Social+Studies

**Principles of Constitutional Democracy**
A. Principles of constitutional democracy in the United States B. Role of citizens and governments in carrying out constitutional principles D. Knowledge of the symbols of our nation A. Principles and purposes of government. C. Processes of governmental [|systems]
 * 1. Knowledge of the principles expressed in documents shaping constitutional democracy in the United States**
 * Explain and apply the concept of majority rule
 * Explain the rights of citizens
 * Describe the importance of the Pledge of Allegiance
 * 2. Knowledge of principles and processes of governance systems**
 * Explain the importance of promoting the common good
 * Demonstrate a peaceful resolution to a dispute
 * Explain how disputes can threaten the peace in a community and how they may be resolved peacefully
 * Describe how authoritative decisions are made, enforced and interpreted within local communities

**Missouri, United States and World History**
G. Knowledge of contributions of non-Missourians
 * 3a. Knowledge of continuity and change in the history of Missouri and the United States**
 * Compare and contrast the habitats, [|resources], art and daily lives of native American peoples, Woodland and Plains Indians

**Economic Concepts and Principles**
A. Knowledge of basic economic concepts, being able to explain and use them to interpret historical and current events B. Understanding the consequences of personal and public economic decisions
 * 4. Knowledge of economic concepts (including productivity and the market system) and principles (including the laws of supply and demand)**
 * Explain or demonstrate how people [|trade] using money and bartering
 * Explain how to make decisions using cost-benefit analysis

**Elements of Geographical Study and Analysis**
A. Reading and constructing maps B. Understanding the concept of location to make predictions and solve problems C. Understanding the concept of place D. Relationships within places (Human-Environment Interactions) (Movement) E. Understanding relationships between and among places F. Understanding relationships between and among regions G. Using [|geography] to interpret, explain and predict
 * 5. Knowledge of major elements of geographical study and analysis (such as location, place, movement and regions) and their relationship to changes in society and the environment**
 * Construct maps with title and key
 * Identify and locate the world’s seven continents and four oceans
 * Identify and describe physical characteristics in the world (landforms, water bodies, etc.)
 * Describe why people of different groups settle more in one place than another
 * Describe how transportation and [|communication systems] have facilitated the movement of people, products and ideas
 * Describe different types of communication and transportation and identify their advantages and disadvantages
 * Define regions (i.e., as places that have some unifying characteristic—political, climatic, language, physical, etc.)
 * Use geography to explain the present (e.g., why today’s supermarkets are able to sell apples throughout the year)

**Relationships of Individuals and Groups to Institutions and Traditions**

 * 6. Knowledge of relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions**

B. Groups meeting the needs of individual
 * Describe how needs are met by families and friends

**Tools of Social Science Inquiry**
A. Identify, select, use, analyze and create appropriate resources, primary and secondary, for [|social science] inquiry
 * 7. Knowledge of the use of tools of social science inquiry (such as surveys, statistics, maps and documents)**
 * Identify and select visual, graphic and auditory aids (graphs and charts)
 * Identify, select and use primary and secondary sources (diaries, letters, people, interviews, journals and photos)
 * Identify and select library and media resources (electronic resources, dictionaries, encyclopedias, videos, periodicals, atlases, telephone [|directories], and books)
 * Identify and select artifacts (building structures and materials, [|works of art] representative of cultures, [|fossils], pottery, tools, [|clothing], musical instruments)