Social Studies
Economics
Concept 1: Foundations of Economics
Concept 1: Foundations of Economics PO 1. Identify the opportunity costs
PO 3. Identify how people earn income by selling their labor to businesses or governments.
PO 6. Discuss the function of banks in providing checking accounts, savings accounts, and loans
PO 3. Identify how people earn income by selling their labor to businesses or governments.
Concept 1: The World in Spatial Terms
PO 1. Interpret information from a variety of maps:
PO 3. Identify the location of significant geographic features from content studied on a physical or political map.
PO 4. Locate physical and human features (e.g., gulf, delta, isthmus, strait, bay, canyon, swamp, peninsula, province, cape, tree line) in the United States and world on an appropriate type of map.
PO 5. Identify each state on a U.S. map.
PO 6. Construct maps, charts, and graphs to display geographic information.
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Concept 2: Places and Regions
PO 1. Describe how the following regions exemplify the concept of region as an area with unifying human or natural factors:
Strand 1 Concept 3, 4, 5
PO 2. Describe the geographic characteristics of a state in the United States with the assistance of maps, the internet, atlases, and other reference materials.
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Concept 3: Physical Systems
(Science Strands are summarized below as they apply to Social Studies content in Grades K-8. These concepts are reinforced in Social Studies classes, but assessed through Science.)
Connect with:
Science Strand 3 Concept 1
Explain the impacts of natural hazards on habitats.
Science Strand 6 Concept 2 Describe lunar cycles, Earth’s revolution and rotation, and gravity.
Science Strand 6 Concept 3 Describe the planets, other objects in the solar system, and exploration of the solar system.
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Concept 4: Human Systems
PO 1. Explain why and how boundaries change (e.g., Westward Expansion, Civil War, Mexican - American War).
Connect with:
Strand 1 Concept 5, 6
PO 2. Explain the effects (e.g., economic, cultural, environmental, political) of human migration on places.
Connect with:
Strand 1 Concept 5
Strand 2 Concept 5
Strand 5 Concept 1
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Concept 5: Environment and Society
PO 1. Describe the ways European colonists and Native Americans viewed, adapted, and used the environment.
Connect with:
Strand 1 Concept 3, 6
PO 2. Describe the impact that natural events (e.g., floods, earthquakes, droughts) have on human and physical environments.
_____________________
Concept 6: Geographic Applications
PO 1. Describe how geographic features influenced events in the past in the Original Thirteen Colonies, the Great Plains, the Pacific Northwest and the West.
Connect with:
Strand 1 Concept 3, 5, 6
PO 2. Use geographic knowledge and skills (e.g., recognizing patterns, mapping, graphing) when discussing current events.
PO 3. Use geography concepts and skills (e.g., recognizing patterns, mapping, graphing) to find solutions for local, state or national problems (e.g., shortage or abundance of natural resources).
PO 3. Identify how people earn income by selling their labor to businesses or governments.
PO 6. Discuss the function of banks in providing checking accounts, savings accounts, and loans
PO 3. Identify how people earn income by selling their labor to businesses or governments.
Concept 1: The World in Spatial Terms
PO 1. Interpret information from a variety of maps:
- contour
- population density
- natural resource
- historical maps
PO 3. Identify the location of significant geographic features from content studied on a physical or political map.
PO 4. Locate physical and human features (e.g., gulf, delta, isthmus, strait, bay, canyon, swamp, peninsula, province, cape, tree line) in the United States and world on an appropriate type of map.
PO 5. Identify each state on a U.S. map.
PO 6. Construct maps, charts, and graphs to display geographic information.
__________________
Concept 2: Places and Regions
PO 1. Describe how the following regions exemplify the concept of region as an area with unifying human or natural factors:
- three American colonial regions
- West, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest
- North and South during the Civil War
Strand 1 Concept 3, 4, 5
PO 2. Describe the geographic characteristics of a state in the United States with the assistance of maps, the internet, atlases, and other reference materials.
_______________________
Concept 3: Physical Systems
(Science Strands are summarized below as they apply to Social Studies content in Grades K-8. These concepts are reinforced in Social Studies classes, but assessed through Science.)
Connect with:
Science Strand 3 Concept 1
Explain the impacts of natural hazards on habitats.
Science Strand 6 Concept 2 Describe lunar cycles, Earth’s revolution and rotation, and gravity.
Science Strand 6 Concept 3 Describe the planets, other objects in the solar system, and exploration of the solar system.
_______________________
Concept 4: Human Systems
PO 1. Explain why and how boundaries change (e.g., Westward Expansion, Civil War, Mexican - American War).
Connect with:
Strand 1 Concept 5, 6
PO 2. Explain the effects (e.g., economic, cultural, environmental, political) of human migration on places.
Connect with:
Strand 1 Concept 5
Strand 2 Concept 5
Strand 5 Concept 1
__________________
Concept 5: Environment and Society
PO 1. Describe the ways European colonists and Native Americans viewed, adapted, and used the environment.
Connect with:
Strand 1 Concept 3, 6
PO 2. Describe the impact that natural events (e.g., floods, earthquakes, droughts) have on human and physical environments.
_____________________
Concept 6: Geographic Applications
PO 1. Describe how geographic features influenced events in the past in the Original Thirteen Colonies, the Great Plains, the Pacific Northwest and the West.
Connect with:
Strand 1 Concept 3, 5, 6
PO 2. Use geographic knowledge and skills (e.g., recognizing patterns, mapping, graphing) when discussing current events.
PO 3. Use geography concepts and skills (e.g., recognizing patterns, mapping, graphing) to find solutions for local, state or national problems (e.g., shortage or abundance of natural resources).