Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Grades K, 1, 2

Other Iowa Social Studies sets

Behavioral Sciences

  • 1.

    Understand the changing nature of society.SS.K-2.BS.1

    1. a.

      Understand that people and institutions change over time.SS.K-2.BS.1.a

    2. b.

      Understand past, present and future.SS.K-2.BS.1.b

    3. c.

      Understand that people in different times and places view the world differently.SS.K-2.BS.1.c

  • 2.

    Understand all people have individual traits.SS.K-2.BS.2

    1. a.

      Understand that people are alike and different in many ways.SS.K-2.BS.2.a

    2. b.

      Understand that individuals will respond to events differently.SS.K-2.BS.2.b

  • 3.

    Understand interactions between self and the peer group.SS.K-2.BS.3

    1. a.

      Understand that people often choose to dress, talk, and act like their friends.SS.K-2.BS.3.a

    2. b.

      Understand that people often choose to do certain things their own way.SS.K-2.BS.3.b

    3. c.

      Understand that telling and listening is a way that people can learn from others.SS.K-2.BS.3.c

    4. d.

      Understand that disagreements occur between friends.SS.K-2.BS.3.d

    5. e.

      Understand that rules let people understand what to expect and so can reduce the number of disputes.SS.K-2.BS.3.e

  • 4.

    Understand the relationship of the individual to the components of society and culture.SS.K-2.BS.4

    1. a.

      Understand that different groups may have different rules and patterns of acceptable behavior.SS.K-2.BS.4.a

    2. b.

      Understand that people belong to some groups because they are born into them and some because they join them.SS.K-2.BS.4.b

    3. c.

      Understand that groups influence one's thoughts and actions.SS.K-2.BS.4.c

    4. d.

      Understand that a community is a group to which a person may belong.SS.K-2.BS.4.d

    5. e.

      Understand that people tend to live in families in which individuals have different roles.SS.K-2.BS.4.e

    6. f.

      Understand the features of nuclear and extended families.SS.K-2.BS.4.f

Economics

  • 1.

    Understand the role of scarcity and economic trade-offs and how economic conditions impact people's lives.SS.K-2.E.1

    1. a.

      Understand people are both consumers and producers.SS.K-2.E.1.a

    2. b.

      Understand that a cost is what you give up when you decide to do something, and a benefit is something that satisfies your wants.SS.K-2.E.1.b

    3. c.

      Understand that since people cannot have everything they want, they must make choices about using goods and services to satisfy wants.SS.K-2.E.1.c

  • 2.

    Understand that the basic nature of economics is an exchange of resources.SS.K-2.E.2

    1. a.

      Understand the role of money in everyday life.SS.K-2.E.2.a

    2. b.

      Understand that a price is the amount of money people pay for a good or service.SS.K-2.E.2.b

    3. c.

      Understand that people sell resources to businesses to earn income.SS.K-2.E.2.c

    4. d.

      Understand that in an exchange people trade goods and services for other goods and services or for money.SS.K-2.E.2.d

    5. e.

      Understand that money is a good that can be used to buy all other goods and services.SS.K-2.E.2.e

    6. f.

      Understand that barter is trading goods and services for other goods and services without using money.SS.K-2.E.2.f

    7. g.

      Understand natural resources are from nature; capital resources are made by humans; human resources (labor) are the efforts of people who produce goods and services.SS.K-2.E.2.g

  • 3.

    Understand how governments throughout the world influence economic behavior.SS.K-2.E.3

    1. a.

      Understand that some goods and services are provided by governments.SS.K-2.E.3.a

    2. b.

      Understand the purpose of taxes.SS.K-2.E.3.b

    3. c.

      Understand the concept of capitalism.SS.K-2.E.3.c

  • 4.

    Understand people in all parts of the world trade with one another.SS.K-2.E.4

    1. a.

      Understand the basic concept of trading.SS.K-2.E.4.a

    2. b.

      Understand that different currencies are used throughout the world.SS.K-2.E.4.b

  • 5.

    Understand that changes in technology impact individuals, the economy and society.SS.K-2.E.5

    1. a.

      Understand that the types of jobs and goods and services change over time.SS.K-2.E.5.a

    2. b.

      Understand the technological developments that influenced changes in communication and transportation.SS.K-2.E.5.b

    3. c.

      Understand that people are always inventing new ways to solve problems and accomplish work.SS.K-2.E.5.c

    4. d.

      Understand that manufacturing technology creates a design of a product and then produces the product in quantity.SS.K-2.E.5.d

  • 6.

    Understand the universal economic concept of needs and wants.SS.K-2.E.6

    1. a.

      Understand the difference between needs and wants.SS.K-2.E.6.a

    2. b.

      Understand the concepts of consumers and producers.SS.K-2.E.6.b

    3. c.

      Understand that people make choices because they cannot have everything they want.SS.K-2.E.6.c

Geography

  • 1.

    Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments.SS.K-2.G.1

    1. a.

      Understand representations of the earth such as maps, globes and photographs.SS.K-2.G.1.a

    2. b.

      Understand representations of locales and regions on maps and globes.SS.K-2.G.1.b

  • 2.

    Understand how geographic and human characteristics create culture and define regions.SS.K-2.G.2

    1. a.

      Understand human and physical characteristics of places. (Ex. rural, urban, forest, desert, etc.).SS.K-2.G.2.a

    2. b.

      Understand the concept of regions according to physical and human criteria.SS.K-2.G.2.b

    3. c.

      Understand the concept of culture.SS.K-2.G.2.c

    4. d.

      Understand the concepts of urban and suburban.SS.K-2.G.2.d

    5. e.

      Understand that different people living in the same region maintain different ways of life.SS.K-2.G.2.e

  • 3.

    Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of communities and the movement of populations.SS.K-2.G.3

    1. a.

      Understand why people choose to settle in different places.SS.K-2.G.3.a

    2. b.

      Understand the role that resources play in human's daily lives.SS.K-2.G.3.b

    3. c.

      Understand modes of transportation used to move products, people and ideas.SS.K-2.G.3.c

  • 4.

    Understand how geographic processes and human actions modify the environment and how the environment affects humans.SS.K-2.G.4

    1. a.

      Understand ways in which people depend on the physical environment.SS.K-2.G.4.a

    2. b.

      Understand humans impact the environment in positive and negative ways.SS.K-2.G.4.b

    3. c.

      Understand the environment impacts humans in positive and negative ways.SS.K-2.G.4.c

    4. d.

      Understand areas of a community have changed over time.SS.K-2.G.4.d

History

  • 1.

    Understand people construct knowledge of the past from multiple and various types of sources.SS.K-2.H.1

    1. a.

      Understand past, present, and future time in relation to historical events.SS.K-2.H.1.a

    2. b.

      Understand that primary sources such as artifacts, photographs, and documents are used to learn about the past.SS.K-2.H.1.b

    3. c.

      Understand timelines.SS.K-2.H.1.c

    4. d.

      Understand that people in different times and places view the world differently.SS.K-2.H.1.d

  • 2.

    Understand how and why people create and participate in governance.SS.K-2.H.2

    1. a.

      Understand the need for government and how our government came to be.SS.K-2.H.2.a

    2. b.

      Understand national symbols through which American values and principles are expressed.SS.K-2.H.2.b

    3. c.

      Understand factors that contribute to disputes or cooperation in groups and nations.SS.K-2.H.2.c

  • 3.

    Understand culture and how cultural diffusion affects the development and maintenance of societies.SS.K-2.H.3

    1. a.

      Understand cultures influence society and government.SS.K-2.H.3.a

    2. b.

      Understand reasons groups of people moved into and within the United States long ago and today.SS.K-2.H.3.b

    3. c.

      Understand the different roles of majority and minority groups in society.SS.K-2.H.3.c

  • 4.

    Understand individuals and groups within a society may promote change or the status quo.SS.K-2.H.4

    1. a.

      Understand the roles historic and ordinary Americans have played in changing society and government.SS.K-2.H.4.a

    2. b.

      Understand ways science and technology have changed the lives of people.SS.K-2.H.4.b

    3. c.

      Understand changes in values, beliefs, and attitudes have resulted in technological and scientific knowledge.SS.K-2.H.4.c

    4. d.

      Understand that changes in society may or may not be beneficial.SS.K-2.H.4.d

  • 5.

    Understand economic needs and wants affect individual and group decisions.SS.K-2.H.5

    1. a.

      Understand the differences between needs and wants.SS.K-2.H.5.a

    2. b.

      Understand the need for public and private goods and services and the workers who provide them.SS.K-2.H.5.b

    3. c.

      Understand the development of technological innovations and their economic effects.SS.K-2.H.5.c

    4. d.

      Understand changes in transportation and communication and their effects.SS.K-2.H.5.d

  • 6.

    Understand relationship between geography and historical events.SS.K-2.H.6

    1. a.

      Understand that science and technology can affect physical environments.SS.K-2.H.6.a

    2. b.

      Understand why people developed a region.SS.K-2.H.6.b

    3. c.

      Understand that the earth's physical features have changed over time.SS.K-2.H.6.c

  • 7.

    Understand cause and effect relationships and other historical thinking skills in order to interpret events and issues.SS.K-2.H.7

    1. a.

      Understand that historical decisions can help inform current public issues.SS.K-2.H.7.a

    2. b.

      Understand historical research methods.SS.K-2.H.7.b

    3. c.

      Understand the difference between fact and fiction.SS.K-2.H.7.c

Political Science/Civic Literacy

  • 1.

    Understand the basic concepts of government and democracy and that the Constitution defines the rights and responsibilities of citizens.SS.K-2.PSCL.1

    1. a.

      Understand what the US Constitution is and why it is important.SS.K-2.PSCL.1.a

    2. b.

      Understand the purpose of rules.SS.K-2.PSCL.1.b

    3. c.

      Understand the concept of fairness.SS.K-2.PSCL.1.c

    4. d.

      Understand rights and responsibilities.SS.K-2.PSCL.1.d

  • 2.

    Understand how government affects citizens and how citizens affect government.SS.K-2.PSCL.2

    1. a.

      Understand the purpose of government.SS.K-2.PSCL.2.a

    2. b.

      Understand the characteristics of a good leader.SS.K-2.PSCL.2.b

    3. c.

      Understand respect for other's point of view.SS.K-2.PSCL.2.c

    4. d.

      Understand the concepts of power and authority.SS.K-2.PSCL.2.d

  • 3.

    Understand the United States has a role in current world affairs.SS.K-2.PSCL.3

    1. a.

      Understand the world is divided into nations.SS.K-2.PSCL.3.a

    2. b.

      Understand how the nations of the world interact with one another.SS.K-2.PSCL.3.b

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 1, Grade 2, and Kindergarten
When were these standards adopted?
2017
Where can I read the official document?
Iowa Core Social Studies

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