SST-05.2.03

5th Grade SST Targeted Benchmarks
Standard 2: History

SST-05.2.03 Describe similarities and differences between past events and current events in U.S. history (e.g. in the lives of people from different cultures past and present).

Student Learning Targets:

Reasoning Targets

  • can compare and contrast past events and current events in US History.

Skills (Performance) Targets

  • can demonstrate the differences between past and current events (e.g. transportation, medicine,clothing, gender roles,  protesting of taxes, immigration problems, role of government) .

Product Targets

  • can create a diagram, chart, drawing,  or report that describes the similiarties and differences between past and current events in U.S. history.

Proficiency Rubric

Score   Description Sample Activity
4.0 In addition to Score 3.0, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations. -
  3.5 In addition to Score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding the more complex content with partial success.
3.0 “The Standard.” The student creates and reports on the similarities and differences between a past and current event in US History, making connections to how the past had and effect on the current event. -
  2.5 The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and partial knowledge of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
2.0 The student is able to list similarities and differences between a past and current event. -
  1.5 The student demonstrates partial knowledge of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and procedures (Score 3.0 content).
1.0 The student can list a past event that is similar to a current event. -
  0.5 With help, the student demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but not the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).

Resources

Websites

Discovery Education

Elementary Social Studies 

Parents Helping Students 

Helping Your Child With Social Studies

5th Grade Social Studies

 

Vocabulary

  • similarities and differences
  • past event
  • current event

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