Grade 5 Social Studies Hawaii standards Standards

Content Standards

Anchor and Inquiry Standards

Developing Questions and Planning Inquiries

Gathering and Evaluating Sources

Creating Claims

Communicating Conclusions

Taking Informed Action

Construct compelling questions and explain the importance of the questions to self and others

Categorize questions according to the social studies disciplines

Create supporting questions to help answer compelling questions

Explain how supporting questions help answer compelling questions

Determine whether a source is primarily fact or opinion

Determine whether a source is primary or secondary

Gather relevant information from multiple sources that would be helpful in addressing compelling and supporting questions

Develop claims in response to compelling questions

Identify specific evidence that supports the claims

Construct arguments and explanations about classroom, school, or community issues and use relevant reasons to support the arguments

Respectfully ask and answer questions about the reasons others use in their arguments and explanations

Present arguments and explanations using a variety of print, oral, and digital technologies

Identify local, regional, or global problems or issues in various times and places

Explain different ways students could work individually or in collaboration with others (e.g., other students, teachers, community and/or global organizations) to address local, regional, or global problems or issues and predict possible results of their actions

Use deliberative and democratic procedures (e.g., listening, consensus-building, voting) to identify ways to take action about local and/or regional problems or issues

Show evidence of taking individual or group action on one or more problems or issues

Explain how the geography of North America shaped the development of Native American societies

Compare elements of culture in early Native American societies

Compare motivations of European powers in the exploration and conquest of the New World

Analyze the impact of European discovery and settlement on Native Americans

Analyze how European culture influenced the development of settlements in North America

Explain the role religion played in early colonial society

Explain the role of government in the establishment of early English settlements

Compare labor systems and their socioeconomic impact on Colonial America

Explain the system and impact of the transatlantic slave trade

Draw conclusions about the lives of enslaved people in the American colonies

Draw conclusions about how the physical geography of the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies shaped the development of their unique economies

Explain the roles of women in Colonial America

Compare diverse perspectives of participants during the Revolutionary War

Analyze how economic and political conflicts between the colonies and England led to the American Revolution

Explain the significance of key battles, alliances, and people on the outcome of the Revolutionary War

Explain how principles in the Declaration of Independence became unifying ideas of American democracy