SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS GUIDE Acknowledgement and credit reserved to the Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky Revised 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS Revision Committee........................................................................................................................ 5 National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Schools ............................................. 6 National Standards for Social Studies............................................................................................. 9 Catholic Social Teaching .............................................................................................................. 12 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 14 Disciplinary Strands ...................................................................................................................... 16 Catholic World View in Social Studies ........................................................................................ 17 Grades K-2 Social Studies Practices ............................................................................................. 19 Grades K-2 Learning Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy ................................... 23 Grades K–2 Catholic Connections ................................................................................................ 26 Kindergarten Standards: Self and Others ...................................................................................... 27 Individual Development and Cultural Identity.......................................................................... 28 Civics ......................................................................................................................................... 30 Geography ................................................................................................................................. 32 History ....................................................................................................................................... 35 Economics ................................................................................................................................. 35 Grade 1: My Family and Other Families, Now and Long Ago .................................................... 37 Individual Development and Cultural Identity.......................................................................... 38 Civics ......................................................................................................................................... 40 Geography ................................................................................................................................. 42 History ....................................................................................................................................... 44 Economics ................................................................................................................................. 46 Grade 2: My Community and Other Communities....................................................................... 48 Individual Development and Cultural Identity.......................................................................... 49 Civics ......................................................................................................................................... 52 Geography ................................................................................................................................. 55 History ....................................................................................................................................... 57 Economics ................................................................................................................................. 59 Grades 3-5 Social Studies Practices .............................................................................................. 61 2 | P a g e Grades 3-5 Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy ................................................... 69 Grades 3-5 Catholic Connections ................................................................................................. 73 Grade 3: Communities Around the World .................................................................................... 75 Geography ................................................................................................................................. 76 History ....................................................................................................................................... 79 Development, Movement, and Interaction of Cultures ............................................................. 81 Civics ......................................................................................................................................... 83 Economics ................................................................................................................................. 86 Grade 4: Geography, Government, and History of the United States and Kentucky ................... 89 Geography of the United States ................................................................................................ 89 Civics: Government of the United States .................................................................................. 91 United States Economics ........................................................................................................... 93 Geography of Kentucky ............................................................................................................ 95 History and Culture of Kentucky .............................................................................................. 97 Civics: Government of Kentucky ............................................................................................ 101 Economics of Kentucky .......................................................................................................... 103 Grade 5: The United States: First Inhabitants—The Constitution .............................................. 105 Geography ............................................................................................................................... 106 History and Economics ........................................................................................................... 109 Civics ....................................................................................................................................... 111 Grades 6-8 Social Studies Practices ............................................................................................ 114 Grades 6-8 Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies ....................................... 123 Grades 6-8 Catholic Connections ............................................................................................... 127 Grade 6 Social Studies Curriculum Framework ......................................................................... 129 Grade 7 Social Studies Curriculum Framework ......................................................................... 140 Grade 8 Social Studies Curriculum Framework ......................................................................... 153 High School Social Studies Practices ......................................................................................... 166 Grades 9-10 Reading Standards For Literacy In Religion, History/Social Studies (RRH) ........ 169 Grades 9-10 Writing Standards For Literacy In Religion, History/Social Studies, Science, And Technical Subjects (WRHST)..................................................................................................... 171 Grades 11-12 Reading Standards For Literacy In Religion, History/Social Studies (RRH) ...... 173 3 | P a g e Grades 11-12 Writing Standards For Literacy In Religion, History/Social Studies, Science, And Technical Subjects (WRHST)..................................................................................................... 175 High School Catholic Identity .................................................................................................... 177 Scripture and Social Studies Strands ....................................................................................... 177 Saints (Catholic Heroes).......................................................................................................... 179 High School Standards ................................................................................................................ 181 High School: World History and Geography (HG) ................................................................ 181 High School: United States History ........................................................................................ 222 High School: Civics ................................................................................................................ 245 High School: Economics ......................................................................................................... 255 Appendix ..................................................................................................................................... 264 National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies: The Themes of Social Studies ............... 265 National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies: A Framework for Teaching,