Power Standard 1: The student will be able to evaluate the principles expressed in documents shaping constitutional democracy in the United States.
Power Standard 2: The student will be able to analyze the principles and processes of governance systems.
PS1 LT1 I can apply the principles of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
PS1 LT2 I can apply the principles of the Bill of Rights to historical time periods being studied and to current events.
PS2 LT1 I can analyze how decisions are established, enforced, and interpreted by the federal government.
PS2 LT2 I can distinguish between powers and functions of local, state and national government in the past and present.
PS1 LT1 I can apply the principles of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
PS1 LT1 I can apply the principles of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
PS3.LT1 I can describe the impact of migration, expansion, and the resulting interactions upon the people in North America.
PS3.LT 3 I can investigate the causes and consequences of westward expansion.
Including the Texas and the Mexican War, Oregon Territory, California Gold Rush. (Later examples might include expansion into Hawaii, Alaska, the Philippines, Puerto Rico)
PS4.LT 1 I can read and construct maps.
Power Standard 2: The student will be able to analyze the principles and processes of governance systems.
PS1 LT1 I can apply the principles of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
PS1 LT2 I can apply the principles of the Bill of Rights to historical time periods being studied and to current events.
PS2 LT1 I can analyze how decisions are established, enforced, and interpreted by the federal government.
PS2 LT2 I can distinguish between powers and functions of local, state and national government in the past and present.
PS1 LT1 I can apply the principles of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
- Apply the principles of the Declaration of Independence to the historical time periods being studied and to current events
- Apply the principles of the U.S. Constitution to the historical time periods being studied and to current events.
- Analyze ways by which citizens have effectively voiced opinions, monitored government, and brought about change both past and present
- Analyze how authoritative decisions are made, enforced and interpreted by the federal government across historical time periods and current events.
PS1 LT1 I can apply the principles of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
- Apply the principles of the Declaration of Independence to the historical time periods being studied and to current events
- Apply the principles of the U.S. Constitution to the historical time periods being studied and to current events.
- Analyze ways by which citizens have effectively voiced opinions, monitored government, and brought about change both past and present
- Analyze how authoritative decisions are made, enforced and interpreted by the federal government across historical time periods and current events.
- PS3 LT1: I can describe the impact of migration, expansion, and the resulting interactions upon the people in North America.
- PS3 LT3: I can investigate the causes and consequences of westward expansion.
- PS4 LT1: I can read and construct maps.
- PS4 LT2: I can use geography to interpret, analyze, and make predictions.
PS3.LT1 I can describe the impact of migration, expansion, and the resulting interactions upon the people in North America.
- Describe the impact of migration on immigrants and the United States c. 1800- 2000.
- Examine cultural interactions and conflicts among Native Americans, European Americans and African Americans from c. 1800 – 2000.
PS3.LT 3 I can investigate the causes and consequences of westward expansion.
Including the Texas and the Mexican War, Oregon Territory, California Gold Rush. (Later examples might include expansion into Hawaii, Alaska, the Philippines, Puerto Rico)
PS4.LT 1 I can read and construct maps.
- Use geographic sources to acquire information, answer questions and solve problems.
- Construct maps for relevant social studies topics
- Name and locate specific regions, states, capitals, river systems and mountain ranges in the United States based on historical or current topics.
- Locate and describe real places, using absolute and relative Understanding location.
- Evaluate how people are affected by, depend on, adapt to and change their physical environments in the past and in the present.
- Evaluate how changes in communication and transportation technologies affect people’s lives.
Power Standard 3:The student will be able to justify the continuity and change in the history of Missouri and the United States through the use of tools of social science inquiry.
Power Standard 4: The student will be able to analyze major elements of geographical study and their relationship to changes in society, culture and the environment. - PS3 LT4 I can identify major causes and consequences of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
- PS4 LT1: I can read and construct maps.
- PS4 LT2: I can use geography to interpret, analyze, and make predictions.
PS3.LT 4 I can identify major causes and consequences of the Civil War and Reconstruction. - Identify the political, economic and social causes and consequences
- Interpret past, present, and predict future consequences of economic decisions.
- PS4.LT 1 I can read and construct maps.
- Use geographic sources to acquire information, answer questions and solve problems.
- PS4.LT 2 I can use geography to interpret, analyze, and make predictions.
- Evaluate how people are affected by, depend on, adapt to and change their physical environments in the past and in the present.
- Evaluate how changes in communication and transportation technologies affect people’s lives.
Construct maps for relevant social studies topics. - Name and locate specific regions, states, capitals, river systems and mountain ranges in the United States based on historical or current topics.
- Locate and describe real places, using absolute and relative Understanding location.