AISL Grade 5 Benchmarks in Social Studies

(Revised June, 2010)

AISL.SST.01 HISTORY: Students will understand patterns of change and continuity, relationships between people and events through time, and the causes and effects of interaction among societies.
AISL.SST.01.G5.01 Identify ways of dating historical narratives (e.g., 17th century, seventeenth century, 1600s, colonial period)
AISL.SST.01.G5.02 Interpret timelines of events studied
AISL.SST.01.G5.03 Describe early civilizations
AISL.SST.01.G5.04 Summarize the contributions of early explorers
AISL.SST.01.G5.05 Explain the religious, political, and economic reasons for movement of people
AISL.SST.01.G5.06 Describe the major causes and consequences of wars and conflicts
AISL.SST.01.G5.07 Understand the concept of cause and effect in history
AISL.SST.01.G5.08 Identify how people in different times and places view the world differently and why these views are held
AISL.SST.01.G5.09 Describe how regional differences of a nation shaped the economies and societies
AISL.SST.01.G5.10 Identify and use primary sources and secondary sources for reconstructing the past (e.g., letters, diaries, maps, photos, interviews with elders of the community, newspapers, films)
AISL.SST.02 GEOGRAPHY: Students will understand the concepts of geography and how they contribute to the interaction between humans and natural and man-made environments.
AISL.SST.02.G5.01 Use maps and globes to identify absolute locations (latitude and longitude)
AISL.SST.02.G5.02 Read, interpret, identify and explain various types of maps, symbols, graphs, and tables
AISL.SST.02.G5.03 Understand the spatial organization of places through such concepts as location, distance, direction, scale, movement, and region
AISL.SST.02.G5.04 Describe and explain various types and patterns of settlement and land use and reasons why particular locations are used for certain human activities
AISL.SST.03 CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT: Students will understand why societies create and adopt systems of government and how these systems address human needs, rights, and citizen responsibilities.
AISL.SST.03.G5.01 Identify community leaders and local and national government representatives (current and historical) and explain their roles in the development of the government
AISL.SST.03.G5.02 Explain the organization and major responsibilities of the various levels of governments.
AISL.SST.03.G5.03 Describe the principles of democracy
AISL.SST.04 CULTURE: Students will understand cultural and intellectual developments and interactions among and within societies
AISL.SST.04.G5.01 Understand the concept of culture
AISL.SST.04.G5.02 Understand the components of a belief system (creed, code of behavior, rituals, community)
AISL.SST.04.G5.03 Identify and compare various belief systems and their principle tenets
AISL.SST.04.G5.04 Identify and compare the cultural characteristics of different regions and people (e.g. in terms of their use of environment and resources, technology, food, shelter, beliefs and customs, etc)
AISL.SST.04.G5.05 Describe advantages and disadvantages of cultural diversity
AISL.SST.04.G5.06 Describe the influence of arts, crafts, music, and language on various cultures
AISL.SST.04.G5.07 Explain how culture and demographics of nations change throughout the various time periods
AISL.SST.05 ECONOMICS: Students will understand fundamental economic principles and ways in which economies are shaped by geographic and human factors
AISL.SST.05.G5.01 Explain relationships between locations of resources and patterns of population distribution
AISL.SST.05.G5.02 Describe how changes in transportation and communication have affected trade and economic activities
AISL.SST.05.G5.03 Describe how trade affects the way people earn their living in various region
AISL.SST.05.G5.04 Describe economic causes of human migration
AISL.SST.05.G5.05 Examine economic factors that motivated exploration and colonization
AISL.SST.05.G5.06 Trace the development of technology and the impact of major inventions on business productivity
AISL.SST.06 CURRENT EVENTS: Students will understand and analyze major issues and events while tracing their historical foundation.
AISL.SST.06.G5.01 Explore efforts to improve political and social conditions around the world and the reasons for why said efforts are stifled or impeded
AISL.SST.06.G5.02 Analyze social, geographic, political, and economic implications of major issues or events