Learning Standards

Social Studies Skills introduce and strengthen students' ability to reason, research, question, discuss, analyze and formulate complex ideas within the social studies areas below. These skills form a unifying theme throughout the courses.

The student understands and applies knowledge of government, law, politics, and the nation’s fundamental documents to make decisions about local, state, national, tribal, and international issues, and to demonstrate thoughtful, participatory citizenship.

The student applies understanding of economic concepts and systems to analyze decision-making and the interactions between individuals, households, business, government, and societies.

The student uses a spatial perspective to make reasoned decisions by applying the concept of location, region, and movement, and demonstrating knowledge of how geographic features and human cultures impact environment.

The student understands and applies knowledge of historical thinking, chronology, eras, turning points, major ideas, individuals, and themes of local, Washington state, tribal, United States, and world history in order to evaluate how history shapes the present and future.