| ss-2018:5:1 | Provisional target; review pending | Events can be arranged in order of occurrence using the conventions of B.C. and A.D. or B.C.E. and C.E. |
| ss-2018:5:3 | Provisional target; review pending | European exploration and colonization during the 1400s- 1600s had lasting effects which can be used to understand the Western Hemisphere today. |
| ss-2018:5:4 | Provisional target; review pending | Geographic tools can be used to gather, process and report information about people, places and environments. Cartographers decide which information to include in maps. |
| ss-2018:5:5 | Provisional target; review pending | Latitude and longitude can be used to make observations about location and generalizations about climate |
| ss-2018:5:7 | Provisional target; review pending | The variety of physical environments within the Western Hemisphere influences human activities. Likewise, human activities modify the physical environments. |
| ss-2018:5:8 | Provisional target; review pending | American Indians developed unique cultures with many different ways of life. American Indian tribes and nations can be classified into cultural groups based on geographic and cultural similarities. |
| ss-2018:5:2 | Provisional target; review pending | Early Indian civilizations (Maya, Inca, Aztec, Mississippian) existed in the Western Hemisphere prior to the arrival of Europeans. These civilizations had developed unique governments, social structures, religions, technologies, and agricultural practices. |
| ss-2018:5:6 | Provisional target; review pending | Regions can be determined using data related to various criteria including landform, climate, population, and cultural and economic characteristics. |
| ss-2018:5:9 | Provisional target; review pending | Political, environmental, social and economic factors cause people, products and ideas to move from place to place in the Western Hemisphere and results in diversity. |
| ss-2018:5:10 | Provisional target; review pending | The Western Hemisphere is culturally diverse (eg., language, food, religion, art, music) due to the influences and interactions of a variety of world cultures. |
| ss-2018:5:11 | Provisional target; review pending | Individuals can better understand public issues by gathering, interpreting and checking information for accuracy from multiple sources. Data can be displayed graphically to effectively and efficiently communicate information. |
| ss-2018:5:13 | Provisional target; review pending | Information displayed in circle graphs can be used to show relative proportions of segments of data to an entire body of data. |
| ss-2018:5:14 | Provisional target; review pending | The choices made by individuals and governments have both present and future consequences. |
| ss-2018:5:16 | Provisional target; review pending | The availability of productive resources and the division of labor can have a positive or negative impact on productive capacity. |
| ss-2018:5:18 | Provisional target; review pending | Workers can improve their ability to earn income by gaining new knowledge, skills and experiences. |
| ss-2018:5:12 | Provisional target; review pending | Democracies, dictatorships and monarchies are categories for understanding the relationship between those in power or authority and citizens. |
| ss-2018:5:15 | Provisional target; review pending | The availability of productive resources (i.e., entrepreneurship, human resources, capital goods and natural resources) promotes specialization that could lead to trade. |
| ss-2018:5:17 | Provisional target; review pending | Regions and countries become interdependent when they specialize in what they produce best and then trade with other regions to increase the amount and variety of goods and services available. |