SS.PS2
Wisconsin Social Studies Standards · 4th Grade
Wisconsin students will examine and interpret rights, privileges, and responsibilities in society.
Child standards (12)
- SS.PS2.a.1-2Compare rights and responsibilities within the classroom, school, and community. Classify basic rights that all humans have (i.e., life, liberty, safety).
- SS.PS2.a.hCritique the struggle for suffrage and citizenship since the founding period. Analyze the constitutional tension between protecting individual rights and promoting the general welfare and security of the country, as well as between majority rule and minority rights. Assess the impact of individuals, groups, and movements on the development of civil rights for different groups.
- SS.PS2.a.iInvestigate examples of rights and responsibilities, including the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which individuals possess within the state, country, and world. Summarize the actions of people and groups that have advanced civil rights for individuals. Identify and describe basic human liberties (i.e., thought, expression, privacy).
- SS.PS2.a.mAnalyze the scope and limits of individual protections found in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Describe the evolution of rights over time including key laws, constitutional changes, and court decisions that contributed to these developments. Predict how collective action movements work to extend equal rights to groups and individuals.
- SS.PS2.b.2Summarize situations where individuals have rights, freedoms, and equality. Develop an opinion about an issue in your school or community.
- SS.PS2.b.5Compare and contrast being a citizen of a country to the principles of good citizenship. Describe the process by which people in the United States become legal citizens (i.e., natural born or naturalization).
- SS.PS2.b.hAssess the difference in constitutional and legal protections for citizens vs. noncitizens. Demonstrate the skills necessary to participate in the election process (i.e., registering to vote, identifying and evaluating candidates and issues, and casting a ballot).
- SS.PS2.b.mAnalyze the rights and responsibilities of citizens (i.e., voting, jury duty, paying taxes, obeying laws). Synthesize the cultural structures, types of government, and economic systems to explain differing concepts of citizenship (e.g., Confucianism, dictatorship, theocracy, republic, democracy).
- SS.PS2.c.1-2Identify groups within school, community, or society and compare their rights and responsibilities (e.g., student or teacher). Investigate ways in which people and groups can influence decision makers in school, their communities, states, or country (i.e., voting, running for office, participating in meetings).
- SS.PS2.c.4-5Critique instances where groups have been denied access to power and rights, and any law or customs that have altered these instances. Summarize how people (e.g., religious groups, civil rights groups, workers, neighborhood residents) organize to gain a greater voice to impact and change their communities.
- SS.PS2.c.hAnalyze how the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the restriction and enabled the expansion of rights for groups. Evaluate different goals and methods of groups who have advocated for access to greater rights (e.g., women, religious groups, civil rights groups, indigenous peoples, LGBTQ). Analyze the role of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and nongovernment organizations (NGOs such as Save the Children or the Red Cross) in how human rights have been addressed in different countries.
- SS.PS2.c.mCompare and contrast the political, social, and economic status of marginalized groups both historically and in the present, both in the United States and worldwide. Investigate how groups (e.g., women, religious groups, civil rights groups, indigenous peoples, LGBTQ) have advocated for access to greater rights.