Fifth Grade Social Studies

Fifth Grade

Social Studies

 

 

Strand   A Time, Continuity, and Change [History]    
Standard The student a understands historical
chronology and the historical perspective.  
   
       
Benchmarks      
       
SS.A.1.2.1.5   The student understands how individuals, ideas, decisions, and events can influence history.  

Ethnic Heritage

 

 

SS.A.1.2.2.5  The student uses a variety of methods and sources to understand history (e.g., interpreting diaries, letters, newspapers; and reading maps and graphs) and knows the difference between primary and secondary sources. Ethnic Heritage

 

 

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Strand   A Time, Continuity, and Change [History]    
Standard The student understands United States history from 1880 to the present day.      
       
Benchmarks      
       
SS.A.4.2.4.5 The student knows significant historical documents and the principal ideas expressed in them (e.g., Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights).

 

  Law and Government
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Strand   B People, Places, and Environments [Geography]    
Standard The student understands the world in spatial terms.    
       
Benchmarks      
       
SS.B.1.2.1.5  The students uses maps, globes, charts, graphs, and other geographic tools including map keys and symbols to gather and interpret data and to draw conclusions about physical patterns.  

Places and Maps

 

 

       
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Strand   B People, Places, and Environments [Geography]    
Standard The student understands the interactions of people and the physical environment.    
       
Benchmarks      
       
SS.B.2.2.2.5 The student understands how the physical environment supports and constrains human activities.  

Conservation

 

SS.B.2.2.3.5 The student understands how human activity affects the physical environment   Conservation

 

SS.B.2.2.4.5

 

The student understands how factors such as population growth, human migration, improved methods of transportation and communication, and economic development affect the use and conservation of natural resources.   Conservation

 

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Strand   C Government and the Citizen [Civics and Government]
Standard The student understands the structure, functions, and purpose of government and how the principles and values of American democracy are reflected in American constitutional government.    
       
Benchmarks      
       
SS.C.1.2.1.5   The student identifies the structure and function of local, state, and federal governments under the framework of the Constitutions of Florida and the United States   Law and Government

 

SS.C.1.2.2.5   The student understands the structure, functions, and primary responsibilities of executive, legislative, and judicial branches of governments and understands how all three branches of government promote the common good and protect individual rights.   Law and Government  

 

 

SS.C.1.2.4.5  The student knows possible consequences of the absence of government, rules, and laws.  

Law and Government  
Community
What Is Freedom?

 

SS.C.1.2.5.5  The student knows the basic purposes of government in the United States and knows the basic things governments do in one’s school, community, state, and nation.  

Law and Government
Community

 

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Strand   C Government and the Citizen [Civics and Government]
Standard The student understands the role of the citizen in American democracy.    
       
Benchmarks      
       
SS.C.2.2.1.5   The student understands the importance of participation through community service, civic improvement, and political activities.

Service
Exhibiting Responsible Citizenship

 

SS.C.2.2.2.5   The student understands why personal responsibility (e.g., taking     advantage of the opportunity to be educated) and civic responsibility (e.g., obeying the law and respecting the rights of others) are important.

When People Steal From Me
Exhibiting Responsible Citizenship

 

SS.C.2.2.4.5 The student knows examples of the extension of the privileges and responsibilities of citizenship.

Exhibiting Responsible Citizenship  
 What Is Freedom?
 

 

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Strand   D Production, Distribution, and Consumption [Economics]
Standard The student understands the characteristics of different economic systems and institutions.
Benchmarks
SS.D.2.2.2.5 The student understands the roles that money plays in a market economy. Consumerism  

 

 

SS.D.2.2.3.5 The student understands the services that banks and other financial institutions in the economy provide to consumers, savers, borrowers, and businesses. Consumerism

 

 

 

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