1. Performance Standards
Concept Wall
Essential
Questions
Enduring
Understandings

2. K-5 Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings
Kid Friendly Language

3. Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings
Kindergarten
Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings

4. Time, Change, Continuity Individuals, Groups, Institutions
Culture
Time, Change, Continuity
Location
K Kindergarten
Individuals, Groups, Institutions
Scarcity 4

5. Culture
Culture is how people think, act, celebrate, and make rules, and that it is what makes a group of people special. 5

6. Time, Change, Continuity
Some things will change over time, while other things will stay the same. 6

7. Where people live matters.
Location
Where people live matters. 7

8. Individuals, Groups, Institutions
What people, groups, and institutions say and do can help or harm others whether they mean to or not. 8

9. Scarcity
Because people cannot have everything they want, they have to make choices. 9

10. Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings
1st Grade
Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings

11. Time, Change, Continuity Individuals, Groups, Institutions
Culture
Location
1st Grade
Individuals, Groups, Institutions
Scarcity 11

12. Culture
Culture is how people think, act, celebrate, and make rules, and that it is what makes a group of people special. 12

13. Time, Change, Continuity
Some things will change over time, while other things will stay the same. 13

14. Where people live matters.
Location
Where people live matters. 14

15. Individuals, Groups, Institutions
What people, groups, and institutions say and do can help or harm others whether they mean to or not. 15

16. Scarcity
Because people cannot have everything they want, they have to make choices. 16

17. Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings
2nd Grade
Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings

18. 2nd Grade Distribution of Power Time, Change, Continuity Location
Individuals, Groups, Institutions
Production, Distribution, Consumption
Scarcity 18

19. Distribution of Power
Laws and people’s beliefs help decide who gets to make choices in government. 19

20. Time, Change, Continuity
Some things will change over time, while other things will stay the same. 20

21. Where people live matters.
Location
Where people live matters. 21

22. Individuals, Groups, Institutions
What people, groups, and institutions say and do can help or harm others whether they mean to or not. 22

23. Production, Distribution, Consumption
The ways people make, get, and use goods and services may be different from how people in other places make, get, and use goods and services. 23

24. Scarcity
Because people cannot have everything they want, they have to make choices. 24

25. Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings
3rd Grade
Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings

26. Individuals, Groups, Institutions Production, Distribution Consumption
Distribution of Power
Conflict and Change
Location
3rd Grade
Individuals, Groups, Institutions
Production, Distribution Consumption
Beliefs and Ideals 26

27. Distribution of Power
Laws and people’s beliefs help decide who gets to make choices in government. 27

28. Conflict causes change.
Conflict & Change
Conflict causes change. 28

29. Where people live matters.
Location
Where people live matters. 29

30. Individuals, Groups, Institutions
What people, groups, and institutions say and do can help or harm others whether they mean to or not. 30

31. Production, Distribution, Consumption
The ways people make, get, and use goods and services may be different from how people in other places make, get, and use goods and services. 31

32. People’s ideas and feelings influence their decisions.
Beliefs & Ideals
People’s ideas and feelings influence their decisions. 32

33. Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings
4th Grade
Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings

34. Technological Innovations Individuals, Groups, Institutions
Distribution of Power
Conflict and Change
Location
4th Grade
Technological Innovations
Rule of Law
Individuals, Groups, Institutions
Beliefs and Ideals
Movement/ Migration 34

35. Distribution of Power
Laws and people’s beliefs help decide who gets to make choices in government. 35

36. Conflict causes change.
Conflict & Change
Conflict causes change. 36

37. Where people live matters.
Location
Where people live matters. 37

38. Rule of Law
Laws are made to keep people safe and explain what the government can and cannot do. 38

39. Individuals, Groups, Institutions
What people, groups, and institutions say and do can help or harm others whether they mean to or not. 39

40. Movement/ Migration
Moving to new places changes the people, land, and culture of the new place, as well as the place that was left. 40

41. People’s ideas and feelings influence their decisions.
Beliefs & Ideals
People’s ideas and feelings influence their decisions. 41

42. Technological Innovation
New technology has many types of different consequences, depending on how people use that technology. 42

43. Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings
5th Grade
Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings

44. 5th Grade Conflict and Change Distribution of Power Location
Production, Distribution, Consumption
Scarcity
Individuals, Groups, Institutions
Movement/ Migration
Beliefs and Ideals 44

45. Distribution of Power
Laws and people’s beliefs help decide who gets to make choices in government. 45

46. Conflict causes change.
Conflict & Change
Conflict causes change. 46

47. Where people live matters.
Location
Where people live matters. 47

48. Production, Distribution, Consumption
The ways people make, get, and use goods and services may be different from how people in other places make, get, and use goods and services. 48

49. Individuals, Groups, Institutions
What people, groups, and institutions say and do can help or harm others whether they mean to or not. 49

50. Movement/ Migration
Moving to new places changes the people, land, and culture of the new place, as well as the place that was left. 50

51. People’s ideas and feelings influence their decisions.
Beliefs & Ideals
People’s ideas and feelings influence their decisions. 51

52. Scarcity
Because people cannot have everything they want, they have to make choices. 52

53. Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings
All EUs
Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings

54. People’s ideas and feelings influence their decisions.
Beliefs & Ideals
People’s ideas and feelings influence their decisions. 54

55. Conflict causes change.
Conflict & Change
Conflict causes change. 55

56. Culture
Culture is how people think, act, celebrate, and make rules, and that it is what makes a group of people special. 56

57. Distribution of Power
Laws and people’s beliefs help decide who gets to make choices in government. 57

58. Individuals, Groups, Institutions
What people, groups, and institutions say and do can help or harm others whether they mean to or not. 58

59. Where people live matters.
Location
Where people live matters. 59

60. Movement/ Migration
Moving to new places changes the people, land, and culture of the new place, as well as the place that was left. 60

61. Production, Distribution, Consumption
The ways people make, get, and use goods and services may be different from how people in other places make, get, and use goods and services. 61

62. Rule of Law
Laws are made to keep people safe and explain what the government can and cannot do. 62

63. Scarcity
Because people cannot have everything they want, they have to make choices. 63

64. Technological Innovation
New technology has many types of different consequences, depending on how people use that technology. 64

65. Time, Change, Continuity
Some things will change over time, while other things will stay the same. 65