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K–12 Standards

Grade 5

Other Iowa Social Studies sets

Inquiry Anchor Standards

  • A

    Constructing Compelling Questions

    1. 1

      Identify the disciplinary concepts and ideas associated with a compelling question.SS.5.1.

  • B

    Constructing Supporting Questions

    1. 1

      Use supporting questions to help answer the compelling question in an inquiry.SS.5.2.

  • C

    Gathering and Evaluating Sources

    1. 1

      Determine the credibility of multiple sources.SS.5.3.

  • D

    Developing Claims and Using Evidence

    1. 1

      Identify evidence that draws information from multiple perspectives and sources in response to a compelling question.SS.5.4.

  • E

    Developing Claims and Using Evidence

    1. 1

      Identify evidence that draws information from multiple perspectives and sources in response to a compelling question.SS.5.4.

  • F

    Communicating and Critiquing Conclusions

    1. 1

      With teacher direction, construct responses to compelling questions supported by reasoning and evidence.SS.5.5.

  • G

    Taking Informed Action

    1. 1

      Identify challenges and opportunities when taking action to address problems, including predicting possible results. SS.5.6.

    2. 2

      Use a range of consensus-building and democratic procedures to make decisions about and act on civic problems in the classroom.SS.5.7.

Content Anchor Standards

  • A

    Recognize the Interaction Between the Individual and Various Groups

    1. 1

      Analyze how rights and laws influence interactions between groups in society.SS.5.8.

  • B

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

    1. 1

      Analyze the strategies that a variety of demographic groups have used to ensure their rights.SS.5.9.

  • C

    Apply Civic Virtues and Democratic Principles

    1. 1

      Describe how the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution impact the decisions of government, society, and/or communities. (21st century skills)SS.5.10.

  • D

    Interpret Processes, Rules and Laws

    1. 1

      Explain the processes people use to change rules and laws in the classroom, school, government, and/or society. (21st century skills)SS.5.11.

    2. 2

      Describe how laws, rules and processes have changed over time in order to restrict, protect, or extend rights. (21st century skills)SS.5.12

  • E

    Critique Exchange and Markets

    1. 1

      Describe how goods and services are produced and distributed domestically and globally.SS.5.13.

  • F

    Evaluate the National Economy

    1. 1

      Explain how various levels of government use taxes to pay for the goods and services they provide.SS.5.14.

  • G

    Assess the Global Economy

    1. 1

      Explain how trade impacts relationships between countries.SS.5.15.

  • H

    Create a Saving and Spending Plan

    1. 1

      Demonstrate ways to monitor how money is spent and saved. (21st century skills)SS.5.16.

  • I

    Measure Risk Management Tools

    1. 1

      Give examples of financial risks that individuals and households face. (21st century skills)SS.5.17. 

    2. 2

      Investigate ways that personal information is fraudulently obtained. (21st century skills)SS.5.18.

  • J

    Create Geographic Representations

    1. 1

      Create geographic representations to illustrate how cultural and environmental characteristics of a region impacted a historical event.SS.5.19.

  • K

    Analyze Human Population Movements and Patterns

    1. 1

      Analyze how rules and laws encourage or restrict human population movements to and within the United States of America.SS.5.20.

  • L

    Analyze Change, Continuity, and Context

    1. 1

      Describe the connections between historical developments that occurred within the same time period.SS.5.21.

  • M

    Compare Perspectives

    1. 1

      Explain how economic, political, and social contexts shaped people's perspectives at a given time in history.SS.5.22

  • N

    Critique Historical Sources and Evidence

    1. 1

      Using information from within a primary source, infer the intended audience, purpose, and how the creator's intended audience shaped the source.SS.5.23.

  • O

    Justify Causation and Argumentation

    1. 1

      Explain probable causes and effects of historical developments.SS.5.24.

    2. 2

      Develop a claim about the past and cite evidence to support it.SS.5.25. 

  • P

    Iowa History

    1. 1

      Analyze Iowa's role in civil rights history.SS.5.26.

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