Illinois

SS.3-5.IS Inquiry

• Constructing Essential Questions

  • SS.3-5.IS.1 Develop essential questions and explain the importance of the questions to self and others.

    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part I (4-C.7)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part II (4-C.8)
    • Reconstruction (4-D.5)
    • World War I: the road to war (4-E.1)
    • World War I: the war begins (4-E.2)
    • The Great Depression: part I (4-E.5)
    • The Great Depression: part II (4-E.6)
    • What is economics? (4-N.1)

• Constructing Supporting Questions

  • SS.3-5.IS.2 Students generate supporting questions that require investigation to help answer essential questions.

    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part I (4-C.7)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part II (4-C.8)
    • Reconstruction (4-D.5)
    • World War I: the road to war (4-E.1)
    • World War I: the war begins (4-E.2)
    • The Great Depression: part I (4-E.5)
    • The Great Depression: part II (4-E.6)
    • What is economics? (4-N.1)

• Determining Helpful Resources

  • SS.3-5.IS.3 Identify varied resources that answer essential and student-generated questions and that take into consideration multiple points of view.

• Gathering and Evaluating Sources

  • SS.3-5.IS.4 Gather relevant information and distinguish between fact and opinion to determine credibility of multiple sources.

    • Identify facts and opinions (4-Q.1)

• Developing Claims and Using Evidence

  • SS.3-5.IS.5 Develop claims using evidence from multiple sources to answer essential questions.

    • Identify facts and opinions (4-Q.1)

• Communicating Conclusions

  • SS.3-5.IS.6 Construct arguments using claims and evidence from multiple sources.

    • Identify facts and opinions (4-Q.1)

  • SS.3-5.IS.7 Construct explanations using reasoning, correct sequences, examples, and details with relevant information and data.

    • Identify facts and opinions (4-Q.1)

  • SS.3-5.IS.8 Present a summary of arguments and explanations to others inside and/or outside of the classroom using print and oral technologies.

• Critiquing Conclusions

  • SS.3-5.IS.9 Explain the use of inquiry strategies, approaches, and relevant sources that will allow students to address local, regional, state, national, and global problems.

• Taking Informed Action

  • SS.3-5.IS.10 Students will engage in reflective conversations to draw conclusions on inquiry findings and create action steps that consider multiple viewpoints.

SS.4.CV Civics

• Civic and Political Institutions

  • SS.4.CV.1 Explain the roles and responsibilities of government officials at the local, state, and national levels and investigate how the roles and responsibilities of government have changed over time.

    • Local government (4-K.1)
    • State government (4-K.2)
    • Federal government (4-K.3)
    • Reconstruction (5-I.5)
    • The New Deal (5-J.7)

  • SS.4.CV.2 Define democracy and explain how limited participation affects the political representation of multiple groups.

    • Presidential elections (4-K.7)

• Participation and Deliberation: Applying Civic Virtues and Democratic Processes

  • SS.4.CV.3 Identify core civic virtues and democratic principles that guide governments, society, and communities.

    • Purpose of government (3-E.1)

• Processes, Rules, and Laws

  • SS.4.CV.4 Using evidence, explain how rules, regulations, and laws alter or transform societies and how people from multiple communities influence and experience this transformation.

    • The American Revolution: the Thirteen Colonies under British rule (4-B.1)
    • The American Revolution: New British taxes (4-B.2)
    • The American Revolution: conclusion and aftermath (4-B.8)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part I (4-C.7)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part II (4-C.8)
    • The New Deal (4-E.7)

SS.4.EC Economics/Financial Literacy

• Economic Decision-Making

  • SS.4.EC.1 Explain how profits reward and influence sellers.

    • What is economics? (4-N.1)
    • Understand quantity supplied and quantity demanded (4-P.1)
    • Understand overall supply and demand (4-P.2)
    • Create and use supply and demand curves (4-P.3)
    • Identify shortage and surplus (4-P.4)
    • Identify shortage and surplus with graphs (4-P.5)
    • Identify shortage and surplus with data (4-P.6)

• Exchange and Markets

  • SS.4.EC.2 Describe how goods and services are produced using human, natural, and capital resources (e.g., tools, machines).

    • Natural resources (3-H.2)
    • Goods and services (3-H.3)
    • Producers and consumers (3-H.4)

• Financial Literacy

  • SS.4.EC.3 Analyze how spending choices are influenced by prices, as well as many other factors (e.g., advertising, peer pressure, options).

    • Understand quantity supplied and quantity demanded (4-P.1)
    • Understand overall supply and demand (4-P.2)
    • Create and use supply and demand curves (4-P.3)
    • Identify shortage and surplus (4-P.4)
    • Identify shortage and surplus with graphs (4-P.5)
    • Identify shortage and surplus with data (4-P.6)

  • SS.4.EC.4 Explain that income can be saved, spent on goods and services, or used to pay taxes.

    • Banks (4-O.1)

SS.4.G Geography

• Geographic Representations: Spatial Views of the World

  • SS.4.G.1 Construct print and digital maps and other topographic representations to show the details of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.

    • Read a map: cardinal directions (4-F.1)
    • Identify lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.2)
    • Use lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.3)
    • Identify Earth's land features using photographs (4-G.1)
    • Identify Earth's land features using satellite images (4-G.2)
    • Identify oceans and continents (4-G.3)
    • Select oceans and continents (4-G.4)
    • Name oceans and continents (4-G.5)

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

  • SS.4.G.2 Explain how the cultural and environmental characteristics of places change over time.

    • Antebellum Period: economies of the North and South (4-C.5)

• Human Population: Spatial Patterns and Movements

  • SS.4.G.3 Investigate the human effects on the physical environment over time.

SS.4.H History

• Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.4.H.1 Study important individuals or major events in order to recognize and explain that there are multiple cultural perspectives.

    • Jamestown: the early years (4-A.1)
    • Jamestown: growth of a colony (4-A.2)
    • Plymouth (4-A.3)
    • New England colonies: religion and government (4-A.4)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (4-A.5)
    • Middle colonies: founding and government (4-A.6)
    • Middle colonies: economy and society (4-A.7)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (4-A.8)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (4-A.9)
    • The American Revolution: the Thirteen Colonies under British rule (4-B.1)
    • The American Revolution: New British taxes (4-B.2)
    • The American Revolution: the Boston Tea Party (4-B.3)
    • The American Revolution: the rebellion begins (4-B.4)
    • The American Revolution: preparing for war (4-B.5)
    • The American Revolution: struggle for independence (4-B.6)
    • The American Revolution: turning the tide of the war (4-B.7)
    • The American Revolution: conclusion and aftermath (4-B.8)
    • The Louisiana Purchase (4-C.1)
    • The Lewis and Clark Expedition (4-C.2)
    • The War of 1812: causes (4-C.3)
    • The War of 1812: events and effects (4-C.4)
    • Antebellum Period: economies of the North and South (4-C.5)
    • Antebellum Period: abolitionist and proslavery perspectives (4-C.6)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part I (4-C.7)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part II (4-C.8)
    • The Civil War: the beginning of the war (4-D.1)
    • The Civil War: the First Battle of Bull Run to Gettysburg (4-D.2)
    • The Civil War: war tactics and the home front (4-D.3)
    • The Civil War: the end of the war (4-D.4)
    • Reconstruction (4-D.5)
    • World War I: the road to war (4-E.1)
    • World War I: the war begins (4-E.2)
    • World War I: events of the war (4-E.3)
    • World War I: the road to peace (4-E.4)
    • The Great Depression: part I (4-E.5)
    • The Great Depression: part II (4-E.6)
    • The New Deal (4-E.7)
    • World War II: lead-up to war in Europe, Asia (4-E.8)
    • World War II: global events (4-E.9)

• Perspectives

  • SS.4.H.2 Generate questions about multiple historical sources and their relationships to particular historical events and developments.

    • Antebellum Period: abolitionist and proslavery perspectives (4-C.6)

• Historical Sources and Evidence

  • SS.4.H.3 Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments in Illinois history.