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Social Studies Content Standards (Grades K-8)
- Students will understand the geographical
features of the earth and how geography affects settlement and development
of cultures
- Students will recognize symbolic representations
of reallocations and features on earth
- Students will be articulate in the organization
and duties of government.
- Students will understand that communities around
the world are diverse and interdependent.
- Students will understand what it means to be a
productive citizen of our community, country, and world.
- Students will identify places, people, events,
and trends in history.
By the end of Kindergarten Grade, ASES students will be
able to:
- Have an awareness of what a globe and map
represent;
- Recognize the need for rules for daily living and
fair treatment of others;
- Have an awareness that every culture has a family
unit which determines the way families do things;
- Understand that people travel from place to place
by different means of transportation;
- Recognize that all jobs are important to the
community and how they are similar and different;
- Know different aspects of the environment
including landforms, water, natural and man-made features;
- Process and communicate age appropriate knowledge
of Social Studies subject areas as integrated by use of unit studies.
By the end of First Grade, ASES
students will be able to …
- Recognize and identify the
- Recognize and use basic map skills using cardinal
directions, map keys, and colors to identify and locate land, water, the
- Understand that communities throughout the world
use rules in daily living and that these rules, customs, and traditions
change according to each community and are particular to their time and
place in history (comparing then and now, describing differences in cultures);
- Have an awareness of the variety of jobs,
transportation, housing, and goods and services in different cultures;
- Process and communicate age appropriate knowledge
on the following topics by use of unit study: Indians, Thanksgiving,
Christmas, Hanukah, Dinosaurs, Dental Hygiene, Good Physical Health,
Apples, Birds of Prey, Owls, Bats, Spring, Easter (Note: Units studied are
not limited to those listed, but consistently being expanded upon).
By the end of Second Grade, ASES
students will be able to …
- Recognize and identify smaller groups of people
(family, school, neighborhood)
- Process and communicate age appropriate knowledge
on a variety of holidays and seasonal topics
- Recognize and use basic map skills using cardinal
directions
- Recognize and identify the
- Recognize and use basic map skills using map keys
and colors to identify and locate land and water
- Recognize and identify smaller groups of people
(city and state)
- Recognize and use basic map skills by identifying
the
By the end of Third Grade, ASES
students will be able to …
- Describe cities in regard to origin, growth, and
change;
- Describe the urban, rural and the suburban
communities;
- Identify examples of types of workers in the
community and explain how these workers contribute to community;
- Explain how producers and consumers in the
community are interdependent;
- Give examples of how people use their own labor
in productive (useful) ways;
- Give examples of how communities in the
- Identify the values of a society through cultural
expression of music, art, literature, etc.;
- Identify the purpose and need for rules and laws
in the community;
- Identify the role and duties of local officials;
- Distinguish between city, county, and state
governments;
- Describe the roles and responsibilities of the
citizen;
- Demonstrate the qualities of personal
citizenship;
- Compare the customs and lifestyles of Native
Americans in the history of our country;
- Explain commonly accepted symbols and observances
of our American heritage;
- Compare customs of other countries to customs
practiced in the
- Gather information through reading, listening,
observing, and surveying;
- Gather information using title, table of
contents, index, glossary and appendix list;
- Choose information from a variety of printed
sources such as dictionaries, atlases, newspapers and encyclopedias;
- Conduct an interview using prepared questions;
- Illustrate data in a variety of graphic forms
such as bar, circle, or line graph~ pictograph~ and timeline~
- Use information presented in a variety of graphic
aids;
- Arrange events, facts and ideas in a logical
manner;
- Identify the main idea from a passage read in
class;
- Compose a title for a graph, chart, or table;
- Distinguish whether or not information is
pertinent to a topic;
- Make predictions and comparisons based on factual
information;
- Recognize and state a problem related to topics
under study;
- Formulate hypotheses based on evidence;
- Choose the appropriate resources from which to
gather data;
- Propose alternative possibilities for solutions;
- Identify consequences of alternatives;
- Choose a reasonable solution to a problem;
- Participate as a leader and/or follower in a
structured small-group activity;
- Observe set rules of procedure;
- Relate cause and effect relationships among
events and dates;
- Relate the past to the present in the study of
change and continuity in human affairs;
- Male use of the time system and calendar;
- Arrange in chronological order a series of
experiences, e.g., personal timeline, family timeline, etc.;
- Illustrate that any part of the earth's surface
can be shown and located on a map;
- Develop correct map concepts of shape, areas,
distance, and location;
- Identify specific land and water area by their
shapes and sizes, e.g., island, bay, peninsula, etc.;
- Use cardinal and intermediate directions on a map
or globe;
- Use a map key to determine specific locations;
- Identify and locate the earth’s four hemispheres;
- Locate exact places by use of letter number grid;
- Identify basic map symbols and explain that they stand
for real things and places;
- Use length of familiar units of measure to
determine distance on maps;
- Use a key to interpret information on a map;
- Determine the purpose of a map by examining title
and content;
- Determine the type of map needed for a specific
purpose.
By the end of Fourth Grade, ASES
students will be able to …
- Recognize and identify the 50 U.S. States and
understand the resources, agriculture and industry in all 7 regions;
- Understand the need of US/foreign trade
relations;
- Discuss the relationship of US and US
possessions;
- Understand
- Communicate a knowledge and understanding of
current events including local, national and worldwide via short units
dispersed throughout the school year.
Unit concentration in fourth
grade social studies is one semester of Tennessee History and geography and one
semester of World Geography.
By the end of Fifth Grade, ASES
students will be able to …
- Know the size, shape, boundaries, and landforms
of the
- Identify people who lived in the
- Recognize the religious, economic, and political
reasons for colonizing
- Identify the 13 colonies and recognize their
reasons for development; understand the causes and consequences of the
Revolutionary War;
- Know the structure and function of the
- Understand the Bill of Rights and protection it
provides to citizens;
- Recognize the roles and contributions made by
African-Americans and other minority groups in American history;
- Identify/describe the five major geographic
regions of the
- Determine locations using latitude/longitude and
cardinal/intermediate directions;
- Locate and identify the equator, continents,
oceans, and large islands on a map/globe;
- Identify causes, personalities, and effects of
WWI, WWII, Korean, and Vietnam Wars.
- Communicate knowledge and an understanding of
current events including local, national and worldwide via short units
dispersed throughout the school year.
Unit concentration in fifth
grade is a full year study of
By the end of Sixth Grade, ASES
students will be able to …
- Locate geographic centers of early civilizations,
both Eastern and Western
- Identify the important leaders and events in the
growth of ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Indian, and Chinese
civilizations;
- Recognize the rise/decline of ancient
civilizations;
- Know the historical impact of feudalism,
nationalism, and imperialism;
- Know the different characteristics, geography,
and history of the people of
- Understand the development of major religions
among eastern ancient cultures;
- Demonstrate how to use maps, atlases, gazetteers,
and other geographical tools to acquire, process, and report information
about the countries of the
- Understand the geography and history of
- Locate/identify the major land forms and regions
in the countries of the Western hemisphere;
- Identify the rise and fall of the three great
cultures; Aztec, Maya, and Inca
- Demonstrate how to use maps, atlases, gazetteers,
and other geographical tools to acquire, process, and report information
about the countries of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres;
- Communicate a knowledge and understanding of
current events including local, national, and worldwide via short units
dispersed throughout the school year.
Unit concentration in sixth
grade is one semester of Eastern Civilizations and one semester of Western
Civilizations.
By the end of Seventh Grade,
ASES students will be able to …
- Identify size, shape, boundaries, and land forms
of
- Identify natural resources of
- Identify the various groups who settled
- Recognize
- Identify the causes of the Civil War as reflected
by
- Understand
- Understand the Tennessee Constitution and its
relationship to the U.S. Constitution! government;
- Identify the impacts of the Great Depression and
World War II on
- Recognize the growing diversity of
- Understand the organization and structure of
- Communicate a knowledge and understanding of
current events including local, national, and worldwide via short units
dispersed throughout the school year.
Unit concentration in seventh
grade is one semester of Tennessee History and one semester of World Geography.
By the end of Eighth Grade, ASES
students will be able to …
- Understand the geographic regions, climate
patterns, and natural resources of
- Identify the social, economic, and political
reasons for European exploration and colonization of the
- Understand the governments, economics, and
different lifestyles of the thirteen American colonies;
- Identify the causes, effects, personalities of
the American Revolution; recognize the weakness of the Articles of
Confederation;
- Understand how the U.S. Constitution created a
stronger central government while protecting the rights of citizens;
- Understand the expansion of democracy during the Jacksonian Democracy era.
- Understand the concept of Manifest Destiny
- Identify changes in American society brought
about by the Industrial Revolution;
- Understand the Bill of Rights and the
constitutional amendments;
- Know causes/effects of the Great Depression, the
New Deal, WWI, WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War;
- Understand contributions made to the development
of the
- Demonstrate how to use maps, atlases, gazetteers,
and other geographical tools to acquire, process, and report information
about the
- Communicate a knowledge and understanding of
current events including local, national and worldwide via short units
dispersed throughout the school year.
Unit concentration in eighth
grade is a full year study of U.S. History.