Colorado

1 History develops moral understanding, defines identity and creates an appreciation of how things change while building skills in judgment and decision-making. History enhances the ability to read varied sources and develop the skills to analyze, interpret and communicate.

• 1 Use a variety of sources to distinguish historical fact from fiction

  • a Compare factual historical sources with works of fiction about the same topic

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

  • b Use a variety of historical sources including artifacts, pictures and documents to help define factual historical evidence

  • c Compare information from multiple sources recounting the same event

• 2 People in the past influence the development and interaction of different communities or regions

  • a Compare past and present situations and events

  • b Chronologically sequence important events in a community or region

  • c Give examples of people and events, and developments that brought important changes to a community or region

    • Benjamin Franklin (3-D.1)
    • Paul Revere (3-D.2)
    • Thomas Jefferson (3-D.3)
    • Davy Crockett (3-D.4)
    • John Deere (3-D.5)
    • Abraham Lincoln (3-D.6)
    • Frederick Douglass (3-D.7)
    • Susan B. Anthony (3-D.8)
    • Harriet Tubman (3-D.9)
    • Sitting Bull (3-D.10)
    • Thomas Edison (3-D.11)
    • Theodore Roosevelt (3-D.12)
    • George Washington Carver (3-D.13)
    • Amelia Earhart (3-D.14)
    • Thurgood Marshall (3-D.15)
    • Rosa Parks (3-D.16)
    • Jackie Robinson (3-D.17)
    • Cesar Chavez (3-D.18)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. (3-D.19)
    • Neil Armstrong (3-D.20)
    • Bill Gates (3-D.21)

  • d Describe the history, interaction, and contribution of the various peoples and cultures that have lived in or migrated to a community or region

2 Geography provides students with an understanding of spatial perspectives and technologies for spatial analysis, awareness of interdependence of world regions and resources and how places are connected at local, national and global scales.

• 1 Use various types of geographic tools to develop spatial thinking

  • a Read and interpret information from geographic tools and formulate geographic questions

    • Read a map: cardinal directions (3-A.3)

  • b Find oceans and continents, major countries, bodies of water, mountains, and urban areas, the state of Colorado, and neighboring states on maps

    • Identify oceans and continents (3-A.4)
    • Select oceans and continents (3-A.5)
    • Name oceans and continents (3-A.6)
    • Major U.S. cities (3-A.9)
    • Identify states of the West (3-B.1)
    • Select states of the West (3-B.2)
    • Name states of the West (3-B.3)
    • Identify states of the Southeast (3-B.7)
    • Select states of the Southeast (3-B.8)
    • Name states of the Southeast (3-B.9)

  • c Locate the community on a map and describe its natural and human features

  • d Identify geography-based problems and examine the ways that people have tried to solve them

• 2 The concept of regions is developed through an understanding of similarities and differences in places

  • a Observe and describe the physical characteristics and the cultural and human features of a region

  • b Identify the factors that make a region unique including cultural diversity, industry and agriculture, and land forms

  • c Give examples of places that are similar and different from a local region

  • d Characterize regions using different types of features such as physical, political, cultural, urban and rural

    • Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas (3-A.10)
    • Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas (3-A.11)

3 Economics teaches how society manages its scarce resources, how people make decisions, how people interact in the domestic and international markets, and how forces and trends affect the economy as a whole. Personal financial literacy applies the economic way of thinking to help individuals understand how to manage their own scarce resources using a logical decision-making process of prioritization based on analysis of the costs and benefits of every choice.

• 1 Describe producers and consumers and how goods and services are exchanged

  • a Describe the difference between producers and consumers and explain how they need each other

    • Producers and consumers (3-H.4)

  • b Describe and give examples of forms of exchange including but not limited to trade and barter

  • c Describe how the exchange of goods and services between businesses and consumers affects all parties

  • d Recognize that different currencies and forms of exchange that exist and list the functions of money to include but not limited to such topics as medium of exchange, store of value, and measure of value

  • e Give examples of how trade benefits individuals and communities and increases interdependency

• 2 Describe how to meet short term financial goals

  • a Identify sources of income including gifts, allowances, and earnings

  • b Recognize that there are costs and benefits associated with borrowing to meet a short-term financial goal

  • c Identify jobs children can do to earn money for personal, philanthropic, or entrepreneurial goals

  • d Create a plan for a short-term financial goal

  • e Describe the steps necessary to reach short-term financial goals

4 Civics teaches the complexity of the origins, structure, and functions of governments; the rights, roles and responsibilities of ethical citizenship; the importance of law; and the skills necessary to participate in all levels of government.

• 1 Respecting the views and rights of others is a key component of a democratic society

  • a Identify and apply the elements of civil discourse including but not limited to listening with respect for understanding and speaking in a respectful manner

  • b Identify important economic and personal rights and how they relate to others

  • c Give examples of the relationship between rights and responsibilities

• 2 The origins, structure, and functions of local government

  • a Identify the origins, structure, and functions of local government

    • Local government (3-E.2)

  • b Identify and explain the services local governments provide and how those services are funded

    • Local government (3-E.2)

  • c Identify and explain a variety of roles leaders, citizens, and others play in local government

    • Local government (3-E.2)