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Skills available for Alaska fifth-grade social studies standards


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A A student should be able to make and use maps, globes, and graphs to gather, analyze, and report spatial (geographic) information.

B A student should be able to utilize, analyze, and explain information about the human and physical features of places and regions.

C A student should understand the dynamic and interactive natural forces that shape the earth's environments.

  • 1 analyze the operation of the earth's physical systems, including ecosystems, climate systems, erosion systems, the water cycle, and tectonics;

  • 2 distinguish the functions, forces, and dynamics of the physical processes that cause variations in natural regions; and

  • 3 recognize the concepts used in studying environments and recognize the diversity and productivity of different regional environments.


E A student should understand and be able to evaluate how humans and physical environments interact.

  • 1 understand how resources have been developed and used;

  • 2 recognize and assess local, regional, and global patterns of resource use;

  • 3 understand the varying capacities of physical systems, such as watersheds, to support human activity;

  • 4 determine the influence of human perceptions on resource utilization and the environment;

  • 5 analyze the consequences of human modification of the environment and evaluate the changing landscape; and

  • 6 evaluate the impact of physical hazards on human systems.

F A student should be able to use geography to understand the world by interpreting the past, knowing the present, and preparing for the future.