Alaska

Civics

• 6 Civic and Political Institutions and Systems

  • SS.3.1.6.1 Describe the responsibilities and powers of local, Tribal, and state leaders across branches of government.

    • Local government (3-F.2)
    • State government (3-F.3)

  • SS.3.2.6.1 List ways that people participate in democracy.

    • Presidential elections (3-F.8)

  • SS.3.3.6.1 Identify key documents on which local and state laws are based and where to find them.

    • The Constitution (3-F.5)
    • The Bill of Rights (3-F.6)

  • SS.3.4.6.1 Describe how rules can create responsibilities.

    • Purpose of government (3-F.1)

  • SS.3.5.6.1 Explain the origins, functions, and structure of state and Tribal governments in Alaska.

  • SS.3.6.6.1 Describe ways in which people benefit from working together in families, households, and voluntary organizations.

• 7 Participation and Deliberation

  • SS.3.1.7.1 Describe how civic virtues can be applied in school settings.

  • SS.3.2.7.1 Recall core civic virtues that guide communities in Alaska.

  • SS.3.3.7.1 Discuss the importance of having processes for making decisions as a group.

  • SS.3.4.7.1 Identify the beliefs and values that underlie one's own point of view about civic issues in Alaska.

• 8 Processes, Rules, and Laws

  • SS.3.1.8.1 Describe procedures for making decisions at the local, Tribal, and state levels in Alaska, including the impact individuals can have.

  • SS.3.2.8.1 Describe how Alaska's laws are created and changed at multiple organizational levels.

    • Local government (3-F.2)
    • State government (3-F.3)
    • Federal government (3-F.4)

  • SS.3.3.8.1 Identify and participate in ways that people can influence the local community and organize solutions through action.

  • SS.3.4.8.1 Illustrate historical and contemporary means of changing society in Alaska.

• 9 Alaska's Governments

  • SS.3.1.9.1 Explore and describe various government structures within Alaska.

    • Local government (3-F.2)
    • State government (3-F.3)

• 10 Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities of Citizens

  • SS.3.1.10.1 Describe and define the rights, roles, and responsibilities to residents of Alaska.

    • The Bill of Rights (3-F.6)

Economics

• 11 Economic Systems, Models, and Markets

  • SS.3.1.11.1 Define and provide examples of human capital, physical capital, and natural resources in Alaska.

    • Natural resources (3-H.3)

  • SS.3.2.11.1 Explain what it means for an individual and/or business to specialize and/or trade.

• 12 Decision-Making and Personal Finance

  • SS.3.1.12.1 Examine various ways that people in Alaska have met their needs for food, clothing, and shelter, and how they have changed over time.

  • SS.3.2.12.1 With support, generate a list of factors that influence the way people make a particular decision.

    • What is economics? (3-H.1)

• 13 The National Economy

  • SS.3.1.13.1 With support, generate a list of scenarios that may include borrowing money.

  • SS.3.2.13.1 Define unemployment and explain why the number of unemployed individuals in a given area may increase or decrease.

  • SS.3.3.13.1 Explain the ways in which Alaska's government pays for the goods and services it provides.

  • SS.3.4.13.1 Define and illustrate examples of capital goods and human capital.

• 14 The Global Economy

  • SS.3.1.14.1 Explain how trade contributed to economic interdependence among Indigenous groups throughout Alaska's history.

  • SS.3.2.14.1 Explain how geography, natural resources, climate, and available labor contributed to the exploitation of resources in Alaska.

• 15 Alaska Economies: State, Local, and Tribal

  • SS.3.1.15.1 Analyze how various Alaska Native groups use and have used several natural resources to meet their needs.

Geography

• 16 Human-Environment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture

  • SS.3.1.16.1 Discuss how culture influences the way people modify and adapt to their environments in Alaska.

  • SS.3.2.16.1 Discuss how the cultural and environmental characteristics of Alaska change over time.

  • SS.3.3.16.1 Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in Alaska.

• 17 Global Interconnections: Changing Spatial Patterns

  • SS.3.1.17.1 Describe why environmental characteristics vary among different regions in Alaska.

  • SS.3.2.17.1 Describe how the spatial patterns of economic activities in Alaska change over time because of interactions with nearby and distant places.

  • SS.3.3.17.1 Describe how natural and human-made catastrophic events in Alaska affect people living outside Alaska (earthquake of 1964, Exxon Valdez oil spill, etc.).

• 18 Geographic Representations and Reasoning

  • SS.3.1.18.1 Make maps of Alaska and accurately represent its northern position relative to the contiguous United States.

    • Read a letter-number grid (3-A.1)
    • Use a letter-number grid (3-A.2)
    • Read a map: cardinal directions (3-A.3)

  • SS.3.2.18.1 Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places in Alaska and their environmental characteristics.

    • Introduction to Earth's land features (3-B.1)
    • Identify Earth's land features using photographs (3-B.2)
    • Use a map key (3)

  • SS.3.3.18.1 Use maps of different scales to describe the locations of cultural and environmental characteristics in Alaska.

    • Read a letter-number grid (3-A.1)
    • Use a letter-number grid (3-A.2)
    • Read a map: cardinal directions (3-A.3)

• 19 Human Populations: Spatial Patterns and Movements

  • SS.3.1.19.1 Describe how cultural and environmental characteristic affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas within Alaska.

  • SS.3.2.19.1 Describe how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources in Alaska.

    • Natural resources (3-H.3)

  • SS.3.3.19.1 Discuss the effects of catastrophic environmental and technological events on human settlements and migration in Alaska.

• 20 Geography of Alaska

  • SS.3.1.20.1 Identify and explain the relationship between the resources found in Alaska and becoming a state.

  • SS.3.1.20.2 Describe how the Alaska Native population came to Alaska.

History

• 21 Perspectives

  • SS.3.1.21.1 Reflect upon why individuals and groups in Alaska differ in their perspectives of events in the state's history.

  • SS.3.2.21.1 Explain how the events of Alaska history contributed to the differing perspectives of Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

  • SS.3.3.21.1 Describe how people's perspectives shaped the historical sources they created in Alaska.

• 22 Historical Sources and Evidence

  • SS.3.1.22.1 Use a variety of primary and secondary sources to explain significant historical events in Alaska.

  • SS.3.2.22.1 Gather information from multiple historical sources about major events in Alaska's history.

  • SS.3.3.22.1 Generate questions about multiple historical sources surrounding a single historical event or development in Alaska's history.

  • SS.3.4.22.1 Describe the purpose of an Alaska historical document.

  • SS.3.5.22.1 Identify the maker, date, and place of origin of sources about a historical topic.

• 23 Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.3.1.23.1 Create timelines to show how events of Alaska history can be organized into time periods/eras.

  • SS.3.2.23.1 Explain how life in various eras of Alaska history compares to life today.

  • SS.3.3.23.1 Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped Alaska history.

• 24 Historical Thinking

  • SS.3.1.24.1 Identify and describe probable causes and effects of events and developments in Alaska history.

  • SS.3.2.24.1 Identify and gather relevant evidence in support of a claim about an event in Alaska history.

    • Identify facts and opinions (3-L.1)

• 25 Alaskan History

  • SS.3.1.25.1 Explore the cultures of Alaska, including why and how Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups first came to Alaska.