Colorado State Standards
This website uses Colorado State Standards. Check your local states standards to find out what standards you should use. Common Core does not have social studies standards for grades K-5, however Language Arts standards can apply. The green button to the right will take you to the Common Core website.
History develops moral understanding, defines identity and creates an appreciation of how things change while building skills in judgment and decision-making. History enhances the ability to read varied sources and develop the skills to analyze,interpret and communicate.
Standard 1: History
Geography provides students with an understanding of spatial perspectives and technologies for spatial analysis, awareness of interdependence of world regions and resources and how places are connected at local, national and global scales.
Standard 2: Geography
Economics teaches how society manages its scarce resources, how people make decisions, how people interact in the domestic and international markets, and how forces and trends affect the economy as a whole.Personal financial literacy applies the economic way of thinking to help individuals understand how to manage their own scarce resources using a logical decision-making process of prioritization based on analysis of the costs and benefits of every choice.
Standard 3: Economics
Civics teaches the complexity of the origins, structure, and functions of governments; the rights, roles and responsibilities of ethical citizenship; the importance of law; and the skills necessary to participate in all levels of government.
Standard 4: Civics
Social Studies Academic Standards. (n.d.). Retrieved June 27, 2017, from https://www.cde.state.co.us/cosocialstudies/statestandards
