NOTE:
Asterisks (*) have been used to identify standards and objectives that must be
assessed by the
local school district. All other skills may be assessed by the Oklahoma School
Testing Program
(OSTP).
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identify Information Literacy skills. Students are best served when these are
taught in collaboration and cooperation between the classroom teacher and the
library media
specialist.
Standard 2: Use geographic representations to draw conclusions.
2.1 Apply the concepts of scale, orientation, latitude and longitude, and
physical regions.
2.2 Compare political, physical, and thematic maps.
2.3 Define, recognize, and locate basic landforms and bodies of water on
appropriate maps and globes.
Standard 3: The student will analyze selected cultures which have affected
our history.
3.1 Define the characteristics of culture and the role culture played on the
development of the world's peoples.
Standard 1: Develop and practice the process skills of social studies.
1.1
Locate, gather, and analyze information from primary and secondary sources, such
as artifacts, diaries, letters, art, music, literature, newspapers, and
contemporary media.
Standard 3: Analyze selected cultures which have affected our history.
3.2 Compare and contrast common characteristics of culture, such as
language, customs, shelter, diet, traditional occupations, belief systems, and
folk traditions.
3.3
Evaluate the impact of selected civilizations such as Egypt and Greece on
migration and settlement patterns.
Standard 1: Develop and practice the process skills of social studies.
1.2 Identify, evaluate, and draw conclusions from different kinds of
maps, graphs, charts, diagrams, timeliness and other representations such as
photographs and satellite-produced images or computer-based technologies.
Standard 3: Analyze selected cultures which have affected our history.
3.3
Evaluate the impact of selected civilizations such as Rome, Mayan, Incan, and
Chinese on migration and settlement patterns.
Standard 1: Develop and practice the process skills of social studies.
1.3 Interpret information from a broad selection of research materials
such as encyclopedias, almanacs, dictionaries, atlases, and cartoons.
Standard 4: Compare and contrast political and economic systems.
4.1
Identify and describe major world political systems and the role of governmental
involvement in such systems (i.e., dictatorships, constitutional monarchies, and
representative democracies).
4.2
Identify and describe major economic systems and the role of governmental
involvement and individual decision-making within such systems (i.e.,
traditional, command, and market economies).