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K–12 Standards

5th Grade

Other Iowa Essential Elements for Social Studies sets

Right and Responsibilities

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    Constructing Supporting Questions

    1. 2

      Identify supporting questions that answer the compelling question in a familiar inquiry.EE.SS.5.2

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    Gathering and Evaluating Sources

    1. 3

      Determine how to tell if a source is credible.EE.SS.5.3

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    Developing Claims and Using Evidence

    1. 4

      Cite evidence from sources that support a response to a compelling question.EE.SS.5.4

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    Communicating and Critiquing Conclusions 

    1. 5

      With teacher direction, construct responses to a compelling question. EE.SS.5.5

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    Taking Informed Action

    1. 6

      Predict outcomes when taking action to address a problem. EE.SS.5.6

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    Examine Factors that Led to Continuity and Change on Human Development and Behavior 

    1. 9

      Identify a strategy that one demographic group has used to ensure its rights.EE.SS.5.9

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    Apply Civic Virtues and Democratic Principles

    1. 10

      Determine a way in which the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution impacted society.EE.SS.5.10

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    Interpret Processes, Rules and Laws

    1. 11

      Identify a process people can use to change laws/rules in the classroom, school, government, and/or society.EE.SS.5.11

    2. 12

      Identify how a law has changed over time. EE.SS.5.12

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    Critique Exchange and Markets

    1. 13

      Identify how goods and services are produced and distributed.EE.SS.5.13

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    Evaluate the National Economy

    1. 14

      Determine the purpose of taxes and how the government uses taxes to provide goods and services.EE.SS.5.14

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    Assess the Global Economy

    1. 15

      Identify how countries benefit from trading.EE.SS.5.15

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    Create a Saving and Spending Plan

    1. 16

      Identify ways people can monitor how they save and spend money.EE.SS.5.16

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    Create Geographic Representations

    1. 19

      Using maps and other simple geographic models, create a route to a specific location.EE.SS.5.19

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    Analyze Change, Continuity, and Context

    1. 21

      Identify the connection between historical developments that occurred within the same time period.EE.SS.5.21

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    Compare Perspectives

    1. 22

      Identify how someone's perspective can affect their view of historical events.EE.SS.5.22

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    Iowa History

    1. 26

      Identify Iowa's role in civil rights history.EE.SS.5.26

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Grade 5

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