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Note: The Iowa Core Essential Elements are intended only for students with significant cognitive disabilities and who participate in alternate assessments.
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Constructing Questions
EE.SS.4.1. Identify a supporting question that answers the compelling question in a familiar inquiry.
Constructing Supporting Questions
EE.SS.4.2. N/A
Developing Claims and Using Evidence
EE.SS.4.3. Identify a response to a compelling question that uses evidence.
Communicating and Critiquing Conclusions
EE.SS.4.4. Identify responses to a compelling question that use relevant details.
Taking Informed Action
EE.SS.4.5. Identify a civic problem within their classroom or community, and one possible consequence of an action to solve that problem.
EE.SS.4.6. N/A
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Behavioral Science
Recognize the Interaction Between the Individual and Various Groups
EE.SS.4.7. Identify one cause of conflict or collaboration among different social groups.
Civics/Government
Apply Civic Virtues and Democratic Principles
EE.SS.4.8. Identify how democratic principles guide government, societies, and/or communities.
Interpret Processes, Rules and Laws
EE.SS.4.9. Identify how the enforcement of a law changed society (i.e. seat belts, speed limits).
EE.SS.4.10. N/A
Economics
Engage in Economic Decision Making
EE.SS.4.11. N/A
Critique Exchange and Markets
EE.SS.4.12. N/A
EE.SS.4.13. N/A
Evaluate the National Economy
EE.SS.4.14. Identify a reason why the cost of goods and services change.
Financial Literacy
Create a Saving and Spending Plan
EE.SS.4.15. Identify a reason why a person would choose to spend or save their money.
Measure Risk Management Tools
EE.SS.4.16. N/A
Geography
Create Geographic Representations
EE.SS.4.17. Create a geographic representation identifying natural resources in an area.
Evaluate Human Environment Interaction
EE.SS.4.18. Identify why people live in specific places or regions.
Analyze Human Population Movement and Patterns
EE.SS.4.19. Identify the different methods of transportation used throughout United States History.
History
Analyze Change, Continuity, and Context
EE.SS.4.20. Identify events that happened at the same time.
Compare Perspectives
EE.SS.4.21. N/A
Critique Historical Sources and Evidence
EE.SS.4.22. Identify the intended audience of a historical document.
Justify Causation and Argumentation
EE.SS.4.23. N/A
EE.SS.4.24. N/A
Iowa History
EE.SS.4.25. Identify technological change in Iowa across time.
EE.SS.4.26. Identify changes in Iowa's agriculture over time.
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