Grade 5 Social Studies Iowa Standards

Inquiry Standards

Economics/Financial Literacy: Economic Systems

Economics/Financial Literacy: Financial and Career Goals

History: Historical Interpretation and Argumentation

Civil Rights

Civics/Government: Processes, Rules and Laws

Civic Engagement and Participation

Civics/Government: Citizenship and Civic Rights and Responsibilities

The Civil War

History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

Economics/Financial Literacy: Economic Decision Making

Claims and Evidence

The Constitution and Bill of Rights

Geography: Human Movement and Patterns

History: Change, Continuity and Context

Civics/Government: Role and Systems of Government

Develop Questions and Plan Inquires

Civics/Government: Constitutional Principles and Civic Virtues

Communicate Conclusions

Economics/Financial Literacy: Credit and Risk Management

Civics/Government: Constitutional Principles and Civic Virtues

History: Multiple Perspectives

Civics/Government: Processes, Rules and Laws

History: Change, Continuity and Context

Geography: Places and Regions

Gather, Interpret and Evaluate Sources

Economics/Financial Literacy: Saving, Spending, and Investing

Industrial Revolution

Civics/Government: Constitutional Principles and Civic Virtues

Making Smart Financial Decisions (Financial Literacy)

Develop and refine questions to actively shape and advance the investigation of the topic.

Analyze the multiple economic, political, and social changes and divisions that brought about and affected the Civil War.

Generate geographic representations to illustrate how cultural and physical characteristics of U.S. regions affected the Civil War.

Examine legislative efforts, court decisions, and social movements intended to promote peace before, during and after the Civil War.

Examine the impact that railroad transportation had on the movement of populations in the United States.

Analyze the impacts of significant inventions of the Industrial Revolution.

Identify how the Industrial Revolution changed living conditions for people in both rural areas and growing cities.

Explain how the Industrial Revolution caused significant population shifts and analyze the effects of these shifts on cities and rural populations, labor, and society.

Analyze key events, individuals, and campaigns that have been driven by a desire to create positive social change.

Examine various laws and their impact on the equal rights of American citizens.

Evaluate the progression of key events of the Civil Rights Movement.

Interpret information about specific perspectives or beliefs from sources.

Investigate how youth played a role in the Civil Rights Movement by engaging in various forms of activism in Iowa and around the nation.

Describe reasons and considerations for financial borrowing

Compare different ways to save and invest money.

Determine aspects of long-term financial goals.

Describe different types of taxes, including how they are collected and the public benefits they fund.

Make a claim about a topic and support it with evidence from one or more sources.

Construct responses to questions using reasoning, examples, and relevant details.

Identify the strategies people and/or groups use to advocate for a cause, and evaluate the civic virtues reflected by those strategies.

Describe the origin, purpose, and impact of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Explain the processes by which laws are created, changed, limited, upheld, and removed.

Describe how the Constitution ensures federalism, including examples of how power is shared between federal and state government.

Explain the protections provided under the Bill of Rights and the responsibilities that accompany exercising these rights.