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South Dakota Content Standards

Goal 3 – CIVICS (Government)
Students will understand the historical development and contemporary role of governmental power and authority.

Indicator 2: Evaluate the impact of historical events, ideals, and documents on the formation of the United States government.

Grade Level Standards
First Grade

2.      acknowledge patriotic connections by explaining the design of the flag, understanding the importance of the eagle symbol, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, and identifying the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument.

 

Goal 1 – HISTORY
Students will understand the emergence and development of civilizations and cultures over time and place.

Indicator 1: Analyze the chronology of various historical eras to determine connections and cause/effect relationships.

Grade Level Standards
Fifth Grade

3.         compare influential people and events in the American Revolution, such as King George, Lord Cornwallis, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry.
4.         describe military strategies that resulted in the defeat of the British.
5.         identify the steps in the formation of the new government in terms of British and Colonial belief in representative government as demonstrated in the Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, the Mayflower Compact, and the Articles of Confederation; the philosophy of government expressed in the Declaration of Independence; the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights; and the separation of powers in the federal government and the powers reserved for states.

 

Indicator 2: Evaluate the influence of varying values and philosophies on the development of civilizations and cultures.

Grade Level Standards
Fifth Grade

1. relate factors of colonial America that led to the founding of the colonies, emphasizing the reasons for settling in the colonies, including escape from religious persecution, release from settling in the colonies, including escape from religious persecution, release from prison, economic opportunity, and adventure; and contrasts of the colonial regions (New England, mid-Atlantic, and South) in regard to geography, economy, and culture.

2.   describe the political and economic relationship between the colonies and England; and conflicts between the colonies and England that led to the American Revolution.

Goal 3 – UNITED STATES HISTORY
Students will understand the emergence and development of civilizations and cultures over time and place.

Indicator 1: Analyze the chronology of various historical eras to determine  connections and cause/effect relationships

 

Grade Level Standards
Eighth Grade

2. identify key individuals and summarize their roles in the American Revolution, such as Thomas Jefferson, King George, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, Samuel Adams, and Benjamin Franklin.
3. explain the political significance of the Declaration of Independence.
4. analyze major military battles and the role of major American and British military leaders in the American Revolution, such as Lexington and Concord, Saratoga, Yorktown, Bunker Hill, George Washington, Benedict Arnold, George Rogers Clark, William Howe, John Burgoyne, and Charles Cornwallis.
5. analyze the reasons why the colonies were able to defeat the British.