices
• Develop an awareness of community leaders (i.e., police, doctors, fireman)

GEOGRAPHY

Students will

• Show beginning awareness of ways people depend on and interact with the environment
• Show beginning awareness of the relationships between people and where they live
• Describe the relative location of places using geographic terms (i.e., near, far, toward, away from, next to)

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Students will

• Describe a person’s job and what is required to perform it
• Become aware of the differences between needs and wants

SOCIAL SYSTEMS

Students will

• Identify how people in different places have different experiences
• Recognize that the structure of families vary

HISTORY

Students will

• Describe the significant events which have influenced history

POLITICAL SYSTEMS

Students will

• Produce new rules that could apply to students’ lives at home or school
• Describe the characteristics and roles of leaders in the community

GEOGRAPHY

Students will

• Indicate the relative location of students’ homes and school to places in the community
• Locate and describe places, regions and features on the earth

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Students will

• Explain how and why families make choices based on needs and wants

SOCIAL SYSTEMS

Students will

• Identify similarities and differences of people from various countries and cultures (i.e., foods, artifacts, traditions and products)

HISTORY

Students will

• Explain why people need to know about the history of those who lived in the past

POLITICAL SYSTEMS

Students will

• Recognize the difference between rules and laws
• Explain why people benefit from basic rights (i.e., vote, freedom of speech)
• Identify elected leaders (i.e., mayor, governor, president)

GEOGRAPHY

Students will

• Locate objects and places in the community

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Students will

• Identify community workers and the services they provide
• Understand the use of trade to obtain goods and services

SOCIAL SYSTEMS

Students will

• Identify similarities and differences in people’s customs, habits and living patterns

HISTORY

Students will

• Describe what influenced the history of a local community

POLITICAL SYSTEMS

Students will

• Identify and explain local government leaders and services

GEOGRAPHY

Students will

• Understand the effects of geography on places in the world

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Students will

• Identify producers of goods and services in the community

SOCIAL SYSTEMS

Students will

• Understand social systems with an emphasis on the community

HISTORY

Students will

• Identify the turning points in local, Illinois and United States history
• Compare and contrast the history of Illinois to other U.S. regions

POLITICAL SYSTEMS

Students will

• Identify the role of elected state officials
• Summarize the functions of the three branches of state and federal governments

GEOGRAPHY

Students will

• Compare and contrast the geography of Illinois to other U.S. regions
• Locate places on an Illinois, United States, or World map

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Students will

• Identify and describe different types of economic activities in Illinois and the United States
• Compare and contrast the economic systems of Illinois to other U.S. regions

SOCIAL SYSTEMS

Students will

• Discuss cultural differences and the changing roles of people over time
• Compare and contrast the social systems/culture of Illinois to other U.S. regions

HISTORY

Students will

• Describe how events and historical figures impacted the development of the United States
• Analyze political events, significant figures and their contributions in the colonies that led to the American Revolution

POLITICAL SYSTEMS

Students will

• Explain the characteristics and importance of democracy
• Identify examples of the progression of basic freedoms of the people of the United States

GEOGRAPHY

Students will

• Describe how Native Americans in different regions used their ecosystems to provide food, shelter and protection
• Identify the patterns or exploration and why each region was explored
• Interpret a variety of maps, along with their keys and symbols

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Students will

• Identify the impact that resources have on individuals and the economy as a whole

SOCIAL SYSTEMS

Students will

• Explain ways that individuals and groups influence the shaping of public policy

HISTORY

• Categorize past events according to their political, social, economic and environmental importance
• Analyze turning points in world social history
• Analyze the effects of technology on the physical and cultural environment in world history

POLITICAL SYSTEMS

• Describe major events and people in the evolution of Non-Western political systems throughout world history
• Compare and contrast the development of political systems in ancient times

GEOGRAPHY

• Explain how and why people alter the physical environment throughout history

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

• Identify the economic and social aspects of significant cultural exchanges that occurred between people of the past

SOCIAL SYSTEMS

• Analyze the issues of social status and social roles in the past and present and the movement to  settled society
• Compare and contrast different cultures in world history

Students will

• Trace the root causes of the American Revolution and analyze the effects that the Revolution had on America
• Analyze the rights and responsibilities of limited government as found in the Declaration of Independence
• Evaluate the role geography plays in the development of U.S. history
• Distinguish the difference between foreign and domestic policy
• Evaluate the main principles and structure of the Constitution
• Analyze the effects of western migration throughout U.S. history
• Compare and contrast the ways that Nationalism and Sectionalism affected the growth of the United States
• Explain the effect of choice and competition on individuals and its effect on the economy as a whole
• Analyze the factors involved in the institution of slavery and its consequences
• Explain important people, events and results of the Civil War
• Explain the effects of Reconstruction
• Explain the impact of post Civil War westward expansion

Students will

• Analyze the development of the American economic system
• Evaluate the impact of the U .S. Progressive Era
• Analyze historical trends of U.S. foreign policy
• Analyze the causes and effects of World War I
• Evaluate the causes and effects of the Great Depression
• Trace the involvement of the U.S. and the events that led up to World War II
• Analyze the consequences of discrimination – past and present
• Apply geography skills to the understanding of U.S. history
• Identify similarities and differences among world political systems: capitalism, communism, socialism
• Evaluate how Supreme Court decisions and federal legislation impacted the Civil Rights movement
• Analyze social unrest in American society
• Identify the effects of the Cold War on American foreign and domestic policies from 1945 through 1990
• Analyze the political, social and economic impact of the U.S. relationship with the Middle East
• Evaluate the domestic and foreign impact of the U.S. presidential administrations since 1976