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.

 

By the end of Grade 2, students will:

 

A.      Social Studies Skills

 1.         Explain the concepts of long ago and far away.

 2.         Apply terms related to time including past, present, and future.

 3.         Identify sources of information on local, national, and international events (e.g., books, newspaper, TV, radio, Internet).

 4.         Retell events or stories with accuracy and appropriate sequencing.

 5.         Develop simple timelines.

 

For Further information on 5.1, See Page 21 of New Jersey's Social Studies Framework

 

Link to Standard 6.1 Grade 3-4

 

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