Mission, Vision, Competencies, Standards, and Benchmarks

‣ The ultimate citizenship for Christ-followers is in the Kingdom of God, though we may
be active and live out our lives as members of communities in this world. At times,
those roles may be both symbiotic and in conflict.
Benchmarks
By close of grade 6, Lower School students will:
History
‣ Arrange events on timelines organized by years, decades, and centuries.
‣ Use historical events to show cause and effect relationships
‣ Compare daily life in past and present communities showing changes over time.
‣ Recognize how the actions and character of past and present historical figures in
the US and world have made an impact on history.
‣ Discern which actions by persons from history may or may not reflect
biblical principles.
Government
‣ Recognize many important symbols and landmarks associated with the
United States.
‣ Recognize and demonstrate the interconnectedness of the United States national,
state, and local systems of government their history, structure, function,
and purpose.
‣ Explain methods individuals and institutions used to create and enforce the rules
in the world, community, school, and home.
‣ Explain society's need for and consequences of violating
both God’s and society’s rules and laws.
Economics
‣ Define scarcity, opportunity costs, entrepreneurship in contexts of local, national,
and global economies in age-appropriate examples and identify choices that must
be made by producers and consumers because of a scarcity of resources.
‣ Identify factors of production used in producing goods and services both locally
and through trade across our nation or globally.
‣ See connections between service to the community and the cost and benefits and
role as a Christian citizen.
Geography
‣ Locate places on a map including continents, countries, US states, major cities,
oceans, and waterways using the title, key/legend, letter grids, linear scale,
direction indicator, and cardinal directions, and measure distances on a map.
‣ Use physical and political maps to explain distinctive characteristics
and purposes.
‣ Describe how humans depend on and adapt to their environment and in turn
cause changes to the environment.
‣ Explain ways in which places are distinctive because of their physical and
cultural features.
Theological Integration
‣ Explain how Christians react and respond to the events of the past in many ways.
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