Washington State Social Studies Performance Standards highlight the knowledge and skills students use to understand civics, history, geography, and economics. Explore the standards below to discover picture books thoughtfully connected to each performance expectation and designed to support social studies learning. Click here to learn more about the Washington State Social Studies Performance Standards.
Social Studies Skills
The student understands and applies reasoning skills to conduct research, deliberate, and form and evaluate positions through the processes of reading, writing, and communicating.
Civics
The student understands and applies knowledge of government, law, politics, and the nation’s fundamental documents to make decisions about local, state, national, tribal, and international issues, and to demonstrate thoughtful, participatory citizenship.
Economics
The student applies understanding of economic concepts and systems to analyze decision-making and the interactions between individuals, households, business, government, and societies.
Geography
The student uses a spatial perspective to make reasoned decisions by applying the concept of location, region, and movement, and demonstrating knowledge of how geographic features and human cultures impact environment.
History
The student understands and applies knowledge of historical thinking, chronology, eras, turning points, major ideas, individuals, and themes of local, Washington state, tribal, United States, and world history in order to evaluate how history shapes the present and future.