School Administrative District #4
Unity of purpose
CORE CURRICULUM:
ESSENTIAL LEARNINGS FOR PROMOTION
Department: Social Studies
Of all the performance indicators listed for a given content standard, some are more critical to future academic success than others. Those that address knowledge and skills needed for students to experience success at the next checkpoint (i.e., specific grade, grade level, or post-graduate experience) are referred to as "essential learn-ings." Such learnings should be assessed at the end of each checkpoint and tied to specific performance standards (e.g., distinguished, advanced, basic, novice). A student who performs at the basic level with respect to these learnings is generally promoted from one grade or level to the next. A student who cannot do so may be (1) promoted with reservations clearly recorded, mailed home to parents, and placed on file or (2) retained, depending upon the severity of that student's deficits with respect to the standards and the promotion-and-retention policy of the district.
Local assessments and performance standards have not yet been established for S.A.D. #4 schools, but teachers are encouraged to consider the benchmarks that follow as they assess their students' readiness for subsequent levels of learning. Students at the kindergarten level have been given one year and high-school students have been given four years to demonstrate the essential learnings delineated beneath Kindergarten and Grades 9-12, respectively. All other students have been given two years to demonstrate the essential learnings.
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Kindergarten |
Performance Indicators: The learner will·
CONTENT STANDARD: HISTORY
1. Demonstrate an understanding that history relates to events and people of other times and places
CONTENT STANDARD: GEOGRAPHY
1. Compare and contrast the relative location of people, places, and things
2. Describe the human and physical characteristics of the immediate environment
3. Identify the town and state in which he/she lives
CONTENT STANDARD: CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT
1. Demonstrate and understanding of good citizenship
2. Demonstrate an understanding that members of a group have rights and responsibilities
CONTENT STANDARD: ECONOMICS
1. Match descriptions of work that people do and the names of those jobs with examples from the school
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Grades 1- 2 |
Performance Indicators: The learner will·
CONTENT STANDARD: HISTORY
1. Demonstrate an awareness of major events and people in history
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the term community
3. Place individual and family experiences in historical time and place
CONTENT STANDARD: GEOGRAPHY
1. Use simple maps and globes to locate state/country in which he/she lives
2. Construct a simple pictorial map
3. Identify street/road on which he/she lives
4. Identify common community and map symbols
5. Identify major geographical features
CONTENT STANDARD: CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT
1. Develop an understanding of the need for classroom/school rules
2. Demonstrate an understanding that school officials have the responsibility to develop and to oversee rules and procedures that protect individual and group rights
3. Identify differing traditions and practices among the States
4. Identify some of the characteristics which make the United States a democratic nation
CONTENT STANDARD: ECONOMICS
1. Explain the relationship between needs and wants in three basic areas of living (food, clothing, shelter)
2. Explain the difference between goods and services and describe how people are both consumers and producers
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Grades 3-4 |
Performance Indicators: The learner will·
CONTENT STANDARD: HISTORY
1. Place in chronological order, significant events, groups, and individuals in history
2. Demonstrate an awareness of major events and people in history
3. Compare the present and past lives of Native Americas
CONTENT STANDARD: GEOGRAPHY
1. Identify the sixteen counties of Maine and associate the principal resources of the state with those counties most famous for producing them
2. Locate the following elements of physical geography
á Moosehead Lake
á Penobscot River
á Kennebec River
á Androscoggin River
á Mount Katahdin
á Augusta
á Bangor
á Portland
á Student's hometown
3. Use simple maps and globes to locate from memory the seven continents and four major oceans
4. Be able to read and interpret a variety of maps
5. Identify and locate the following:
á equator
á prime meridian
á northern hemisphere
á southern hemisphere
á eastern hemisphere
á western hemisphere
6. Use of variety of materials and geographic tools to explain how the physical environment supports and constrains human activities
CONTENT STANDARD: CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT
1. Explain the relationship between rights and responsibilities
2. Identify differing traditions and practices among countries
3. Identify the governor of Maine
4. Be able to name the three branches of government
CONTENT STANDARD: ECONOMICS
1. Describe barter and money and how each is used in the exchange of resources, goods, and services
2. Indicate economic changes in Maine from 1850 to the present
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Grades 5-6 |
Performance Indicators: The learner will·
CONTENT STANDARD: HISTORY
1. Describe how people of various races arrived in American and how their arrival impacted American history
2. Describe events leading to the American Revolution and America's independence from the English government
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the growth and change in American in the 19th century
4. Explain the term civilization and describe one from ancient history (i.e., Sumer, Egypt, Greece, Rome)
5. Identify major events in the history of Canada (i.e., exploration, colonization, confederation)
6. Identify characteristics of ancient civilizations that are reflected in western civilization
CONTENT STANDARD: GEOGRAPHY
1. Differentiate between relative and absolute location
2. Understand United States' social, political, and economic divisions
3. Differentiate among various kinds of maps
4. Demonstrate an understanding of how society changes as a consequence of concentrated settlement
5. Locate from memory all fifty states and their capitals
6. Distinguish between parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude, and use the equator and prime meridian to locate the earth's hemispheres
7. Locate from memory the elements of physical geography (i.e., Nile, Tigres and Euphrates Rivers, Sicily, Corsica, Vesurius, Canada its capital and all provinces)
8. Construct maps of the world and its sub-regions to identify major physical features and political divisions (i.e., the area of the Fertile Crescent, Canada, its borders and major bodies of water)
CONTENT STANDARD: CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT
1. Identify some of the basic individual rights protected by the Constitution of the United States
2. Demonstrate an understanding of elected government officials
3. Compare leadership and civil rights in a democracy to their status under and authoritarian government of Canada with the government of the United States
4. Compare the structure of the government of Canada with the government of the United States
5. Demonstrate an understanding of how ancient Greek society contributed to democratic principles
6. Explain the reason for alliances with some ancient civilizations against others
CONTENT STANDARD: ECONOMICS
1. Identify important economics concepts related to the development of ancient civilizations
2. Explain how the industrial revolution changed the way Canadians produced goods and services
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Grades 7-8 |
Performance Indicators: The learner will·
CONTENT STANDARD: HISTORY
1. Trace simultaneous events in various parts of the world during a specific era
(i.e., Europe, the United States, Maine)
2. Determine the accuracy of historical fiction by comparing the characters and events described with descriptions in multiple primary sources
3. Support a personal point of view on a controversial, historical topic
4. Demonstrate an understanding of ethnic and cultural perspectives missing from a historical account
5. Formulate historical questions based on examination of primary and secondary sources
CONTENT STANDARD: GEOGRAPHY
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the themes of geography
2. Locate from memory the elements of physical geography: major salt water bodies, major fresh water bodies, major islands, major mountain and ranges and mountains and major deserts
3. Associate the elements of physical geography with a particular geographic region, of the world including, but not limited to major water bodies, major countries
4. Visualize the globe and construct maps of the United States and the world and its sub-regions to identify patterns of human settlement, major physical features, and political division
5. Demonstrate an understanding of how and why maps change over time
6. Demonstrate an understanding of the United States' social, political, and economic divisions and the more significant social and political divisions of the world
7. Explain patterns of migration throughout the world
CONTENT STANDARD: CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT
1. Compare and contrast the American political system to those of other nations
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the United Nations in international relationships
3. Describe ways United States citizens participate in the political process, such as registering to vote, voting, communicating with government officials, serving on juries, running for political office
4. Explain the reasons for alliances with some nations against others
5. Identify and explain the civil rights, liberties, and responsibilities established in the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights
6. Identify and explain the meaning of the fundamental principles of American constitutional democracy (i.e., separation of powers, three branches of government, separation of church and state)
7. Describe and analyze the process by which a proposed law is adopted.
8. Identify individuals in United States history who have been agents of governmental change
9. Compare and contrast structure and roles of local, state, and national governments
10. Explain the foreign-policy powers which the Constitution gives to the branches of government
11. Assess the ways in which the United States government has attempted to resolve an international problem
1. Analyze how scarcity affects an individual's decisions about production and consumption of goods and services
2. Demonstrate an understanding of how different economies and meet basic wants and needs over time
3. Demonstrate an understanding of how world-trade issues can affect a nation's economy and how trade can influence and transform societies
4. Demonstrate knowledge of the economic concepts of supply, demand, price, the role of money, and profit and loss
5. Identify how the fundamental characteristics of the United States economic system influence economic decision making
6. Demonstrate an understanding of the full costs, including external costs, of producing a product or a service
7. Describe the roles and contributions of the principal contributors to the economy (i.e., laborers, investors, entrepreneurs, managers)
8. Describe how changes in transportation and communication technologies have affected trade over time
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Grade 9 |
Performance Indicators: The learner will·
CONTENT STANDARD: HISTORY
1. Demonstrate an understanding of people and events from the history of Africa
and Middle East
á People to know:
á Jesus Christ
á Hammurabi
á Mohammad
á Ramses
á Cleopatra
á Events to know:
á Explain the rise of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity
á Describe the use of tombs in Ancient Egypt
2. Demonstrate an understanding of people and events from the history of Asia
á People to know:
á Confucius
á Siddartha Guatama
á Ghengis Khan
á Events to know:
á Explain the rise of Eastern Religion and Philosophy (e.g. Buddhism, Confucianism)
á Explain the impacts of China on world societies
3. Demonstrate an understanding of people and events from the history of
Ancient Europe
á People to know:
á Alexander the Great
á Napoleon Bonaparte
á Augustus Caesar
á Julius Caesar
á Martin Luther
á Events to know:
á Explain the Greek Golden Age
á Describe the fall of Roman Empire
4. Demonstrate an understanding of people and events from Latin America
á People to know:
á Montezuma
á Hernando Cortez
á Events to know:
á Explain the fall of the Aztec Empire
5. Demonstrate an understanding of people and events from Middle Ages
á People to know:
á Charlamagne
á William the Conqueror
á Richard the Lionhearted
á Events to know:
á Explain the causes of the Crusades
á Describe Feudal society
á Explain the end of the Middle Ages
CONTENT STANDARD: GEOGRAPHY
á Place
á Location
á Interaction
á Region
á Movement
á Organized government
á Arts
á Religion
á Farming
á Technology
á Writing system
á Specialized skills
á Symbols
á Scales
á Latitude and longitude
á Graphs & charts
á Atlas' & almanacs
region
á Major salt-water bodies
á Oceans
á Major seas
á Black
á Mediterranean
á Red
á Major mountains
á Everest
á Kilimanjaro
á Major rivers
á Amazon
á Nile
á Yangtze
á Euphrates
á Tigris
á Continents and major countries and cities
á Europe
á Greece
á Athens
á Italy
á Rome
á France
á Paris
á Great Britain
á London
á Spain
á Russia
á Moscow
á Asia
á Japan
á Tokyo
á China
á Beijing
á Hong Kong
á India
á Bombay
á Calcutta
á Iran
á Iraq
á Baghdad
á Israel
á Jerusalem
á Turkey
á Istanbul
á Africa
á Egypt
á Cairo
á South Africa
á Johannesburg
á Libya
á "Latin America"
á Mexico
á Mexico City
á Panama
á Peru
á Chile
á Brazil
CONTENT STANDARD: CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT
1. Compare and contrast governments/discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each
á Democracy
á Dictatorship
á Monarchy
á Aristocracy
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the political significance of events associated with
history
á Growth of democracy on Athens
á Political structure of Roman Empire
á Political structure of feudalism
á Political implications of Magna Carta
á Impact of Chinese philosophies on government
á Explain the connection between religion and government in early civilizations
(e.g. Egypt, Mesopotamia)
CONTENT STANDARD: ECONOMICS
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the economic significance of events in
world history
á Explain the barter system
á Explain the significance of the Silk Road and its impact on ancient
á world economics
á Explain feudalism
á Describe how the guild system functioned during the late Middle
á Ages and early Renaissance
á Describe how the discovery of wealth in ancient civilizations in Latin
á America affected European markets
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Grade 10 |
Performance Indicators: The learner will·
CONTENT STANDARD: HISTORY
1. Identify the major people and events associated with gaining American independence and with establishing a new government for 1750 - 1800
á Presidents
á King George (III)
á Paul Revere
á John Hancock
2. Identify advantages and disadvantages of the British and Patriot armies
á Explain the main points of the Declaration of Independence
3. Identify the major people and events associated with an emerging nations 1801 - 1820
á presidents
á Francis Scott key
á Discuss importance of the Monroe Doctrine
4. Identify major people and events associated with the civil war period 1821-1865
á Presidents
á Jefferson Davis
á Robert E. Lee
á Harriet Beeches Stowe
á Harriet Truman
á Dred Scott
á Eli Whitney
5. Describe early efforts of Americans to explore and settle the Pacific Northwest
á List major advantages of the north and south at beginning of Civil war
á Recognize major bottles and or turning points of civil war
6. Identify the major people and events associated with reconstruction 1866-1889 (Industrialization)
á Presidents
á List effects of the civil war on north and south
á How the 13th, 14th, 15th amendments effected blacks
á John Rockefeller
á Alexander Graham Bell
á Thomas Edison
á Explain hardships faced by the pioneer farmers who settled Great Plains
CONTENT STANDARD: GEOGRAPHY
1. Demonstrate the socio-economic and cultural significance of events
associated with gaining American independence 1750-1800
á Explain why some Americans remained loyal to George III during the Revolutionary War
2. Understand the socio-economic and cultural significance of events associated with emerging nation 1801 - 1820
3. Understand the socio-economic and cultural significance of events associated with civil war period 1821 - 1865
á Describe the socio-economic impact of immigration on the United States
á Explain how the factory system changed the way people lived and worked
á Describe life of a plantation slave and discuss the ways in which slaves protested
á Discuss southern arguments in defense of slavery and arguments used by those who opposed slavery
4. Understand the socio-economic and cultural significance of events associated with Reconstruction
á Explain the effects of the 13th, 14th, 15th amendments has on blacks.
á Explain the reasons for the near total destruction of the buffalo and the effect of this on the Plains Indians
á Describe the patterns of immigration in the years after the civil war
CONTENT STANDARD: CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT
1. Demonstrate and understanding of the political and legal significance of events associated with gaining American independence and establishing a new government 1750-1800
á Discuss strengths and weaknesses of the federal government under articles of confederation.
á Explain the division of powers in the American federal system, the delegated powers of the national government and the reserved powers of the states
á Explain the basic concepts of the United States Constitution
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the political and legal significance of events associated with an emerging nation from 1801- 1810
á Explain the power of judicial review and its origins in the case of Marbury vs. Madison
á Explain the Monroe Doctrine and impact on foreign policy
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the political and legal significance of events associated with the civil war period from 1821-1865
á list the restrictions embodied in the slave codes
á Discuss main points of the compromise of 1850
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the political and legal significance of events associate with reconstruction from 1866-1919
á List the provisions of the 13th, 14th 15th amendments
á Discuss the reasons for the conflict between congress and President A. Johnson and the outcome of the impeachment trial
á Discuss terms of Reconstruction Act of 1867
CONTENT STANDARD: ECONOMICS
1. Understand the economic significance of events associated with gaining independence and establishing a new government form 1750 - 1800
á list financial problems faced by states after independence was won
2. Understand the economic significance of events associated with an emerging nation 1801-1820
3. Understand the economic significance of events associated with the civil war period 1821-1865
á list new means of transportation that brought about the growth of cities
á Explain how the cotton fin helped the expansion of cotton cultivation
4. Understand events associated with reconstruction development of industrialization 1866-1889
á Explain the influence of railroads on American economy
á List some problems farmers faced in the late 1800's
á Explain how the civil war and the government stimulated industrial expansions
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Grade 11 |
Performance Indicators: The learner will·
CONTENT STANDARD: HISTORY
1. Identify the major people and events associated with the establishment of America as a dominant world power from 1866-1919
á Explain the events that led to war between the United State and Spain
á List immediate and underlying cases of world wars
á Explain why the United States Senate neglected/rejected the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
2. Identify the major people and events associated with prosperity, depression and war from 1920-1945
á important people associated the period
á Presidents
á Adolf Hitler
á Winston Churchill
á Benito Mussolini
á Explain the New Deal
á Explain the causes of World War II
3. Explain how the Treaty of Versailles, The Depression and the lack of world leadership led to World War II
4. Describe the policy of appeasement and the reasons for its failure
5. Explain the developments in Japanese - American relations that led to the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941
6. Describe what was happening on the home front during World War II and how those efforts led to an allied victory
á Describe genocide as evidenced during the holocaust
7. Identify the major people and events associated with the United States as the major world power from 1946-1989
á Presidents
á Neil Armstrong
á Fidel Castro
á Saddam Hussein
á Martin Luther King, Jr
á Joseph McCarthy
á Ho Chi Minh
á Oliver North
á Lee Harvey Oswald
á Boris Yeltsin
8. Discuss the conflict in Korea and the settlement that ended it
9. Describe president Kennedy's handling of the Bay of Pigs Incident, the Berlin Crisis and the Cuban Missile Crisis
10. Explain how American was drawn into the Vietnam War
á Explain Nixon's policy of Vietnamization and the steps that led to a settlement of American involvement in Vietnam
11. Explain the events of the Watergate incident and how it led to Nixon's resignation
12. Discuss the events that led to American involvement in the Persian Gulf War
CONTENT STANDARD: GEOGRAPHY
1. Understand the socio-economic and cultural significance of events associated with the establishment of America as a dominant world power 1890-1919
2. Describe the geographic growth of the United States during the age of Imperialism - identify the territories acquired
á Alaska
á Hawaii
á Puerto Rico
á Philippines
á Guam
á Samoa
3. Understand the socio-economic and cultural significance of events associated with prosperity, depression ad war 1920 - 1945
á 18th amendment
á 19th amendment
á automobiles
á aviation
á radio
á movies
á electrical appliances
4. Describe the changes in American lifestyle 1946 - 1988
á computer technology
á space technology
á cold war
á suburbs
5. Understand the socio-economic and cultural significance of events associated with the United States as the major world power from 1989 - present
á global warming
á aids
á drug trafficking
CONTENT STANDARD: CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the political and legal significance of events associated with the establishment of America as a dominant world power from 1890 - 1919
2. Discuss the change in electing United States Senators as a result of the 17th amendment
3. Explain the significance of the 18th amendment
4. Describe the effects of the supreme courts decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson
5. Demonstrate an understanding of the political and legal significance of events associated with prosperity, depression and war 1920 - 1945
6. Describe the steps taken in the 1920's to restrict immigration
7. Explain the 19th, 20th, 21st amendments to the constitution
8. Compare Hoover's attempts to end the depression to Roosevelt's attempt
9. Describe the Good Neighbor Policy
10. Demonstrate an understanding of the political and legal significance of events associated the United States as a major world power from 1946-1989
11. Compare and contrast United States foreign policy before and after World War II
12. Describe the organization and purpose of NATO and United Nations
13. Discuss the impact of the Brown vs. The Board of Education on the Civil Rights Movement
14. Explain Johnson's "Great Society" and war on poverty
15. Explain Ford's decision to pardon Nixon and discuss the criticism of the decision
16. Demonstrate an understanding of the political and legal significance of events associated the United States as a major world power from 1989 - present
17. Explain the effects of the "Collapse of Soviet Communism" on the United States
18. Describe the role of the United States in Somalia, Kuwait, Bosnia, Haiti and Kosovo
19. Identify advantages and disadvantages of NAFTA
CONTENT STANDARD: ECONOMICS
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Grade 12 |
Performance Indicators: The learner will·
CONTENT STANDARD: HISTORY
CONTENT STANDARD: GEOGRAPHY
CONTENT STANDARD: CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT
1. Demonstrate an understanding of modern political and economic systems
á Discuss the four theories of the origins of government
á Compare the major forms of government in the world today
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the process of constitutional change through formal and informal amendments
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental freedoms associated with civil rights today
á protection of freedom of religion, free speech and free press in the United States
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the critical place of the electoral process in a democratic government
á Methods of nomination
á Conduct of elections
á Place of money in politics
á Place of P.A.C.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of the federal court system
á role of judiciary
á role of supreme court
CONTENT STANDARD: ECONOMICS
1. Understand the economic significance of events associated with the establishment of America as a dominant world power 1890-1919
2. Understand the economic significance of events associated with prosperity, depression and war from 1920 - 1945
3. Describe Henry Ford's contributions to the automobile industry
4. Explain the economic impact of the dust bowl
5. Discuss the effects of the stock market crash on the United States
á Explain the economic impacts of World War I and World War II
á Explain how and why capitalism and communism collided in Europe
á Explain how the United States economy was impacted by issues/events including but not limited to
á Johnson's Great Society
á Baby boom
á Civil rights movement
á Cold war
á Vietnam War
6. Compare strengths and weaknesses of the market economy with other economic systems
á capitalism
á socialism
á communism
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Grades 9 - 12 |
Performance Indicators: The learner will·
GLOBAL ECONOMICS
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the economic concepts of supply, demand, price, the role of money and profit and loss
2. Define the roles of laborers, investors, entrepreneurs, and managers by starting how each contributes to a global market economy
3. Describe how changes in transportation and communication technologies have affected trade over time
4. Describe the economic and social transition from a rural, agricultural society to a more urban industrial society
5. Explain the government's role in taxing and spending and it's affect on an economic system