Kindergarten

"The learner will . . ." || **Standard(s)** || **No. of Days** || **Vocabulary Terms** || **Resources** || **Student Learning Activities** || **Assessment** || **Cross-Curricular** ||
 * Teachers** (list)**:Adrianne Bailey, Brandy Muirhead, Mary Ellen Osnes**
 * Textbook** (Harcourt Social Studies: Our World, Now and Long Ago 2010):
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 * **Unit** || **Objective:**
 * || K-12 Civics: Students will develop and apply the skills of civic responsibility to make informed decisions based upon knowledge of government at local, state, national and international levels. || **Forms and Functions of Government **


 * **(I) **SS 0.1.1 Students will recognize the purpose of rules and the roles of authority figures.
 * **(I)** SS 0.1.1.a Explain why rules are needed in family, school, and community (e.g., safety, to make learning possible, to protect freedoms)
 * **(I)** SS 0.1.1.b Identify the roles of authority figures in family and school


 * Civic Participation **

class respect community law responsibility group teacher hero
 * **(I)** SS 0.1.2 Students will demonstrate good citizenship through knowledge of expected behavior.
 * **(I)** SS 0.1.2.a Model citizenship skills (e.g., respect, courtesy, honesty, voting)
 * **(I)** SS 0.1.2.b Identify patriotic symbols songs and actions (e.g., U.S. Flag, Pledge of Allegiance)
 * **(I)** SS 0.2.1 Students will recognize people make choices because they cannot have everything they want (scarcity).
 * **(I)** SS 0.2.1.a Identify choices students have made and explain why they had to make a choice ||  || school
 * rule
 * cooperate/**share**
 * problem
 * solution/solve

Pledge of Allegiance country state principal patriotism
 * flag
 * map
 * symbol
 * leader
 * President
 * vote
 * freedom

scarce || Text Unit 1 "Being a Good Citizen"

Text Unit 2 "My Country" ||  || Informal Observation

Optional Textbook Assessment || Calendar ||
 * || K-12 Economics: Students will utilize economic reasoning skills to make informed judgments and become effective participants in the economy at the local, state, national and international levels. || Markets
 * SS 0.2.1 Students will recognize people make choices because they cannot have everything they want (scarcity).
 * SS 0.2.1.a Identify choices students have made and explain why they had to make a choice

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Financial Literacy

police officer picture graph long ago money goods services wants volunteer far away
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.2.6.a Classify and identify U.S. coins and currency
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.2.6 Students will recognize money is used to purchase goods and services to satisfy economic wants. ||  || *worker
 * job
 * firefighter
 * tools
 * resource
 * factory

scarce || Text Unit 3 "Workers" || Oh Deer Activity

Fire Prevention Week- Department Visit

Guidance Lesson- Career Choice

Play Time- Store || Informal Observation

Optional Textbook Assessment || Math- money

Science

Guidance ||
 * || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">K-12 Geography: Students will develop and apply spatial perspective and geographic skills to make informed decisions regarding issues and current events at local, state, national and international levels. || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">The World in Spatial Terms
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.1 Students will explore where (spatial) and why people, places and environments are organized in their world.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.1.a Demonstrate personal directions (e.g., left/right, up/down, front/back, over/under, near/far) to describe relative location
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.1.b Identify locations in the classroom (e.g., dress up center, reading table, carpet area)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.1.c Identify tools such as maps and globes as representations of local and distant places
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.1.d Explain why things are located where they are (e.g., "Why is the playground outside?")
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.1.e Identify land and water on a globe

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Places and Regions


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.2 Students will explore places and regions.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.2.a Identify physical characteristics of place (e.g., landforms, water bodies and weather)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.2.b Identify human characteristics of place (e.g., cities, buildings, farms, roads, highways)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Physical Systems


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.3 Students will identify natural processes in their physical world
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.3.a Identify elements of weather (e.g., rain, snow, sun, clouds, fog)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.3.b Identify the four seasons

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Human Systems


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.4 Students will recognize that people belong to different groups and live in different settings.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.4.a Identify aspects of culture within the local community and other communities (e.g., food, language, religion, celebrations, and popular culture such as food, music and sports)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.4.b Identify places in the community (e.g., farms, parks, houses, stores)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Human/Environment Interaction


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.5 Students will explore the relationship between humans and their physical environment.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.5.a Recognize the impact of weather on everyday life (e.g., weather-appropriate clothing, indoor/outdoor recess)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.5.b Give examples of how to care for the environment (e.g., recycle cans, bottles, and paper; pick up your trash)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Application of Geography to Issues and Events valley plain hill stream lake ocean continent model transportation map key region farm weather seasons community environment || Unit 4 "Where we Live" || Earth Day Activities
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.6 Students will use geographic skills to make connections to their lives.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.3.6.a Give examples of how geographic knowledge or techniques are applied (e.g., locate people or places in relationship to each other, make a fire evacuation plan) ||  || Earth
 * land
 * mountain
 * water
 * river
 * globe
 * neighborhood
 * map symbol
 * shelter
 * city

Multicultural Activities

Holiday Activities || Informal Observation

Optional Textbook Assessment || Science Calendar Math ||
 * || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">K-12 History: Students will develop and apply historical knowledge and skills to research, analyze, and understand key concepts of past, current, and potential issues and events at the local, state, national, and international levels. || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Chronological Thinking
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.4.1 Students will identify chronological relationships and patterns.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.4.1.a Identify concepts of time and chronology (e.g., yesterday, today, tomorrow)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.4.1.b Read dates on a calendar
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.4.1.c List personal events over time; (e.g., daily schedule, timelines)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.4.1.d Identify the chronology of personal events and their impact

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Historical Comprehension


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.4.2 Students will identify historical people, events, ideas, and symbols.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.4.2.a Identify the contributions of historical people and the impact of symbols, including various cultures and ethnic groups (e.g., George Washington, American flag, picture and name of current president)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.4.2.b Differentiate between stories from the present and the past

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Multiple Perspectives


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.4.3 Students will recognize different perspectives of events.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.4.3.a Understand that two people can tell a story about the same event and share different details (e.g., Events that occurred on the playground)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Historical Analysis and Interpretation


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.4.4 Students will recognize past and current events, issues, and problems.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.4.4.a Describe how people's actions affect others (e.g., Why must we take turns?)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Historical Research Skills change yesterday today tomorrow day calendar honesty President's Day
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.4.5 Students will develop historical research skills.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.4.5.a Develop questions about their personal history
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.4.5.b Identify and cite appropriate sources for researching their personal history (e.g., "My grandma gave me this picture.")
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.4.5.c Gather historical information about their lives (e.g., have a conversation with a family member)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SS 0.4.5.d Present historical information about their lives (e.g., pictures, posters, and oral narratives) ||  || *time
 * month
 * week
 * year
 * season
 * President
 * George Washington

holidays *(Independence Day) Thanksgiving present future fiction ancestor current events
 * timeline
 * past
 * fact
 * history
 * Betsy Ross || Unit 5 "Time Goes By"

Unit 6 "Stories of the Past" ||  || Informal Observation

Optional Textbook Assessment

Family Ties Art Project

Shape/Stencil Family Posters || Calendar Science ||