Washington

1 The student understands and applies knowledge of government, law, politics, and the nation's fundamental documents to make decisions about local, national, and international issues and to demonstrate thoughtful, participatory citizenship.

• 1.1 Understands key ideals and principles of the United States, including those in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and other fundamental documents.

  • 1.1.1 Ideals & Principles

    • Understands the key ideals of liberty and patriotism as outlined in the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and other fundamental documents.

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

  • 1.1.2 Application of Ideals & Principles

    • Evaluates how a public issue is related to constitutional rights and the common good.

• 1.2 Understands the purposes, organization, and function of governments, laws, and political systems.

  • 1.2.1 Structure of Government

    • Understands the organization of the United States government.

      • Local government (5-K.1)
      • State government (5-K.2)
      • Federal government (5-K.3)
      • Checks and balances (5-K.6)

  • 1.2.2 Function of Government

    • Understands the function of the United States government.

      • Local government (5-K.1)
      • State government (5-K.2)
      • Federal government (5-K.3)
      • The Constitution (5-K.4)

• 1.4 Understands civic involvement.

  • 1.4.1 Civic Involvement

    • Understands that civic participation involves being informed about how public issues are related to rights and responsibilities.

      • Presidential elections (5-K.7)

2 The student applies understanding of economic concepts and systems to analyze decision-making and the interactions between individuals, households, businesses, governments, and societies.

• 2.1 Understands that people have to make choices between wants and needs and evaluate the outcomes of those choices.

  • 2.1.1 Economic Choices

    • Analyzes the costs and benefits of decisions colonists made to meet their needs and wants.

      • 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)

• 2.2 Understands how economic systems function.

  • 2.2.1 Economic Systems

    • What is economics? (5-N.1)

  • 2.2.2 Trade

    • Understands how trade affected the economy of the thirteen colonies.

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

• 2.3 Understands the government's role in the economy.

  • 2.3.1 Government and the Economy

    • Understands the impact of the British government on the economy of the thirteen colonies.

      • 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)

• 2.4 Understands the economic issues and problems that all societies face.

  • 2.4.1 Economic Issues

3 The student uses a spatial perspective to make reasoned decisions by applying the concepts of location, region, and movement and demonstrating knowledge of how geographic features and human cultures impact environments.

• 3.1 Understands the physical characteristics, cultural characteristics, and location of places, regions, and spatial patterns on the Earth's surface.

  • 3.1.1 Maps and Geographic Tools

    • Constructs and uses maps to show and analyze information about European settlement in the Americas.

      • Jamestown: the early years (5-F.1)
      • Plymouth (5-F.3)
      • New England colonies: religion and government (5-F.4)
      • Middle colonies: founding and government (5-F.6)
      • Southern colonies: founding and government (5-F.8)
      • Identify the Thirteen Colonies (5-F.10)
      • Select the Thirteen Colonies (5-F.11)
      • Name the Thirteen Colonies (5-F.12)

  • 3.1.2 Characteristics and Spatial Organization of Places and Regions

    • Understands the physical and cultural characteristics of the thirteen colonies.

      • 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)

• 3.2 Understands human interaction with the environment.

  • 3.2.1 Human-Environmental Interaction

  • 3.2.2 Culture

  • 3.2.3 Human Migration

    • Understands and analyzes the impact of the European colonists' movement to the Americas on the land and the indigenous peoples.

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

• 3.3 Understands the geographic context of global issues and events.

  • 3.3.1 Geographic Context of Global Issues

4 The student understands and applies knowledge of historical thinking, chronology, eras, turning points, major ideas, individuals, and themes in local, Washington State, tribal, United States, and world history in order to evaluate how history shapes the present and future.

• 4.1 Understands historical chronology.

  • 4.1.1 Chronology

    • Understands and creates timelines to show how historical events are caused by other important events.

      • Reading and creating timelines with BCE and CE (5-Q.2)

  • 4.1.2 Chronological Eras

    • Understands how the following themes and developments help to define eras in U.S. history from time immemorial to 1791:

      • Development of indigenous societies in North America (time immemorial to 1791).

      • Encounter, colonization, and devastation (1492—1763).

      • Revolution and the Constitution (1763—1791).

        • 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 Constitution (5-K.4)

• 4.2 Understands and analyzes causal factors that have shaped major events in history.

  • 4.2.1 Individuals and Movements

    • Understands and analyzes how individuals caused change in U.S. history.

      • The Lewis and Clark Expedition (5-H.2)

  • 4.2.2 Cultures and Cultural Groups

    • Analyzes how people from various cultural groups have shaped U.S. history.

  • 4.2.3 Ideas and Technology

    • Understands how technology and ideas have affected the way people live and change their values, beliefs, and attitudes.

      • Antebellum Period: economies of the North and South (5-H.5)
      • Antebellum Period: abolitionist and proslavery perspectives (5-H.6)
      • World War I: events of the war (5-J.3)
      • World War II: global events (5-J.9)

• 4.3 Understands that there are multiple perspectives and interpretations of historical events.

  • 4.3.1 Historical Interpretation

    • Analyzes the multiple perspectives and interpretations of historical events in U.S. history.

      • 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)
      • Reconstruction (5-I.5)

  • 4.3.2 Multiple Causation

    • Analyzes the multiple causes of change and conflict in U.S. history.

      • The American Revolution: the Thirteen Colonies under British rule (5-G.1)
      • The American Revolution: New British taxes (5-G.2)
      • The War of 1812: causes (5-H.3)
      • 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)
      • Reconstruction (5-I.5)
      • World War I: the road to war (5-J.1)
      • The Great Depression: part I (5-J.5)
      • The Great Depression: part II (5-J.6)
      • World War II: lead-up to war in Europe, Asia (5-J.8)

• 4.4 Uses history to understand the present and plan for the future.

  • 4.4.1 Historical Antecendents

    • Understands that significant historical events in the United States have implications for current decisions and influence the future.

      • The American Revolution: struggle for independence (5-G.6)
      • The American Revolution: conclusion and aftermath (5-G.8)
      • The War of 1812: events and effects (5-H.4)
      • The Civil War: the end of the war (5-I.4)
      • Reconstruction (5-I.5)
      • World War I: the road to peace (5-J.4)
      • The New Deal (5-J.7)
      • World War II: global events (5-J.9)
      • The Constitution (5-K.4)
      • The Bill of Rights (5-K.5)

5 The student understands and applies reasoning skills to conduct research, deliberate, form, and evaluate positions through the processes of reading, writing, and communicating.

• 5.1 Uses critical reasoning skills to analyze and evaluate positions.

  • 5.1.1 Understands Reasoning

    • Understands the purpose of documents and the concepts used in them.

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

  • 5.1.2 Evaluates Reasoning

    • Evaluates the relevance of facts used in forming a position on an issue or event.

• 5.2 Uses inquiry-based research.

  • 5.2.1 Forms Questions

    • Understands how essential questions define the significance of researching an issue or event.

  • 5.2.2 Analyzes Sources

• 5.3 Deliberates public issues.

  • 5.3.1 Deliberation

    • Engages others in discussions that attempt to clarify and address multiple viewpoints on public issues based on key ideals.

• 5.4 Creates a product that uses social studies content to support a thesis and presents the product in an appropriate manner to a meaningful audience.

  • 5.4.1 Creates Position and Product

    • Researches multiple perspectives to take a position on a public or historical issue in a paper or presentation.

  • 5.4.2 Citing Sources

    • Prepares a list of resources, including the title, author, type of source, date published, and publisher for each source, and arranges the sources alphabetically.