Ohio Department of Education Teaching

Ohio’s Academic Content Standards in social studies are made up of seven standards.

• History
• People in Societies
• Geography
• Economics
• Government
• Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
• Social Studies Skills and Methods

This PDF file allows you to view the Social Studies Academic Content Standards in three different layouts: organized by standard, organized by grade level and with the benchmarks and indicators aligned. Each contains introductory sections, instructional commentary, a glossary and a resource list.

• Academic Content Standards (PDF)

Word versions of the Academic Content Standards document appear below as separate files for each particular section of the document. These files are provided for those who wish to copy, paste or edit the content to use in lesson plans or curriculum documents. The content is the same as the full document although there may be some differences in formatting and pagination depending on the word-processing application being used. Some graphics have been omitted in order to limit the size of the document and the amount of memory required to open the files.

• Social Studies Foreword (Word)
• Social Studies Overview (Word)
• Social Studies Structure and Format (Word)
• Social Studies Philosophy and Principles (Word)
• Social Studies Benchmarks by Standard (Word)
• Social Studies Indicators by Standard (Word)
• Social Studies Benchmarks and Indicators by Grade Level (Word)
• Social Studies Alignment (Word)
• Social Studies Foundations (Word)
• Social Studies Making Connections Across Standards (Word)
• Social Studies Program Planning (Word)
• Social Studies Planning for Instruction (Word)
• Social Studies Role of Assessment (Word)
• Social Studies Role of Technology (Word)
• Social Studies Making Real World Connections (Word)
• Social Studies Glossary (Word)
• Social Studies Resources (Word)