Students understand the concept of government. Students understand the structure and function of local, state, and national governments in the United States. Students know how to use maps, globes and other geographic tools to locate and derive information about people, places, and environments. Students know and understand the chronological organization of history and are able to group people and events into major eras to identify and explain historical relationships. Students understand and use graphs, charts, statistics, and other tools of economic analysis.
Students write effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences.
Students locate, evaluate, and use relevant information sources for their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing. Number Sense Students develop number sense and use numbers and number relationships in problem-solving situations and communicate with appropriate mathematical language the reasoning used in solving these problems. Data Analysis Students use data collection and analysis, statistics, and probability in problem-solving situations and communicate with appropriate mathematical language the reasoning used in solving these problems.