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Subject Area: Social Studies Grade Level: Fifth Grade
New York State Content Standards New York State Skills Standards New York State Performance Indicators
Assessments (formal/informal
including state assessments)
Standard 1: History of the United
States and New York (Key Idea 3):
Students will be able to explain the
significance of historical evidence; weigh
the importance, reliability, and validity of
evidence; understand the concept of
multiple causation; understand the
importance of changing and competing
interpretations of different historical
developments.
• complete well-documented and historically • Scott Foresman assessments
accurate case studies about individuals and • Scott Foresman activities
groups who represent different ethnic, national, • Teacher-created assessments
and religious groups, including Native • Teacher-created activities and
American Indians, in New York State and the assessments
United States at different times and in different • 5th Grade State Social Studies Exam
locations
(November)
• gather and organize information about the • Homework
important achievements and contributions of • Small/whole-group observations
individuals and groups living in New York State • Teacher-created conference forms
and the United States
• Teacher-created projects with
• describe how ordinary people and famous accompanying rubric
historic figures in the local community, State,
and the United States have advanced the
fundamental democratic values, beliefs, and
traditions expressed in the Declaration of
Independence, the New York State and United
States Constitutions, the Bill of Rights, and
other important historic documents
• classify major developments into categories
s ch as social political economic geographic
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant Charter School
Exhibit 9D-75