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STANDARD 6.1 (SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS) ALL STUDENTS WILL UTILIZE HISTORICAL THINKING, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND RESEARCH SKILLS TO MAXIMIZE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF CIVICS, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND ECONOMICS.
Descriptive Statement: The purpose of this standard is to develop the requisite skills needed to fully appreciate, comprehend, and apply knowledge of the other five social studies standards: civics, world history, United States and New Jersey history, geography, and economics. These skills must be integrated across all five standards. Students must understand basic concepts such as time, location, distance, and relationships and must be able to apply these concepts to the study of people, places, events, and issues. These skills focus on the importance of historical research as well as the need to distinguish fact from fiction and to understand cause and effect. These skills should not be taught in isolation; rather, students must use these skills in the study of all social studies disciplines.
Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 4, students will:
A. Social Studies Skills 1. Explain how present events are connected to the past. 2. Apply terms related to time including years, decades, centuries, and generations. 3. Locate sources for the same information (e.g., weather forecast on TV, the Internet or in a newspaper). 4. Organize events in a time line. 5. Distinguish between an eyewitness account and a secondary account of an event. 6. Distinguish fact from fiction.
For Further information on 5.1, See Page 21 of New Jersey's Social Studies Framework
Link to Standard 6.1 Grade K-2
Link to Standard 6.1 Grade 5-8
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