Social Studies in Tooele County School District

These are summarized versions of the standards that we teach. There’s no standardized curriculum or sequence and teachers select among a variety of resources. If you have questions about how a specific standard is approached in a specific classroom, please reach out to the teacher.

Kindergarten Standards

• Standard K.1.1: Compare past and present lives, food, clothing, rules.
• Standard K.1.2: Analyze historical figures, why they're remembered for good traits.
• Standard K.1.3: Explain families' support, unique histories.
• Standard K.2.1: Construct simple maps, explain place representation.
• Standard K.2.2: Explain globe as Earth model.
• Standard K.2.3: Describe unique community geographical features.
• Standard K.2.4: Use relative location terms with maps/globes.
• Standard K.3.1: Describe rules and importance in family, class, school.
• Standard K.3.2: List qualities for working together (e.g., honesty, respect).
• Standard K.3.3: Identify ways people build strong community.
• Standard K.3.4: Explain importance of symbols, rules, traditions.
• Standard K.4.1: Distinguish basic human needs from wants.
• Standard K.4.2: Relate work types to meeting needs/wants.
• Standard K.4.3: Identify ways people use money: spending, saving, sharing.

First Grade Standards

• Standard 1.1.1: Explain different points of view on historical events.
• Standard 1.1.2: Summarize contributions of diverse historical figures, groups.
• Standard 1.1.3: Use primary sources to infer remembered events.
• Standard 1.1.4: Create primary source about personal history.
• Standard 1.2.1: Construct simple maps of familiar settings.
• Standard 1.2.2: Differentiate natural and engineered geographic features.
• Standard 1.2.3: Use maps/globes to locate community, state, nation, world.
• Standard 1.2.4: Explain reasons people, animals, goods move.
• Standard 1.3.1: Compare classroom rules to community laws.
• Standard 1.3.2: Identify ways to function as school/community members.
• Standard 1.3.3: Explain diverse groups working together to solve problems.
• Standard 1.3.4: Identify symbols, landmarks, documents, show respect.
• Standard 1.3.5: Demonstrate characteristics of responsible citizenship.
• Standard 1.4.1: Explain costs/benefits of spending/saving for needs/wants.
• Standard 1.4.2: Identify ways people make a living in community.
• Standard 1.4.3: Identify roles of consumers, producers, distributors.

Second Grade Standards

• Standard 2.1.1: Use primary sources to document history chronology.
• Standard 2.1.2: Use primary sources to identify community changes.
• Standard 2.1.3: Summarize key ideas in Declaration of Independence.
• Standard 2.1.4: Retell histories of people/events linked to symbols.
• Standard 2.1.5: Identify achievements of significant Americans.
• Standard 2.2.1: Locate poles, equator, continents, oceans, US, Utah, city.
• Standard 2.2.2: Interpret/construct physical maps using features.
• Standard 2.2.3: Identify major geographical features and their significance.
• Standard 2.2.4: Describe how location, climate, features affect living.
• Standard 2.2.5: Describe interdependent relationships between life and features.
• Standard 2.2.6: Identify natural resources, responsible use/stewardship.
• Standard 2.2.7: Locate family origins on map, share cultural information.
• Standard 2.3.1: Define essential qualities of good community members.
• Standard 2.3.2: Describe rights and responsibilities of US/Utah citizens.
• Standard 2.3.3: Provide examples of conflict resolution, unity in community.
• Standard 2.3.4: Explain why cities need government, its welfare promotion.
• Standard 2.3.5: Identify current leaders and their responsibilities/traits.
• Standard 2.3.6: Identify celebrations/holidays honoring Utah/US history.
• Standard 2.4.1: Explain benefits of personal savings.
• Standard 2.4.2: Explain scarcity, opportunity cost in choices.
• Standard 2.4.3: Describe services by local economic institutions.
• Standard 2.4.4: Describe people as producers and consumers.
• Standard 2.4.5: Identify specialized work for manufacturing/transporting goods.

Third Grade Standards

• Standard 3.1.1: Discuss basic differences in government forms.
• Standard 3.1.2: Explain "We the People" vital to government.
• Standard 3.1.3: Summarize US Constitution as supreme law.
• Standard 3.1.4: Identify First Amendment rights, their impact.
• Standard 3.1.5: Explain checks and balances in government branches.
• Standard 3.2.1: Locate community, state, country, continent on maps.
• Standard 3.2.2: Describe how geography shaped community development.
• Standard 3.2.3: Define own culture or community cultures.
• Standard 3.2.4: Evaluate how community changed over time.
• Standard 3.3.1: Analyze community shaped by diverse residents.
• Standard 3.3.2: Reflect on group processes vs. democratic processes.
• Standard 3.3.3: Research community improvements over time.
• Standard 3.3.4: Describe civic roles, why people serve.
• Standard 3.3.5: Explain leader selection, ways to improve community.
• Standard 3.3.6: Describe why governments collect taxes, how used.
• Standard 3.3.7: Discuss choices' effect on community's future.
• Standard 3.3.8: Collaborate to address community need through service.
• Standard 3.4.1: Choose/locate community outside US on maps.
• Standard 3.4.2: Research geography of chosen community, cultural inferences.
• Standard 3.4.3: Define cultures of chosen community.
• Standard 3.4.4: Examine/compare types of government in chosen community.
• Standard 3.4.5: Examine community's adaptation/modification of environment.

Fourth Grade Standards

• Standard 4.1.1: Use geographic tools to identify Utah features.
• Standard 4.1.2: Examine Utah maps, infer relationships, human changes.
• Standard 4.1.3: Describe Utah geography's health/safety consequences.
• Standard 4.2.1: Use evidence to explain Utah geography's importance to tribes.
• Standard 4.2.2: Explain economic concepts, apply to Native American trade.
• Standard 4.2.3: Use sources to compare Native American life ways.
• Standard 4.2.4: Investigate reasons early explorers came, their relevance.
• Standard 4.3.1: Use primary sources to compare migration experiences.
• Standard 4.3.2: Explain Utah geography's opportunities/constraints (1847–1896).
• Standard 4.3.3: Describe establishment/economic development under Brigham Young.
• Standard 4.3.4: Identify statehood challenges, women's suffrage involvement.
• Standard 4.3.5: Cite multiple perspectives on conflicts of this period.
• Standard 4.3.6: Describe human changes to Utah's environment (1847–1896).
• Standard 4.3.7: Explain Transcontinental Railroad's economic changes.
• Standard 4.4.1: Identify state government function, Utah Constitution rights.
• Standard 4.4.2: Compare Utah/US Constitutions: similarities and differences.
• Standard 4.4.3: Identify Utah symbols, their history/geography, respect.
• Standard 4.4.4: Use sources to explain Utah's economic changes.
• Standard 4.4.5: Analyze interaction of local, state, tribal, federal governments.
• Standard 4.4.6: Use case studies on global events' Utah impact.
• Standard 4.5.1: Describe Native American sovereignty, cultural preservation efforts.
• Standard 4.5.2: Make case for lasting significance of recent Utah event.
• Standard 4.5.3: Use data for sustainable development recommendations.
• Standard 4.5.4: Compare experiences of past and present immigrants in Utah.
• Standard 4.5.5: Propose positive steps for individual/group action.
• Standard 4.5.6: Choose/explain Utah cultural institution's significance.

Fifth Grade Standards

• Standard 5.1.1: Cite how geography influenced Native American lives.
• Standard 5.1.2: Identify Native American ideas, innovations, contributions.
• Standard 5.1.3: Use sources to evaluate exploration/colonization factors.
• Standard 5.1.4: Describe conflicts over land, trade, alliances during colonization.
• Standard 5.2.1: Use primary sources for Revolution perspectives.
• Standard 5.2.2: Summarize significant ideas in Declaration of Independence.
• Standard 5.2.3: Explain key individuals' influence on American Revolution.
• Standard 5.2.4: Craft argument: how colonists prevailed over empire.
• Standard 5.3.1: Investigate US government principles, foundational documents.
• Standard 5.3.2: Apply Preamble ideals to historical/current issues.
• Standard 5.3.3: Explain Founders' reasons for three branches, checks/balances.
• Standard 5.3.4: Explain Bill of Rights' significance, amendment impact.
• Standard 5.3.5: Investigate constitutional amendments, expanded rights.
• Standard 5.3.6: Describe civic duties in American society.
• Standard 5.4.1: Use evidence for Westward Expansion's impacts.
• Standard 5.4.2: Explain driving forces of 19th-century immigration.
• Standard 5.4.3: Summarize impacts of forced relocation on Native Americans.
• Standard 5.4.4: Compare differences leading to Civil War.
• Standard 5.4.5: Explain key individuals' influence on Civil War.
• Standard 5.4.6: Craft argument: how US prevailed in Civil War.
• Standard 5.4.7: Identify Civil War's outcomes, lasting resonance.
• Standard 5.5.1: Compare motivations for US entry into wars.
• Standard 5.5.2: Compare US entry motivations for WWI and WWII.
• Standard 5.5.3: Craft argument for most significant US event (1900–now).
• Standard 5.5.4: Make evidence-based claim about US world role.
• Standard 5.6.1: Investigate current US issues, propose solutions.
• Standard 5.6.2: Evaluate positive change methods/impacts as models.
• Standard 5.6.3: Connect causes/effects of 20th-century social movements.
• Standard 5.6.4: Research/summarize minority community accomplishments.

Sixth Grade Standards

• Standard 6.1.1: Discern civilization characteristics, compare ancient civilizations.
• Standard 6.1.2: Recognize origins of major religions, their role.
• Standard 6.1.3: Analyze how physical geography affected civilizations.
• Standard 6.1.4: Identify economic systems/technologies of civilizations.
• Standard 6.1.5: Compare cultures of civilizations, identify expressions.
• Standard 6.1.6: Compare purposes of early vs. modern governments.
• Standard 6.2.1: Summarize key tenets of major world religions.
• Standard 6.2.2: Explain spread of religious ideas influenced globalization.
• Standard 6.2.3: Identify historically significant inventions (500–1500 CE).
• Standard 6.2.4: Trace how geography affected human connection.
• Standard 6.2.5: Critique governance steps toward self-rule.
• Standard 6.2.6: Generalize spread of goods/ideas increased global influence.
• Standard 6.3.1: Describe exploration/colonization/imperialism conditions/motivations.
• Standard 6.3.2: Use maps/data to infer lasting impacts of expansion.
• Standard 6.3.3: Draw conclusions about economic impacts of conflicts.
• Standard 6.3.4: Explain causes/effects of 18th–20th century revolutions.
• Standard 6.3.5: Cite evidence for causes/effects of WWI, Depression, WWII.
• Standard 6.4.1: Describe impact/significance of major global events (20th–21st C).
• Standard 6.4.2: Summarize differences in economic systems globally.
• Standard 6.4.3: Determine human rights development, protection efforts.
• Standard 6.4.4: Cite current global events exemplifying interconnectedness.

Utah Studies (UT)

UT Strand 1: Native Innovations and Adaptations (Prehistory–Ca. 1847)

• Standard 1.1: Infer ancient cultures from prehistoric Utah artifacts.
• Standard 1.2: Analyze Utah's geography's interaction with American Indian cultures.
• Standard 1.3: Explain American Indian economic activity using basic concepts.
• Standard 1.4: Analyze European-American exploration; explain American Indian responses.
• Standard 1.5: Describe cultural change/continuity of Utah's sovereign Native American nations.

UT Strand 2: Utah’s Diverse Peoples (Ca. 1847–1896)

• Standard 2.1: Explain causes and effects of Mormon migration to Utah.
• Standard 2.2: Compare causes/effects of non-Mormon group migrations to Utah.
• Standard 2.3: Explain Utah settlement/urbanization patterns using geographic inquiry.
• Standard 2.4: Research multiple perspectives on political, social, cultural conflicts.
• Standard 2.5: Explain how transportation changed Utah's economy and geography.
• Standard 2.6: Explain how industries created new Utah communities and economies.
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