State Social Studies Standards
Alabama—Louisiana | Maine—North Dakota | Ohio—Wyoming
Alabama Content Standards Social Studies
Arizona Academic K-12 Standards Social Studies
Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks Social Studies
California Content Standards History-Social Science
Colorado K–12 Academic Standards Civics Economics Geography History
Connecticut Common Core of Teaching Social Studies
Delaware Professional & Curriculum Standards Social Studies
Georgia Standards Social Studies Standards
Hawaii Content and Performance Standards Social Studies Standards (PDF)
Idaho Content Standards Social Studies
Illinois Learning Standards Social Science
Indiana Academic Standards Social Studies (PDF)
Kansas Curricular Standards History and Government; Economics and Geography
Kentucky Student Performance Standards Social Studies (PDF)
Louisiana Student Standards & Assessments Social Studies (PDF)
Maine Learning Results Social Studies
Maryland Teaching and Assessing the Content Standards Social Studies
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks History & Social Science
Michigan Curriculum & Instruction Social Studies
Minnesota Academic Standards Social Studies
Mississippi Curriculum Framework Social Studies
Missouri Show-Me Standards Social Studies Framework Strands
Montana Content & Performance Standards Social Studies (PDF)
Nebraska Academic Standards Social Studies/History (PDF)
Nevada Standards Social Studies
New Hampshire Curriculum Frameworks Social Studies (PDF): K–4 5–8 HS
New Jersey Content Standards Social Studies
New Mexico Standards Social Studies
New York Core Subjects Learning Standards Social Studies
North Carolina Standard Course of Study Social Studies
North Dakota State Standards Social Studies
Ohio Academic Content Standards Social Studies
Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills Social Studies: html PDF
Oregon Content Standards Social Studies
Pennsylvania Academic Standards PDF: Civics Economics Geography History
South Carolina Curriculum & Standards Social Studies
South Dakota Content Standards Social Studies
Tennessee Curriculum Standards
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Social Studies
Utah K–12 Core Curriculum Social Studies
Vermont Framework of Standards & Learning Opportunities History & Social Sciences
Virginia Standards of Learning History & Social Science
Washington Academic Learning Requirements Civics Economics Geography History
West Virginia Content Standards Social Studies (PDF)
Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Social Studies Introduction
Wyoming State Standards Social Studies (PDF)
National Social Studies Standards
National Standards for Civics and Government From the Center for Civic Education
National Standards for History From the National Center for History in the Schools, UCLA
Curriculum Standards for Social Studies From the National Council for the Social Studies
National Standards & Benchmarks From Mid-continent Research for Education & Learning
National Geography Standards From the National Council for Geographic Education
About This Page
As a service to educators, these links provide access to social studies standards in every U.S. state and to various national standards. For the state links, the first link is to the state’s site for all standards and additional links are to its specific social studies standards, which sometimes are in PDF format.
