South Dakota

K-12.H History

• K-12.H.1 Students will analyze how major events are chronologically connected and evaluate their impact on one another.

  • 4.H.1.1 Analyze the impact of significant historical events on the development of cultures in South Dakota

  • 4.H.1.2 Generate questions about multiple historical sources and their relationships to particular historical events and developments

• K-12.H.2 Students will analyze and evaluate the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon history using multiple sources.

  • 4.H.2.1 Explain the effects of conflicts and the establishment of reservations on the American Indians culture

    • Sitting Bull (3-D.10)

  • 4.H.2.2 Examine basic environmental, economic, cultural, and population issues of concern to South Dakota

    • The Louisiana Purchase (4-C.1)
    • The Lewis and Clark Expedition (4-C.2)
    • Antebellum Period: economies of the North and South (4-C.5)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part I (4-C.7)
    • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part II (4-C.8)

  • 4.H.2.3 Describe the influence of notable South Dakotans of the development of our state

    • Sitting Bull (3-D.10)

  • 4.H.2.4 Describe influences of European cultures on South Dakota communities

  • 4.H.2.5 Describe how wars affected South Dakotans

    • Antebellum Period: economies of the North and South (4-C.5)
    • 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)
    • World War II: lead-up to war in Europe, Asia (4-E.8)
    • World War II: global events (4-E.9)

• K-12.H.3 Students will analyze and evaluate historical events from multiple perspectives.

  • 4.H.3.1 Compare and contrast life today with life in historical time periods

• K-12.H.4 Students will identify and evaluate the causes and effects of past, current and potential events, issues and problems.

  • 4.H.4.1 Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments in South Dakota

  • 4.H.4.2 Explain factors affecting the growth and expansion of South Dakota

    • The Louisiana Purchase (4-C.1)
    • The Lewis and Clark Expedition (4-C.2)

• K-12.H.5 Students will develop historical research skills.

  • 4.H.5.1 Infer the intended audience and purpose of a historical source from information within the source itself

  • 4.H.5.2 Use evidence to develop a claim about the past

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

K-12.C Civics/Government

• K-12.C.1 Students will explain, compare and contrast, and analyze the historical principles and philosophical purposes of various forms of governments.

  • 4.C.1.1 Describe key events related to South Dakota's entry into statehood

• K-12.C.2 Students will explain the historical impact of primary founding documents including, but not limited to, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments.

  • 4.C.2.1 Compare and contrast major themes within the SD Constitution and the U.S. Constitution

    • The Constitution (4-K.4)
    • The Bill of Rights (4-K.5)

• K-12.C.3 Students will explain how the Constitution organizes the government of the United States.

  • 4.C.3.1 Explain how groups of people make rules to create responsibilities and protect freedoms

  • 4.C.3.2 Discuss South Dakota's government and the roles of the three branches

    • State government (4-K.2)

K-12.G Geography

• K-12.G.1 Students will apply geospatial resources, including data sources and geographic tools to generate, interpret, and analyze information.

  • 4.G.1.1 Locate major political and physical features of South Dakota and the United States on a map or globe

    • 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 states of the West (4-H.1)
    • Select states of the West (4-H.2)
    • Name states of the West (4-H.3)
    • Identify states of the Midwest (4-H.4)
    • Select states of the Midwest (4-H.5)
    • Name states of the Midwest (4-H.6)
    • Identify states of the Southeast (4-H.7)
    • Select states of the Southeast (4-H.8)
    • Name states of the Southeast (4-H.9)
    • Identify states of the Northeast (4-H.10)
    • Select states of the Northeast (4-H.11)
    • Name states of the Northeast (4-H.12)
    • Identify the 50 states (4-H.13)
    • Select the 50 states (4-H.14)
    • Name the 50 states (4-H.15)
    • Identify state capitals of the West (4-I.1)
    • Name state capitals of the West (4-I.2)
    • Identify state capitals of the Midwest (4-I.3)
    • Name state capitals of the Midwest (4-I.4)
    • Identify state capitals of the Southeast (4-I.5)
    • Name state capitals of the Southeast (4-I.6)
    • Identify state capitals of the Northeast (4-I.7)
    • Name state capitals of the Northeast (4-I.8)
    • Identify the 50 state capitals (4-I.9)
    • Name the 50 state capitals (4-I.10)
    • Cities of the West (4-J.1)
    • Cities of the Midwest (4-J.2)
    • Cities of the Southeast (4-J.3)
    • Cities of the Northeast (4-J.4)
    • Major U.S. cities (4-J.5)

• K-12.G.2 Students will understand the nature and importance of the Five Themes of Geography: location, place characteristics, human-environment interaction, movement, and region.

  • 4.G.2.1 Compare and contrast regions of South Dakota to one another

• K-12.G.3 Students will recognize the characteristics of the processes that shape places and regions.

  • 4.G.3.1 Describe how natural and human conditions shape places and regions

    • Jamestown: growth of a colony (4-A.2)
    • Plymouth (4-A.3)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (4-A.5)
    • Middle colonies: economy and society (4-A.7)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (4-A.9)

K-12.E Economics

• K-12.E.1 Students will apply the fundamental economic ideas and concepts associated with the study of economics.

  • 4.E.1.1 Discuss what factors (both positive and negative) influence individual choices

    • What is economics? (4-N.1)
    • Costs and benefits (4-N.2)
    • Opportunity cost (4-N.3)
    • Banks (4-O.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)

• K-12.E.3 Students will analyze the ways government can impact the market.

  • 4.E.3.1 Describe the necessity for government to collect taxes from its citizens in order to provide services to its citizens

    • Local government (3-E.2)

• K-12.E.5 Students will describe how trade generates economic development and interdependence.

  • 4.E.5.1 Describe how the economic needs of South Dakotans and people in other regions of the U.S. have been met

    • Antebellum Period: economies of the North and South (4-C.5)
    • The New Deal (4-E.7)