Kindergarten Social Studies

First Semester

Year 2004-2005

 

Calendar

 

August

 

Sept/October/Nov/Dec

 

 

January

 

 

First Semester –August through January

 

 

Possible Resources

 

 

Friends and Neighbors, Grade K, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, 2003  (Anchor Text)

 

Nine Weeks Focus

 

 

Friends and Neighbors, pages 1-89

 

Unit 1   Friends and Family

Unit 2   Where We Live

Unit 3   Working Together

 

 

Skills/Standards

 

History

3. Demonstrate understanding of one's own personal life history (e.g., birth, toddler and preschool).

5. Listen to and discuss songs, poetry, literature and drama that reflect the cultural heritages of the people of the United States.

 

People in Societies

1. Identify ways that individuals in the family, school and community are unique and ways that they are the same.

 2. Identify different cultures through the study of holidays, customs and traditions utilizing language, stories, folktales, music and the arts.

 

 

Geography

1. Identify and correctly use terms related to location, direction and distance including:

     a. Up/Down;

     b. Over/Under;

     c. Here/There;

     d. Front/Back;

     e. Behind/In front of.

2. Recite home address.

3. Make models and maps representing real places including the classroom.

4. Distinguish between land and water on maps and globes.

5. Demonstrate familiarity with the school's layout.

6. Describe the immediate surroundings of home (e.g., streets, buildings, fields, woods or lakes).

 

Economics

 

Government

1. Identify authority figures in the home, school and community.

3. Identify purposes for having rules and ways that they provide order, security and safety in the home, school and community.

 

Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

1. Participate and cooperate in classroom activities.

3. Demonstrate the ability to make choices and take responsibility for personal actions.

C A D E M I CC O N T E N T S TA N D A R D S

Social Studies Skills and Methods (embedded in each social studies standard)

1. Listen for information.

2. Sort objects or pictures according to appropriate criteria.

3. Compare similarities and differences among objects or pictures.

4. Communicate information.

5. Work with others by sharing, taking turns and raising hand to speak.

A C A D E M I CC O N T E N T S TA N D A R D S

 

 

Assessments

 

Chapter Assessments available