Illinois

SS.CV Civics

• Civic and Political Institutions

  • SS.CV.1.5 Distinguish the responsibilities and powers of government officials at various levels and branches of government and in different times and places.

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

  • SS.CV.2.5 Examine the origins and purposes of rules, laws, and key U.S. constitutional provisions.

    • The Constitution (5-K.4)
    • The Bill of Rights (5-K.5)
    • Checks and balances (5-K.6)

  • SS.CV.3.5 Compare the origins, functions, and structure of different systems of government.

• Processes, Rules, and Laws

  • SS.CV.4.5 Explain how policies are developed to address public problems.

    • The Constitution (5-K.4)
    • Checks and balances (5-K.6)

SS.G Geography

• Human-Environment Interaction

  • SS.G.1.5 Investigate how the cultural and environmental characteristics of places within the United States change over time.

    • Identify American symbols (5-L.1)
    • The American flag (5-L.4)
    • Thanksgiving (5-M.1)

• Human Population

  • SS.G.2.5 Describe how humans have utilized natural resources in the United States

    • Natural resources (3-H.2)

  • SS.G.3.5 Analyze the effects of specific catastrophic and environmental events as well as technological developments that have impacted our nation and compare to other places.

• Global Interconnections

  • SS.G.4.5 Compare the environmental characteristics of the United States to other world regions.

SS.EC Economics and Financial Literacy

• Exchange and Markets

  • SS.EC.1.5 Analyze why and how individuals, businesses, and nations around the world specialize and trade.

    • Trade and specialization (6-GG.4)

• National and Global Economy

  • SS.EC.2.5 Discover how positive incentives (e.g., sale prices and earning money) and negative incentives influence behavior in our nation's economy and around the world.

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

  • SS.EC.3.5 Determine the ways in which the government pays for the goods and services it provides.

    • Local government (5-K.1)

• Financial Literacy

  • SS.EC.FL.4.5 Explain that interest is the price the borrower pays for using someone else's money.

SS.H History

• Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.H.1.5 Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to compare developments that happened at the same time.

    • The War of 1812: causes (5-H.3)
    • The War of 1812: events and effects (5-H.4)
    • World War I: the road to war (5-J.1)
    • World War I: the war begins (5-J.2)
    • World War I: events of the war (5-J.3)
    • World War I: the road to peace (5-J.4)
    • The Great Depression: part I (5-J.5)
    • World War II: lead-up to war in Europe, Asia (5-J.8)
    • World War II: global events (5-J.9)
    • Reading and creating timelines with BCE and CE (5-Q.2)

• Historical Sources and Evidence

  • SS.H.2.5 Use information about a historical source—including the maker, date, place of origin, intended audience, and purpose—to judge the extent to which the source is useful for studying a particular topic.

    • Antebellum Period: abolitionist and proslavery perspectives (5-H.6)
    • Identify primary and secondary sources (6-JJ.1)
    • Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (6-JJ.4)

• Causation and Argumentation

  • SS.H.3.5 Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments in U.S. history.

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