ThinkCERCA's standards-aligned lessons provide engaging content and expert instruction to give all students the opportunity to grow their literacy skills. Our instructional designs were developed based on the research and practice of master teachers and nationally recognized literacy experts and meet the demands of new career and college readiness standards.
Use this list to find and assign lessons aligned to Pennsylvania state standards by grade.
Jump to Lessons by Grade:
- Grade 3
- Grade 4
- Grade 5
- Grade 6
- Grade 7
- Grade 8
- Grade 9
- U.S. History 1850 - Present
- World History 1450 - Present
- Civics and Government
- Grade 12
Academic Standards and Aligned CERCA Sets
Grade 3
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.1.3 Principles and Documents of Government |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.2.3 Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.3.3 How Government Works |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Geography |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 7.1.3 - 7.4.3 Basic Geographic Literacy Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions Human Characteristics of Places and Regions Interactions Between People and the Environment |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Economics |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 6.1.3 - 6.5.3 Scarcity and Choice Markets and Economic Systems Functions of Government Economic Interdependence Income, Profit, and Wealth |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.2.3 Pennsylvania History |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.3.3 United States History |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.4.3 World History |
CERCA Set |
Grade 4
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.1.4 Principles and Documents of Government |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.2.4 Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship |
CERCA Set |
Supreme Court Decisions: Free Speech, |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.3.4 How Government Works |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Geography |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 7.1.4 - 7.4.4 Basic Geographic Literacy Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions Human Characteristics of Places and Regions Interactions Between People and the Environment |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Economics |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 6.1.4 - 6.5.4 Scarcity and Choice Markets and Economic Systems Functions of Government Economic Interdependence Income, Profit, and Wealth |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.2.4 Pennsylvania History |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.3.4 United States History |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.4.4 World History |
CERCA Set |
Grade 5
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.1.5 Principles and Documents of Government |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.2.5 Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.3.5 How Government Works |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Geography |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 7.1.5 - 7.4.5 Basic Geographic Literacy Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions Human Characteristics of Places and Regions Interactions Between People and the Environment |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Economics |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 6.1.5 - 6.5.5 Scarcity and Choice Markets and Economic Systems Functions of Government Economic Interdependence Income, Profit, and Wealth |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.1.5 Historical Analysis and Skills Development |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.2.5 Pennsylvania History |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.3.5 United States History |
CERCA Set |
Economic Strategies in the Civil War, |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.4.5 World History |
CERCA Set |
Grade 6
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.1.5 Principles and Documents of Government |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.2.5 Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.3.5 How Government Works |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.4.6 How International Relationships Function |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Geography |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 7.1.6 - 7.4.6 Basic Geographic Literacy Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions Human Characteristics of Places and Regions Interactions Between People and the Environment |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Economics |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 6.1.6 - 6.5.6 Scarcity and Choice Markets and Economic Systems Functions of Government Economic Interdependence Income, Profit, and Wealth |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.1.6 Historical Analysis and Skills Development |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.2.6 Pennsylvania History |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.3.6 United States History |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.4.6 World History |
CERCA Set |
Grade 7
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.1.7 Principles and Documents of Government |
CERCA Set |
Supreme Court Decisions: Free Speech, |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.2.7 Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.4.7 How International Relationships Function |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Geography |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 7.1.7 - 7.4.7 Basic Geographic Literacy Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions Human Characteristics of Places and Regions Interactions Between People and the Environment |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Economics |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 6.1.7 - 6.5.7 Scarcity and Choice Markets and Economic Systems Functions of Government Economic Interdependence Income, Profit, and Wealth |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.2.7 Pennsylvania History |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.3.7 United States History |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.4.7 World History |
CERCA Set |
Grade 8
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.1.8 Principles and Documents of Government |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.2.8 Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.3.8 How Government Works |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.4.8 How International Relationships Function |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Geography |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 7.1.8 - 7.4.8 Basic Geographic Literacy Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions Human Characteristics of Places and Regions Interactions Between People and the Environment |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Economics |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 6.1.8 - 6.5.8 Scarcity and Choice Markets and Economic Systems Functions of Government Economic Interdependence Income, Profit, and Wealth |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.2.8 Pennsylvania History |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.3.8 United States History |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.4.8 World History |
CERCA Set |
Grade 9
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.1.9 Principles and Documents of Government |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.2.9 Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.3.9 How Government Works |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Geography |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 7.1.9 - 7.4.9 Basic Geographic Literacy Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions Human Characteristics of Places and Regions Interactions Between People and the Environment |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Economics |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 6.1.9 - 6.5.9 Scarcity and Choice Markets and Economic Systems Functions of Government Economic Interdependence Income, Profit, and Wealth |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.1.9 Historical Analysis and Skills Development |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.2.9 Pennsylvania History |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.3.9 United States History |
CERCA Set |
Time in the Industrial Revolution, |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.4.9 World History |
CERCA Set |
U.S. History 1850 - Present
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.1.U Principles and Documents of Government |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.2.U Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Geography |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 7.1.U - 7.4.U Basic Geographic Literacy Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions Human Characteristics of Places and Regions Interactions Between People and the Environment |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Economics |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 6.1.U - 6.5.U Scarcity and Choice Markets and Economic Systems Functions of Government Economic Interdependence Income, Profit, and Wealth |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.1.U Historical Analysis and Skills Development |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.2.U Pennsylvania History |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.3.U United States History |
CERCA Set |
Time in the Industrial Revolution, |
World History 1450 - Present
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.1.W Principles and Documents of Government |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.2.W Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Geography |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 7.1.W - 7.4.W Basic Geographic Literacy Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions Human Characteristics of Places and Regions Interactions Between People and the Environment |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Economics |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 6.1.W - 6.5.W Scarcity and Choice Markets and Economic Systems Functions of Government Economic Interdependence Income, Profit, and Wealth |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.1.W Historical Analysis and Skills Development |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.4.W World History |
CERCA Set |
Thomas Paine and the Philosophy |
Civics and Government
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.1.C Principles and Documents of Government |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.2.C Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.3.C How Government Works |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Geography |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 7.1.3 - 7.4.3 Basic Geographic Literacy Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions Human Characteristics of Places and Regions Interactions Between People and the Environment |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Economics |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 6.1.C - 6.5.C Scarcity and Choice Markets and Economic Systems Functions of Government Economic Interdependence Income, Profit, and Wealth |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.1.C Historical Analysis and Skills Development |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.2.C Pennsylvania History |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.4.C United States History |
CERCA Set |
Grade 12
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.1.12 Principles and Documents of Government |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.2.12 Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Civics and Government |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 5.3.12 How Government Works |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Geography |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 7.1.12 - 7.4.12 Basic Geographic Literacy Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions Human Characteristics of Places and Regions Interactions Between People and the Environment |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
Economics |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 6.1.12 - 6.5.12 Scarcity and Choice Markets and Economic Systems Functions of Government Economic Interdependence Income, Profit, and Wealth |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.1.12 Historical Analysis and Skills Development |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.2.12 Pennsylvania History |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.3.12 United States History |
CERCA Set |
Standard Category |
History |
Pennsylvania Social Studies Standard Number and Organizing Category | 8.4.12 World History |
CERCA Set |