Curriculum Standards

Curriculum standards are learning goals that reflect what students should know and be able to do at each grade level. PBS LearningMedia resources are curriculum-targeted and aligned to state and national standards including:

• National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
• Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
• Common Core State Standards
• College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
• Early Learning Outcomes Framework
• National Standards for Civics and Government
• Benchmarks for Science Literacy
• College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education

This page demonstrates how to find state and national standards.

From any resource, access standards in one of two ways:

1. Click the Standards tab located directly beneath the resource media (Figure 1.1)
2. Click the Next: Standards button at the bottom of the resource page (Figure 1.2).

Figure 1

• National Standards display by default (Figure 2.1).
• If you have not localized to a specific station, local standards do not display. Click Choose Station to select a station (Figure 2.2).

Figure 2

When localizing, be sure to enter your school's zip code to find standards that align with the state in which your school is located.

Search for a station in one of two ways:

1. Type your school's zip code in the textbox provided and click Search by ZIP Code (Figure 3.1)
2. Click the Select State dropdown menu and click Search by State (Figure 3.2)

Figure 3

• Click the station to which you want to localize and view aligned standards (Figure 4.1).
• Click Confirm My Local Station (Figure 4.2).

Figure 4

• Once you have selected a station, standards that are aligned to schools in that state display (Figure 5.1).
• Change the station localization at any time by clicking Change Station and repeat the steps in Figures 3 and 4 (Figure 5.2).

Figure 5

• Each set of standards is organized by grade, making it easier to find standards relevant to your learners (Figure 6.1). 
• Click the See all... button to view all available standards in that category (Figure 6.2).
• Click See anchor statement to view the information that introduces the selected standard (Figure 6.3)
• Click the resources link to view all resources related to the standard (Figure 6.4).

Figure 6

• The selected standards display as a filter at the top of the resource results page (Figure 7.1).
  • Click the small x on the right side of the grey box to remove the filter. You may also click Clear Filters. 
• The resources related to the selected standard display.

Use available filters on the left side of the page to find more relevant content for your classroom. Learn more about searching and browsing

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