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Power Standards that cover Earth and Space Science, Life Science and Physical Science First grade Power Standards aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards Physical Science 1-PS4-1 – Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate. 1-PS4-4 – Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance. Earth/Space Science 1-ESS1-1 – Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted. Life Science 1-LS1-1 – Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their need.
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PowerStandards (Listed) and Supporting Standards (Italicized) Civics SS.CV.2.6-8.MdC: Explain the origins, functions, and structure of government with reference to the U.S. Constitution, Illinois Constitution and other systems of government. SS.CV.4.6-8.MdC: Analyze the ideas and principles contained in the founding documents of the United States and other countries, and explain how they influence the social and political system. SS.CV.1.6-8.MC: Evaluate the powers and responsibilities of citizens, political parties, interest groups, and the media. SS.CV.3.6-8.LC, MdC, MC: Compare the means by which individuals and groups change societies, promote the common good, and protect rights. SS.H.1.6-8.MdC: Analyze connections among events and developments in broader historical contexts. SS.CV.6.6-8.MdC; Analyze the purposes, implementation, and consequences of public policies in historic and contemporary settings. History SS.H.2.6-8.MdC: Analyze multiple factors that influenced the perspectives of people during different historical eras. SS.H.3.6-8.LC: Classify the kinds of historical sources used in secondary interpretation. SS.H.4.6-8.MC: Organize applicable evidence into a…
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PowerStandards (listed) and Supporting Standards (Italicized) Geography Standards SS.G3.6-8.MdC: Explain how changes in transportation and communication influence the spatial connections among human settlements and affect the spread of ideas and culture. SS.G.4.6-8.MdC: Explain how global changes in population distribution patterns affect changes in land use. Financial Literacy SS.EC.FL1.6-8:MdC: Identify how people choose to buy goods and services while still maintaining a budget based on income, taxes, savings, and fixed and variable interest rates. SS.EC.FL2.6-8.MdC: Explain the correlation between investors, investment options (and associated risks), and income/wealth. Economic Decision Making SS.EC.1.6-8.MdC: Explain how external benefits and costs influence choices SS.EC.2.6-8.MC: Explain how changes in supply and demand cause changes in prices and quantities of goods and services, labor, credit, and foreign currencies SS.EC.3.6-8.LC: Explain why standards of living increase as productivity improves. Civics & Political Institutions SS.CV.1.6-8.MdC: Describe the roles of political, civil, and economic organizations in shaping people’s lives SS.CV.2.6-8.MdC…
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PowerStandards (Bolded) and Supporting Standards (Italicized) Geography SS.G.1.6-8.MdC: Use mapping and graphing to represent and analyze spatial patterns of different environmental and cultural characteristics. SS.G2.6-8.MdC: Compare and contrast the cultural and environmental characteristics of different places or regions. SS.G.3.6-8.LC: Explain how environmental characteristics impact human migration and settlement. SS.G.4.6-8.LC: Identify how cultural and environmental characteristics vary among regions of the world. History SS.H.1.6-8.LC: Classify series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity. SS.H.2.6-8.LC: Explain how and why perspectives of people have changed over time SS.H.3.6-8.MdC: Detect possible limitations in the historical record based on evidence collected from different kinds of historical sources. SS.H.4.6-8.LC: Explain multiple causes and effects of historical events SS.H.3.6-8.LC: Classify the kinds of historical sources used in secondary interpretation. Economics SS.EC.1.6-8.LC: Explain how economic decisions affect the wellbeing of individuals, businesses, and society. SS.EC.2.6-8.LC: Analyze the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in a…
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Power Standards (Listed) and Supporting Standards (Italicized) Geography: Investigate and explain how the cultural and environmental characteristics of places within the United States change over time. (SS.5.G.2) Use print and digital maps of different scales to describe the locations of cultural and environmental characteristics (SS.5.G.1.) Explain how human settlements and technological advancements have impacted natural resources. (SS.5.G.3) Analyze the effects of catastrophic environmental and technological events on human settlements and migration. (SS.5.G.4) History: Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to identify cause and effects of relationships in history and the impacts of underrepresented groups. (SS.5.H.1) Use information about a historical source, including the creator (author), date, place of origin, intended audience, and purpose, to judge the extent to which the source is useful for studying a particular topic.(SS.5.H.2) Summarize the central claim in a work of history (SS.5.H.3) Civics: Explain the roles and responsibilities of government officials at…
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Power Standards (Listed) and Supporting Standards (Italicized) Civics: Define democracy and explain how limited participation affects the political representation of multiple groups (SS.4.CV.2) Explain the roles and responsibilities of government officials at the local, State and national levels and investigate how the roles and responsibilities of government have changed over time. (SS.4.CV.1) Identify core civic virtues and democratic principles that guide governments, society, and communities. (SS.4.CV.3) Using evidence, explain how rules, regulations, and laws alter or transform societies and how people from multiple communities influence and experience this transformation. (SS.4.CV.4) Economics: Explain that income can be saved, spent on goods and services, or used to pay taxes. (SS.EC.FL.4.4) Explain how profits reward and influence sellers. (SS.EC.1.4) Analyze how spending choices are influenced by price as well as many other factors (e.g. advertising, peer pressure, options) (SS.EC.FL.3.4). Describe how goods and services are produced using human, natural, and capital resources (SS.EC.2.4) History:…
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Power Standards (Listed) and Supporting Standards (Italicized) Civics Explain how families, workplaces, organizations and government entities interact and affect communities in multiple ways. (SS.3.CV.1) Using evidence, describe how people have strived to improve communities over time to achieve equitable outcomes, practices, or policies. (SS.3.CV.2) Economics & Financial Literacy Describe the role of banks and other financial institutions in an economy (SS.EC.FL.3.3) Compare the goods and services that people in the local community produce and those that are produced in other communities.(SS.EC.1.3) Explain that when people borrow, they receive something of value now and agree to repay the lender over time.(SS.EC.FL. 4.3) Generate examples of the goods and services that governments provide (SS.EC. 2.3) Geography Explain how culture influences the way people modify and adapt to the environment or the way people do not modify and adapt to their environments (SS.3.G.2.) Using print and digital maps, globes, and other simple geographic models…
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Power Standards (Listed) and Supporting Standards (Italicized) Civics With guidance and support, identify features and functions of governments. (SS.2. CV.1) With guidance and support, describe how communities can collaborate to accomplish tasks, establish roles and responsibilities and achieve equitable outcomes for the community.(SS.2. CV.2.) Economics & Financial Literacy Demonstrate how our choices can affect ourselves and others in positive and negative ways. (SS.EC.1.2) Geography Describe the connections between the physical environment of a place and the economic activities found there. (SS.2.G.3.) With guidance and support, identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of your community and compare to other places or regions. (SS.2.G.2) With guidance and support, use print and digital maps, globes and other simple geographic models to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of places. (SS.2.G.1) History Examine key events that changed history from multiple perspectives, including the perspectives of diverse individuals, cultures, and groups (SS.2.H.2.2) Identify main ideas and changes…
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Power Standards (Listed) and Supporting Standards (Italicized) Civics With guidance and support, explain how individuals that live, learn and work together make important decisions, and the effect that these decisions have on a variety of diverse communities. (SS.1.CV.1) Identify reasons for rules and explain how rules establish responsibilities and roles, and their effect on one’s own and other groups and communities.’ (SS.1.CV.2) Geography Compare how people in different types of communities use local and world-wide environments to meet their daily needs.(SS.1.G.3.) Describe how human activities affect the cultural and environmental characteristics of places or regions. (SS.1.G.2 ) Construct and interpret print and digital maps and other cultural representations of familiar places (SS.1.G.1) Economics Explain and give examples of when choices are made that something else is given up. (SS.EC.1.1) Describe the skills and knowledge required to produce certain goods and services. (SS EC 2.1) Explain how people are compensated for…
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Power Standards (Listed) and Supporting Standards (Italicized) Civics: With guidance and support, identify the roles of individuals and leaders and their responsibility to meet the needs of different people and communities. (SS.CV.1.K) (Leadership) (Tri 1) With guidance and support, identify reasons for rules and explain how rules establish responsibilities and roles for various settings. (SS.K.CV.2) (Rules) (Tri 1) Geography: With guidance and support, explain how weather, climate and other environmental factors affect people’s lives and cultural identities in our region. (SS.K.G.1) (Weather) (Tri 2 & 3) With guidance and support, explain how people and goods move from place to place. (SS.K.G.2) (Transportation) (Tri 3) With guidance and support, identify characteristics of print and digital maps, graphs, and other cultural representations of familiar places. (SS.K.G.3) Economics: Explain that choices are made because of scarcity (i.e., because individuals cannot have everything that they want). (SS.K.EC.1) History With guidance and support, compare life…