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Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade
THIRD GRADE STRAND 1: TYPES OF GOVERNMENT AND THE UNITED STATES AND UTAH CONSTITUTIONS
Grade5th Grade
SubjectSocial Studies
Levelstrand
Child standards (5)
- 3.1.1Discuss the basic differences between different forms of government, including a constitutional republic, a pure democracy, an oligarchy, and a monarchy.
- 3.1.2Explain why the first three words of the United States Constitution are vital to the workings of representative government.
- 3.1.3Summarize how the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land, and explain how laws provide order and stability.
- 3.1.4Identify the rights protected by the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights, and analyze how those rights affect them.
- 3.1.5Explain how the Constitution balances power between the three branches of government at both the state and federal levels (checks and balances).