NYS K-8 Social Studies Framework

1 The State Education Department The University of the State of New York New York State K-8. Social Studies Framework Revised February 2017. Contents Grades K 4 .. 3. Social Studies Practices: Vertical Articulation Grades K-4 .. 4. Kindergarten .. 12. Common Core Learning Standards for English Language Arts and 13. Reading Standards for Informational Text .. 13. Writing Standards .. 13. Speaking and Listening Standards .. 13. Kindergarten: Social Studies Practices .. 15. grade K: Self and Others .. 16. grade 1 .. 19. Common Core Learning Standards for English Language Arts and 20. Reading Standards for Informational Text.

2 20. Writing Standards .. 20. Speaking and Listening Standards .. 21. grade 1: Social Studies Practices .. 22. grade 1: My Family and Other Families, Now and Long Ago .. 23. grade 2 .. 27. Common Core Learning Standards for English Language Arts and 28. Reading Standards for Informational Text .. 28. Writing Standards .. 28. Speaking and Listening Standards .. 28. grade 2: Social Studies Practices .. 30. grade 2: My Community and Other Communities .. 32. grade 3 .. 36. Common Core Learning Standards for English Language Arts and 37. Reading Standards for Informational Text .. 37. Writing Standards.

3 37. Speaking and Listening Standards .. 38. grade 3: Social Studies Practices .. 39. grade 3: Communities around the World .. 41. grade 4 .. 45. Common Core Learning Standards for English Language Arts and 46. Reading Standards for Informational Text .. 46. Grades K-8 Page 1. Writing Standards .. 46. Speaking and Listening Standards .. 47. grade 4: Social Studies Practices .. 49. grade 4: Unifying Themes Aligned to Key Ideas .. 51. grade 4: New York State and Local History and Government .. 52. Grades 5-8 .. 58. Common Core Reading Standards for Literacy in History/ Social Studies .. 59.

4 Common Core Writing Standards for Literacy in History/ Social Studies , Science, and Technical Subjects .. 59. Common Core Standards for Speaking and 61. Vertical Articulation and Progression of Social Studies Practices Grades 5-8 .. 62. grade 5 .. 70. grade 5: Social Studies Practices .. 71. grade 5: Unifying Themes Aligned to Key Ideas .. 73. grade 5: The Western 74. grade 6 .. 78. grade 6: Social Studies Practices .. 79. grade 6: Unifying Themes Aligned to Key Ideas .. 81. grade 6: The Eastern Hemisphere .. 82. Grades 7 and 8: History of the United States and New York State .. 87. grade 7.

5 88. grade 7: Social Studies Practices .. 89. grade 7: Unifying Themes Aligned to Key Ideas .. 91. grade 7 History of the United States and New York State I .. 92. grade 8 .. 99. grade 8: Social Studies Practices .. 100. grade 8: Unifying Themes Aligned to Key Ideas .. 102. grade 8 History of the United States and New York State 103. Grades K-8 Page 2. Grades K 4. Grades K-8 Page 3. Social Studies Practices: Vertical Articulation Grades K-4. Social Studies K 1 2 3 4. Practices Gathering, Ask questions. Develop Develop Develop questions Develop questions Interpreting and questions about questions about about a world about New York Using Evidence his/her family.

6 The community. community. State and its history, geography, economics, and/or government. Recognize forms Recognize Recognize Recognize and use Recognize, use, of evidence used different forms of different forms of different forms of and analyze to make meaning evidence used to evidence used to evidence to make different forms of in Social Studies . make meaning in make meaning in meaning in Social evidence to make Social Studies Social Studies Studies (including meaning in Social (including sources (including primary and Studies (including such as art and primary and secondary primary and photographs, secondary sources, such as secondary sources, artifacts, oral sources, such as art and such as art and histories, maps, art and photographs, photographs, and graphs).)))

7 Photographs, artifacts, oral artifacts, oral artifacts, oral histories, maps, histories, maps, histories, maps, and graphs). and graphs). and graphs). Identify the Identify the Identify and Identify and Identify and author or creator creator and/or explain creation explain creation explain creation of a book or map. author of different and/or authorship, and/or authorship, and /or authorship, forms of purpose, and purpose, and purpose, and evidence. format of format of format of evidence. evidence. Where evidence. Where appropriate, appropriate identify point of identify point of view.

8 View and bias. Identify opinions Identify opinions Identify Identify Identify expressed by of others. arguments of arguments of arguments of others. others. others. others. Identify Identify inferences. inferences. Create Create Create Create understanding of understanding of understanding of understanding of the past by using the past by using the past by using the past by using primary and primary and and analyzing and analyzing secondary secondary primary and primary and sources. sources. secondary secondary sources. sources. Chronological Retell an Retell a real-life Retell a Explain how three Explain how Reasoning and important life family event in community event or more events are events are related Causation event in sequential order.

9 In sequential related to one chronologically to sequential order. order. another. one another. Grades K-8 Page 4. Social Studies K 1 2 3 4. Practices Chronological Understand the Understand the Understand the Employ Employ Reasoning and concept of time concept of time concept of time mathematical mathematical Causation measurements, measurements, measurements, skills to measure skills to measure including days including days, including time in years and time in years and and weeks. weeks, months minutes, hours, centuries centuries. and years. days, weeks, Understand the months, years. difference between and Identify the chronological significance of data presented in time lines, with teacher support.

10 Identify causes Identify causes Identify causes Identify causes Identify the and effects, using and effects, using and effects, using and effects, using relationship an example from examples from examples from examples from between multiple his/her family his/her family his/her family life his/her life or causes and life. life. or from the from a current multiple effects, community. event or history. using examples from his/her life and from a current event or history. Distinguish between long-term and immediate causes and effects of an event from his/her life or current events or history.