Title: Compare 1st Grade New SST Standards to Old
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As part of the Curriculum Review Process the new Social Studies K-12 Content Standards have been entered LearnBPS for the ‘Standards Alignment / I can’ Step. There are considerable differences between the old and new standards. The old standards had 6 standards with a total of 12 benchmarks. The new standards have 4 Domains with 19 benchmarks in a K-2 grade band.

The Bismarck Public School District Standards-Based Progress Report displays grades at the Domain level. Therefore, Bismarck Public School District has modified the North Dakota DPI Identifiers to fit into our student information system PowerSchool for Standards-Based grading. Below is a BPS SST-Standards identifier showing the addition with smaller muted text to the identifier are the components that BPS adds to the State code.

BPS-Standard Identifier | ND State Identifier
SST-00.G.01 | SST-01.G.01 | SST-02.G.01 | G.K_2.1
Construct maps, graphs, and other representations that contain symbols, labels, and legends.

Note: the BPS adds the subject abbreviation in the front to distinguish between Domain letters like ‘G’ Geography and Geometry.
ND has grade bands, however PowerSchool identifies each standard by grade level.

Below is a table showing both the old and new standards in two columns beside each other to show a comparison of the new to the old with a column with a brief note of what type of possible comparison.

Reminder if you click on the identifier in the table below the Standards Glossary Term will display in a pop-up.

Standards Comparison
Status | Identifier | NEW SST-Standards | Identifier | OLD SST-Standards
Match | SST-01 | Social Studies Standards for Grade 1 | SST-01 | Grade 01 Social Studies Standards
Match | SST-01.C | Civics Domain | SST-01.4 | Standard 4: Government and Citizenship
Match | SST-01.C.01 | Explain reasons for, and purposes of, rules, laws, and positions of authority. | SST-01.4.02 | Explain the purpose for rules in home, school, and community
New | SST-01.C.02 | Explain why people form governments. |  |
New | SST-01.C.03 | Identify services provided by the local government and how they affect the lives of its citizens/residents. |  |
New | SST-01.C.04 | Describe the core values represented by symbols of the United States. |  |
New | SST-01.C.05 | Identify ways citizens and/or residents participate in community decisions. |  |
Related | SST-01.C.06 | Describe important rights and responsibilities of citizens/ residents. | SST-01.4.01 | Apply good citizenship in the school environment
New | SST-01.C.07 | Explain and/or participate in a project to help or inform others about an issue. |  |
Match | SST-01.E | Economics Domain | SST-01.3 | Standard 3: Economic Concepts
New | SST-01.E.01 | Describe the characteristics of the American economic system. |  |
New | SST-01.E.02 | Compare and contrast producers and consumers of goods and services. |  |
Related | SST-01.E.03 | Identify consumer decisions and the difference between needs and wants. | SST-01.3.01 | Differentiate between wants and needs
Related | SST-01.3.02 | Describe ways wants and needs are met
New | SST-01.E.04 | Identify how community helpers impact others. |  |
New | SST-01.E.05 | Explain how people earn income and save money. |  |
Match | SST-01.G | Geography Domain | SST-01.5 | Standard 5: Concepts of Geography
More Rigor | SST-01.G.01 | Construct maps, graphs, and other representations that contain symbols, labels, and legends. | SST-01.1.01 | Identify basic components of maps and globes
Related | SST-01.G.04 | Describe how the physical environment affects people and how people affect the environment. | SST-01.5.01 | Identify Earth's geographical landforms
Geog |  |  | SST-01.1 | Standard 1:  Skills and Resources
Not Used |  |  | SST-01.1.02 | Identify current event sources
Match | SST-01.H | History Domain | SST-01.2 | Standard 2: Important Historical Events
Match | SST-01.H.01 | Compare perspectives of people in the past to those of people in the present. | SST-01.2.01 | Compare past and present family life  over time
NA | SST-01.H.02 | Begins in Grade 3 |  |
NA | SST-01.H.03 | Begins in Grade 3 |  |
More Rigor | SST-01.H.04 | Describe United States national holidays or days of observance and the reason they are celebrated. | SST-01.2.03 | Identify the people and events honored in United States holidays
New | SST-01.H.05 | Describe current events. |  |
Related | SST-01.H.06 | Demonstrate chronological thinking by describing changes in the community over time. | SST-01.2.02 | Define chronological terms for broad categories of historical time
New | SST-01.H.07 | Explain how individuals and groups have made significant historical changes. |  |
Not Used |  |  | SST-01.2.04 | Describe the interaction of Native Americans with the Pilgrims
Dropped |  |  | SST-01.6 | Standard 6: Human Development and Behavior
Dropped |  |  | SST-01.6.01 | Identify the similarities and differences among families around the world