K-4 Social Studies Standards (PDF)  - Grades K-4 Social Studies provides an introduction to civics, economics, geography, and history. Basic skills and foundational knowledge are developed through practical classroom experiences that access and develop personal connections to the content. Students learn through social studies lenses that begin by focusing on the narrower and more manageable viewpoint of self and personal experience, expanding to community, state, nation, and ultimately to a broader worldview.

5-6 Social Studies Standards (PDF)  - Grade 5 Social Studies supports students' growth in spatial thinking and understanding global issues as interdependent in nature. Students will develop geographic skills within these standards as they progress through major units of study. Teachers may choose to organize these units in a regional or thematic structure. Students gain a deeper understanding of concepts when they are given the opportunity to explore examples of those concepts in places and regions around the world. This course lends itself to students examining global issues through case studies of countries and regions. Geography requires using spatial thinking, asking and answering questions about global interconnections and spatial patterns, and applying geographic skills and tools. Creating maps supports students’ ability to synthesize information from a variety of sources. Through this course, students will be able to recognize and understand spatial patterns and relationships.