Minnesota

1 Citizenship and Government

• 1 Civic Skills

  • 1 Democratic government depends on informed and engaged citizens who exhibit civic skills and values, practice civic discourse, vote and participate in elections, apply inquiry and analysis skills and take action to solve problems and shape public policy.

    • 1.1.1.1.1 Demonstrate ways good citizens participate in the civic life of their community; explain why participation is important.

      • Good citizenship (1-A.4)

• 2 Civic Values and Principles of Democracy

  • 2 The civic identity of the United States is shaped by historical figures, places and events and by key foundational documents and other symbolically important artifacts.

    • 1.1.2.2.1 Explain why and when the Pledge of Allegiance is recited; provide examples of basic flag etiquette and other demonstrations of patriotism.

      • Identify American symbols (1-B.1)
      • Identify American landmarks and monuments (1-B.2)
      • The American flag (1-B.3)
      • Pledge of Allegiance (1-B.4)
      • Independence Day (1-D.6)
      • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1-D.9)
      • Memorial Day (1-D.10)

• 4 Governmental Institutions and Political Processes

  • 6 The United States government has specific functions that are determined by the way that power is delegated and controlled among various bodies: the three levels (federal, state, local) and the three branches (legislative, executive, judicial) of government.

    • 1.1.4.6.1 Identify the president of the United States; explain that voting determines who will be president.

      • Federal government (2-D.4)

  • 7 The primary purposes of rules and laws within the United States constitutional government are to protect individual rights, promote the general welfare and provide order.

    • 1.1.4.7.1 Identify characteristics of effective rules; participate in a process to establish rules.

      • Rules and laws (1-A.1)
      • Authority figures (1-A.2)

2 Economics

• 1 Economic Reasoning Skills

  • 1 People make informed economic choices by identifying their goals, interpreting and applying data, considering the short- and long-run costs and benefits of alternative choices and revising their goals based on their analysis.

    • 1.2.1.1.1 Describe some costs and benefits of alternative choices made by families.

      • Scarcity and choices (1-J.2)

• 3 Fundamental Concepts

  • 3 Because of scarcity individuals, organizations and governments must evaluate trade-offs, make choices and incur opportunity costs.

    • 1.2.3.3.1 Define scarcity as not having enough of something to satisfy everyone's wants; give examples.

      • Needs and wants (1-J.1)
      • Scarcity and choices (1-J.2)

• 4 Microeconomic Concepts

  • 5 Individuals, businesses and governments interact and exchange goods, services and resources in different ways and for different reasons; interactions between buyers and sellers in a market determines the price and quantity exchanged of a good, service or resource.

    • 1.2.4.5.1 Explain that people trade (voluntarily) when they each expect to be better off after doing so.

      • Goods and services (1-J.3)
      • Producers and consumers (1-J.4)

3 Geography

• 1 Geospatial Skills

  • 1 People use geographic representations and geospatial technologies to acquire, process and report information within a spatial context.

    • 1.3.1.1.1 Create sketch maps to illustrate spatial information about familiar places; describe spatial information found on maps.

      • Identify Earth's land features (1-G.1)
      • Identify Earth's water features (1-G.2)
      • Introduction to maps (1-I.1)
      • Use cardinal directions (1-I.2)
      • Use a map key (1-I.3)
      • Use maps of the community (1-I.4)
      • Read a letter-number grid (2-A.1)
      • Use a letter-number grid (2-A.2)

    • 1.3.1.1.2 Use relative location words and absolute location words to identify the location of a specific place; explain why or when it is important to use absolute versus relative location.

      • Left and right (1-H.1)
      • Above, below, next to, and between (1-H.2)
      • Use location words (1-H.3)
      • Use cardinal directions (1-I.2)

• 2 Places and Regions

  • 3 Places have physical characteristics (such as climate, topography and vegetation) and human characteristics (such as culture, population, political and economic systems).

    • 1.3.2.3.1 Compare physical and human characteristics of a local place and a place far away on a globe or map (such as a place in an equatorial or polar region).

      • Compare cities and rural areas (1-C.4)
      • Identify Earth's land features (1-G.1)
      • Identify Earth's water features (1-G.2)
      • Identify human and physical features (1-G.3)

4 History

• 1 Historical Thinking Skills

  • 1 Historians generally construct chronological narratives to characterize eras and explain past events and change over time.

    • 1.4.1.1.1 Create a timeline that identifies at least three events from one's own life.

      • Use time-order words (1-L.3)
      • Introduction to timelines (1-L.4)

  • 2 Historical inquiry is a process in which multiple sources and different kinds of historical evidence are analyzed to draw conclusions about how and why things happened in the past.

    • 1.4.1.2.1 Ask basic historical questions about a past event in one's family, school or local community.

    • 1.4.1.2.2 Describe how people lived at a particular time in the past based on information found in historical records and artifacts.

      • Then and now: transportation and communication (1-E.1)
      • Then and now: home and school (1-E.2)
      • Then and now: work and play (1-E.3)
      • Which source should you use? (1-K.1)

• 2 Peoples, Cultures and Change Over Time

  • 4 The differences and similarities of cultures around the world are attributable to their diverse origins and histories, and interactions with other cultures throughout time.

    • 1.4.2.4.1 Compare and contrast family life from earlier times and today.

      • Then and now: transportation and communication (1-E.1)
      • Then and now: home and school (1-E.2)
      • Then and now: work and play (1-E.3)

    • 1.4.2.4.2 Compare and contrast buildings and other technologies from earlier times and today.

      • Then and now: transportation and communication (1-E.1)
      • Then and now: home and school (1-E.2)