Arkansas State Standards for Social Studies: Grade 5

AR.G. Geography

G.1. Physical and Spatial: Students shall develop an understanding of the physical and spatial characteristics and applications of geography.

G.1.5.1. Location, Place, and Region: Classify locations as absolute or relative. 8
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G.1.5.2. Location, Place, and Region: Identify and describe the region of the United States in which Arkansas is located. 4
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G.1.5.3. Location, Place, and Region: Distinguish between the major regions of the United States and evaluate their interdependence. 4
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G.1.5.4. Location, Place, and Region: Locate the major bodies of water that are related to the United States: Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific Ocean. 1
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G.1.5.5. Location, Place, and Region: Identify a variety of charts and graphs used to display data on a variety of topics such as climate or population. 29
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G.1.5.6. Location, Place, and Region: Distinguish between geography terms that describe or indicate region, place, or location (e.g., tundra, desert, rainforest, mountains). 29
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G.1.5.7. Map and Globe Skills: Recognize the various types of maps used by geographers (e.g., physical, political, historical, special purpose, and other types of maps). 28
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G.1.5.8. Map and Globe Skills: Demonstrate an understanding of the following: latitude, longitude, parallels, meridians, degrees, grid systems, coordinates, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Equator, and Prime Meridian. 24
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G.1.5.9. Map and Globe Skills: Compare and contrast major landforms characterized as physical features of Earth (e.g., plateaus, rivers, deltas, seas, oceans, peninsulas). 33
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G.2. Culture and Diversity: Students shall develop an understanding of how cultures around the world develop and change.

G.2.5.1. Culture/Diversity: Describe customs, celebrations, and traditions of selected racial, ethnic, and religious groups in Arkansas and the United States. 20
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G.2.5.2. Culture/Diversity: Understand the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups in Arkansas and the United States. 3
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G.2.5.3. Culture/Diversity: Recognize examples of cultural diffusion, cultural exchange, and assimilation. 20
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G.3. Interaction of People and the Environment: Students shall develop an understanding of the interactions between people and their environment.

G.3.5.1. Movement: Recognize factors that influence migration (e.g., employment, natural resources). 20
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G.3.5.2. Movement: Define push-pull factors. 9
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G.3.5.3. Movement: Identify various forms of technology and methods of transferring ideas and information. 7
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G.3.5.4. Movement: Recognize the concepts of interstate, intrastate, infrastructure, and globalization. 4
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G.3.5.5. Human Environment Interaction: Identify renewable and nonrenewable resources (e.g., fossil fuels, fertile soils, timber). 12
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G.3.5.6. Human Environment Interaction: Identify ways people have modified the physical environment. 37
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G.3.5.7. Human Environment Interaction: Discuss ways in which Arkansans adapted to and modified the environment. 3
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AR.C. Civics

C.4. Government: Students shall develop an understanding of the forms and roles of government.

C.4.5.1. Forms and Roles of Government: Recognize that the Arkansas and the United States governments are composed of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. 16
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C.4.5.2. Forms and Roles of Government: Identify the system of checks and balances in government. 16
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C.4.5.3. Forms and Roles of Government: Identify the roles and responsibilities of the executive branch (e.g., state/governor, federal/president). 7
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C.4.5.4. Forms and Roles of Government: Identify and describe the roles of the legislative branch (e.g., general assembly/congress, state congress and federal congress, house, senate). 10
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C.4.5.5. Forms and Roles of Government: Identify and describe the roles of the judicial branch (e.g., local, state, and federal). 12
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C.4.5.6. Forms and Roles of Government: Identify the forms of government (e.g., democracy, monarchy, dictatorship, oligarchy, totalitarian). 18
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C.4.5.7. Forms and Roles of Government: Identify elected state and federal government officials (e.g., terms and qualifications). 7
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C.4.5.8. Forms and Roles of Government: Discuss the succession of leadership at the state level. 6
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C.4.5.9. Forms and Roles of Government: Discuss the two-party system. 10
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C.5. Citizenship: Students shall develop an understanding of how to participate, develop, and use the skills necessary for effective citizenship.

C.5.5.1. Roots of Democracy: Identify the founding documents that helped to establish laws for the United States (e.g., Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution). 18
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C.5.5.2. Roots of Democracy: Identify the purpose of the Declaration of Independence. 10
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C.5.5.3. Roots of Democracy: Identify the significance of the following individuals in establishing the government of the United States: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, James Madison, and George Washington. 12
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C.5.5.4. Roots of Democracy: Identify the significance of the Articles of Confederation. 4
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C.5.5.5. Roots of Democracy: Discuss how the ineffectiveness of the Articles of Confederation led to the creation of the United States Constitution. 4
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C.5.5.6. Roots of Democracy: Research national symbols and explain their significance using primary and secondary sources (e.g., Pledge of Allegiance, Lady Liberty). 8
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C.5.5.7. Roots of Democracy: Identify significant examples of patriotic music from various periods of United States history. 6
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C.5.5.8. Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens: Identify the requirements for becoming a citizen of the United States. 17
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C.5.5.9. Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens: Identify the rights and responsibilities of United States citizenship (e.g., voting, obeying laws, volunteerism). 4
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C.5.5.10. Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens: Discuss the importance of the rights of United States citizens set forth in the Bill of Rights. 6
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C.5.5.11. Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens: Identify the proper procedure for voting in the United States and in Arkansas (e.g., registration, voting sites, maintaining the right to vote). 6
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C.5.5.12. Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens: Discuss ways citizens participate in government at the state and local level. 11
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C.5.5.13. Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens: Identify the Bill of Rights in the United States Constitution. 6
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C.5.5.14. Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens: Identify the provisions of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. 7
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C.5.5.15. Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens: Identify various organizations from U.S. History through which citizen's rights were affected (e.g., Women's Suffrage, NAACP, Chinese Immigration Act, Emancipation Proclamation). 6
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AR.H. History

H.6. History: Students shall analyze significant ideas, events, and people in world, national, state, and local history and how they affect change over time.

H.6.5.1. Continuity and Change: Discuss the purpose of political cartoons.

H.6.5.2. Continuity and Change: Read and interpret timelines using the terms: ca (circa), Before Common Era/Common Era (BCE/CE), millennia, millennium, decade, and century. 5
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H.6.5.3. Continuity and Change: Identify the contributions of significant individuals and explorers during the period of early European exploration of the Americas (e.g., Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Hernando de Soto). 32
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H.6.5.4. Continuity and Change: Identify areas of the New World colonized by Spain, Great Britain, and France. 6
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H.6.5.5. Continuity and Change: Describe the role and impact of legislative bodies in the colonial government (e.g., town meetings).

H.6.5.6. Continuity and Change: Continuity and Change: Identify important people and events during Arkansas' Territorial period (e.g., Robert Crittenden, James Miller, relocation of government). 3
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H.6.5.7. Continuity and Change: Analyze the impact of the American Industrial Revolution: cotton gin, reaper, and steam engine. 8
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H.6.5.8. Continuity and Change: Identify and explain the significance of the following people: Fredrick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Sojourner Truth, and Dorothea Dix. 8
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H.6.5.9. Conflict and Consensus: Describe the impact that European explorers had on the American Indian tribes. 7
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H.6.5.10. Conflict and Consensus: Analyze the benefits and conflicts arising from the interaction between colonial settlers and American Indians (e.g., Roanoke, Jamestown, King Philip's War). 11
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H.6.5.11. Conflict and Consensus: Evaluate the contributions of political and religious leaders in colonial America (e.g., John Smith, William Bradford, Roger Williams, Anne Hutchison, John Winthrop, Thomas Hooker, William Penn). 2
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H.6.5.12. Conflict and Consensus: Describe the impact of slavery in the Americas (e.g., indentured servants, American Indians, African Americans). 14
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H.6.5.13. Conflict and Consensus: Explain how conflict between the English government and the English colonies led to the outbreak of the American Revolution: Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, and Boston Massacre. 18
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H.6.5.14. Conflict and Consensus: Identify the contributions of significant people leading to the American Revolution: King George III, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Paine. 5
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H.6.5.15. Conflict and Consensus: Explain the political viewpoints of Patriots and Loyalists during the Revolutionary period. 7
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H.6.5.16. Conflict and Consensus: Identify the importance of key battles of the Revolutionary War: Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and Yorktown. 16
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H.6.5.17. Conflict and Consensus: Explain the role of the following events in the development of the United States: Shay's Rebellion, Constitutional Convention, and creation of political parties. 7
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H.6.5.18. Conflict and Consensus: Describe the causes of the War of 1812 and analyze the effects it had on the United States. 5
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H.6.5.19. Conflict and Consensus: Identify and describe the events and ideas leading to the Civil War (e.g., Missouri Compromise, Dred Scott v. Sanford, Lincoln/Douglas debates). 9
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H.6.5.20. Conflict and Consensus: Discuss the reasons for the secession of southern states from the Union. 8
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H.6.5.21. Conflict and Consensus: Identify and locate significant Civil War sites of the Union and Confederacy: Washington, Arkansas, Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, Bull Run/Manassas, Antietam/Sharpsburg, and Gettysburg. 8
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H.6.5.22. Movement: Explain the religious, political, and economic reasons for movement of people and goods from Europe to the Americas: Columbian Exchange and Triangular Trade. 8
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H.6.5.23. Movement: Examine the impact of early exploration and settlement patterns of the Spanish, British, and French in North America (e.g., Roanoke, Jamestown, St. Augustine, Quebec, Santa Fe). 14
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H.6.5.24. Movement: Explain how westward expansion contributed to the growth of the United States (e.g., Wilderness Road, Louisiana Purchase, Gadsden Purchase). 6
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H.6.5.25. Movement: Trace the Lewis and Clark expedition and discuss its impact on the United States. 6
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H.6.5.26. Movement: Describe the causes and effects of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 (e.g., Trail of Tears). 2
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H.6.5.27. Cultural Diversity and Uniformity: Identify and explain major pre-Colombian civilizations in Central and South America (i.e., Maya, Inca, Aztec). 15
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H.6.5.28. Cultural Diversity and Uniformity: Identify the major pre-Columbia settlements: cliff dwellers, mound builders, peoples of the Southwest, peoples of the Pacific Northwest, peoples of the Great Plains, and peoples of the Eastern Woodlands. 25
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H.6.5.29. Cultural Diversity and Uniformity: Locate and describe the three main American Indian cultures in Arkansas during the exploration period: Quapaw Indians, Caddo Indians, and Osage Indians. 7
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H.6.5.30. Cultural Diversity and Uniformity: Evaluate contributions of women during the Revolutionary period (e.g., Abigail Adams, Molly Pitcher, Martha Washington, and Phyllis Wheatley). 4
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H.6.5.31. Cultural Diversity and Uniformity: Investigate the roles of African Americans, American Indians, and women during the Civil War. 4
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H.6.5.32. Cultural Diversity and Uniformity: Identify the role of the following Arkansans in the Civil War: Isaac Murphy, David O. Dodd, Albert Pike, Earl Van Dorn, Thomas Hindman, James Blunt, and Harris Flanagan. 3
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H.6.5.33. Regionalism and Nationalism: Identify Arkansas Post as the first European settlement in Arkansas and explain its geographic significance. 3
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H.6.5.34. Regionalism and Nationalism: Locate and describe the differences between the three regions into which the English settled: New England, Mid-Atlantic, and South. 4
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AR.E. Economics

E.7. Choices: Students shall analyze the costs and benefits of making economic choices.

E.7.5.1. Costs and Benefits: Identify the basic economic wants and needs of all people.

E.7.5.2. Costs and Benefits: Recognize that choices have both present and future consequences. 13
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E.7.5.3. Costs and Benefits: Identify the causes of scarcity and why scarcity of resources makes it necessary to make choices. 16
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E.7.5.4. Costs and Benefits: Discuss the meaning of opportunity costs. 6
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E.7.5.5. Costs and Benefits: Identify why federal, state, and local governments have to make choices because of limited resources. 20
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E.7.5.6. Costs and Benefits: Examine the economic decisions that every society must make: what is to be produced and in what quantities, how will it be produced, and who will receive what is produced. 7
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E.7.5.7. Costs and Benefits: Identify examples of traditional, market, and command economies. 4
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E.7.5.8. Costs and Benefits: Discuss the meaning of trade-offs. 2
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E.7.5.9. Costs and Benefits: Identify the characteristics of a free enterprise system. 4
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E.8. Resources: Students shall evaluate the use and allocation of human, natural, and capital resources.

E.8.5.1. Factors of Production: Research the role that entrepreneurs have played in the development of the economy of Arkansas. 3
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E.8.5.2. Factors of Production: Discuss the impact additional capital goods (e.g., tools and machines) have on productivity. 5
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E.8.5.3. Factors of Production: Identify the four basic categories of earned income that are received from the four factors of production: wages and salaries, rent, interest, and profit. 10
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E.8.5.4. Factors of Production: Examine the need for natural resources in determining settlement patterns 6
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E.9. Markets: Students shall analyze the exchange of goods and services and the roles of governments, businesses, and individuals in the market place.

E.9.5.1. Financial Markets: Describe the characteristics of money: portability, divisibility, durability, and uniformity. 5
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E.9.5.2. Financial Markets: Examine the reasons for using a financial institution for saving money: interest (rate of return) and safety. 3
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E.9.5.3. Financial Markets: Identify methods people use to save and spend money. 5
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E.9.5.4. Financial Markets: Discuss the purpose of selling stocks to capitalized companies (e.g., joint-stock company). 6
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E.9.5.5. Financial Markets: Identify the meaning of economic inflation. 17
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E.9.5.6. Financial Markets: Identify Gross Domestic Product (GDP). 4
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E.9.5.7. Financial Markets: Identify the role of the Federal Reserve in the economy. 2
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E.9.5.8. Global Markets: Identify the costs/benefits associated with the development of global trade. 9
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E.9.5.9. Global Markets: Identify various types of currency in the global economy. 8
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E.9.5.10. Goods and Services: Identify how changes in supply and demand affect prices. 2
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E.9.5.11. Goods and Services: Identify methods used to reduce or eliminate competition (e.g., trademarks, patents, copyrights, natural monopolies, government licenses). 9
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E.9.5.12. Goods and Services: Identify the various marketing techniques: advertising, mail order catalog, and increasing demand for goods and services. 15
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