Idaho

1 History

• Students will build an understanding of the cultural and social development of the United States, trace the role of migration and immigration of people in the development of the United States, and examine the various roles American Indians assumed in the development of the United States and discuss the concept of sovereignty and how federally recognized tribes exercised their sovereign status throughout the history of the United States and still do today.

  • 5.SS.1.1 Describe the interactions between European colonists and established societies in North America.

    • Jamestown: the early years (5-G.1)
    • Jamestown: growth of a colony (5-G.2)
    • Plymouth (5-G.3)
    • New England colonies: religion and government (5-H.1)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (5-H.2)
    • Middle colonies: founding and government (5-H.3)
    • Middle colonies: economy and society (5-H.4)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (5-H.5)

  • 5.SS.1.2 Identify significant individuals who have been responsible for bringing about cultural and social changes in the United States including the founding fathers and presidents.

    • Benjamin Franklin (5)
    • Abraham Lincoln (5)
    • Harriet Tubman (5)
    • Susan B. Anthony (5)
    • Theodore Roosevelt (5)
    • Rosa Parks (5)
    • Thomas Jefferson (5)
    • Frederick Douglass (5)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. (5)

  • 5.SS.1.3 Identify and explain influential political and cultural groups and their impact on American history.

    • Antebellum Period: abolitionist and proslavery perspectives (5-J.6)

  • 5.SS.1.4 Identify different examples of how religion has been an important influence in American history.

    • Plymouth (5-G.3)
    • New England colonies: religion and government (5-H.1)

  • 5.SS.1.5 Describe how the establishment of the 13 original colonies contributed to the founding of the nation.

    • Jamestown: the early years (5-G.1)
    • Jamestown: growth of a colony (5-G.2)
    • Plymouth (5-G.3)
    • New England colonies: religion and government (5-H.1)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (5-H.2)
    • Middle colonies: founding and government (5-H.3)
    • Middle colonies: economy and society (5-H.4)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (5-H.5)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (5-H.6)

  • 5.SS.1.6 Analyze the causes and effects of various compromises and conflicts in American history, including the various events leading to the American Revolution.

    • The American Revolution: the Thirteen Colonies under British rule (5-I.1)
    • The American Revolution: New British taxes (5-I.2)
    • The American Revolution: the Boston Tea Party (5-I.3)
    • The American Revolution: the rebellion begins (5-I.4)
    • The American Revolution: preparing for war (5-I.5)
    • The American Revolution: struggle for independence (5-I.6)
    • The American Revolution: turning the tide of the war (5-I.7)
    • The American Revolution: conclusion and aftermath (5-I.8)
    • The War of 1812: causes (5-J.3)
    • Antebellum Period: economies of the North and South (5-J.5)
    • Antebellum Period: abolitionist and proslavery perspectives (5-J.6)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part I (5-J.7)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part II (5-J.8)
    • The Civil War: the beginning of the war (5-K.1)
    • The Civil War: the First Battle of Bull Run to Gettysburg (5-K.2)
    • The Civil War: the end of the war (5-K.4)
    • Reconstruction (5-K.5)

  • 5.SS.1.7 Explain the religious, political, and economic motives of immigrants to the United States.

    • Jamestown: the early years (5-G.1)
    • Jamestown: growth of a colony (5-G.2)
    • Plymouth (5-G.3)
    • New England colonies: religion and government (5-H.1)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (5-H.2)
    • Middle colonies: founding and government (5-H.3)
    • Middle colonies: economy and society (5-H.4)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (5-H.5)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (5-H.6)

  • 5.SS.1.8 Explain the history of indentured servitude and the slave trade in the United States.

    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (5-H.6)

  • 5.SS.1.9 Analyze or distinguish the geographic, economic, and religious motivations that influenced the movement of people.

    • Jamestown: the early years (5-G.1)
    • Jamestown: growth of a colony (5-G.2)
    • Plymouth (5-G.3)

  • 5.SS.1.10 Review that American Indians were the first inhabitants of the United States and analyze the impact of westward expansion on Indigenous peoples.

  • 5.SS.1.11 Describe the impact of scientific and technological advances on westward expansion including but not limited to the cotton gin, the reaper, the steam engine, and steam locomotive.

2 Geography

• Students will analyze the spatial organizations of people, places, and environments on the earth's surface and trace the migration and settlement of human populations on the earth's surface.

  • 5.SS.2.1 Develop and use different kinds of maps, globes, graphs, charts, databases, and models to display and obtain information.

    • Read a map: cardinal directions (5-A.1)
    • Identify lines of latitude and longitude (5-A.2)
    • Use lines of latitude and longitude (5-A.3)
    • Identify oceans and continents (5-B.3)
    • Select oceans and continents (5-B.4)
    • Name oceans and continents (5-B.5)

  • 5.SS.2.2 Identify the regions of the United States and their resources.

  • 5.SS.2.3 Name and locate the 50 States and their Capitals, and United States Territories.

    • Identify states of the West (5-D.1)
    • Select states of the West (5-D.2)
    • Name states of the West (5-D.3)
    • Identify states of the Midwest (5-D.4)
    • Select states of the Midwest (5-D.5)
    • Name states of the Midwest (5-D.6)
    • Identify states of the Southeast (5-D.7)
    • Select states of the Southeast (5-D.8)
    • Name states of the Southeast (5-D.9)
    • Identify states of the Northeast (5-D.10)
    • Select states of the Northeast (5-D.11)
    • Name states of the Northeast (5-D.12)
    • Identify the 50 states (5-D.13)
    • Select the 50 states (5-D.14)
    • Name the 50 states (5-D.15)
    • Identify state capitals of the West (5-E.1)
    • Name state capitals of the West (5-E.2)
    • Identify state capitals of the Midwest (5-E.3)
    • Name state capitals of the Midwest (5-E.4)
    • Identify state capitals of the Southeast (5-E.5)
    • Name state capitals of the Southeast (5-E.6)
    • Identify state capitals of the Northeast (5-E.7)
    • Name state capitals of the Northeast (5-E.8)
    • Identify the 50 state capitals (5-E.9)
    • Name the 50 state capitals (5-E.10)

  • 5.SS.2.4 Read, analyze, and interpret maps, including the use of latitude and longitude aerial photography, satellite images, and other geospatial products.

    • Identify lines of latitude and longitude (5-A.2)
    • Use lines of latitude and longitude (5-A.3)
    • Identify Earth's land features using photographs (5-B.1)
    • Identify Earth's land features using satellite images (5-B.2)

3 Economics

• Students will explain basic economic concepts, identify different influences on economic systems, analyze the different types of economic institutions, and explain the concepts of personal finance.

  • 5.SS.3.1 Describe examples of improved transportation and communication networks and how they encourage economic growth.

  • 5.SS.3.2 Explain the concepts of tariffs, taxation, and embargo.

  • 5.SS.3.3 Describe the basic characteristics of a market economy.

    • What is a market? (5)

  • 5.SS.3.4 Explain the economic policies that contributed to rebellion within the North American colonies.

    • The American Revolution: New British taxes (5-I.2)
    • The American Revolution: the Boston Tea Party (5-I.3)

  • 5.SS.3.5 Identify economic incentives and risks of entrepreneurship.

  • 5.SS.3.6 Explain the impact of taxation on personal finance.

4 Civics and Government

• Students will build an understanding of the foundational principles of the American political system, the organization and formation of the American system of government, and that all people in the United States have rights and assume responsibilities, and the evolution of democracy.

  • 5.SS.4.1 Identify the people and groups who make, apply, and enforce laws within federal and tribal governments.

    • Federal government (5-O.3)

  • 5.SS.4.2 Identify and explain the important concepts in the Declaration of Independence.

    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (5)

  • 5.SS.4.3 Explain the significance of the Articles of Confederation as the transitional form of government.

  • 5.SS.4.4 Identify the basic principles of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, including popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, and federalism.

    • Federal government (5-O.3)
    • The Constitution (5-O.4)
    • The Bill of Rights (5-O.5)
    • Checks and balances (5-O.6)

  • 5.SS.4.5 Distinguish and compare responsibilities among state, national, and tribal governments in a federal system.

    • Local government (5-O.1)
    • State government (5-O.2)
    • Federal government (5-O.3)

  • 5.SS.4.6 Identify the three branches of government and the functions and powers of each.

    • Federal government (5-O.3)
    • Checks and balances (5-O.6)

  • 5.SS.4.7 Explain the difference between reservations, State public lands, and Federal public lands.

  • 5.SS.4.8 Identify the President and Vice President of the United States and the U.S. Senators and Representatives to Congress from Idaho.

  • 5.SS.4.9 Identify some of the personal responsibilities and basic rights of individual freedoms that belong to American citizens.

    • The Bill of Rights (5-O.5)
    • Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (5)

  • 5.SS.4.10 Describe ways in which citizens participate in public life.

    • Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (5)

  • 5.SS.4.11 Explain how the United States is a republic.

  • 5.SS.4.12 State the difference between direct democracy and the constitutional republic of today's United States.

  • 5.SS.4.13 Explain the concepts of popular sovereignty, majority rule with minority rights, respect for the individual, equality of opportunity, rule of law, and personal liberty.

5 Global Perspectives

• Students will build an understanding of multiple perspectives and global interdependence.

  • 5.SS.5.1 Explain how the world is divided into many different countries and each has its own government and how they interact with each other.

  • 5.SS.5.2 Explain how countries try to resolve problems.

  • 5.SS.5.3 Identify the role of the United States in a global economy.

    • Trade and specialization (5)
    • What is a market? (5)