Ohio
Social
Studies Academic Content Standards
Applied to Wolcott Tour
Benchmarks / Grade Level Indicators
Grades K-2
History
B.
Place
events in correct order on a time line.
C.
Compare
daily life in the past and present demonstrating an understanding that while
basic human
needs remain the same, they are met in different ways in different
times and places
D.
Recognize
that the actions of individuals make a difference, and relate the stories of
people from
diverse backgrounds who have contributed to the heritage of the
United States.
Kdg. B-2 Use vocabulary associated with time to distinguish
broad categories of historical time
such as
long ago, yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Gr. 1: B-3. Distinguish among past, present and future.
C-5. Compare
past and present, near and far, with emphasis on daily life including
a.
the roles
of men, women and children
b.
the
identification of basic human needs
c.
various
ways people meet human needs
Gr. 2: B-3.
Place a series of related events in chronological order on a time line.
C-4.
Use
historical artifacts, photographs, biographies, maps, diaries and folklore to
answer questions about daily life in the past.
C-5.
Identify
the work that people performed to make a living in the past and explain how
jobs
in the past are similar and / or different from those of today.
C-6.
Identify
and describe examples of how science and technology have changed the daily
lives
of people and compare:
a.
forms of communication from the past and present
b.
forms of transportation from the past and present
D-7.
Recognize
the importance of individual action and character and explain how they have
made
a difference in others’ lives with emphasis on the importance of:
a.
social
and political leaders in the United States (e.g. George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, Tecumseh…..
People in Societies
A.
Identify
practices and products of diverse cultures.
B.
Identify
ways that different cultures within the United States and the world have shaped
our national heritage.
Gr.1: A-1. Describe
similarities and differences in the ways different cultures meet common human
Gr. 2: B-3 Explore how contributions of different cultures
within the United States have influenced
our
common national heritage.
B-4
Describe the contributions of significant individuals, including artisans,
inventors,
scientists, architects, explorers and political leaders to the cultural heritage of the
United States.
Geography
A. Identify the location of the State of Ohio, the
United States, the continents and oceans on maps,
globes and other geographic representations.
B. Identify physical and human features of places.
C.
Explain
how environmental processes influence human activity and ways humans depend on
and adapt to the environment.
Kdg. A-1
Identify and correctly use terms related to location, direction and distance
including:
a. up/down
b. over/under
c.
here/there
d.
front/back
e.
behind/in front of
A-4 Distinguish between land and water on maps and globes.
C-7 Identify key natural resources that are used in the
students' daily lives.
Gr.1:
A-1 Identify and correctly use terms related to location,
direction and distance including:
a. left/right
b. near/far
A-3
Identify and use symbols to locate places of significance on maps and
globes.
A-4 Locate the local community, state and the United States
on maps or globes.
C-7 Describe human adaptations to variations in the physical
environment including:
a. food
b. clothing
c. shelter
d. transportation
e. recreation
Gr.2
A-1 Read and interpret a variety of maps.
A-2
Construct a map that includes a map title and key that explains all
symbols that are used.
C-6 Identify ways in which people have responded to and
modified the physical environment
such as building roads and
clearing land for urban development.
Economics
A.
Explain
how the scarcity of resources requires people to make choices to satisfy their
wants.
B.
Distinguish
between goods and services and explain how people can be both buyers and sellers
of goods and services.
C.
Explain
ways that people may obtain goods and services.
Kdg: B-3 Identify goods and services.
Gr.1: A-1
Explain that wants are unlimited and resources are scarce, thereby
forcing individuals to
make choices.
B-2
Describe
the ways people produce, consume and exchange goods and services in their
community.
C-3
Explain
ways that people may obtain goods and services that they do not produce
including the use of money and barter.
Gr.2: A-1
Explain how resources can be used in various ways (e.g., a bushel of corn
could be fed
to
B-2
Explain
how people are both buyers and sellers of goods and services.
B-3
Recognize
that most people work in jobs in which they produce a few special goods
or services.
B-4
Recognize
that money is a generally accepted medium of exchange for goods and
services and
that different countries use different forms of money.
Government
A.
Identify
elected leaders and authority figures in the home, school and community and
explain
reasons for having persons in authority.
B.
Recognize
and explain the importance of symbols and landmarks of the United States.
C.
Explain
the purposes of rules in different settings and the results of adherence to, or
violation of the
rules.
Kdg:
A-1 Identify authority
figures in the home, school and community.
C-3
Identify purposes for having rules and ways that they
provide order, security and
safety
in the home, school and community.
Gr.1:
A-2 Explain how voting can be used to make group decisions.
C-4
Recognize
the need for rules in different settings and the need for fairness in such
rules.
C-5
Discuss the consequences of violating rules.
Gr.2: A-1
Identify
leaders such as mayor, governor and president, and explain that they are
elected
by the people.
Citizenship Rights
and Responsibilities
A.
Describe
the results of cooperation in group settings and demonstrate the necessary
skills.
B.
Demonstrate
personal accountability, including making choices and taking responsibility for
personal actions.
Kdg:
B-2 Take personal
responsibility to follow directions and rules.
Gr.1: A-1
Demonstrate
the importance of fair play, good sportsmanship respect for the rights and
opinions of others and the idea of treating others the way you want to be
treated.
B-3 Demonstrate accountability for actions.
B-4
Demonstrate
pride in personal accomplishments.
B-5
Demonstrate
citizenship traits including trustworthiness, fairness, self-control, respect
for those in authority.
Gr.2: A-1
Demonstrate skills and explain the benefits of
cooperation when working in group
settings:
a. manage conflict peacefully
b. display courtesy
c. respect others
Social Studies
Skills and Methods
A.
Obtain
information from oral, visual, print and electronic sources.
C.
Communicate
information orally, visually or in writing.
D.
Identify a problem and work in groups to solve it.
Kdg: A-1
Listen for
information.
B-2 Sort objects or pictures according to appropriate criteria.
B-3 Compare similarities and differences among object or pictures.
C-4 Communicate
information.
D-5 Work with others by sharing, taking turns and raising hand to speak.
Gr.1:
A-1 Obtain information about a topic using a variety of oral and visual
sources.
B-2 Sequence
information.
B-3 Determine
categories for sorting information.
C-5 Communicate information orally or visually.
D-6
Display
courtesy and respect for others in group settings including: staying on the
topic, focusing attention on the
speaker
Gr.2: A-1
Obtain information from oral, visual and print sources.
A-2
Identify
sources used to gather information: people, printed materials, electronic
sources.
B-3 Predict the next event in a sequence.
D-6 Use problem-solving/decision-making skills to identify a
problem and gather
information while working independently and in groups.
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Ohio
Social Studies
Academic Content Standards
Applied to Wolcott Tour
Benchmarks / Grade Level Indicators
Grades 3-5
History
A. Construct
time lines to demonstrate an understanding of units of time and chronological
order.
B. Describe
the cultural patterns that are evident in North America today as a result of
exploration, colonization and conflict.
C. Explain
how new developments led to the growth of the United States.
Gr.3:
A-1 Define
and measure time by years, decades, and centuries.
A-2
C-3
Businesses, architecture, physical features,
employment, education, transportation,
technology, religion and recreation.
Gr.4:
A-1 Construct time lines with evenly spaced intervals for years, decades and
centuries to
show the order of significant events in Ohio history.
B-3
Explain
the causes and effects of the frontier wars of the 1790s, including the Battle
of
C-4
Explain
how Ohio progressed from territory to statehood, including the terms of the
terms of the Northwest Ordinance.
C-5
Explain
how canals and railroads changed settlement patterns in Ohio and Ohio’s
economic and political status in the United States.
C-6
Explain
the importance of inventors such as the Wright Brothers,……
Gr. 5:
A-1 Create time lines and identify possible relationships between events.
People in Societies
A. Compare
practices and products of North American cultural groups.
B. Explain
the reasons people from various cultural groups came to North America and the
consequences of their interactions with each other.
Gr.4
A-1 Describe the cultural practices and products of various groups who have
settled in
Ohio over time... b. The
historic Indians of Ohio
B-4
Explain
the reasons people came to Ohio including
a. opportunities in agriculture,
mining and manufacturing
b. family ties
c. freedom from political and religious
oppression.
Geography
A. Use map
elements or coordinates to locate physical and human features of North America.
C. Identify
and explain ways people have affected the physical environment of North America
and analyze the positive and negative consequences.
D. Analyze
ways that transportation and communication relate to patterns of settlement and
economic activity.
Gr. 3: A-1 Use
political maps, physical maps and aerial photographs to ask and answer
questions
about the local community.
C-7 Identify ways that physical characteristics of the
environment (i.e., landforms, bodies
of water, climate and vegetation) affect and have been modified by the local
community.
D-8 Identify systems of transportation used to move people and
products and systems of
communication used to move ideas from place to place.
Gr. 4:
A-1 Use linear scale to measure the distance between places on a map.
A-3
Describe the
location of Ohio relative to other states and countries
C-9 Analyze the positive and negative consequences of
human changes to the physical
environment including:
a. Great Lakes navigation.
Economics
A. Explain the opportunity costs involved in the allocation o f
scarce productive resources.
B. Explain
why entrepreneurship, capital goods, technology, specialization and division of
labor are
important in the production of goods and services.
C.
Explain how competition affects producers and consumers in a market economy and
why
specialization facilitates trade.
Gr. 3:
B-2 Identify people who purchase goods and services as consumers and people
who make
goods or provide services as producers.
B-3
Categorize
economic activities as examples of production or consumption.
C-6 Explain
how the local community is an example of a market where buyers and sellers
exchange goods and services.
Gr. 4: A-1
Identify the productive resources needed to produce a
good or service and suggest
opportunity costs for the resources involved.
A-2
Explain
how the availability of productive resources in Ohio promotes
specialization in
the production of goods and services and leads to trade.
B-3 Explain
how entrepreneurs organize productive resources to produce goods and
services
and that they seek to make profits by taking risks.
C-4 Explain
ways in which individuals and households obtain and use income.
C-5 Explain
why people in Ohio specialize in what they produce and then trade with
others,
which then increases the amount of goods and services available.
Government
A. Identify
the responsibilities of the branches of the United States government and explain
why they are necessary.
Gr. 3:
A-2
Explain the structure of local leaders (e.g., …city council members or
mayor).
A-4 Identify goods and services provided by local government, why people need
them and
the source of funding (taxation).
Gr.4: A-1
Explain major responsibilities of each of the three branches of
government in Ohio
a. the
legislative branch, headed by the General assembly, makes state laws
b. the
executive branch, headed by the governor, carries out and enforces laws made
by
the General Assembly;
c. the
judicial branch, headed by the Ohio Supreme Court, interprets and applies the
law.
Citizenship
Rights and Responsibilities
A. Explain
how citizens take part in civic life in order to promote the common good.
Gr.3:
A-1 Describe how people help to make the community a better place in which to
live
including: working to preserve the environment
A-2
Demonstrate effective
citizenship traits including: civility, respect for the rights and
dignity of
each person, volunteerism, compromise, compassion, persistence in
achieving
goals, civic-mindedness
Gr.4:
A-1 Describe the ways in which citizens can promote the common good and
influence
their government including: voting, communicating with officials,
participating in
civic and service
organizations, performing voluntary service
Social Studies
Skills and Methods
A. Obtain information from a variety of primary and secondary sources
using the component parts of
the source.
B. Use a
variety of sources to organize information and draw inferences.
C. Use
problem-solving skills to make decisions individually and in groups.
Gr.3:
A-1 Obtain information about local issues from a variety of sources
including: maps,
photos, oral histories, newspapers, letters, artifacts,
documents
B-3 Identify possible cause and effect relationships.
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Social
Studies Academic Content Standards
Applied to Wolcott Tour
Benchmarks / Grade Level Indicators
Grades 6-8
History
A. Interpret
relationships between events shown on multiple-tier timelines.
Gr. 6: A-1 Construct a multiple-tier
timeline from a list of events and interpret the relationships
between the events.
People in Societies
A. Compare
cultural practices, products and perspectives of past civilizations in order to
understand commonality and diversity of cultures.
B. Analyze
examples of interactions between cultural groups and explain the factors that
contribute to cooperation and conflict.
C. Explain
how contact between different cultures impacts the diffusion of belief systems,
art, science, technology, language and forms of government.
Gr.
6: A-1 Compare
the cultural practices and products of the societies studied including:
a. Class structure
b. Gender roles
c. Beliefs
d. Customs and traditions
B-3 Explain factors that foster
conflict or cooperation among countries:
a. Language
b. Religion
c. Types of Government
d. Historic relationships
e. Economic interests
Gr. 8:
B-2 Describe and explain the social, economic and political
effects of:
a. Stereotyping and prejudice
b. Racism and discrimination
c. Institutionalized racism and institutionalized
discrimination
B-3 Analyze how contact between white settlers and American
Indians resulted in treaties,
land acquisition and Indian removal.
C-6 Explain how the diverse people of the United States
developed a common national
identity.
Geography
C. Explain how the
environment influences the way people live in different places and the
consequences of modifying the environment.
Gr. 6: C-5
Describe ways human settlements and
activities are influenced by environmental
factors and processes in different
places and regions including:
a. bodies of water
b. landforms
c. climates
d. vegetation
e. weathering
f. seismic activity
Economics
B. Explain
why trade occurs and how historical patterns of trade have contributed to global
interdependence.
Gr. 6: B-5 Describe how supply and demand
help to set the market clearing price for goods and
services and how prices reflect the relative scarcity of goods and services.
Government
B.
Explain how the Declaration of Independence, the United States
Constitution, including the Bill of
Rights, and the Northwest Ordinance have
provided for the protection of rights and the long term
future of a growing
democracy.
Gr. 8:
B-7 Explain how the Northwest Ordinance established principles
and procedures for the
orderly expansion of the United States.
Citizenship Rights
and Responsibilities
A. Show the
relationship between civic participation and attainment of civic and public
goals.
Gr. 8: A-2 Explain how the opportunities for
civic participation expanded during the first half of
the 19th Century including:
a. nominating conventions
b. expansion of the franchise
c. active campaigning
Social Studies
Skills and Methods
B. Organize
historical information in text or graphic format and analyze the information in
order to draw conclusions.
Gr. 6: B-2 Analyze information from primary
and secondary sources in order to summarize,
make generalizations and draw conclusions.
Gr. 7: B-1 Describe historical events and
issues from the perspectives of people living at the
time in order to avoid evaluating the past in terms of today's norms and values.
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Social
Studies Academic Content Standards
Applied to Wolcott Tour
Benchmarks / Grade Level Indicators
Grades 9-10
People in Societies: Students use knowledge of perspectives, practices and products of cultural, ethnic and social groups to analyze the impact of their commonality and diversity within local, national, regional and global settings.
A.
Analyze the influence of different cultural perspectives on the actions of
groups.
B. Analyze the consequences of oppression, discrimination and
conflict between
cultures.
Gr. 9:
B-2 Analyze the results of political, economic and social
oppression
and the violation of human rights including:
a. the exploitation of indigenous peoples
b. the Holocaust and other acts of genocide, including those
that have occurred in Armenia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Iraq.
Gr. 10:
A-2 Analyze the perspectives that are evident in
African-American,
American Indian and Latino art, music, literature and media and
how these contributions reflect and shape culture in the United
States.
Geography: Students use knowledge of geographic locations, patterns and processes to show the interrelationship between the physical environment and human activity, and to explain the interactions that occur in an increasingly interdependent world.
B.
Evaluate the consequences of geographic and environmental changes resulting
from governmental policies and human
modifications to the physical
environment.
Gr. 9: B-4 Explain the causes and
consequences of urbanization including
economic development, population growth and environmental
change.
Gr. 10: B-2 Describe how changes in
technology, transportation and
communication affect the location and patterns of economic
activities and uses of productive resources.
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Social
Studies Academic Content Standards
Applied to Wolcott Tour
Benchmarks / Grade Level Indicators
Grades 11-12
People in Societies: Students use knowledge of perspectives, practices and products of cultural, ethnic and social groups to analyze the impact of their commonality and diversity within local, national, regional and global settings.
A. Analyze how issues may be viewed differently by various cultural groups.
Gr. 11: A-1 Choose a government policy or program
and analyze how it has affected and
been received by one or more racial, ethnic or religious groups:
a. Indian policies
b. Immigration laws
c. Segregation policies
d. Selective service laws
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